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Who Made That? (Part 2)

Question: The painting Girl with a Pearl Earring
Answer: Johannes Vermeer painted the portrait of a young Dutch woman with a headscarf and pearl earring in 1665. It inspired both a book and a movie in the 21st century.
Question: The painting The Starry Night
Answer: Vincent van Gogh painted this swirling Post-Impressionist work of the night sky in 1889.
Question: The photograph that came to be known as Migrant Mother
Answer: Dorothea Lange took this now-famous photograph of a mother and her children in rural California in 1936.
Question: The painting The Mona Lisa
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci painted this iconic work between about 1503 and 1506.
Question: The painting Nighthawks
Answer: Edward Hopper painted the late-night diner scene in 1942.
Question: The Surrealist painting The Persistence of Memory
Answer: Salvador Dalí created this wacky painting of melting clocks in 1931.
Question: The painting The School of Athens
Answer: Raphael painted this famous High Renaissance fresco between about 1509 and 1511. It is located in the papal apartments in the Vatican Palace.
Question: The contemporary sculpture Cloud Gate located in Chicago’s Millennium Park
Answer: Anish Kapoor is the sculptor of this popular tourist attraction known colloquially as “The Bean.”