What is the full title of this painting: "Adoration of the ___________" by Albert Durer (1504)?
Magi
What is another name of the Three Magi?
The Three Wise Men of Orient
What does the word 'Nativity" mean? [Nativity by Giotto, c. 1303-05]
the birth of Jesus Christ
One of the most popular Christmas motifs in art is Annunciation. Who is the author of this painting? a) Leonardo da Vinci, b) Sandro Botticelli, c) Fra Angelico
c) Fra Angelico (1438-45)
This painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder is entitled "The Census at Bethlehem" (1566). What does the word census mean?
a count of people living in a country
What three gifts did the Magi bring to the new-born Christ? [Adoration of the Magi by Gerard David,c.1515]
gold, frankincense and myrrh
The picture shows "The Winton Diptych" by an unkown artist [c.1395-99]. What is a diptych?
a painting, esp. an altarpiece, on two hinged wooden panels which may be closed like a book
To which biblical event does "The Flight Into Egypt" refer to? [by Workshop of Goossen van der Weyden, c.1505]
Joseph, Mary and the infant Jesus fled to Egypt because King Herod wanted to kill the child.
Who painted 'Mystic Nativity'[1500]? a) Sandro Botticelli, b) Rafael Santi, c) Caravaggio. Why do you think it is 'mystic'?
a) Sandro Botticelli
Caspar David Friedrich is one of the most significant representatives of which period in German art? [Winter landscape, 1811]
Romanticism
How many animal species can you see in Sassetta's "The Journey of the Magi" [1433-35]?
7
Which Polish tradition is shown in the painting by Zofia Stryjeńska?[c.1960]
carolling
Who designed this postcard? a) Maria Orłowska-Gabryś b) Jan Marcin Szancer c) Józef Wilkoń
b) Jan Marcin Szncer
