2. Which is the oldest branch of Art, and what date does history give to decorations by the ancients?

3. Who is the first artist of whose works we have authentic description? 4. Who were the Etruscans?

5. Who were the Byzantine artists?

6. What painter is first mentioned with the revival of Italian art?

7. What artist gave the first impetus to Italian painting?

8. Who founded the Venetian school of painting?

9. Who introduced oil painting into Europe?

10. Where was painting on canvas first practised?

11. What were the distinguishing features of German paintings?

12. Mention the three greatest painters in the world of Art.

13. What was the peculiarity in the work of Leonardo da Vinci, and his most celebrated painting?

14. Describe Michael Angelo, his works and style.

15. What name stands first among painters, ancient and modern?

16. Who was Raphael, and what was his masterpiece, and his cartoons?

17. What two other painters may be classed with the above three?

18. Besides these five leading masters, what may be said of other painters of that age?

19. Of the five great artists, whose scholars attained the greatest prominence?

20. When did Italian painting show evidences of decline?

Who was:

21. Claude Lorraine, 22. Rosa Bonheur, 23. Rubens,

24. Rembrandt, 25. Paul Potter?

26. Name the most eminent Spanish painter.

27. Which of the countries of Europe came last into prominence? 28. Who was Sir Joshua Reynolds? 29. Who are the Landseers? 30. Mention noted modern English painters.

31. Has America attained a distinct type of painting?

32. Name a number of well known American painters.

33. How has a great French writer divided the art of the world?

SCULPTURE.

34. What is the meaning of the term Sculpture?

35. What is meant by the ideal in art?

36. What materials are employed in the work of sculptors? 37. Which of the arts has best withstood the ravages of time? 38. How long is sculpture supposed to have existed as an art? 39. What nation excelled in workmanship, and what criticism can be made on early sculpture?

40. What early people left tokens of their skill in pottery?

41. What period in sculpture is known as the "archaic" age?

42. At what age did a rapid improvement take place in sculpture? 43. What nation carried sculpture to its highest perfection?

44. When did the great period of sculpture begin?

45. What are the Elgin Marbles?

46. Describe the Apollo Belvidere.

47. What is the Laocoon?

48. Who was the sculptor of Venus de Medici, and where was it found? 49. Name some of the distinguished sculptors of the 5th and 4th cen

turies B. C.

50. With what sculptor did the great school end?

51. Which was one of the last remarkable works of classic times?

52. What changes were brought about in Greek sculpture when Corinth and Athens were conquered by the Romans in the 2d century B. C.?

53. When did sculpture revive in Italy?

54. Who were among the most noted artists of that period?

55. Name some of the most famous artists from the 15th to 18th cen

turies.

56. What three sculptors, an Icelander, an Italian, and an Englishman, all of great note, flourished at the beginning of the 19th century?