Art 1100 Midterm Chapter 1 - Chapter 7
Paul Cézanne's Mme. Cézanne in a Red Armchair illustrates the artist's strong interest in a) design. b) subject matter. c) color. d) composition.
Answer: a
A color's brightness or dullness is called its a) intensity or saturation. b) tint or shade. c) relative key. d) hue.
Answer: a
A friend of Claude Monet described his great paintings of Water Lilies, Morning: Willows in the Musée de l'Orangerie as demonstrating a) Brownian motion. b) a dynamic palette. c) classical beauty. d) religious symbolism.
Answer: a
According to Sayre, what are the three steps in the process of "seeing"? a) reception, extraction, inference b) detection, processing, reference c) looking, seeing, believing d) reception, interpreting, understanding
Answer: a
Although created for different purposes, Barbara Hepworth's Two Figures and the African feast-making spoon share a similar trait. What is it? a) They are both positive forms that contain negative space. b) They are both based on the animal form. c) They are both constructed from clay. d) They are both functional artworks.
Answer: a
Artist Artemisia Gentileschi heightens the drama of Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes by using a technique that comes from an Italian word meaning "murky." This technique is called a) tenebrism. b) cross-hatching. c) hatching. d) simultaneous contrast.
Answer: a
At the end of the nineteenth century, which invention allowed color to be projected with increased brightness and clarity? a) the electric light b) the color wheel c) the gelatin silver print d) tenebrism
Answer: a
Because Gianlorenzo Bernini's David tells a story—of David slaying Goliath—it is said to have what kind of sequence? a) narrative b) plastic c) frozen d) linear
Answer: a
Ben Jones's Black Face and Arm Unit uses color and line in the form of bands, ornaments, and scarifications reminiscent of the facial decorations in a) ancient African sculpture. b) ancient Peruvian ceramics. c) ancient Egyptian wall paintings. d) ancient Greek vase paintings.
Answer: a
Chartres Cathedral's rose window best illustrates a) radial balance. b) asymmetry. c) asymmetrical balance. d) the canonical façade.
Answer: a
Claude Monet's Water Lilies, Morning: Willows and Bridget Riley's Drift No. 2 are similar in that both a) allude to the movements of water. b) narrate a story. c) depict the process of snow falling. d) depict flowers in the process of blooming.
Answer: a
Dunhuang is the site of a great collection of early Chinese art that fills the a) Mogao Caves. b) the Great Wall of China. c) the city of Beijing. d) Beijing National Stadium.
Answer: a
Figure of a Woman by Paul Colin probably derives from his____________. a) Association with Josephine Baker and La Revue Negre. b) Time spent traveling while in the Navy. c) Studies at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. d) Travels in the southern United States.
Answer: a
Frank Gehry has been called a postmodern architect, primarily because a) he purposely creates a sense of discontinuity by employing variety over unity. b) his buildings were created "after modernism." c) he uses architectural elements from different time periods. d) he prioritizes unity over variety.
Answer: a
Gustave Caillebotte's Place de l'Europe on a Rainy Day is based on what specific type of perspective? a) two-point linear perspective b) trimetric perspective c) one-point linear perspective d) isometric perspective
Answer: a
Hatching and cross-hatching are ways of turning line into a) volume. b) color. c) atmospheric perspective. d) wash.
Answer: a
Hokusai's The Great Wave makes a statement about scale, in part because a) everyone in Japan knows the scale of Mount Fuji. b) any black-and-white art causes scale to feel reduced. c) the print is 86 inches in height. d) the print presents nature in relation to the human figure.
Answer: a
How are Rembrandt's Three Crosses and Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night similar? a) They both use expressive line to convey emotion. b) They both connect imagery with grid lines. c) They both use controlled lines to create stability. d) They both combine drip and horizontal lines to create energy.
Answer: a
How did Kenneth Clark know of the African dancing mask he disparaged in his television series and book Civilization? a) He owned it. b) He saw it in a museum of natural history. c) He saw a photograph of it in a book. d) He saw it in a magazine.
Answer: a
How does Chérie Samba's Calvary use line to draw a parallel between the painter and Christ? a) Implied lines arc over the artist, connecting him with the soldier's imminent whipping. b) Grid lines are drawn connecting the artist with the soldiers' whips. c) Precise lines are painted to show the whips strike the artist. d) Expressive lines in bright colors create a halo effect around the artist.
