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7 fact-checked facts about art history, famous artworks and artistic techniques, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.

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The basics

Which museum displays the Mona Lisa?

AnswerThe Louvre

The Mona Lisa hangs in the Louvre in Paris.

Mixing blue and yellow paint typically makes what color?

AnswerGreen

Blue and yellow are mixed to make green.

Going deeper

Who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling?

AnswerMichelangelo

Michelangelo painted the ceiling between 1508 and 1512.

What is a fresco?

AnswerA painting made on wet plaster

Fresco pigments bind into plaster as it dries.

Who painted 'The Persistence of Memory', with its melting clocks?

AnswerSalvador Dalí

Dalí painted it in 1931.

Expert level

Which painter pioneered pointillism?

AnswerGeorges Seurat

Seurat built images from small dots of color.

Picasso's 'Guernica' is displayed in which Madrid museum?

AnswerMuseo Reina Sofía

Guernica has been at the Reina Sofía since 1992.

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