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Art & Literature

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Who said 'But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks'?
Romeo
 
"Now is the winter of our discontent" is a line from which Shakespearian play?
Richard III
 
A decorative art movement that emerged in the late nineteenth century. Characterized by dense assymmetrical ornamentation in sinuos forms, it is often symbolic and of an erotic nature.
Art noveau
 
Who wrote the 'Myth' series?
Robert Asprin
 
A movement of the 1920s and 1930s that began in France. It explored the unconscious, often using images from dreams. It used spontaneous techniques and featured unexpected juxtapositions of objects.
Surrealism
 
Who wrote 'The Female Eunuch'?
Germaine Greer
 
A russian abstract movement begun in the early twentieth century. It employs an analytic vision based on fragmentation and multiple viewpoints.
Cubism
 
Which St Louis Born Novelist & Poet Became A British Subject In 1927
T S Eliot 
 
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What publication was subtitled The What's New Magazine
Popular science
 
Which Gilbert and Sullivan Opera is about the Emperor of Japan?
The Mikado 
 
Which Em Forster Novel Features The Schlegal Sisters
Howards End 
 
Who wrote the epic poem Odyssey ?
Homer
 
Which Of The Bronte Sisters Married The Reverend A B Nicholls In 1854
Charlotte 
 
Which Famous Book Begins With The Line 'On January 6, 1482, the people of Paris were awakened by the tumultuous clanging of all the bells in the city'
The Hunchback Of Natre Damme 
 
In sculpting, the cutting of a form from a solid, hard material such as stone or wood, in contrast to the technique of modeling.
Carving
 
Who wrote 'Rendezvous with Rama'?
Sir Arthur C. Clarke
 
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Author of such works as Gravity's Rainbow, V, The Crying of Lot 49 and most recently, Mason & Dixon?
Thomas Pynchon
 
Who wrote 1984 ?
George Orwell
 
The representation of inanimate objects in painting, drawing or photography.
Still life
 
Who Painted Flatford Mill
Constable 
 
Which Famous Book Contains The Line 'It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife'
Pride & Prejudice 
 
In 'A Christmas Carol', how many ghosts visited Scrooge?
Four
 
In What Science Fiction Novel Do Duke Leto Atreidea & The Harkonnens Feature
Dune 
 
From the french word 'fauve', meaning 'wild beast'. A style adopted by artists associated with Matisse, c. 1905-1908. They painted in a spontaneous manner, using bold colors.
Fauvism
 
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What Was Author George Elliots Real Name
Mary Ann Cross (Nee Evans) 
 
Who Wrote The Novel Emma
Jane Austen 
 
In Which Novels Does Bilbo Baggins Appear
The Hobbit/ Lord Of The Rings 
 
In painting, a work made of several panels or scenes joined together. A diptych has two panels; a triptych, three.
Polyptych
 
In Which Novel Was It The Job Of The (Fireman) To Burn Books
Fahrenheit 451 
 
A movement in American painting and sculpture that originated in the late 1950s. It emphasized pure, reduced forms and strict, systematic compositions.
Minimalism
 
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