Answer: a
How does Mary Cassatt assert a more active role for the woman in her painting In the Loge? a) The woman's face and hand enter the space of light used for the male zone. b) The woman's face and hand are placed in the foreground of the painting. c) The artist uses the Impressionist style employed by male artists. d) The woman is the largest figure in the painting.
Answer: a
How is Sol LeWitt's line in Wall Drawing No. 681 C best described? a) analytic b) personal c) romantic d) soft contour
Answer: a
How is Wolf Kahn's Afterglow I comparable to Willem de Kooning's North Atlantic Light? a) Both paintings are largely concerned with the effects of light. b) Both paintings are highly representational. c) Both paintings are photorealistic views of real landscapes. d) Both paintings employ trompe-l'oeil.
Answer: a
How is a viewer's experience of the Rubin vase similar to that of experiencing Eliasson's Suney? a) Perception changes in response to light. b) Forms are intentionally distorted. c) Space is organized from the same perspective. d) Abstraction is the dominant style of both.
Answer: a
Hung Liu studied and taught painting with a strict classical line that is associated with the style of a) Russian Social Realism. b) the Expressionists. c) Abstract Expressionism. d) Post-Impressionism.
Answer: a
In Deliverance, which technique does Steve DiBenedetto use to create a sense of space? a) overlapping images b) line c) linear perspective d) atmospheric perspective
Answer: a
In Enguerrand Quarton's Coronation of the Virgin, the artist has organized the design of the composition to emphasize the most important part of the composition, which is the a) crucifix. b) virgin. c) crown. d) landscape.
Answer: a
In Harmony in Red (The Red Room), Henri Matisse deliberately intended to violate the laws of perspective. Why? a) His interests were in things other than verisimilitude. b) He preferred flat space and disliked shading. c) He did not understand perspective. d) He was more comfortable with the two-dimensional plane.
Answer: a
In Manuel Neri's sculpture Mujer Pegada Series No. 2, the smooth and rough areas of bronze provide examples of a) actual texture. b) visual texture. c) frottage. d) geometric textures.
Answer: a
In Pat Steir's The Brueghel Series: A Vanitas of Style, a series of sixty-four separate panels are held together by what category of line? a) grid lines b) contour lines c) expressive lines d) calligraphic lines
Answer: a
In The Dead Christ, which technique does Andrea Mantegna utilize to adjust the distortion created by the point of view? a) foreshortening b) isometric projection c) oblique projection d) verisimilitude
Answer: a
In The Treason of Images, the artist combines awareness, creativity, and communication by encouraging the viewer to look closely at an object. The artist is a) René Magritte. b) Lorna Simpson. c) Duane Michaels. d) John Ahearn.
Answer: a
In architecture, the enclosing walls of a room create a) negative space. b) foreshortening of space. c) spatial perspective. d) perceptual scale.
Answer: a
In her painting Still Life with Lobster, Anna Vallayer-Coster establishes emphasis through a) the manipulation of light and color. b) the use of scale. c) the reliance on asymmetrical balance. d) the strong subject matter.
Answer: a
In the 1660s, who discovered that color is a direct function of light by passing sunlight through a prism and observing the bands of spectrum of colors? a) Isaac Newton b) Rembrandt van Rijn c) Gianlorenzo Bernini d) Pierre Bonnard
Answer: a
In the history of art, with what has the color black been associated? a) Goethe associated black with the absence of good, but for African Americans, black is a color of pride. b) In medieval art, black is associated with the owl, which symbolizes both wisdom and evil. c) In the biblical book of Genesis, black is associated with the void before the creation and with the angels after the creation. d) To Goethe, black was associated with both the divine creation and the discoveries of modern science.
Answer: a
In the kente cloths of the Asante and Ewe societies of Ghana, pattern is associated with a) social prestige and wealth. b) hunting. c) childbirth. d) food preparation.
Answer: a
In the sixteenth century, The Ghent Altarpiece, which represents the divine, was threatened by a) iconoclasts. b) iconographers. c) graffiti artists. d) calligraphers.
Answer: a
J. M. W. Turner uses two types of perspective in Rain, Steam, and Speed—The Great Western Railway. What are they? a) atmospheric and one-point b) atmospheric and multiple view c) stacked and two-point d) atmospheric and two-point
Answer: a
Jan van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami, like René Magritte's The Treason of Images, is concerned with a) images that are not literally what they appear to be. b) expensive objects that signify wealth and success. c) experimental painting materials. d) political messages.
