Q 01/05

During the 1925 Paris exposition, which landmark did carmaker Citroën turn into a giant illuminated advertisement for itself?

A) Eiffel Tower

B) Arc de Triomphe

C) Grand Palais

D) Sacré-Cœur

Answer · why

A) Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower. André Citroën spelled out his name down three of its sides in coloured bulbs for the fair that later gave Art Deco its name, and the sig...

Q 02/05

Which American-born dancer became a Paris sensation in 1925 and a favourite subject of Art Deco posters and figurines?

A) Isadora Duncan

B) Loie Fuller

C) Josephine Baker

D) Martha Graham

Answer · why

C) Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker. She had sailed from New York at 19, and her stage costume of little more than a skirt of artificial bananas became a lasting emblem o...

Q 03/05

Which suspension bridge, opened in 1937, has Art Deco towers and streetlamps styled by architect Irving Morrow?

A) Brooklyn Bridge

B) Golden Gate Bridge

C) George Washington Bridge

D) Mackinac Bridge

Answer · why

B) Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge. Morrow also chose its orange-red paint, because the colour suits the surrounding hills and stays visible to ships in San Francisco...

Q 04/05

Art Deco's bold geometry has its origins in Cubism and which movement co-founded by painter Gustav Klimt?

A) The Bauhaus school

B) The Blue Rider group

C) The De Stijl group

D) The Vienna Secession

Answer · why

D) The Vienna Secession

The Vienna Secession. Klimt and his allies walked out of Vienna's conservative artists' association in 1897, hence the name, and their taste for strai...

Q 05/05

Which dance company's colourful sets by Leon Bakst helped inspire Art Deco's palette?

A) The Ballets Russes

B) The Bolshoi Ballet

C) The Kirov

D) The Moiseyev Ballet

Answer · why

A) The Ballets Russes

The Ballets Russes. Sergei Diaghilev's troupe caused a sensation in Paris from 1909, and Bakst's opulent sets and costumes started a craze that spread...