DAY 1 – NAPLAN Year 3 Group 1 Reading

A.

Association football, more commonly known as simply football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players with the use of a spherical ball. An estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and dependencies makes it the world’s most popular sport to date. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing side’s goal in the time frame of 90 minutes plus stoppage time and occasionally also extra time. Football is globally governed by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the organiser of World Cups for men and women every four years. The men’s FIFA World Cup takes place every four years

C.

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender’s hoop mounted 10 feet high to a backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. Shooting through an opponent’s hoop gives a team two points, and three if it is shot from behind the three-point line. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate. The team with the most points at the end of the game win.

B.

Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each. Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent’s court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis.

D.

Cricket is a sport which is played between two teams of eleven players each. One team, which is batting, tries to score runs, while the other team is fielding, and tries to prevent this. Runs are scored by hitting the ball, which is thrown by a player from the fielding team to a player from the batting team, across the boundary, or by the two batting players running back-and-forth between the two wickets. The game started to gain popularity in England in the 16th century but is now popular today in England, Australia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa, New Zealand, the West Indies and several other countries

A.

Association football, more commonly known as simply football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players with the use of a spherical ball. An estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and dependencies makes it the world’s most popular sport to date. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing side’s goal in the time frame of 90 minutes plus stoppage time and occasionally also extra time. Football is globally governed by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the organiser of World Cups for men and women every four years. The men’s FIFA World Cup takes place every four years

C.

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender’s hoop mounted 10 feet high to a backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. Shooting through an opponent’s hoop gives a team two points, and three if it is shot from behind the three-point line. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate. The team with the most points at the end of the game win.

B.

Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each. Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent’s court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis.

D.

Cricket is a sport which is played between two teams of eleven players each. One team, which is batting, tries to score runs, while the other team is fielding, and tries to prevent this. Runs are scored by hitting the ball, which is thrown by a player from the fielding team to a player from the batting team, across the boundary, or by the two batting players running back-and-forth between the two wickets. The game started to gain popularity in England in the 16th century but is now popular today in England, Australia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa, New Zealand, the West Indies and several other countries

A.

Association football, more commonly known as simply football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players with the use of a spherical ball. An estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and dependencies makes it the world’s most popular sport to date. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing side’s goal in the time frame of 90 minutes plus stoppage time and occasionally also extra time. Football is globally governed by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the organiser of World Cups for men and women every four years. The men’s FIFA World Cup takes place every four years

C.

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender’s hoop mounted 10 feet high to a backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. Shooting through an opponent’s hoop gives a team two points, and three if it is shot from behind the three-point line. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate. The team with the most points at the end of the game win.

B.

Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each. Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent’s court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis.

D.

Cricket is a sport which is played between two teams of eleven players each. One team, which is batting, tries to score runs, while the other team is fielding, and tries to prevent this. Runs are scored by hitting the ball, which is thrown by a player from the fielding team to a player from the batting team, across the boundary, or by the two batting players running back-and-forth between the two wickets. The game started to gain popularity in England in the 16th century but is now popular today in England, Australia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa, New Zealand, the West Indies and several other countries

A.

Association football, more commonly known as simply football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players with the use of a spherical ball. An estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and dependencies makes it the world’s most popular sport to date. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing side’s goal in the time frame of 90 minutes plus stoppage time and occasionally also extra time. Football is globally governed by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the organiser of World Cups for men and women every four years. The men’s FIFA World Cup takes place every four years

C.

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender’s hoop mounted 10 feet high to a backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. Shooting through an opponent’s hoop gives a team two points, and three if it is shot from behind the three-point line. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate. The team with the most points at the end of the game win.

B.

Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each. Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent’s court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis.

D.

Cricket is a sport which is played between two teams of eleven players each. One team, which is batting, tries to score runs, while the other team is fielding, and tries to prevent this. Runs are scored by hitting the ball, which is thrown by a player from the fielding team to a player from the batting team, across the boundary, or by the two batting players running back-and-forth between the two wickets. The game started to gain popularity in England in the 16th century but is now popular today in England, Australia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa, New Zealand, the West Indies and several other countries

A.

Association football, more commonly known as simply football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players with the use of a spherical ball. An estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and dependencies makes it the world’s most popular sport to date. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing side’s goal in the time frame of 90 minutes plus stoppage time and occasionally also extra time. Football is globally governed by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the organiser of World Cups for men and women every four years. The men’s FIFA World Cup takes place every four years

C.

