You're shown a painting — its title is given as a starting clue. Identify four things about it: the artist, the art movement, the year it was made, and its country of origin. Each is scored out of 1000, so a perfect round is 4000 points.
For artist and movement you either type your answer (start typing to filter the list) or, if you're stuck, hit “Not sure? Narrow it down” to turn the field into a multiple choice — at a points cost. For year, type a number and pick CE or BCE. For country, type or pick from the list.
Click the artwork at any time to see it enlarged.
How scoring works
Two fields are all-or-something, two reward getting close:
Artist — 1000 for the right name, 0 otherwise. Spelling is forgiving (surnames and minor variations are accepted).
Movement — 1000 for a correct movement, 0 otherwise. Many works belong to more than one, and any of them scores.
Year — 1000 if exact, then you lose 10 points for every year you're off, reaching 0 at 100 years. Some works are dated to a range; any guess inside the range scores full marks, and you're scored from the nearest end if you're outside it.
Country — 1000 if exact, otherwise scored by how far your country is from the right one, fading to 0 at roughly the other side of the world.
The “Narrow it down” hint
Stuck on the artist or movement? Narrowing turns it into a multiple choice but caps that field's score: narrow to 4 options for −250, and narrow again to 2 options for another −250 (so the field tops out at 500). Guess wrong after a hint and you simply score 0 for that field — never negative.
Prehistoric works
For very old works, exact dates are impossible, so they're scored gently: you lose 10 points per 100 years off rather than per year. Being a few thousand years out still scores well.
Your rating
At the end of a 5-, 10- or 15-round game your total is compared to the maximum possible and turned into a rating — from Curator At Large at the top down to Complete Philistine. Your best score for each game length is remembered on this device.
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