Arcadópolis
Who Painted It?
Who Painted It?: guess the painter from a detail
Who Painted It? is a free art game in your browser, with nothing to download. You see a close-up detail of a famous painting and pick, from four choices, who painted it or which painting it is.
The paintings are the 356 in the Arcadópolis Museum: from Leonardo, Vermeer and Velázquez to Van Gogh, Monet and Hokusai, 40 painters in all, every one in the public domain. If the detail isn’t enough, you can zoom out to see half the painting and then the whole thing, but a right answer is worth less. There are 10-detail games and 5 daily details, the same for everyone.
It’s one of the 51 games in the Arcadópolis Games folder.
Free, no ads, nothing to install.
Install Who Painted It? on its own on your home screen
What it has
- 356 paintings from the Museum, by 40 painters from different times and countries.
- Two ways to play: guess the painter or guess the painting, plus 5 daily details that alternate both.
- Tricky choices: painters from the same period and paintings by the same painter.
- Three views: the detail (100 points), half the painting (70) and the whole painting (40), plus your streak.
- When you answer, the whole painting with its label: title, year, painter, nationality and movement.
- A button to go see the painting in the Museum, in 3D.
How to play
- Open the Games folder and tap Who Painted It?
- Choose the mode: Painter, Painting or Daily.
- Look at the detail and tap the choice you think is right (or use keys 1 to 4). If you don’t recognize it, tap Zoom out to see more.
- When you answer you see the whole painting and its label. Tap Next for the next detail.
How to recognize a painter from a detail
Every painter leaves a trace in the brushwork. Thick swirls and pure color give away Van Gogh; short, vibrating dabs of light point to Impressionists like Monet or Renoir; light coming through a window and resting on fabric points to Vermeer. Dark backgrounds with brightly lit figures tend to be Baroque, by Caravaggio or Rembrandt, while clean outlines and flat colors belong to the early Renaissance. Look at clothes, objects and landscape too: they tell you the period.
How scoring works
A right answer at the closest detail is worth 100 points; with half the painting, 70; with the whole painting, 40. Each right answer in a row adds 10 for the streak, up to 50. A wrong answer takes nothing away, but it breaks the streak. In Painting mode the choices are often by the same painter, so the detail matters more than the style.
Common questions
Where do the paintings come from?
They’re the works in the Arcadópolis Museum, all in the public domain. The game leaves out works with nudity or violence, so the whole family can play.
What if I don’t recognize the detail?
Tap Zoom out: first you see half the painting and then the whole thing. A right answer is worth less, but that’s how you learn too.
Can I see the whole painting afterwards?
Yes. When you answer, the whole painting appears with its label, and the See it in the Museum button takes you to the work, in 3D.
Also in Arcadópolis
Jigsaw PuzzlesJigsaw puzzles from 24 to 500 pieces with 356 paintings from the Museum, by 40 painters. With a painting of the day and album stickers.
MemoryFind pairs with 36 paintings from the Museum or by ear alone; solo, 2 to 4 players or against the computer.
First LinesGuess the book from its first sentence: 136 classics from the Library in English and Spanish, with 10-round games and a daily challenge.
Arcadópolis has 66 more apps on the same desktop: games, music, a 3D museum and a 3D library.