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1 What is the job of a Foley artist in a movie’s production?
A Sound effects (the reproduction of everyday sound effects)
2 Which important contributor to the Pop art movement of the 1960s, lives in Bridlington, East Yorkshire?
A David Hockney
3 Which professional darts player is nicknamed ‘The Artist’?
A Kevin Painter
4 Which Spanish artist went through a Blue Period, 1901–1904?
A Picasso. During this period, Picasso primarily used shades of blue in his paintings, reflecting a melancholic mood and often depicting themes of poverty and human suffering.
5 What type of artist is an ecdysiast?
A A striptease artist (erotic or exotic dancer)
6 On a copy of which well-known painting did Dadaist artist Marcel Duchamp famously paint a moustache and goatee beard in 1919?
A The Mona Lisa. Dadaism was an art movement that rejected tradition and beauty. Duchamp’s work often challenged artistic conventions and explored themes of gender and identity.
7 What type of artist was Marcel Marceau?
A A mime artist
8 What nationality was the Expressionist painter Edvard Munch, creator of the artworks popularly titled The Scream?
A Norwegian
9 Whose sculpted works entitled The Kiss and The Tinker?
A Rodin (Auguste Rodin)
10 Of which early 20th-century art movement were Painters Filippo Marinetti and Umberto Boccioni leading figures?
A Futurism (Kinetic Art)