Art final
What medium, invented in the twentieth century, resembles oil paint, but dries very quickly and is far more durable? Multiple Choice Collage Tempera Acrylic Gouache
Acrylic
What was an important part of an artist's path in past eras? Multiple Choice Gallery sponsorship Outsider status Auction sales Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships
What structure is a horizontal form supported at only one end? Multiple Choice Flying buttress Keystone Cornice Cantilever
Cantilever
In sculpture, what is the most popular modeling material? Multiple Choice Gold Wood Clay Marble
Clay
What is the term for the organization of visual elements in two-dimensional art? Multiple Choice Composition Visual weight Taste Context Pictorial space
Composition
What is the term for the organization of visual elements in two-dimensional art? Multiple Choice Taste Pictorial space Context Visual weight Composition
Composition
What element is most often used to indicate boundaries between forms? Multiple Choice Contour lines Intensity Foreshortening Ground
Contour lines
______ was developed by ancient Greeks as a naturalistic pose for sculptures of the human figure. Multiple Choice Contrapposto Relief Assemblage Terra Cotta
Contrapposto
In a daguerreotype, what type of surface is used to record light? Multiple Choice Copper plate covered with silver iodine Gelatin silver print Plate of glass Rayogram
Copper plate covered with silver iodine
How may the appearance of balance be achieved in a two-dimensional work with asymmetrical balance? Multiple Choice Use of scale to indicate relative importance Distribute visual weight accordingly Objects mirror each other across a central axis Use of ideal proportions
Distribute visual weight accordingly
Serpent Mound and Spiral Jetty are what type of works? Multiple Choice Earthworks Installations High-relief sculptures Sculptures in the round
Earthworks
Built for the World's Fair in 1889, the ________ was an early experiment in iron construction. Multiple Choice Lever House Eiffel Tower Wainwright Building Crystal Palace
Eiffel Tower
How is high-relief sculpture different from low-relief sculpture? Multiple Choice High-relief is installed high upon the wall of a building. High-relief projects only slightly from the background. High-relief is a freestanding work that can be viewed from any angle. Elements of high-relief may be in the round, unattached to the background.
Elements of high-relief may be in the round, unattached to the background.
What two ancient painting media are still in use today? Multiple Choice Acrylics and tempera Encaustic and fresco Acrylics and oils Gouache and oils
Encaustic and fresco
Fallingwater (the Kaufmann House in Mill Run, Pennsylvania) is a prime example of the "organic" architecture of what designer? Multiple Choice Frank Gehry Shigeru Ban Frank Lloyd Wright Zaha Hadid
Frank Lloyd Wright
A flying buttress is an arched exterior support system found on what style of building? Multiple Choice Geodesic Gothic Postmodern Romanesque
Gothic
Which is NOT one of the four basic printmaking processes? Multiple Choice Screenprinting Gouache Intaglio Lithography
Gouache
________ is watercolor that has been made opaque by adding inert white pigment to it. Multiple Choice Fresco Gouache Encaustic Impasto
Gouache
What celebrated nineteenth-century artist created posters for the cabarets and dance halls of Paris? Multiple Choice Albrecht Dürer Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Shepard Fairey Johannes Gutenberg
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
What technology has changed printmaking, making the traditional use of a matrix increasingly obsolete? Multiple Choice Inkjet printers Monotype Registration machines Serigraphy
Inkjet printers
What are the Lumière brothers known for? Multiple Choice Inventing the first workable film projector Spearheading the New Wave film movement Originating the concept of the auteur in filmmaking Producing the first science fiction film
Inventing the first workable film projector
What 16th-century development allowed the camera obscura to focus the image it projected? Multiple Choice Daguerreotypes Celluloid film Dark rooms Lenses
Lenses
What printing process is considered the most direct and effortless, features that lead to its use in daily newspapers? Multiple Choice Intaglio Lithography Serigraphy Etching
Lithography
"Stacking and piling" is another term for what structural system? Multiple Choice Arch and vault Post-and-lintel Load-bearing construction Corbelling
Load-bearing construction
What term describes the use of light and shadow to give a three-dimensional appearance to shapes in a two-dimensional work? Multiple Choice Model Figure Pointillism Ground
Model
Early examples of art photography often imitated what genre? Multiple Choice Rococo sculpture Screenprinting Painting Renaissance mosaics
Painting
What technique uses dots of color to create a specific optical effect? Multiple Choice Modeling Stippling Chiaroscuro Pointillism
Pointillism
Built almost 2000 years ago, the ________ is an enduring testament to the Roman use of the arch. Multiple Choice Acropolis in Athens Pont du Gard at Nîmes Reims Cathedral Hagia Sophia
