Q 01/05

In which city did Cubism begin in the early 20th century?

A) Barcelona

B) Vienna

C) Paris

D) Berlin

Answer · why

C) Paris

Its practitioners worked in Montmartre and Montparnasse and out in the suburb of Puteaux.

Q 02/05

Which two artists pioneered Cubism in partnership?

A) Marcel Duchamp and Francis Picabia

B) Henri Matisse and André Derain

C) Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque

D) Juan Gris and Fernand Léger

Answer · why

C) Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque

Braque later said working with Picasso was "like being roped together on a mountain".

Q 03/05

Whose late works, especially their handling of three-dimensional form, chiefly influenced Cubism?

A) Claude Monet

B) Paul Cézanne

C) Édouard Manet

D) Vincent van Gogh

Answer · why

B) Paul Cézanne

Retrospectives at the Salon d'Automne in 1904 and after his death in 1907 shook the Paris avant-garde.

Q 04/05

Into which three geometric solids did Cézanne want to simplify natural forms?

A) Ovals, spirals and blocks

B) Cylinders, spheres and cones

C) Squares, circles and triangles

D) Cubes, pyramids and prisms

Answer · why

B) Cylinders, spheres and cones

He also broke the painted surface into small facets that suggested binocular vision.

Q 05/05

In which year did Picasso paint Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, often considered the first proto-Cubist work?

A) 1907

B) 1911

C) 1913

D) 1909

Answer · why

A) 1907

Picasso always called it "my brothel"; the poet André Salmon gave it its politer title in 1916.