Art 1301, Exam 1, EPCC

An artwork can have only one focal point True False

False

Picasso was an inventive artist who never used artworks from the past for inspirations True False

False

Robert Mapplethorpe created traditional gendered roles for men and women to connect modern photography with painters from the past. True False

False

An interior design that uses only straight lines might lack the visual interest of a more varied composition. True False

True

It does not matter if a sculptor is creating a human statue on a monumental scale, or figure much smaller than lifesize: if the sculptor applies the ratio of the golden section, the sculpture will have naturalistic proportions. True False

True

Triangular planes make up the surface of a geodesic sphere. Planes that are closer to and facing toward the light source tend to be lighter than planes that are further from it and facing away. True False

True

In the painting The Third pf May, 1808, this Spanish artist used alternating rhythm to contrast "good" and "bad." a. Francisco Goya b. Edward Weston c. Rosa Bonheur d. Chuck close e. Suzanne Valadon

a. Francisco Goya

In the School of Athens, Raphael focused our attention on two Greek philosophers positioned in the center of the work. They are _____ and ____. a. Plato...Aristotle b. Diogenes.... Socrates c. Diogenes... Aristotle d. Aristotle... Socrates e. Socrates... Plato

a. Plato...Aristotle

In order to create value in his drawing Head of a Satyr, Michelangelo used both hatching and ________, a variation where the lines overlap, allowing for the depiction of darker tones. a. a cross-hatching b. atmospheric perspective c. chiaroscuro d. perspective e. highllight

a. a cross-hatching

When we touch an object we experience a tactile sensation that artists refer to as ________ texture. a. actual b. mass c. subversive d. implied e. organic

a. actual

A line that is continuous mark is ____. a. an actual line b. an irregular line c. an implied line d. an organic line e. a chaotic line

a. an actual line

Disney's Finding Nemo is an example of a series of computer-generated images played in rapid succession. This medium is called ________. a. animation b. kinetic sculpture c. paiting d. film noir e. zoetrope

a. animation

This is the most vivid element of art and design. a. color b. value c. shape d. line e. mass

a. color

The area covered by a pattern is called the ____. a. field b. blackboard c. foreground d. motif e. size

a. field

Sumerian votive figures were used as: a. prayer figures b. fertility figures c. dolls d. puppets e. all of the other answers

a. prayer figures

Dorothea Tanning work Eine Kleine nachtmusik uses deliberately distorted scale to create an abnormal or ___ effect. a. supernatural b. thoughtful c. intimate d. heroic e. peaceful

a. supernatural

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. a. temperature b. harmony c. value d. personally e. tint

a. temperature

This type of relief, which takes its name from the French word for low, does not imply great depth. a. a frieze b. a bass-relief c. a plane d. area relief e. actual relief

b. a bass-relief

If an artist painted a street scene with one large building not he left-hand side, and two smaller buildings on the right-hand side, this would be an example of ___ balance a. radial b. asymmetrical c. symmetrical d. unpredectible e. all of these answers

b. asymmetrical

___balance is achieved when two halves of a composition are not mirror images of each other. a. varied b. asymmetrical c. unified d. radial e. symmetrical

b. asymmetrical

Katsushika Hokusai, in his woodcut THE GREAT WAVE OFF SHORE AT KANAGAWA, simplified and ordered the visual elements in the work to create a. chaos b. compositional unity c. realism d. conceptual unity e. symmetry

b. compositional unity

An artist might use a small scale for a portrait of a lover because it implies ________. a. epic virtues b. intimacy c. heroism d. distance e. importance

b. intimacy

The varying color tones in Ancient Sound by Paul Klee were intended to be associated with ________. a. emotion b. music c. personality d. randomness e. death

b. music

The lines that create the image of the Nazca Spider "drawing" define the ______ of a _____ a. mass....form b. outline...shape c. pattern..square d. contour...volume e. direction...line

b. outline...shape

Color associations vary by culture. for example an American bride would probably wear white, while her Asian counterpart might wear ____. a. green b. red c. yellow d. black e. purple

b. red

Ascending and Descending, by M. C. Escher, uses ________ perspective. a. isometric b. three-point c. two-point d. atmosphere e. one-point