Pont du Gard at Nîmes
What quality of the Kodak camera helped change the history of photography? Multiple Choice Immediate development of the film Portability Colorization 3-D film
Portability
________ is most famous for his design of the geodesic dome. Multiple Choice R. Buckminster Fuller Frank Gehry Louis Sullivan Frank Lloyd Wright
R. Buckminster Fuller
What is a necessary feature of pattern? Multiple Choice Color Texture Modeling Repetition
Repetition
What term is used to describe "silk writing"? Multiple Choice Registration Serigraphy Lithography Intaglio
Serigraphy
What is the famous Neolithic structure in England, made of megaliths that once formed several concentric circles? Multiple Choice Stonehenge Chauvet Jahangir Megalopolis
Stonehenge
What term is used to refer to the recurring pattern of choices—characteristic subject matter or materials, distinctive ways of drawing or of applying paint, preferences for certain colors or color combinations—in an artist's work? Multiple Choice Form Iconography Content Style
Style
What term is used to describe the ability of a material to withstand tension? Multiple Choice Tensile strength Sheathing Entablature Compression
Tensile strength
What is another term used to describe fired clay? Multiple Choice Pewter Haut relief Contrapposto Terra cotta
Terra cotta
In an effort to give tangible form to the unknown, the tenth-century sculpture Shiva Nataraja represents what mystery? Multiple Choice The story of Adam and Eve The importance of worldly virtue The linearity of time The destruction and rebirth of the universe
The destruction and rebirth of the universe
Vanitas paintings meditate on what subject? Multiple Choice The vanity of the artist The fleeting nature of earthly life and happiness The vanity of the viewer The importance of holding on to worldly life
The fleeting nature of earthly life and happiness
What is the primary characteristic of watercolors? Multiple Choice Ease of revision Textural qualities Transparency Permanency
Transparency
What aspect is manipulated to affect the balance of the composition? Multiple Choice Modulor Meaning Visual weight Golden ratio
Visual weight
In buon fresco, or true fresco, pigment is mixed with water and applied to what surface? Multiple Choice Hot beeswax Stretched canvas Dry plaster Wet plaster
Wet plaster
Which of the visual elements can best be described as "the path of a moving point"? Multiple Choice Time Light Line Motion
line
The round opening in the dome of the Pantheon is called a(n) ______. Multiple Choice oculus cantilever rotunda coffer
oculus
What characteristic helps to define the style of "pure" or "straight" photography? rev: 11_05_2019_QC_CS-189190 Multiple Choice A photograph is not cropped or manipulated in any way. A photograph's subject should reference photography itself. A photograph should explore poetic effects. A photograph's meaning should refuse to make sense in traditional ways.
A photograph is not cropped or manipulated in any way.
What is pigment in paint? Multiple Choice A binder A powdered color A vehicle A solvent
A powdered color
By what method did the ancient Egyptians govern the "correct" proportions of their drawn human figures? Multiple Choice The golden mean Visual weight A squared grid Symmetrical balance
A squared grid
For what purpose was color photography first widely used? Multiple Choice Photojournalism Dada art Advertising Portraiture
Advertising
What artist often blurred the line between commercial design and fine art? Multiple Choice Paul Rand Harvey Milk Andy Warhol Johannes Gutenberg
Andy Warhol
The Taj Mahal was built by the 17th-century Moslem emperor for what purpose? Multiple Choice As a monument As a tomb for his wife As a home As a mosque
As a tomb for his wife
The nature of perception suggests that the most important key to looking at art is what? Multiple Choice Awareness of the process of looking itself The ability to sculpt well The ability to draw well A strong art-history background
Awareness of the process of looking itself
What type of structure is generated by rotating an arch 360 degrees about a vertical central axis? Multiple Choice Vault Portico Dome Cantilever
Dome
What aspect is NOT similar between Cimabue's Madonna Enthroned and Rathnasambhava, the Transcendent Buddha of the South? Multiple Choice Compositional structure Symbolic hand gestures Identical iconography A sacred theme
Identical iconography
What does the rainbow symbolize on the LGBT flag? Multiple Choice Patriotism Persecution of homosexuals throughout history Artificial nature of consumer culture Inclusion and acceptance
Inclusion and acceptance
What genre conceives of a space and everything in it as a work of art? Multiple Choice Bas-relief Installation In the round Minimalism
Installation
What is a characteristic of Minimalist art? Multiple Choice It attempts to influence people through images. It attempts to offer a pure experience by letting the materials speak for themselves. It favors natural and earth-based materials. It conceives of a space and everything in it as a single work of art.
