KS1 Sculptors | Anthony Gormley and Rodin

Art and Design Quiz - Famous Sculptors (Questions)

This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 in Art and Design for children aged 5, 6 and 7 in years 1 and 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with knowing about great artists, craft makers and designers, and understanding the historical and cultural development of their art forms. In particular it focusses on famous historical and modern sculptors and their works.

Studying art and design is partly about learning new techniques like shading or colour mixing, and partly about learning about the development of art over the centuries. One aspect of this is famous historical and modern sculptors whose works have shaped the art world.

Who sculpted the Bronze David in the 1440s?

[ ]	Michelangelo
[ ]	Donatello
[ ]	Raphael
[ ]	Leonardo

Auguste Rodin created a famous sculpture in 1889. What is it called?

[ ]	The Squeeze
[ ]	The Hug
[ ]	The Kiss
[ ]	The Smooch

Rodin created a famous sculpture called what?

[ ]	The Talker
[ ]	The Thinker
[ ]	The Watcher
[ ]	The Actor

Michelangelo's most famous sculpture is called what?

[ ]	Douglas
[ ]	Damien
[ ]	Dwain
[ ]	David

Henry Moore was an English sculptor. He is famous for which style?

[ ]	Realistic
[ ]	Outlandish
[ ]	Abstract
[ ]	Colourful

Anthony Gormley is a British sculptor most famously known for which piece?

[ ]	The Angel of the North
[ ]	Lord Nelson's Column
[ ]	The Little Mermaid
[ ]	Venus de Milo

Andy Goldsworthy is a British sculptor who works with what sort of media?

[ ]	Natural materials
[ ]	Modelling clay
[ ]	Soap
[ ]	Food products

Gutzon Borglum created a very famous sculpture in America. It is the heads of who?

[ ]	Four fearless cowboys
[ ]	Four funny comedians
[ ]	Four famous actors
[ ]	Four American presidents

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, a French sculptor, sculpted something which France gave to America. What was it?

[ ]	The Empire State Building
[ ]	The Statue of Liberty
[ ]	The Golden Gate Bridge
[ ]	President Lincoln

10.

Edvard Eriksen is a sculptor noted for what?

[ ]	Peter Pan
[ ]	The Little Mermaid
[ ]	Eros
[ ]	Lord Nelson

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Art and Design Quiz - Famous Sculptors (Answers)

Who sculpted the Bronze David in the 1440s?

[ ]	Michelangelo
[x]	Donatello
[ ]	Raphael
[ ]	Leonardo

The sculpture depicts the young David, posed with his foot on Goliath’s severed head just after killing the giant

Auguste Rodin created a famous sculpture in 1889. What is it called?

[ ]	The Squeeze
[ ]	The Hug
[x]	The Kiss
[ ]	The Smooch

Although the sculpture is called 'The Kiss', the subjects' lips are not actually meeting!

Rodin created a famous sculpture called what?

[ ]	The Talker
[x]	The Thinker
[ ]	The Watcher
[ ]	The Actor

The statue was originally called 'The Poet' and was meant to depict Dante at the gates of Hell

Michelangelo's most famous sculpture is called what?

[ ]	Douglas
[ ]	Damien
[ ]	Dwain
[x]	David

The statue represents the biblical character David, who was a popular subject at the time

Henry Moore was an English sculptor. He is famous for which style?

[ ]	Realistic
[ ]	Outlandish
[x]	Abstract
[ ]	Colourful

Moore worked in different media and in particular stone, wood and bronze

Anthony Gormley is a British sculptor most famously known for which piece?

[x]	The Angel of the North
[ ]	Lord Nelson's Column
[ ]	The Little Mermaid
[ ]	Venus de Milo

The statue is enormous and is situated near Newcastle

Andy Goldsworthy is a British sculptor who works with what sort of media?

[x]	Natural materials
[ ]	Modelling clay
[ ]	Soap
[ ]	Food products

Andy turns what he finds in the environment into sculptures and artwork

Gutzon Borglum created a very famous sculpture in America. It is the heads of who?

[ ]	Four fearless cowboys
[ ]	Four funny comedians
[ ]	Four famous actors
[x]	Four American presidents

Gutzon completed the sculpture with his son, Lincoln

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, a French sculptor, sculpted something which France gave to America. What was it?

[ ]	The Empire State Building
[x]	The Statue of Liberty
[ ]	The Golden Gate Bridge
[ ]	President Lincoln

The statue is of the Roman goddess, Libertas, and was given to the people of America by the people of France after the USA abolished slavery

10.

Edvard Eriksen is a sculptor noted for what?

[ ]	Peter Pan
[x]	The Little Mermaid
[ ]	Eros
[ ]	Lord Nelson

The Little Mermaid statue is only 1.25 metres high and weighs around 175 kg