MUSEUM TREASURES

Identify the valuable museum object. (e.g., This iconic bust of the wife of a pharaoh is 19 inches in height. Answer: Nefertiti Bust.)

Freshman level

1. This painting by Leonardo da Vinci is said to be the most famous painting in history.

2. This Michelangelo marble statue of a nude man stands 17 feet in height.

3. The inscription on this stone helped to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.

Graduate level

4. This statue of a Greek goddess is missing both arms.

5. This Edvard Munch painting depicts an agonized face.

6. This painting of the sky by Vincent van Gogh is regarded as his magnum opus.

Ph.D. level

7. This collection of Greek sculptures from the Acropolis is held in the British Museum.

8. This Michelangelo sculpture depicts a biblical figure with horns on his head.

9. This bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin depicts a nude male figure sitting on a rock.

Answers: 1. “Mona Lisa.” 2. David. 3. Rosetta Stone. 4. Venus de Milo. 5. “The Scream.” 6. “The Starry Night.” 7. The Elgin Marbles. 8. Moses. 9. The Thinker.

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