What is another name of the Three Magi?
The Three Wise Men of Orient
Who painted 'Mystic Nativity'[1500]? a) Sandro Botticelli, b) Rafael Santi, c) Caravaggio. Why do you think it is 'mystic'?
a) Sandro Botticelli
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
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)
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.
Caspar David Friedrich is one of the most significant representatives of which period in German art? [Winter landscape, 1811]
Romanticism
What does the word 'Nativity" mean? [Nativity by Giotto, c. 1303-05]
the birth of Jesus Christ
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
Which Polish tradition is shown in the painting by Zofia Stryjeńska?[c.1960]
carolling
How many animal species can you see in Sassetta's "The Journey of the Magi" [1433-35]?
7
Who designed this postcard? a) Maria Orłowska-Gabryś b) Jan Marcin Szancer c) Józef Wilkoń
b) Jan Marcin Szncer
What is the full title of this painting: "Adoration of the ___________" by Albert Durer (1504)?
Magi
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