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Test Your Art Knowledge: MFAH Trivia

Sunday, Apr. 26, 2020 – Friday, May. 1, 2020

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The MFAH art collections, and the collections of the Museum’s Hirsch Library, inspired library assistant Shannon O’Quinn to come up with a trivia quiz.

Put your art knowledge to the test with her top five questions below. Then check back here on Friday, May 1, when she reveals the answers. Make it a friendly (virtual) competition by sharing with friends and family.

In the meantime, you can search the MFAH collections and MFAH libraries for art-related information of all kinds, from trivial to significant and beyond!

MFAH Trivia

1) Which artist whose work is displayed prominently at the MFAH inspired Drake’s “Hotline Bling” music video?
2) What is the circular and ritualistic symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism that represents the universe?
3) What is the painting technique that an artist uses to build up layers of pigment?
4) What mural-painting technique combines water-based pigments with a binder, such as egg white, to then quickly apply to wet plaster?
5) What art movement, characterized by exaggerated or elongated human forms, emerged following the Renaissance?
• For the answers, check back here on May 1.

► Learn more about the Hirsch Library and the MFAH collections.

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Shannon O’Quinn, library assistant

 

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