Answer: a
Jasper Johns chose to paint his image of the American flag to express a) his proclivity for things seen but not examined. b) his own patriotism during the McCarthy era. c) a universal concept of freedom. d) the injustices incurred during the Civil Rights Movement.
Answer: a
Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is based on what specific type of perspective? a) one-point linear perspective b) trimetric perspective c) isometric perspective d) two-point linear perspective
Answer: a
Lines that are loose and free-form are called a) gestural lines. b) outline. c) drip lines. d) analytic lines.
Answer: a
Lines that create a sense of movement and direction are called a) implied lines. b) continuous lines. c) contour lines. d) construction lines.
Answer: a
Lines that form the outer edge of a three-dimensional shape and suggest its volume are called a) contour lines. b) grid lines. c) outlines. d) implied lines.
Answer: a
Mary Cassatt has manipulated light and color in In the Loge to emphasize the a) division between male and female spaces. b) passive role of a female spectator. c) prison-like opera box. d) significance of opera in the late nineteenth century.
Answer: a
Max Ernst developed a technique called frottage, which involves a) rubbing a sheet of paper over a textured surface. b) applying layers of oil glazes. c) covering a surface with fine sand. d) applying thick layers of bronze to a surface.
Answer: a
Michelangelo's Head of a Satyr renders form through the use of a) cross-hatching. b) linear perspective. c) axonometric projection. d) achromatism.
Answer: a
Naturalism is a brand of representation in which the artist a) retains realistic elements but presents the world from a personal or subjective point of view. b) abstracts what he or she is depicting, to varying degrees. c) paints exactly, faithfully what he or she sees. d) works with ideas instead of images, creating purely nonobjective artwork.
Answer: a
Objects that are intended to stimulate a sense of beauty in the viewer are thought to be not merely functional but a) aesthetic. b) utilitarian. c) objective. d) iconographic.
Answer: a
On Newton's color wheel, colors that lie directly between a secondary and primary are called a) intermediate colors. b) complementary colors. c) secondary colors. d) primary colors.
Answer: a
On the color wheel, blues and greens are usually thought of as a) cool colors. b) complementary colors. c) intermediate colors. d) opposite each other.
Answer: a
One of the chief tools employed by artists of the Renaissance to show the effects of light is a) chiaroscuro. b) perspective. c) key. d) perceptual key.
Answer: a
Paul Colin's Figure of a Woman, surely derived from the artist's association with Josephine Baker, achieved the techniques of chiaroscuro by using a) black and white crayon on beige paper. b) pen and brown ink on cream paper. c) pen and black wash on blue-prepared paper. d) red chalk on pink paper.
Answer: a
Paul Cézanne's Madame Cézanne in a Red Armchair illustrates that the artist was more interested in: a) Design b) Subject Matter c) Color d) Composition
Answer: a
Proportion is defined as a) the relationship between the parts of a composition and the whole. b) the comparative size of a thing in relation to another like thing. c) any solid that occupies a three-dimensional volume. d) a flat two-dimensional area.
Answer: a
Rudy Burckhardt's photos teach us that Jackson Pollock longed to be involved in a) the process of painting. b) the poetry of Robert Frost. c) impressionist masterpieces. d) the mechanized world.
Answer: a
SAMO is a name adopted by a) Jean-Michel Basquiat. b) John Taylor. c) Charlie Parker. d) Willem de Kooning.
Answer: a
Some works of art are created precisely to give us the illusion or sensation of movement. This style of art is called a) Op Art. b) Dada. c) animal style. d) decorative art.
Answer: a
The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh indicates the power of the artist's a) expressive line. b) analytical line. c) classical line. d) contour line.
Answer: a
The Taj Mahal is a perfect example of a) symmetrical balance. b) asymetrical balance. c) actual texture. d) radial balance.
Answer: a
The Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan a) as a mausoleum for his favorite wife. b) as a museum to house cultural objects of great value. c) for use as a mosque. d) as a pilgrimage site.
Answer: a
The artist that painted La Chahut (The Can-Can) was interested in harmonizing complementary colors. The resulting process came to be known as a) pointillism. b) chromaticism. c) orphism. d) constructivism.
Answer: a
The author describes Chuck Close's painting Stanley as "layered" pointillism because a) it is made of thousands of little square paintings. b) its composition is based on nineteenth-century landscapes. c) it imitates the color hues of nineteenth-century paintings. d) it is painted with thousands of dots onto a low-relief sculpture.