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender’s hoop mounted 10 feet high to a backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. Shooting through an opponent’s hoop gives a team two points, and three if it is shot from behind the three-point line. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate. The team with the most points at the end of the game win.

B.

Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each. Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent’s court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis.

D.

Cricket is a sport which is played between two teams of eleven players each. One team, which is batting, tries to score runs, while the other team is fielding, and tries to prevent this. Runs are scored by hitting the ball, which is thrown by a player from the fielding team to a player from the batting team, across the boundary, or by the two batting players running back-and-forth between the two wickets. The game started to gain popularity in England in the 16th century but is now popular today in England, Australia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa, New Zealand, the West Indies and several other countries

A.

Association football, more commonly known as simply football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players with the use of a spherical ball. An estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and dependencies makes it the world’s most popular sport to date. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing side’s goal in the time frame of 90 minutes plus stoppage time and occasionally also extra time. Football is globally governed by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the organiser of World Cups for men and women every four years. The men’s FIFA World Cup takes place every four years

C.

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender’s hoop mounted 10 feet high to a backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. Shooting through an opponent’s hoop gives a team two points, and three if it is shot from behind the three-point line. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate. The team with the most points at the end of the game win.

B.

Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each. Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent’s court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis.

D.

Cricket is a sport which is played between two teams of eleven players each. One team, which is batting, tries to score runs, while the other team is fielding, and tries to prevent this. Runs are scored by hitting the ball, which is thrown by a player from the fielding team to a player from the batting team, across the boundary, or by the two batting players running back-and-forth between the two wickets. The game started to gain popularity in England in the 16th century but is now popular today in England, Australia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa, New Zealand, the West Indies and several other countries

A.

Association football, more commonly known as simply football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players with the use of a spherical ball. An estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and dependencies makes it the world’s most popular sport to date. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing side’s goal in the time frame of 90 minutes plus stoppage time and occasionally also extra time. Football is globally governed by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the organiser of World Cups for men and women every four years. The men’s FIFA World Cup takes place every four years

C.

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender’s hoop mounted 10 feet high to a backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. Shooting through an opponent’s hoop gives a team two points, and three if it is shot from behind the three-point line. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate. The team with the most points at the end of the game win.

B.

Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each. Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent’s court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis.

D.

Cricket is a sport which is played between two teams of eleven players each. One team, which is batting, tries to score runs, while the other team is fielding, and tries to prevent this. Runs are scored by hitting the ball, which is thrown by a player from the fielding team to a player from the batting team, across the boundary, or by the two batting players running back-and-forth between the two wickets. The game started to gain popularity in England in the 16th century but is now popular today in England, Australia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa, New Zealand, the West Indies and several other countries

A.

Association football, more commonly known as simply football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players with the use of a spherical ball. An estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and dependencies makes it the world’s most popular sport to date. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing side’s goal in the time frame of 90 minutes plus stoppage time and occasionally also extra time. Football is globally governed by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the organiser of World Cups for men and women every four years. The men’s FIFA World Cup takes place every four years

C.

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender’s hoop mounted 10 feet high to a backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. Shooting through an opponent’s hoop gives a team two points, and three if it is shot from behind the three-point line. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate. The team with the most points at the end of the game win.

B.

Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each. Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent’s court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis.

D.

Cricket is a sport which is played between two teams of eleven players each. One team, which is batting, tries to score runs, while the other team is fielding, and tries to prevent this. Runs are scored by hitting the ball, which is thrown by a player from the fielding team to a player from the batting team, across the boundary, or by the two batting players running back-and-forth between the two wickets. The game started to gain popularity in England in the 16th century but is now popular today in England, Australia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa, New Zealand, the West Indies and several other countries

A.

Association football, more commonly known as simply football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players with the use of a spherical ball. An estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and dependencies makes it the world’s most popular sport to date. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing side’s goal in the time frame of 90 minutes plus stoppage time and occasionally also extra time. Football is globally governed by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the organiser of World Cups for men and women every four years. The men’s FIFA World Cup takes place every four years

C.

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender’s hoop mounted 10 feet high to a backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. Shooting through an opponent’s hoop gives a team two points, and three if it is shot from behind the three-point line. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate. The team with the most points at the end of the game win.

