tapisseries

ARTQUIZZ

Tapestries 1

	The Tapestries of Aubusson, according to the legend, were introduced by -------?----- who had survived the Battle of Poitier and who asked asylum from the Lord Aubusson. It is then that the weaving workshops were created along the Creuse river valley whose waters gave colors their purity of tone.	1. a- the Romans b- the Sarrazins c- the Gauls
	Tapestries are created from -----?-----. It is done by a painter, backwards on the scale of the tapestry. Jean Lurçat introduced the numbered -----?---- which serves as a reference for the colors (each number corresponds to a color).	2. a- a cartoon b- a painting c- a sketch
	It is thought that originally tapestry art came from the -----?------- region.	3. a- Belgium b- Greece c- Nile
	We know that the Greek made tapestries thanks to the work of Homer. --------?----- wove during the day and undid her work at night so she would not have to remarry and to be able to wait for her husband Ulysse's return.	4. a-Cassandre b-Pénélope c-Roxane
serie	This tapestry from the 11th century tells of the conquest of England by William the Conqueror, then the rival of the anglo-saxon count Harold, the brother-in-law of Edward king of England. The whole tapestry (70m long) can be seen at the museum in -------?----------.	5. a-Bayeux (Normandie) b-Cluny (Paris) c- London
	For the most part, tapestries were used to cover -----?----- and protect against the cold.	6. a-the floors b-the beds c-the walls
The six tapestries were baptised: Taste, Smell, Hearing, Touch, La Sight, My one Desire	This famous tapestry of the Lady and the Unicorn was woven around the year 1500, in Flandres, birthplace of the tapestries of the Middle Ages. These are made up of six pannels which were discovered in 1841. Since 1882, they have been kept at the Middle-Ages Museum in -------?---------- in a large round room.	7. a-Cluny (Paris) b-Bayeux (Normandie) c-Avignon
	Ordered by -----?-------, brother of king Charles V, to three famous illuminators of Limbourg in 1410, ce book of hours, from which this tapestry was made, is a book of prayers which are to be recited at precise times of the day.	8. a-Charlemagne b- François 1er c- the duc of Berry
	If you visit Angers' castle, you will find the tapestry of -----?-------	9. a- the Apocalypse b- Mathilda c- the Unicorn
	Many well-known artists have made cartoons for tapestries. The most famous cartoonist of Spain was------?-------. In Paris you can visit the Manufacture des Gobelins where you can watch tapestries being made.	10. a- Goya b- Picasso c- El Greco

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Aubusson
Apocalypse
Angers
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Tapisseries

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