Answer: a
The less representation resembles the real world, the more it is considered a) abstract. b) symbolic. c) SAMO. d) natural.
Answer: a
The mission of the National Endowment of the Arts, as defined when it was first funded by Congress in 1967, was a) to teach the public how to see and appreciate "advanced art." b) to censor art. c) to give tax deductions to art gallery dealers and auction houses. d) to impose a state-sponsored artistic style.
Answer: a
The symbolic hand gestures that refer to specific states of mind or events in the life of Buddha are called a) mudras. b) bismillah. c) handies. d) calliforms.
Answer: a
The temperature of Jane Hammond's Fallen, with a color scheme of oranges, yellows, and reds, can be described as a) warm. b) cool. c) intermediate. d) primary.
Answer: a
The terms "naturalistic art" or "realistic art" are sometimes used to describe a) representational art. b) abstract art. c) nonrepresentational art. d) folk art.
Answer: a
There is a contradiction in the appearance of Martin Puryear's Self. What is it? a) It is much lighter than it appears, because it is hollow. b) The value of the paint is much lighter than it appears in the photograph. c) It is much heavier than it looks because of the materials the artist used. d) It is actually just two-dimensional.
Answer: a
Titian's Assumption and Consecration of the Virgin demonstrates the power of a) lines of sight. b) stained glass. c) color. d) gender associations with line.
Answer: a
Unlike a Renaissance painting, time-based media like Teresa Hubbard's and Alexander Birchler's Detached Building can utilize the element of a) sound. b) taste. c) visual texture. d) smell.
Answer: a
Van Gogh builds up his lines in thick, bold strokes that possess an almost structural quality known as a) impasto. d) analytic. c) implied. d) controlled.
Answer: a
We can clearly see the artistic impulse to "give form to the immaterial," to represent hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, and personal feelings in a) religious art. b) art based on close observation of one's immediate surroundings. c) contemporary art that deals with "identity politics." d) political art.
Answer: a
What cultural conventions did Robert Mapplethorpe challenge in his photographic portrait of female bodybuilder Lisa Lyon? a) the traditional representation of the female nude b) the role of religion in art c) the use of classical models in modern photography d) the belief that line is the most important element in art
Answer: a
What female types does Mickalene Thomas's Portrait of Mnonja evoke? a) African-American superstar divas of the 1970s b) Spanish prostitutes as depicted in Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon c) the Virgin Mary and the female saints in Jan van Eyck's The Ghent Altarpiece d) avant-garde paintings of female figures in motion
Answer: a
What idea was made famous by the ancient Greeks as a model of architectural proportion? a) canon b) Doryphorus c) mathematical harmony d) golden section
Answer: a
What is the chief form of Islamic art? a) calligraphy b) abstractions of animals c) figurative representation d) conceptual art
Answer: a
What is the content of Alert Bierstadt's Rocky Mountains? a) It is a sublime representation of the mountain range that can be seen to encompass the spirit and character of the American West b) It is an imaginative interpretation of the landscape of the American East c) It combines a representational depiction of a mountain meadow with a lake, waterfall, and Native American encampment with a barely disguised rendering of the Matterhorn in the distance d) It is a realistic depiction of the mountain range without embellishment or artistic license
Answer: a
What is the function of the nkisi nkonde figure? a) It pursues wrongdoers at night and punishes them when nails are driven into it. b) It is purely aesthetic. c) It is a fertility idol. d) It was made so that it could be stolen and exhibited in museums in Europe and the United States.
Answer: a
What is the metaphorical significance of the feast-making spoon sculpture from the Ivory Coast? a) It represents the imagination transforming an everyday object for good. b) It represents the battle between good and evil. c) It gives a sense of the duality of light and dark, plenty and scarcity. d) It represents the seasonal harvest of grain.
Answer: a
What is the most obvious visual element in Matisse's Harmony in Red (The Red Room)? a) Its lack of special depth b) The deep, atmospheric space c) The overall cool composition d) It is highly textured
Answer: a
What is the subject matter of Isidro Escamilla's Virgin of Guadalupe? a) It depicts the Virgin Mary at Tepeyac. b) It depicts the Virgin Mary after the crucifixion of Jesus. c) It depicts the Virgin Mary in Nazareth. d) It depicts the Virgin Mary after the ascension of Jesus.