B.

Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each. Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent’s court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis.

D.

Cricket is a sport which is played between two teams of eleven players each. One team, which is batting, tries to score runs, while the other team is fielding, and tries to prevent this. Runs are scored by hitting the ball, which is thrown by a player from the fielding team to a player from the batting team, across the boundary, or by the two batting players running back-and-forth between the two wickets. The game started to gain popularity in England in the 16th century but is now popular today in England, Australia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa, New Zealand, the West Indies and several other countries

A.

Association football, more commonly known as simply football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players with the use of a spherical ball. An estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and dependencies makes it the world’s most popular sport to date. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing side’s goal in the time frame of 90 minutes plus stoppage time and occasionally also extra time. Football is globally governed by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the organiser of World Cups for men and women every four years. The men’s FIFA World Cup takes place every four years

C.

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender’s hoop mounted 10 feet high to a backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. Shooting through an opponent’s hoop gives a team two points, and three if it is shot from behind the three-point line. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate. The team with the most points at the end of the game win.

B.

Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each. Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent’s court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis.

D.

Cricket is a sport which is played between two teams of eleven players each. One team, which is batting, tries to score runs, while the other team is fielding, and tries to prevent this. Runs are scored by hitting the ball, which is thrown by a player from the fielding team to a player from the batting team, across the boundary, or by the two batting players running back-and-forth between the two wickets. The game started to gain popularity in England in the 16th century but is now popular today in England, Australia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa, New Zealand, the West Indies and several other countries

A.

Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a sixteenth-century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. The work is owned by the French government and hangs in the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a woman whose expression is often described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the sitter’s expression, the monumentality of the half-figure composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the painting’s continuing fascination. Few other works of art have been subject to as much scrutiny, study, mythologizing, and parody.

C.

Girl with a Pearl Earring is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, created in 1665. Going by various names over the centuries, it became known by its present title towards the end of the 20th century after the earring worn by the girl portrayed there. The work has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1902 and has been the subject of various literary and cinematic treatments. It depicts a European girl wearing an exotic dress, an oriental turban, and what appears to be a very large pearl as an earring.

B.

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, best known under its colloquial name Whistler’s Mother or Portrait of Artist’s Mother,  is a painting in oils on canvas created by the American-born painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler in 1871. The subject of the painting is Whistler’s mother, Anna McNeill Whistler. The painting is 56.81 by 63.94 inches displayed in a frame of Whistler’s own design. It is held by the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, having been bought by the French state in 1891. It is one of the most famous works by an American artist outside the United States. It has been variously described as an American icon and a Victorian Mona Lisa. The painting has been featured or mentioned in numerous works of fiction and within pop culture.

D.

The Arnolfini Portrait (or The Arnolfini Wedding, The Arnolfini Marriage, the Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, or other titles) is a 1434 oil painting on oak panel by painter Jan van Eyck. It forms a full-length double portrait, believed to depict the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, presumably in their residence in the Flemish city of Bruges. It is considered one of the most original and complex paintings in Western art. Furthermore, it is currently located in the National Gallery, London

A.

Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a sixteenth-century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. The work is owned by the French government and hangs in the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a woman whose expression is often described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the sitter’s expression, the monumentality of the half-figure composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the painting’s continuing fascination. Few other works of art have been subject to as much scrutiny, study, mythologizing, and parody.

C.

Girl with a Pearl Earring is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, created in 1665. Going by various names over the centuries, it became known by its present title towards the end of the 20th century after the earring worn by the girl portrayed there. The work has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1902 and has been the subject of various literary and cinematic treatments. It depicts a European girl wearing an exotic dress, an oriental turban, and what appears to be a very large pearl as an earring.

B.

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, best known under its colloquial name Whistler’s Mother or Portrait of Artist’s Mother,  is a painting in oils on canvas created by the American-born painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler in 1871. The subject of the painting is Whistler’s mother, Anna McNeill Whistler. The painting is 56.81 by 63.94 inches displayed in a frame of Whistler’s own design. It is held by the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, having been bought by the French state in 1891. It is one of the most famous works by an American artist outside the United States. It has been variously described as an American icon and a Victorian Mona Lisa. The painting has been featured or mentioned in numerous works of fiction and within pop culture.

D.

