Art Questions Unit 2
Claude Monet
A painting by which artist provoked the comment by a critic that gave the Impressionists their name?
closer
An artist can use color to indicate depth. When a color is very pure and intense then it seems to be ________.
further away
An artist paints a scene with a large mountain, which lacks detail and is out of focus, and a tree, which is sharply defined and bright green. The viewer might assume that the mountain is ________ than the tree.
all of the other answers
An important feature of late Renaissance artwork, compared to art created during the early and high Renaissance, is ________.
three-point
Ascending and Descending, by M. C. Escher, uses ________ perspective.
building such an enormous dome was a technological challenge
Brunelleschi's design for the dome of Florence Cathedral was a triumph over adversity because ________.
a complementary
By using ________ color scheme in his painting Twilight in the Wilderness, Frederick Edwin Church intensified the drama of the vast natural landscape.
impasto
Californian artist Joan Brown used this painting technique, created by applying thick layers of paint to a surface.
temperature
Color ________ can be relative to the other colors nearby. For example, violet can be warm if we see it next to a hot color like red, or cool if we see it next to a colder color like blue.
wax
Color pencil is much like graphite pencil, but the lead is made from pigment and ________.
serious
Detective movies of the 1940s were filmed in such dark tones they were referred to as film noir. Filmmakers chose these dark values to enhance the ________ mood of the movies.
all of the other answers
Giorgio Vasari believed that ________.
17
How many Olmec colossal heads have been discovered?
hatching
If an artist wanted to create an area of darkness using the medium of silverpoint, they would use the technique of ________.
foreshortening
If an artist were to draw a figure with their arm pointing directly toward the viewer, what technique would the artist have to use when drawing the outstretched arm?
red and green
If you were to design an eye-catching poster using only two colors, the combination that would most stand out to passersby would be ________.
red
If you were to look at a t-shirt which absorbed the colors violet, blue, green, yellow, and orange, what color would the t-shirt appear to be?
all of the previous answers
In the Augustus of Primaporta, the Roman Emperor Augustus is portrayed as ________.
gold leaf
Islamic and Renaissance artists often used tempera in conjunction with oil and this material, which adds a rich appearance to the work.
oil paint
Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi used this medium for her Allegory of Painting, a self-portrait of the artist with a paintbrush in hand.
all of the other answers
Masaccio used which of the following elements and principles in Tribute Money?
charcoal
Match the artwork with its drawing medium:
pastel
Match the artwork with its drawing medium:
red chalk
Match the artwork with its drawing medium:
reed pen and ink
Match the artwork with its drawing medium:
graphite
Match the artwork with its drawing medium: (Gedo)
funerary adornments
Naturalistic encaustic portraits of the Roman era, from the Fayum Oasis in Egypt, were created as ________.
all of the other answers
Neoclassical paintings, such as those by Jacques-Louis David and Angelica Kauffmann, ________.
it represented the ideals to which they aspired
New North American cities in the late eighteenth century chose neoclassicism as their architectural style because:
relative position
One method used to establish depth in Hokusai's "The Great Wave Off Shore at Kanagawa" involves placing shapes higher or lower on the page. This process for creating depth is called ________.
painting of the artist looking in a mirror
Parmigianino's Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror is a:
9B
Pencils have a range of values from very light to very dark. If you wanted a dark value, which of these pencil numbers would be the darkest?
an emphasis on emotion and heightened realism
Portrait of the Artist's Sisters Playing Chess displays which of the following characteristics?
ancient scholars looking like sixteenth-century artists
Raphael's The School of Athens contains:
public, painters, and critics
Salons, such as the one depicted in Pietro Martini's 1785 print, were visited by:
Michelangelo
Taking four years to complete, the Sistine Chapel ceiling was painted by this artist in sections and using the buon fresco method.
a monochromatic
The American artist Mark Tansey used ________ color palette when he painted his homage to Cubism titled Picasso and Braque.
Rene Magritte
The Belgian Surrealist artist ________ created The Treachery of Images, a work which calls our attention to the illusionary characteristics of painting.