Answer: a
What was the inspiration for Grace Ndiritu's Still Life: White Textiles? a) an exhibition of work by Henri Matisse in 2005 in London b) traditional Yoruban rituals c) erotic puppet shows d) the action paintings of Jackson Pollock
Answer: a
When and where was linear perspective first codified (studied, organized, and written down)? a) during the Renaissance in Italy b) in the twelfth century in Japan c) in the twentieth century in the United States d) during the Classical period in Greece
Answer: a
When dealing with balance in a composition, an artist or designer is actually dealing with a) visual weight. b) actual weight. c) proportion. d) the balance between form and content.
Answer: a
When each side of a composition is exactly the same, it shows a) absolute symmetry. b) asymmetrical balance. c) perfect proportion. d) visual weight.
Answer: a
Where is the focal point in the Baroque painting Joseph the Carpenter by Georges de La Tour? a) in the child's (Jesus') face b) Joseph's left foot c) Joseph's right hand d) the upper left part of the composition
Answer: a
Where is the vanishing point in the perspective analysis of Duccio's Annunciation of the Death of the Virgin, from the Maestà Altarpiece? a) at several points in the composition b) just above and to the left of the Virgin's head c) at the virgin's hands d) at the angel's head
Answer: a
Which element of Matisse's Harmony in Red (The Red Room) creates a visual contradiction to the work's title? a) its representation of spatial depth b) its use of color c) its use of negative space d) its placement of vantage point
Answer: a
Which is the most obvious difference between Bernini's David and Michelangelo's David? a) Bernini's David is caught in the midst of action. b) Michelangelo's is a much better piece of art. c) They are carved from different materials. d) Michelangelo's has much more action.
Answer: a
Which medium did sculptor Dan Flavin employ to transform a room? a) fluorescent lighting b) human ashes c) oil paint d) dirt
Answer: a
Which of these artists created a work titled Pietà? a) Michelangelo b) Isidro Escamilla c) Bridget Riley d) Manuel Neri
Answer: a
Which of these pieces best illustrates the use of variety over unity? a) Louise Lawler's Pollock and Tureen b) Laylah Ali's Untitled c) Leonardo da Vinci, Study of Human Proportion: The Vitruvian Man d) Auguste Rodin's The Three Shades
Answer: a
Which theme connects Paul Strand's Geometric Backyards, New York and Julie Mehretu's Berliner Plätze? a) visual effects of perceptual space b) the fluidity of time c) order versus disorder d) representations of history
Answer: a
While in prison, Howling Wolf made many drawings called a) ledger drawings. b) scraffitti. c) office drawings. d) calculated drawings.
Answer: a
Why are images traditionally frowned on in Islamic art? a) The word can be trusted in a way that images cannot. b) Humans are thought to be a symbol of filth. c) Human images are not frowned on in Islamic art. d) Calligraphy is more challenging.
Answer: a
William A. Garnett took photographs of American landscapes a) from the window of an airplane he was piloting. b) from hiking trails during camping trips in the mountains. c) from the window of his beach house. d) from a canoe.
Answer: a
With atmospheric perspective, objects further from the viewer appear a) cooler and less distinct. b) warmer and more detailed. c) warmer and less distinct. d) cooler and more detailed.
Answer: a
14. In a work of art, "content" refers to a) the culture that produced it. b) what the work means. c) its style. d) the way it looks.
Answer: b
A picture drawn in perspective that employs a single point of vision is called a) one-point perspective. b) monocular vision. c) pyramidal vision. d) binocular vision.
Answer: b
Artists sometimes choose to paint objects using colors that are not "true" to their optical or local colors. This is an example of the expressive use of a) artistic color. b)arbitrary color. c) secondary color. d) oblique color.
Answer: b
Beatriz Milhazes's Carambola is based on a) the horizontal line. b) the square. c) the zigzag. d) a triangle.
Answer: b
By the 19th century, the type of perspective used in paintings such as J.M.W. Turner's Rain, Steam, and Speed—The Great Western Railway had come to dominate the thinking of landscape painters. What type is it? a) Luminous perspective b) Aerial or atmospheric perspective c) Two-point linear perspective d) Axonometric projection
Answer: b
How can we describe Sol LeWitt's use of line in Wall Drawing No. 681 C? a) Indiscriminate b) Controlled c) Naturalistic d) All of the above
Answer: b
How did Michelangelo's David become political? a) It was placed in the gardens of the Medici palace as a symbol of the family's power. b) It was placed in Florence's government square as a symbol of the Republic's freedom from the Medici family. c) It was placed in a chapel in the Florence Cathedral. d) Its nudity was covered by a skirt of copper leaves.