The Arnolfini Portrait (or The Arnolfini Wedding, The Arnolfini Marriage, the Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, or other titles) is a 1434 oil painting on oak panel by painter Jan van Eyck. It forms a full-length double portrait, believed to depict the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, presumably in their residence in the Flemish city of Bruges. It is considered one of the most original and complex paintings in Western art. Furthermore, it is currently located in the National Gallery, London

A.

Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a sixteenth-century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. The work is owned by the French government and hangs in the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a woman whose expression is often described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the sitter’s expression, the monumentality of the half-figure composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the painting’s continuing fascination. Few other works of art have been subject to as much scrutiny, study, mythologizing, and parody.

C.

Girl with a Pearl Earring is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, created in 1665. Going by various names over the centuries, it became known by its present title towards the end of the 20th century after the earring worn by the girl portrayed there. The work has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1902 and has been the subject of various literary and cinematic treatments. It depicts a European girl wearing an exotic dress, an oriental turban, and what appears to be a very large pearl as an earring.

B.

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, best known under its colloquial name Whistler’s Mother or Portrait of Artist’s Mother,  is a painting in oils on canvas created by the American-born painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler in 1871. The subject of the painting is Whistler’s mother, Anna McNeill Whistler. The painting is 56.81 by 63.94 inches displayed in a frame of Whistler’s own design. It is held by the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, having been bought by the French state in 1891. It is one of the most famous works by an American artist outside the United States. It has been variously described as an American icon and a Victorian Mona Lisa. The painting has been featured or mentioned in numerous works of fiction and within pop culture.

D.

The Arnolfini Portrait (or The Arnolfini Wedding, The Arnolfini Marriage, the Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, or other titles) is a 1434 oil painting on oak panel by painter Jan van Eyck. It forms a full-length double portrait, believed to depict the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, presumably in their residence in the Flemish city of Bruges. It is considered one of the most original and complex paintings in Western art. Furthermore, it is currently located in the National Gallery, London

A.

Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a sixteenth-century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. The work is owned by the French government and hangs in the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a woman whose expression is often described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the sitter’s expression, the monumentality of the half-figure composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the painting’s continuing fascination. Few other works of art have been subject to as much scrutiny, study, mythologizing, and parody.

C.

Girl with a Pearl Earring is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, created in 1665. Going by various names over the centuries, it became known by its present title towards the end of the 20th century after the earring worn by the girl portrayed there. The work has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1902 and has been the subject of various literary and cinematic treatments. It depicts a European girl wearing an exotic dress, an oriental turban, and what appears to be a very large pearl as an earring.

B.

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, best known under its colloquial name Whistler’s Mother or Portrait of Artist’s Mother,  is a painting in oils on canvas created by the American-born painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler in 1871. The subject of the painting is Whistler’s mother, Anna McNeill Whistler. The painting is 56.81 by 63.94 inches displayed in a frame of Whistler’s own design. It is held by the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, having been bought by the French state in 1891. It is one of the most famous works by an American artist outside the United States. It has been variously described as an American icon and a Victorian Mona Lisa. The painting has been featured or mentioned in numerous works of fiction and within pop culture.

D.

The Arnolfini Portrait (or The Arnolfini Wedding, The Arnolfini Marriage, the Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, or other titles) is a 1434 oil painting on oak panel by painter Jan van Eyck. It forms a full-length double portrait, believed to depict the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, presumably in their residence in the Flemish city of Bruges. It is considered one of the most original and complex paintings in Western art. Furthermore, it is currently located in the National Gallery, London

A.

Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a sixteenth-century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. The work is owned by the French government and hangs in the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a woman whose expression is often described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the sitter’s expression, the monumentality of the half-figure composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the painting’s continuing fascination. Few other works of art have been subject to as much scrutiny, study, mythologizing, and parody.

C.

Girl with a Pearl Earring is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, created in 1665. Going by various names over the centuries, it became known by its present title towards the end of the 20th century after the earring worn by the girl portrayed there. The work has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1902 and has been the subject of various literary and cinematic treatments. It depicts a European girl wearing an exotic dress, an oriental turban, and what appears to be a very large pearl as an earring.

B.