Jan van Eyck
The Renaissance artist and writer Giorgio Vasari credited this Flemish painter with the invention of oil paint.
has an entire law code written on it
The Stela of Hammurabi:
China
The Yongzheng Emperor was the ruler of ________.
beeswax
The binding agent in encaustic painting is ________.
crete
The earliest examples of fresco, found at the Palace of Knossos on the Mediterranean island of ________, date to c. 1600-1500 bce.
value
The element of art which describes the relative lightness or darkness of a hue, compared to another hue, is known as ________.
is just a painted illusion
The oculus in Andrea Mantegna's Camera degli Sposi in the Ducal Palace in Mantua:
instability, chaos, and disorder
The overall composition and the facial expressions in Pontormo's Deposition create an atmosphere of ________.
energy
The use of highly saturated color in The Turning Road, L'Estaque by André Derain gives the work a feeling of ________.
pigment
This component of paint has traditionally been extracted from minerals, soils, vegetable matter, and animal by-products.
spray paint
This painting technique was used by the prehistoric cave painters of Lascaux, France, and is still used by contemporary graffiti artists.
isometric perspective
This system, which derives its name from the Greek meaning "equal measure," uses diagonal parallel lines to communicate depth.
all of the previous answers
Thomas Cole's The Oxbow:
unification
What are the scenes on the Palette of Narmer about?
all of the previous answers
What aspects of Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) discomforted many viewers when it was first exhibited?
brought his sculpture of a beautiful woman to life
What did Venus do for Pygmalion?
a sense of stillness
What does Birgit Megerle's light touch with the colored pencil communicate to the viewer in her drawing Untitled?
all of these answers
What does the Justinian mosaic in the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna demonstrate?
that the couple are wealthy and faithful
What does the dog in The Arnolfini Portrait symbolize?
all of the other answers
What elements have an ambiguous reflection in Édouard Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère?
a bloodletting ritual
What event is portrayed in the elaborately carved lintel showing the Maya ruler Shield Jaguar and his wife Lady Xoc?
all of these answers are true
What is not true about Hyacinthe Rigaud's portrait of Louis XIV?
sunken-relief carving
What technique was used to create the portrait of King Akhenaten, his wife Nefertiti, and their three daughters?
humility
What theme is not represented in the paintings which decorate the walls of the library of Pope Julius II in the Vatican?
paper cutouts
When Matisse executed the work Icarus he could no longer hold a brush for long periods. Instead he created it using this process ...
a cartoon
When Raphael was preparing to paint his fresco The School of Athens he did a large drawing called ________ to help place the design on the wall.
subtractive
When ________ colors are mixed, they make a duller and darker color because more of the visible spectrum is absorbed.
entasis
When columns are intentionally designed to swell at the midpoint, this is called ________.
vibrate
When complementary colors are used next to each other in a composition, they produce a visual anomaly called simultaneous contrast. This visual effect makes the colors appear to ________ along the boundary where the two colors meet.
atmospheric perspective
When objects are far away they lack contrast, detail, and sharpness of focus because of the interference of air. Artists take advantage of this when they use the process called ...
all of these
When using a series of squares that are exactly the same shape, implied depth can be achieved by ________.
Constantine
Which emperor created a colossal statue of himself to be placed in a basilica in the center of Rome?
all of the previous answers
Which of the following statements is true of Michelangelo?
Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass)
Which painting was included in the first Salon des Refusés (Salon of the Rejected)?
the entire scene
Which part of René Magritte's The Human Condition is painted?
the blue envelope
Which part of William Harnett's The Old Violin is real and not just painted?
Zeuxis and Parrhasius
Which two ancient Greek painters were masters of illusion?
Leon Battista Alberti
Who advised artists in his treatise On Painting that paintings should look like illusionary windows?
because Renaissance writers admired Greek mythology, philosophy, and art
Why were the Greek god Apollo and the goddess Athena included in The School of Athens?
end of the century
fin de siècle
application of thick paint
impasto
painting outdoors
en plein air
