Global Painting Perspectives: A Hard Quiz

Question 1

Is the 'Ukiyo-e' genre more associated with the Edo period or the Meiji period?

A Edo period

B Kamakura period

C Heian period

D Meiji period

Question 2

What is the key difference between 'sumi-e' (ink wash) and Western watercolor painting?

A Sumi-e emphasizes brush stroke economy and philosophy

B Watercolor uses animal-based ink

C Sumi-e uses synthetic pigments only

D Western watercolor is always monochrome

Question 3

Which artist was more influential on the European 'Japonisme' movement: Hokusai or Constable?

A Both equally

B Neither influenced it

C Constable

D Hokusai

Question 4

Is the 'Byzantine' icon painting tradition characterized by more realism or more stylized, spiritual symbolism?

A Strict realism

B Impressionistic technique

C Stylized, spiritual symbolism

D Abstract expressionism

Question 5

Did the 'Northern Renaissance' painters adopt the use of oil paints before or after the 'Italian Renaissance' painters?

A Before

B It was never adopted in the North

C After

D At the same time

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