Exam: 250706RR - ART APPRECIATION EXAM
1. Action painting was associated with what artist?
A. Salvador Dalí
B. Henri Matisse
C. Frank Stella
D. Jackson Pollock
2. Which one of the following items is a product of industrial design?
A. A woven basket
B. A ceramic vase
C. A vacuum cleaner
D. A blown-glass bowl
3. ______vaults were used to construct the nave of the Church of Sainte-Madeleine in Vézelay in France
in the twelfth century.
A. Groin
B. Ribbed
C. Barrel
D. Pointed
4. The pyramids of the Mayans were used as
A. royal dwellings.
B. religious sites.
C. tombs.
D. government seats.
5. Which one of the following statements is not true about the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople?
A. It was originally built in the eighth century.
B. It was influenced by Roman architecture.
C. It was built by Justinian.
D. It was a church that was transformed into a mosque.
6. Oil paint can be diluted with an oil medium or solvents such as turpentine to be made into transparent
A. impasto.
B. glazes.
C. underpainting.
D. sfumato.
7. Which one of the following artists was associated with Impressionism?
A. ÉdouardManet
B. William Turner
C. Paul Gauguin
D. Paul Cézanne
8. Impressionism began in what time period and in what country?
A. Nineteenth-century England
B. Eighteenth-century England
C. Nineteenth-century France
D. Seventeenth-century France
9. ______is the opposite of relief printmaking.
A. Wood engraving
B. Etching
C. Metal printmaking
D. Intaglio
10. The Chinese considered ______to be one of the highest forms of art.
A. tapestry
B. ceramics
C. stained glass
D. quilting
11. Edvard Munch's The Scream is an example of what movement?
A. Postimpressionism
B. Expressionism
C. Surrealism
D. Abstract Expressionism
12. Throughout the Renaissance, the ______was used in paintings as a structural innovation that used
geometric underpinning.
A. horizon line
B. base line
C. figure triangle
D. foursquare theorem
13. The greatest Italian painter, and one of the most influential artists of the entire Baroque period of the
seventeenth century, was
A. DomenikosThetokopoulos, known as El Greco.
B. Artemisia Genteleschi.
C. Gianlorenzo Bernini.
D. Michelangelo de Merisi, called Caravaggio.
14. In Jan van Eyck's painting Giovanni Arnolfini and his Bride, the dog symbolizes
A. the nuptial service.
B. fidelity.
C. fertility.
D. longevity.
15. The French photographer ______was fascinated by airplanes and fast cars.
A. Henri Cartier-Bresson
B. Alfred Stieglitz
C. Jacques-Henri Lartigue
D. Hannah Höch
16. During what year did the first signs of the Renaissance appear in Italy?
A. 1485
B. 1570
C. 1400
D. 1300
17. ______began his career as an illustrator, but later became a political cartoonist.
A. Honoré Daumier
B. Gustave Courbet
C. Marc Chagall
D. Jean-François Millet
18. What is one characteristic of Cubism?
A. Subjects of nature
B. Appearance of great depth
C. Highly accurate perspective
D. Multiple viewpoints
19. Which of the following men designed Monticello?
A. Frank Lloyd Wright
B. Robert Venturi
C. James Wines
D. Thomas Jefferson
20. Which one of the following philosophies was based on dreams?
A. Abstract art
B. Surrealism
C. Dadaism
D. Expressionism
21. Another name for serigraphy is
A. wood engraving.
B. metal printmaking.
C. etching.
D. silkscreen printing.
22. Organic shapes can be described as
A. representational and simplified.
B. two-dimensional and representational.
C. naturalistic and formed by uneven curves.
D. three-dimensional and geometric.
23. In 325 A.D., Constantine the Great made a declaration that caused a significant change in the daily life
of many Romans. What was the declaration?
A. Aristocratic privileges would be abolished.
B. Christianity was made the official state religion.
C. Gladiatorial games would be reinstated.
D. Travel was possible anywhere within the Empire.
24. Wood carving is the most important form of sculptural art from
A. Italy.
B. Japan.
C. Germany.
D. Africa.
25. In what city is the tomb of Empress Gala Placida?
A. Venice
B. Ravenna
C. Rome
D. Florence
26. Many Dada artists joined the ______movement.
A. Fauvist
B. Cubist
C. Surrealist
D. Futurist
27. What color is the complement of orange?
A. Blue
B. Purple
C. Red
D. Yellow
28. Which one of the following types of balance is less restrictive and more dynamic than the others?
A. Bilateral balance
B. Asymmetrical balance
C. Symmetrical balance
D. Radial balance
29. The vigorous brushstrokes and emotion-laden imagery in the paintings of Anselm Kiefer are
reminiscent of the paintings of
A. Superrealism.
B. Neoclassicism.
C. Realism.
D. Expressionism.
30. ______is the birthplace of modern art.
A. Florence
B. Paris
C. Rome
D. New York
31. Which of the following groups of artists launched a war on conventional thinking?
A. Expressionists
B. Abstracts
C. Dadaists
D. Surrealists
32. The capital of an Ionic column is adorned with a/an
A. volute.
B. barrel vault.
C. cage.
D. adobe.
33. In drawing and painting, the term chiaroscuro refers to the use of
A. complementary colors.
B. two vanishing points.
C. forceful contrasting colors.
D. dramatic contrasts between light and dark.
34. What artistic development is characterized by unique compositions, S-like shapes, elegance, and a lack
of emotion?