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, best known under its colloquial name Whistler’s Mother or Portrait of Artist’s Mother,  is a painting in oils on canvas created by the American-born painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler in 1871. The subject of the painting is Whistler’s mother, Anna McNeill Whistler. The painting is 56.81 by 63.94 inches displayed in a frame of Whistler’s own design. It is held by the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, having been bought by the French state in 1891. It is one of the most famous works by an American artist outside the United States. It has been variously described as an American icon and a Victorian Mona Lisa. The painting has been featured or mentioned in numerous works of fiction and within pop culture.

D.

The Arnolfini Portrait (or The Arnolfini Wedding, The Arnolfini Marriage, the Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, or other titles) is a 1434 oil painting on oak panel by painter Jan van Eyck. It forms a full-length double portrait, believed to depict the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, presumably in their residence in the Flemish city of Bruges. It is considered one of the most original and complex paintings in Western art. Furthermore, it is currently located in the National Gallery, London

A.

Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a sixteenth-century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. The work is owned by the French government and hangs in the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a woman whose expression is often described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the sitter’s expression, the monumentality of the half-figure composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the painting’s continuing fascination. Few other works of art have been subject to as much scrutiny, study, mythologizing, and parody.

C.

Girl with a Pearl Earring is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, created in 1665. Going by various names over the centuries, it became known by its present title towards the end of the 20th century after the earring worn by the girl portrayed there. The work has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1902 and has been the subject of various literary and cinematic treatments. It depicts a European girl wearing an exotic dress, an oriental turban, and what appears to be a very large pearl as an earring.

B.

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, best known under its colloquial name Whistler’s Mother or Portrait of Artist’s Mother,  is a painting in oils on canvas created by the American-born painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler in 1871. The subject of the painting is Whistler’s mother, Anna McNeill Whistler. The painting is 56.81 by 63.94 inches displayed in a frame of Whistler’s own design. It is held by the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, having been bought by the French state in 1891. It is one of the most famous works by an American artist outside the United States. It has been variously described as an American icon and a Victorian Mona Lisa. The painting has been featured or mentioned in numerous works of fiction and within pop culture.

D.

The Arnolfini Portrait (or The Arnolfini Wedding, The Arnolfini Marriage, the Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, or other titles) is a 1434 oil painting on oak panel by painter Jan van Eyck. It forms a full-length double portrait, believed to depict the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, presumably in their residence in the Flemish city of Bruges. It is considered one of the most original and complex paintings in Western art. Furthermore, it is currently located in the National Gallery, London

A.

Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a sixteenth-century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. The work is owned by the French government and hangs in the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a woman whose expression is often described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the sitter’s expression, the monumentality of the half-figure composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the painting’s continuing fascination. Few other works of art have been subject to as much scrutiny, study, mythologizing, and parody.

C.

Girl with a Pearl Earring is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, created in 1665. Going by various names over the centuries, it became known by its present title towards the end of the 20th century after the earring worn by the girl portrayed there. The work has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1902 and has been the subject of various literary and cinematic treatments. It depicts a European girl wearing an exotic dress, an oriental turban, and what appears to be a very large pearl as an earring.

B.

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, best known under its colloquial name Whistler’s Mother or Portrait of Artist’s Mother,  is a painting in oils on canvas created by the American-born painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler in 1871. The subject of the painting is Whistler’s mother, Anna McNeill Whistler. The painting is 56.81 by 63.94 inches displayed in a frame of Whistler’s own design. It is held by the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, having been bought by the French state in 1891. It is one of the most famous works by an American artist outside the United States. It has been variously described as an American icon and a Victorian Mona Lisa. The painting has been featured or mentioned in numerous works of fiction and within pop culture.

D.

The Arnolfini Portrait (or The Arnolfini Wedding, The Arnolfini Marriage, the Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, or other titles) is a 1434 oil painting on oak panel by painter Jan van Eyck. It forms a full-length double portrait, believed to depict the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, presumably in their residence in the Flemish city of Bruges. It is considered one of the most original and complex paintings in Western art. Furthermore, it is currently located in the National Gallery, London

A.

Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a sixteenth-century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. The work is owned by the French government and hangs in the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a woman whose expression is often described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the sitter’s expression, the monumentality of the half-figure composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the painting’s continuing fascination. Few other works of art have been subject to as much scrutiny, study, mythologizing, and parody.

C.