Answer: b
Hung Liu's paintings, such as Three Fujins, rely on contrasts between two very important elements, a) yin and yang. b) carefully drawn structural lines and uncontrolled drip lines. c) her love of Mao's Cultural Revolution and her need to paint. d) large and miniature grid patterns.
Answer: b
In House, how does Jaune Quick-to-See Smith evoke the simplicity of traditional Native American lifestyles that have disappeared? a) Complex metaphors and dynamic lines b) Simple black outlines and ironic messages c) Kinetic forms and gestural brushstrokes d) Political activism and romantic imagery
Answer: b
In the 15 th century in Italy there was a profound redefinition of space with the codification and usage of linear perspective. Some see the same thing happening today with a) Increased urbanization. b) The increased usage and manipulation of cyberspace and virtual realities. c) The ubiquity of television. d) New technology like the printing press.
Answer: b
Jan Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance is a perfect example of a) variety over unity b) an asymmetrically balanced composition. c) rhythm and repetition. d) a symmetrical composition.
Answer: b
On axonometric projection, all lines indicating height, width, and depth remain a) Perpendicular b) Parallel c) Diagonal d) Horizontal
Answer: b
Repetition often implies monotony, yet it also creates a sense of a) scale. b) rhythm. c) imbalance. d) boring disruption.
Answer: b
Thick paint applied to a canvas, like on Robert Ryman's Long, creates actual texture known as a) Glazing b) Impasto c) Pattern d) Frottage
Answer: b
We know about Vincent Van Gogh's thoughts on his work The Sower from a) contemporary reviews. b) letters he wrote. c) inventories. d) inscriptions he wrote on the painting.
Answer: b
Wenda Gu creates calligraphy using a) animal fur. b) human hair. c) pen and ink. d) charcoal.
Answer: b
What did Jane Hammond use to create Fallen? a) cut-out paintings of leaves b) digitally scanned and printed images of a leaf c) fallen autumn leaves d) fabric made to look like leaves
Answer: b
What kind of reading does Kenneth Clark illustrate in his assessment that an ancient Greek statue represents a "higher state of civilization" than a West African mask? a) aesthetic b) ethnocentric c) Afrocentric d) American
Answer: b
What relationship exists between Leonardo da Vinci's perspective system in The Last Supper and the painting's actual location? a) The painting's perspective projects a vantage point diagonally into the location room. b) The painting's perspective is directly linked to the architectural space of its location. c) When the painting is viewed in its actual location, a second vanishing point can be seen. d) Evidence for multiple perspective systems was discovered in the room during the painting's restoration.
Answer: b
Which element of Janine Antoni's Touch, if changed from its position in the original frame view, would break the illusion of flattened space? a) vanishing point b) vantage point c) orthogonal line d) figure-ground line
Answer: b
Which of these pieces illustrates the use of "expressive" line? a) Gaudier-Brzeska's Female Nude Back View b) Van Gogh's The Starry Night c) David's Study for the Death of Socrates d) a & b
Answer: b
Which of these statements apply to the remarkable 16th century Mughal ruler, Akbar? a) He expanded his empire at the turn of the first millennium CE to include all of the Mediterranean and most of modern Europe. b) He promoted religious tolerance, inviting followers of many different religions to participate in his court. c) He helped promote the spread of Buddhism from India, across China, and eventually to Japan d) He established early trade routes across the Atlantic Ocean to North America
Answer: b
With atmospheric perspective, objects further from the viewer appear a) Warmer and more detailed b) Cooler and less distinct c) Warmer and less distinct d) Cooler and detailed
Answer: b
Alexander Calder's "mobiles," like Untitled, move when air currents move through them, making them a) abstract. b) patterned. c) kinetic. d) optical illusions.
Answer: c
In Giacometti's Man Pointing, our eye is directed down his right arm and past his pointed finger to some imagined point of interest beyond. This is an example of which formal element? a) Contour line b) Texture c) Implied lines d) Perspective
Answer: c
In the history of art, the association of good with light and evil with dark was first fully developed by a) Artemisia Gentileschi. b) Michelangelo. c) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. d) Leonardo da Vinci.
Answer: c
In the nineteenth century, Japanese prints began to influence European painters, particularly in their a) experimental techniques of verisimilitude. b) use of two-point linear perspective. c) flattening of space between foreground and background. d) exaggerated negative space.