It attempts to offer a pure experience by letting the materials speak for themselves.
What is a characteristic of relief sculpture? Multiple Choice It is often used to decorate architecture .It is finished on all sides It is meant to be viewed in the round. It typically uses the lost-wax process.
It is often used to decorate architecture
In printmaking, when an edition is complete, what will typically happen to the matrix? Multiple Choice It will be registered so that the edition may be copyrighted. It will be canceled so that no more prints can be made from it. It will be restored so that a new image may be printed from it. It will be registered so that the artist may rework his or her ideas anew.
It will be canceled so that no more prints can be made from it.
Where is the vanishing point in Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper? rev: 05_29_2019_QC_CS-169668 Multiple Choice At the top center of the image Below the horizon line In the upper left corner of the image Just behind the head of the figure of Jesus
Just behind the head of the figure of Jesus
What human ability seems as deeply ingrained as the impulse to make and respond to art? Multiple Choice Learn language Hunt for food Fight or flight response Reproduce
Learn language
What meaning can be inferred by the use of marble in Rodin's The Kiss? Multiple Choice A romantic kiss is ephemeral. Love is eternal. Romance is a commercialized product. Love is an illusion.
Love is eternal.
What term is used to described sculpture in which figures project only slightly from the background? Multiple Choice High relief In the round Molded Low relief
Low relief
What method of sculpture illustrates the additive process? Multiple Choice Molding Carving Casting Modeling
Modeling
What subject was the study of Eadweard Muybridge's photographic experiments? rev: 10_17_2019_QC_CS-186276 Multiple Choice Light The Great Depression World War I Motion
Motion
What common feature of today's art world was absent from that of the Renaissance? Multiple Choice Commissions Museums Studios Patrons
Museums
Radiocarbon testing indicates that the earliest images made by humans date back to what period? Multiple Choice Bronze Age Paleolithic Period Neolithic Era Jurassic Period
Paleolithic Period
What description best summarizes Andy Warhol's film Empire? Multiple Choice Early space travel Passage of time Epic battle scenes The daily life of the artist
Passage of time
What invention made it possible to devise a notice that could be reproduced in large numbers and distributed widely? Multiple Choice Computer Printing press Typography Lithography
Printing press
Man Ray created mysterious images, called _________, that looked like ordinary photographs but did not require a camera to record them. Multiple Choice Rayograms substrata Kodaks daguerreotypes
Rayograms
With what principle of design does sculptor Claes Oldenburg often experiment? Multiple Choice Unity Symmetry Emphasis Scale Balance
Scale
The carving method is what type of process? Multiple Choice Modeling Additive Subtractive Assembling
Subtractive
______, such as directional arrows, convey information and embody ideas. Multiple Choice Layouts Typefaces Logotypes Symbols
Symbols
What features are NOT considered principles of design? Multiple Choice Emphasis and subordination Proportion and scale Texture and color Unity and variety Balance and rhythm
Texture and color
What was the subject matter of Thomas Cole's work, The Oxbow? Multiple Choice The American landscape in the nineteenth century The lack of women artists in contemporary museum exhibitions Mount Fuji, in Japan Historical records of Native American peoples
The American landscape in the nineteenth century
Although Vincent van Gogh suffered emotionally throughout his life, he was able to give his emotions tangible form in works such as ______. Multiple Choice Vanitas The Starry Night Bird in Space Shibboleth
The Starry Night
The Parthenon and the Modulor were both designed according to what feature? Multiple Choice The silver mean The vanishing point The central plan The true view The golden section
The golden section
What theory explains the purpose of the drawings and paintings found in the Chauvet cave? Multiple Choice The painters wished to express timelessness and formlessness. Paleolithic people wished to capture accurate records of their hunts. The images were used in rituals conducted by shamans. Paleolithic artists wanted to communicate with future generations.
The images were used in rituals conducted by shamans.