Girl with a Pearl Earring is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, created in 1665. Going by various names over the centuries, it became known by its present title towards the end of the 20th century after the earring worn by the girl portrayed there. The work has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1902 and has been the subject of various literary and cinematic treatments. It depicts a European girl wearing an exotic dress, an oriental turban, and what appears to be a very large pearl as an earring.

B.

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, best known under its colloquial name Whistler’s Mother or Portrait of Artist’s Mother,  is a painting in oils on canvas created by the American-born painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler in 1871. The subject of the painting is Whistler’s mother, Anna McNeill Whistler. The painting is 56.81 by 63.94 inches displayed in a frame of Whistler’s own design. It is held by the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, having been bought by the French state in 1891. It is one of the most famous works by an American artist outside the United States. It has been variously described as an American icon and a Victorian Mona Lisa. The painting has been featured or mentioned in numerous works of fiction and within pop culture.

D.

The Arnolfini Portrait (or The Arnolfini Wedding, The Arnolfini Marriage, the Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, or other titles) is a 1434 oil painting on oak panel by painter Jan van Eyck. It forms a full-length double portrait, believed to depict the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, presumably in their residence in the Flemish city of Bruges. It is considered one of the most original and complex paintings in Western art. Furthermore, it is currently located in the National Gallery, London

A.

Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a sixteenth-century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. The work is owned by the French government and hangs in the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a woman whose expression is often described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the sitter’s expression, the monumentality of the half-figure composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the painting’s continuing fascination. Few other works of art have been subject to as much scrutiny, study, mythologizing, and parody.

C.

Girl with a Pearl Earring is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, created in 1665. Going by various names over the centuries, it became known by its present title towards the end of the 20th century after the earring worn by the girl portrayed there. The work has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1902 and has been the subject of various literary and cinematic treatments. It depicts a European girl wearing an exotic dress, an oriental turban, and what appears to be a very large pearl as an earring.

B.

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, best known under its colloquial name Whistler’s Mother or Portrait of Artist’s Mother,  is a painting in oils on canvas created by the American-born painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler in 1871. The subject of the painting is Whistler’s mother, Anna McNeill Whistler. The painting is 56.81 by 63.94 inches displayed in a frame of Whistler’s own design. It is held by the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, having been bought by the French state in 1891. It is one of the most famous works by an American artist outside the United States. It has been variously described as an American icon and a Victorian Mona Lisa. The painting has been featured or mentioned in numerous works of fiction and within pop culture.

D.

The Arnolfini Portrait (or The Arnolfini Wedding, The Arnolfini Marriage, the Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, or other titles) is a 1434 oil painting on oak panel by painter Jan van Eyck. It forms a full-length double portrait, believed to depict the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, presumably in their residence in the Flemish city of Bruges. It is considered one of the most original and complex paintings in Western art. Furthermore, it is currently located in the National Gallery, London

A.

Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a sixteenth-century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. The work is owned by the French government and hangs in the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a woman whose expression is often described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the sitter’s expression, the monumentality of the half-figure composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the painting’s continuing fascination. Few other works of art have been subject to as much scrutiny, study, mythologizing, and parody.

C.

Girl with a Pearl Earring is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, created in 1665. Going by various names over the centuries, it became known by its present title towards the end of the 20th century after the earring worn by the girl portrayed there. The work has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1902 and has been the subject of various literary and cinematic treatments. It depicts a European girl wearing an exotic dress, an oriental turban, and what appears to be a very large pearl as an earring.

B.

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, best known under its colloquial name Whistler’s Mother or Portrait of Artist’s Mother,  is a painting in oils on canvas created by the American-born painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler in 1871. The subject of the painting is Whistler’s mother, Anna McNeill Whistler. The painting is 56.81 by 63.94 inches displayed in a frame of Whistler’s own design. It is held by the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, having been bought by the French state in 1891. It is one of the most famous works by an American artist outside the United States. It has been variously described as an American icon and a Victorian Mona Lisa. The painting has been featured or mentioned in numerous works of fiction and within pop culture.

D.

The Arnolfini Portrait (or The Arnolfini Wedding, The Arnolfini Marriage, the Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, or other titles) is a 1434 oil painting on oak panel by painter Jan van Eyck. It forms a full-length double portrait, believed to depict the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, presumably in their residence in the Flemish city of Bruges. It is considered one of the most original and complex paintings in Western art. Furthermore, it is currently located in the National Gallery, London