b. three-point

The presence of Velazquez's self-portrait in Las Meninas indicates that the painter ____. a. was vain b. wanted artists to be of high status c. was handsome d. really painted the work e. disliked the king

b. wanted artists to be of high status

The Blue Room is an artwork featuring multiple patterns by this twentieth-century French painter. a. Weston b. Bruegel c. Valadon d. Arp e. Close

c. Valadon

Which of the following is not a primary source for studying a work of art? a. the artwork itself b. an interview with the artist c. a blog about a painting d. a letter written by the artist of an artwork e. the title of an artwork

c. a blog about a painting

Most commercial printing is achieved using three primary colors and black. These primaries are... a. orange, green, and purple b. red, yellow, and blue c. cyan, magenta, and yellow d. red green, and blue e. yellow, green, and blue

c. cyan, magenta, and yellow

A sculpture designed in the round can be viewed from ________. a. the front and back only b. one direction c. nearly every angle d. the interior e. above only

c. nearly every angle

An artist creates an artwork made up of many different shapes, all in varying shades of blue. This artwork uses the following principles of art: a. contrast and facial point b. mass and texture c. unity and variety d. scale and pattern e. time and motion

c. unity and variety

In the Funeral of St. Bonaventure, the artist used the principle of ____ to create emphasis and focal point. a. placement b. scale c. contrast d. balance e. variety

c.contrast

This artist created the print "Riverside Bamboo Market, Kyobashi," which uses placement for emphasis and to create focal points. a. Artemisia Gentileschi b. Jules Olitski c. Francisco de Zurbaran d. Ando Hiroshige e. Mark Tobey

d. Ando Hiroshige

An artist can use color to indicate depth. When a color is very pure and intense then it seems to be ______. a. further b. lighter c. darker d. closer e. flatter

d. closer

The ancient Greek sculptor who created the bronze known as Poseidon (or Zeus) used this part of the body as a standard unit for proportional measurement in the work. a. torso b. hand c. foot d. head e. all of the other answers

d. head

The Dutch design team Sauerkids used ___ lines of dots and dashes in its work to create exciting visual rhythms. a. geometric b. chalk c. regular d. implied e. actual

d. implied

Our experience of objects in the natural world often leads us to assume that a large object will be heavy, but in fact this is not necessarily the case. This element of art is called ________. a. space b. texture c. form d. mass e. volume

d. mass

In his Obey campaign poster Shepard Fairey used a striking contrast between positive and ___ shapes to attract the attention of the public. a. figure-ground reversal b. implied c. organic d. negative e. geometric

d. negative

Mel Bochner used ___ line in the work Vertigo because it is controlled and measured a. irregular b. directional c. organic d. regular e. diagonal

d. regular

The Great Mosque in this Spanish city displays repetitive rhythms that can be associated with workshop activities, such as reciting prayers. a. Madrid b. Barcelona c. Bilbao d. Valencia e. Cordoba

e. Cordoba

Martin Puryear's sculpture C.F.A.O. places emphasis on a large white area of the work that mimics a mask design of the ____ tribe in Gabon, West Africa a. Berber b. Choctaw c. Yoruba d. Watusi e. Fang

e. Fang

What is the name for any side of a building that is intended to be looked at? a. a peristyle b. a truss c. a cornice d. a stylobate e. a facade

e. a facade

An upright stone that has an incised relief on its surface, such as the Maya sculpture (1.2.7), is known as ________. a. an angular b. a high relief c. an obelisk d. a bust e. a stela

e. a stela

This kind of motion is occurring when we see movement in real life. a. artificial motion b. stroboscopic motion c. illusion of motion d. implied motion e. actual motion

e. actual motion

Artist can use ____ to organize the elements in a work and draw our attention to areas of emphasis and focal points. a. direction b. dramatic contrast c. placement d. line e. all of the other answers

e. all of the other answers

Artists can create a sense of ________ by using light and dark values. a. fear b. tension c. height d. humor e. depth

e. depth

Ron Lambert's sculptural work sublimate (cloud cover) replicates the natural process of the water cycle to illustrate the__? a. weather b. outside world c. sun d. color of rain e. passage of time

e. passage of time

In his film Run Lola Run, Tom Tykwer extends the ________ of the storyline beyond the everyday passage of time by "rebooting" Lola's journey multiple times. a. angle b. color c. background d. tiempo e. scope

e. scope