According to the author, what is the most important meaning of an artwork? Multiple Choice The work's subject matter An art historian's interpretation The interpretation of each viewer The explanation given by a critic
The interpretation of each viewer
To what do we owe our knowledge of Vincent van Gogh's thoughts about his own paintings? Multiple Choice MRI monitors The Van Gogh Research Society His autobiography The many letters he wrote to friends and relatives
The many letters he wrote to friends and relatives
In art, what is form? Multiple Choice The physical appearance of a work What a work is about The symbolic meaning of a work The subject matter of a work
The physical appearance of a work
What term is used to describe a color lighter than a hue's normal value? Multiple Choice Shade Chroma Tint Palette
Tint
What role best describes the artist's intention when creating the Shiva Nataraja statue? rev: 08_02_2019_QC_CS-174374 Multiple Choice To give tangible form to the unknown To create a place for some human purpose To celebrate the familiar To create an extraordinary version of ordinary objects
To give tangible form to the unknown
What artistic purpose is illustrated in the text by the painting, Jahangir Receives a Cup from Khusrau? Multiple Choice To give tangible form to the unknown To record and commemorate To create extraordinary versions of ordinary objects To create places for some human purpose
To record and commemorate
Using a steel framework with masonry sheathing, the ________, designed by Louis Sullivan, is thought by many to be the first genuinely modern building. Multiple Choice Lever House Crystal Palace Chrysler Building Wainwright Building
Wainwright Building
The field of philosophy called aesthetics is concerned with what question? Multiple Choice Is art from the past better than that of today? Who is responsible for judging the meaning of an artwork? How is art made? What makes art beautiful?
What makes art beautiful?
Louise Bourgeois's work, Woman with Packages, is an example of ______ art, which simplifies, fragments, or otherwise distorts forms of the visual world. rev: 08_08_2019_QC_CS-174677 Multiple Choice contextual nonrepresentational abstract nonobjective
abstract
A(n) _________ is a director whose films are marked by a consistent, individual style and is closely involved in conceiving the idea for the film's story and writing the script. Multiple Choice Dadaist photo journalist auteur videographer
auteur
In oil painting, linseed oil acts as a ______. Multiple Choice support binder ground pigment
binder
In fresco painting, a drawing called a ________ is transferred to the prepared surface prior to applying the pigment. Multiple Choice sketch collage gouache cartoon
cartoon
In painting and drawing, artists often use the technique of ________ to describe the way shadows and light define the shape of forms. Multiple Choice simultaneous contrast isometric perspective chiaroscuro refraction
chiaroscuro
Sculptors will often create a "sketch" out of ________ to test ideas before proceeding to their medium of choice. Multiple Choice fresco clay bronze terra cotta
clay
Drawing attention to an area by contrasting dark and light is one way of demonstrating ______. Multiple Choice symmetry texture emphasis scale
emphasis
When a large hall is built using post-and-lintel construction methods, the resulting "virtual forest of columns" is called a ______. Multiple Choice groin vault portico barrel vault hypostyle hall
hypostyle hall
Art that moves is called ______ art. Multiple Choice modeled kinetic directional trompe l'oeil
kinetic
A ________ is often the first and key element in creating a complete corporate identity. Multiple Choice layout title composite logo
logo
When the name of a company, institution, or product is given a distinctive graphic treatment, it is known as a ______. Multiple Choice typeface poster logotype screenprint
logotype
In printmaking, a(n) ______ is a surface on which a design is prepared before being transferred through pressure to a receiving surface such as paper. Multiple Choice matrix burin edition impression
matrix
Andy Goldsworthy uses ________ materials to create sculptures that are ephemeral. Multiple Choice natural artificial synthetic imaginary
natural
Art that does not refer to the world outside itself, creating meaning and expressive power from the elements of art itself, is called ______. Multiple Choice stylized nonrepresentational trompe l'oeil abstract
nonrepresentational
In art, shapes that suggest forms found in nature are called ________ shapes. Multiple Choice geometric environmental real organic
organic
In drawing, the outer boundaries of two-dimensional forms are defined by ________, while the outer boundaries perceived among three-dimensional forms are defined by ________. Multiple Choice visual elements; principles of design outlines; contour lines thick lines; thin lines actual lines; implied lines
outlines; contour lines
The coloring material in virtually all drawing media is known as ______. Multiple Choice pastel wash pigment binder
pigment
After building a canvas and before painting it, an artist generally applies a(n) ______ to improve adhesion of paints. Multiple Choice impasto primer cartoon binder
primer
Mixing two primary colors produces a ________ color. Multiple Choice secondary complementary passive triad
secondary
Ideas quickly jotted down for later development are called ______. Multiple Choice media binders sketches grounds
sketches
Mosaic is made of small, closely spaced particles called ______. Multiple Choice weaves tesserae easels impasto
tesserae
Works that use a(n) ______ harmony feature any three colors equidistant from each other on the color wheel. Multiple Choice open complementary analogous triadic
triadic
A black-and-white photograph of a scene eliminates the hues and intensities of the scene's colors but captures the ________ of the colors. Multiple Choice pigments chromas harmonies values
values