Answer: c
In what way can a large-scale work be considered a temporal art form? a) It endures time. b) It takes time to make it. c) The spectator moves through time and space to view it. d) It is not temporal.
Answer: c
Kazmir Malevich called his art a) Cubism. b) Realism. c) Suprematism. d) Dreaming.
Answer: c
Painter Richard Haas improved the unappealing façade of the Oregon Historical Society by a) applying stucco to the building. b) covering the building with white paint. c) painting a trompe-l'oeil mural on it. d) designing a grand stairway to the entrance.
Answer: c
Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast was painted by a) Willem de Kooning. b) George Green. c) Albert Bierstadt. d) Wolf Kahn.
Answer: c
Renzo Piano's Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center is an example of "green architecture." Such buildings are praised for their a) use of high-tech materials. b) innovative design. c) self-sufficiency. d) lack of renewable resources.
Answer: c
Sayre states that he believes that all people are creative, but artists possess qualities that most do not. Which of the following best describes these qualities? a) They must "look" like artists, dressing in turtlenecks and berets or sporting lots of tattoos. b) Artists must be willing to "buck the system." c) Artists are critical thinkers, meaning they question assumptions and explore new directions. d) Artists are always "outsiders," meaning they stand in opposition to the dominant paradigms of their day.
Answer: c
The Kente cloths of the Asante and Ewe societies of Ghana provide a perfect example of which art element? a) Time and motion b) Visual texture c) Pattern d) Atmospheric perspective
Answer: c
The Triumphal Entry page from the Shahnamah manuscript, a sacred text, exemplifies the preference of word over image in a) Japanese art. b) Chinese art. c) Islamic art. d) Korean art.
Answer: c
The background mountains in Leonardo's Madonna of the Rocks provide a perfect example of a) hieratic perspective. b) stacked perspective. c) atmospheric perspective. d) linear perspective.
Answer: c
The dimensions of an object, in relation to some constant, such as the human figure, are known as its a) proportions. b) balance. c) scale. d) key.
Answer: c
The painting The Treason of Images asks us to consider a) that we are often fooled by what we see, as with trompe-l'loeil paintings. b) that there is a direct, one-to-one relationship between objects and the words we use to name them. c) that images and words refer to things that we see but are not the things themselves. d) that images and words not only refer to things that we see but are also the things themselves.
Answer: c
The range of colors that an artist has preferred to use in a work is referred to as the a) composition. b) style. c) palette. d) spectrum.
Answer: c
What is associated with the beautifying of utilitarian objects due to its application to crafts, folk art, and women's work? a) Decorative pattern b) Frottage c) Femmage d) Temporal art
Answer: c
What is the subject matter of Shirin Neshat's Rebellious Silence? a) It is depicts a Muslim woman in Western dress to show her as rebellious. b) It depicts the prominent place of women within every aspect of Iranian culture. c) It depicts a Muslim woman in a black chador, a rifle dividing, and Farsi text inscribed over her face, showing her as liberated and equal to men. d) It reflects the artist's comfort with the roles of women in Iranian society.
Answer: c
Where does Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama draw inspiration for her work? a) Careful observation of her surroundings b) Art history c) From very personal visual and existential experiences of her surroundings d) Her desire to express her subconscious
Answer: c
Why are images of humans traditionally banned in Islamic art? a) Humans are thought to be a symbol of filth. b) Humans images are not banned in Islamic art. c) Depicting a human is thought to be competing with the "creator." d) Calligraphy is more challenging.
Answer: c
Yoshitomo Nara's Dead Flower contrasts its menacing subject with the use of a heavy outline associated with a) the drama of an energetic style. b) the simplicity of a naïve style. c) the cuteness of a juvenile style. d) stability and clarity.
Answer: c
According to Sayre, our notion of space has changed abruptly and even become "fluid" since the beginning of the twentieth century due to: a) The exploration of the oceans. b) The advent of perspective. c) New discoveries in astronomy. d) Einstein's theories.
Answer: d
Faith Ringgold's God Bless America features an American flag turned into a prison cell. How is the figure of the woman contradictory? a) She is both free and imprisoned. b) She is both nationalistic and patriotic. c) She is both angry and joyous. d) She is both patriotic and racist.
Answer: d
Illuminated manuscripts, such as the Lindisfarne Gospels, are described as such because they a) Reflect the power of the church. b) Exhibit beautiful human figurative drawing skills. c) Are an early example of aerial perspective. d) Are elaborately illustrated and decorated.
