'Great Works Of Art' - Memory Quiz

I put this picture quiz together by way of an art appreciation session. The idea is to print off screenshots or the individual pictures and put them on the tables without the names (or show them via slide show), then ask members to find the right painting from the list below. After this you could ask members to rate the painting or sculpture in order of their preference.

Or you could run it as a straight question and answer picture quiz and discuss the paintings as you view them. A few songs are interspersed for members' enjoyment and reminiscence.

Paintings are presented in chronological order.

If you have time to prepare, ask members to come to the session with a photo of their favourite ever painting. Perhaps one they have a copy of at home.

Or members might have painted or drawn their own work. Ask them to show their efforts.

Remember there is a 'Creative Art Gallery' on this website if members should want to showcase their work to a wider audience.

There is a YouTube video of this CST activity here - https://youtu.be/2SJaLmHAvBo?si=Z_tm5KbN_HBByMap

It is important to note, I think, that people with mild to moderate dementia often learn a new skill or start a new hobby when maybe they retire as a result of their diagnosis. Another, of course, is singing and joining a choir. These activities should be encouraged, as they are so rewarding.

You could start by asking members to look at these well known sayings and idioms and maybe explain their meanings, or chose their favourites/

Next, you could spend some time discussing with members what their favourite paintings are and why.

Round 1.

'Tutankhamun's Death Mask'

Created around 1323 BC

Who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in November 1922?

'Parthenon Sculptures'

Created around 432 BC

What is their other name (the name of the person who took them from the Parthenon in 1812)?

'Venus De Milo'

Sculpture by Alexandros, circa 125BC

Venus was the Roman goddess of what?

'Bayeux Tapestry'

Created by Nuns around the 11th century

Which battle in 1066 does this tapestry depict and which King was shot through the eye with an arrow?

'The Birth Of Venus'

Painting by Sandro Botticelli, 1480s

Which girl band had a hit with 'Venus' in 1986?

'Vitruvian Man'

Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, 1490

Which current affairs programme used this drawing in its opening titles?

'The Last Supper'

Painting by Leonardo da Vinci, 1498

Who betrayed Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane after the Last Supper?

'La Pietà'

Sculpture by Michelangelo, 1499

Where would you find this statue?

'David'

Sculpture by Michelangelo, 1504

What is he holding on his shoulder?

'Mona Lisa'

Painting by Leonardo da Vinci, 1503

Where would you find this painting?

Round 2

'Salvator Mundi'

Painting by Leonardo da Vinci, 1510

Being the most valuable painting in the world, how much did 'Salvator Mundi' sell for in 2017?

'The Creation Of Adam'

Painting by Michelangelo, 1512

What did Leonardo da Vinci paint to demonstrate his belief in science over religion?

'Girl With A Pearl Earring'

Painting by Johannes Vermeer, 1665

What is wrong with this version of the painting?

'Fontana Di Trevi'

Created by Nicola Salvi. Construction lasted from 1732 to 1762

How many coins should you throw into the fountain over your shoulder for marriage?

'The Blue Boy'

Painting by Thomas Gainsborough, 1770

What fabric is the boy's suit, which made it difficult to paint?

'Pinkie'

Painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1794

Factoid: 'Pinkie' sits opposite 'Blue Boy' and is believed to be the better painting of the two.

'The Hay Wain'

Painting by John Constable, 1821

What is a "wain"?

'Liberty Leading the People'

Painting by Eugène Delacroix, 1830

What flag is Liberty holding?

'Great Wave Off Kanagawa'

Created by Hokusai in 1831

What mountain can be seen in the distance in this painting?

'The Fighting Temeraire'

Painting by JMW Turner, 1838

Which polymer sterling bank note does this painting feature on?

Round 3

'Ophelia'

Painting by John Everett Millais, 1852

Which Shakespeare play does the character Ophelia feature in (think cigar)?

