Fabergė: A Life Of Its Own
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What capital city in Russia is “where Russian culture takes off?”
What country largely influenced Saint Petersburg?
What is Fabergė’s first name?
What influenced and affected his designs and work?
How much did Karl Fabergė earn in his first 10 years?
What was Karl Fabergė’s job title? Was he an “artist?”
What does the Czarina buy as a gift made by Fabergė in 1882?
When the Czars of Russia traveled abroad, what were the Fabergė gifts that they gave symbolic
of?
A) What Russia is capable of.
B) What Russians give to each other as gifts.
C) The riches of Russia.
What inspired Karl Fabergė’s style?
What were the living conditions like in Russia during Fabergė’s life?
A) Lavish
B) Poor
C) Average
What egg was the first of the commissioned easter eggs?
What country that was visited was most interested in Fabergė?
What presents were given by the siamese court in return?
Fabergė: A Life Of Its Own
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What is the shell of the green egg made to remind you of?
What is inside?
Where did Fabergė find new clients?
Many of Fabergė’s pieces were inspired by what element of nature?
A) Water
B) Air
C) Animals
D) Plants
How many goldsmiths, jewelers, enamelers and stone carvers worked in the Fabergė house?
Who were the Fabergė Eggs given to?
What are the Fabergė Eggs adorned with?
Did Karl Fabergė make each imperial egg?
What was Karl Fabergė involved in with the creation of each piece? Choose all that apply.
A) Design and creation of every piece
B) Making them each with his own hands
C) Overseeing masters who oversee craftsmen
D) Firing the enamel in the kiln.
Where did he hire most of his masters from?
A) Russia
B) France
C) Scandinavia
Why did he hire them from there?
What was Fabergė famous for across Europe?
Fabergė: A Life Of Its Own
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Which is more true:
Fabergė = Perfection
Fabergė = Fancy
Guilloche is a technique that used engine turned patterns encised on the metal underneath caused
the enamel to
______.(fill in the blank)
What surfaces would Guilloche work on: Curved or flat?
What metal would Faberge not work on?
A) Silver
B) Gold
C) Platinum
D) Bronze
What is enamel made from?
How do you create depth with enamel?
What could go wrong when making a Fabergė or any enamel piece?
The Czars live on a grand scale with palaces with how many rooms and how many servants?
The Russian royal family actually wants to live like an Edwardian bourgeois family and
Alexandra was completely obsessed with what?
The Cradle of Garlands Easter egg was created to celebrate what specific event?
What is inside each rosebud?
How much was the egg worth in today’s money?
What other cities did Fabergė open shops in?
Fabergė: A Life Of Its Own
Name__________________________ Period:______________
What art movement challenged the ‘old order’ in 1913?
What style is Fabergė?
A) Classical
B) NeoClassical
C) Baroque
What animal represents the czars in the Colonnade Egg?
How many imperial Easter eggs were made?
What are inside them?
Which imperial egg was carved by hand in platinum and features many different colored
gemstones together making a pattern?
Inside the egg, there is an enameled medallion on a pedestal with what on it?
How many eggs did Forbes collect?
How much does he allegedly sell them for?
How much was the most expensive Fabergė egg last sold for?
What other things did Fabergė create?
What could you look at that contains the Fabergė designs?
What do all of the owners think of Fabergė?
Fabergė: A Life Of Its Own
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What was rediscovered in the museum?
What has happened to 8 other eggs?
What is the last name of the last Roman family of czars that the eggs were made for?
How many years ago did Karl Fabergė make his last imperial egg?
What feature on the watch pays homage to Fabergė?
Why is the name and age of one of Fabergė’s only female designers?
What inspires the Winter Egg?
What is inside?
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