Answer: d
In Frida Kahlo's The Two Fridas, to what purpose does the artist use symmetry? a) to illustrate a costume party b) to explore feelings about her physical health c) to celebrate a Catholic wedding ceremony d) to explore feelings about her husband's rejection of her
Answer: d
In Rembrandt van Rijn's The Three Crosses, how did the artist create a darkening landscape as the eye moves away from the crucified Christ? a) by using grid lines b) by using pure contour lines c) by using impasto d) by increasing the density of the lines
Answer: d
In Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance, a painting on the wall behind the woman depicts a) the Crucifixion. b) the Annunciation. c) Moses at the burning bush. d) the Last Judgment.
Answer: d
In the Rubin vase illustration, the black shape can be seen alternately as a foreground object resembling a vase or as a background space between two white profiled faces. What is this relationship called? a) linear perspective b) atmospheric perspective c) scientific perspective d) figure-ground reversal
Answer: d
Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Socrates is set up in a system of right angles on a grid structure. How does this affect the content of the piece? a) It is merely a compositional consideration. b) It does not; it is purely coincidental. c) It refers to the passion of the moment. d)It reiterates the rationality of Socrates' actions.
Answer: d
Jan van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami depicts many objects that have symbolic meaning. The use or study of these symbols is called a) aesthetics. b) content. c) form. d) iconography.
Answer: d
On what basis did a Cincinnati jury acquit the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center and its director of obscenity in showing an exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe' s work? a) The exhibition was cancelled. b) The controversial work was removed from the exhibition. c) The work was not controversial. d) The work possessed "serious artistic value."
Answer: d
Paul Strand's Abstraction, Porch Shadows reflects a twentieth-century effort to challenge the viewer's perspective with a) traditional compositions. b) high contrast images. c) patterns of light and dark. d) odd or distorted perspective.
Answer: d
The Impressionists were concerned with rendering a) monochromatic color. b) local color. c) arbitrary color. d) perceptual color.
Answer: d
The imagery in Faith Ringgold's God Bless America was inspired by the a) Desert Storm conflict. b) parade in New York City on Allies Day, May 1917. c) McCarthy era in the 1950s. d) Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
Answer: d
The organization of visual elements in an artwork is called a) An outline b) A still life c) A retrospective d) A composition
Answer: d
The title of Willem de Kooning's North Atlantic Light refers to a) the practice of painting outdoors. b) the name of the artist's sailboat. c) the town on Long Island where the artist lived. d) the feeling of light in the painting.
Answer: d
What is generally the preferred medium of Andy Goldsworthy? a) Oil paint b) Bronze c) Clay d) Natural materials found on-site
Answer: d
What is yellow's complementary color? a) blue b) red c) orange d) violet
Answer: d
What might have affected Pablo Picasso's severe style of representation seen in Les Demoiselles d'Avignon? a) the imagery on Korean tapestries b) Native American sites he visited c) his collection of Asian ceramics d) African masks he saw at a Paris museum
Answer: d
When a painting is so real it appears to be a photograph, it is called a) illusionistic. b) a pseudo-photograph. c) photographic. d) photorealistic.
Answer: d
When a style of line becomes associated as an artist's work, we say it is a) generic. b) calligraphic. c) static. d) autographic.
Answer: d
When a work does not refer to the natural or objective world at all, it is called a) representational. b) realistic. c) photorealistic. d) nonobjective.
Answer: d
When an artist deliberately avoids emphasis, we say that the work is a) multilateral. b) radially balanced. c) postmodern. d) afocal.
Answer: d
Where does that author say that the focal point in Larry Poons's Orange Crush is? a) In the exact center b) On the extreme left edge, top to bottom c) In the upper right-hand corner d) There is no focal point
Answer: d
Which medium is preferred by time-based artists for its high image quality? a) screen projection b) photography c) paint d) film
Answer: d
Which of the following is not an aspect of texture? a) smoothness b) tactility c) surface quality d) content
Answer: d
Which of these elements does not help to create space in art? a) Perspective b) Light c) Color d) Palette
Answer: d
Why is the stereoscope such an effective means of describing "real" space? a) It works with a computer. b) It mimics one-point perspective. c) It mimics monocular vision. d) It mimics binocular vision.
Answer: d
Why were images in religious settings destroyed in sixteenth-century northern Europe? a) The New Testament forbids images. b) The Book of Genesis forbids images. c) The angel Gabriel forbids images. d) The Ten Commandments forbid images.
Answer: d