'Whistler's Mother'

Painting by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1871

Which character ruined this painting (see next picture) in a 1997 comedy movie?

'Impression, Sunrise'

Painting by Claude Monet, 1872

Which flowers did he paint over 250 times in his garden in Givenchy?

'Luncheon of the Boating Party'

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1882

Which river (near Paris) features in this painting?

'A Bar at the Folies-Bergère'

Painting by Édouard Manet, 1882?

Which dance is synonymous with the Folies-Bergère?

'Statue Of Liberty'

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, 1886

Which French architect designed the internal iron framework for this statue?

'Sunflowers'

Van Gogh, 1889

Which body part did Van Gogh 'lose' in 1888?

'A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte'

Painting by Georges Seurat, 1886

What is the French word for 'Sunday'?

'The Starry Night'

Painting by Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Which singer sang about Vincent Van Gogh in 1971?

'The Scream'

Painting by Edvard Munch, 1893

Which city's art gallery was this painting stolen from in 1994 and again in 2004?

'The Thinker'

Auguste Rodin, 1904

Which TV celebrity often made this pose in his programmes?

Round 4

'The Kiss'

Gustav Klimt, 1908

When is 'Valentine's Day'?

FACTOID. This other painting by Klimt, 'Portrait Of Elisabeth Lederer', recently sold at auction for £179m, making it the second most valuable paiting in the world after 'Salvator Mundi'.

'La Danse'

Painting by Henri Matisse, 1910

List as many different types of dances as you can?

'The Little Mermaid'

Edvard Eriksen, 1913

In which city would you find this statue?

'American Gothic'

Painting by Grant Wood, 1930

Which period in American history does this painting represent?

'Composition with Red Blue and Yellow'

Piet Mondrian, 1930

What style is this painting painted in?

'The Persistence of Memory'

Painting by Salvador Dalí, 1931

Which 1958 Hitchcock thriller did this painting feature in?

'Christ The Redeemer'

Statue designed by Heitor da Silva Costa & Paul Landowski, with construction spanning completing in 1931.

Which beach does this statue overlook (Barry Manilow wrote a song about it in 1978)?

'Le Rêve'

Painting by Pablo Picasso, 1932

What does 'Le Rêve' mean in English?

'Mother and Child'

Sculpture by Barbara Hepworth, 1934

In which Cornish seaside town would you find an art gallery / museum of her work?

'Mount Rushmore'

Carved between 1927 and 1941 by American sculptor Gutzon Borglum.

Which four US presidents feature in the monument?

'La Mariée'

Painting by Marc Chagall, 1950

In which 1999 rom-com did Julia Roberts's character give this painting to Hugh Grant's?

'Going to the Match'

Painting by L. S. Lowry, 1953

In which UK county did he paint all of his paintings?

'Blue Marilyn'

Painting by Andy Warhol, 1964

What was Marilyn Monroe's birth name?

'The Son of Man'

Painting by René Magritte, 1964

Which 1999 thriller movie starring Pierce Brosnan featured this painting?

(The song 'Windmills Of Your Mind' is included as it featured in the original 1968 movie.)

'Fallen Madonna With The Big Boobies'

Painting by the fictional artist Van Clomp, 1507

Which TV sitcom did this painting feature in?

(It actually sold at auction for £15,000 in 2018.)

'Girl With Balloon'

Painting by Banksy, 2002

Which city is Banksy from?

'Admiral Nelson'

Sculpted by Edward Hodges Baily, 1843.

'Eros'

Sculpted by Alfred Gilbert,1893

Where would you find these statues?

Which did 'ABBA' sing about at the 'Eurovision Song Contest' in 1974?

Answers: 'Admiral Nelson' ('Nelson's Column') is in Trafalgar Square; 'Eros' is in Picadilly Circus', both London. 'ABBA's' 'Waterloo' is obviously about the 'Battle Of Trafalgar' that Nelson won over Napoleon Bonaparte.