A. Modernism
B. Mannerism
C. Rococo
D. Baroque
35. Why did Americans use wood more than any other material for building?
A. The forests provided a boundless supply.
B. Artisans preferred the natural look of the wood.
C. Builders didn't want to wait months for imported stone.
D. Wood offered the strongest structure.
36. The ratio for ideal proportions is also called the
A. Golden Mean.
B. Atmospheric Perspective.
C. Symmetrical Balance.
D. Golden Triangle.
37. Who is considered the father of Expressionism?
A. Pablo Picasso
B. Vincent van Gogh
C. Paul Cézanne
D. Andy Warhol
38. What is the oldest drawing medium?
A. Charcoal
B. Chalk
C. Graphite
D. Ink
39. To define a picture plane, a two-dimensional artist must establish
A. the figure-ground effect.
B. a vanishing point and horizon.
C. the borders of the artwork.
D. specific atmospheric perspective.
40. A/An ______designer must understand both art and engineering.
A. industrial
B. graphic
C. interior
D. environmental
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Exam: 250705RR - ABSTRACT, NON REPRESENTATIONAL, AND CONTEMPORARY ART
1. Diebenkorn'sOcean Park series is
A. an integration of new technologies.
B. a study of radiant Southern California light.
C. handcrafted sculpture that resembles a cornucopia.
D. a preservation of the view of a castle for apartment dwellers.
2. Who created art out of platinum, diamonds, and human teeth?
A. Takashi Murakami
B. YinkaShonibare
C. Matthew Barney
D. Damien Hirst
3. Christo and Jeanne-Claude created their works as
A. Earth artists.
B. photographers.
C. performance artists.
D. architects.
4. Which of these artists is known for his or her imaginative paintings of American metropolitan scenes?
A. Richard Estes
B. Carl Andre
C. Eva Hesse
D. Audrey Flack
5. Whose performance art piece involved him/her deliberately getting shot with a rifle?
A. James Luna
B. Ana Mendieta
C. Chris Burden
D. Laurie Anderson
6. The ______movement began in Holland during World War I.
A. Color-Field Painting
B. Abstract Expressionist
C. straight photography
D. De Stijl
7. Which of the following artists used the motto "form follows function"?
A. Mark Rothko
B. Le Corbusier
C. Frank Lloyd Wright
D. Vasily Kandinsky
8. The organization SITE, Sculpture in the Environment, was formed in 1970 for the purpose of
A. promoting the acceptance of kinetic sculpture.
B. reviving the iconography of the nineteenth century.
C. finding sources of content in the present.
D. creating an art-for-art architectural movement.
9. Which of the following is not typically associated with electronic art?
A. Video images
B. Neon lights
C. Laser collages
D. Computer coding
10. With Tim Hawkinson'sÜberorgan, a work of art the size of a football field, one can say that it's
A. a rare performance piece.
B. artwork that is difficult to categorize.
C. installation art controlled by a computer.
D. "sound" art.
11. Nonrepresentational, energetic Abstract Expressionist pictures first came into the art world scene with
the works of
A. Rothko.
B. de Kooning.
C. Picasso.
D. Pollock.
12. Another name for a mobile is a/an
A. kinetic sculpture.
B. interactive form.
C. 3D form.
D. stationary sculpture.
13. Which of the following artists incorporated a Super Mario Bros. game into his/her work?
A. Nam June Paik
B. Cory Arcangel
C. Damien Hirst
D. Matthew Barney
14. Superrealism is also known as
A. The New Image.
B. illusionism.
C. photorealism.
D. forced perspective.
15. Which of the following artists created paintings in which no one part or section dominated the others or
could be called the subject, in which everything was intended to be equal in impact?
A. Helen Frankenthaler
B. Willem de Kooning
C. Hans Hofmann
D. Jackson Pollock
16. Which of the following artists invented collage?
A. Georgia O'Keefe
B. Jackson Pollock
C. Pablo Picasso
D. Willem de Kooning
17. Which of the following artists created The Dinner Party?
A. Pablo Picasso
B. Andy Warhol
C. SalvadoreDalí
D. Judy Chicago
18. The vigorous brushstrokes and emotion-laden imagery in the paintings of Anselm Kiefer are
reminiscent of the paintings of
A. Neoclassicism.
B. Realism.
C. Superrealism.
D. Expressionism.
19. When Vasily Kandinsky composed a painting, his aim was the expression of
A. shape.
B. pathos.
C. line.
D. energy.
20. Which Earth artist used lightning as part of his or her piece?
A. Walter De Maria
B. Richard Estes
C. Christo
D. Jeanne-Claude
Exam: 250704RR - NEOCLASSICAL TO SURREALISTIC ART
1. Some of the consequences of the economic depression that devastated Germany in the years following
World War I are
A. chronicled in the paintings of Otto Dix.
B. portrayed in Picasso's Guernica.
C. the subject of Giorgio di Chirico paintings.
D. manifest in the gouaches of René Magritte.
2. To which of the following influences does Manet owe his style?
A. The relatively new art of photography
B. His experiences in law school
C. En plain air watercolor
D. His travels in the Navy
3. Which of the following inventions opened new doors for early twentieth-century artists?
A. Paint tubes
B. Air brushes
C. Synthetic pigments
D. Nylon brushes
4. Fine art prints from which of these countries influenced the development of twentieth-century art?
A. Tahiti
B. China
C. Japan
D. India
5. Which of the following painters was often seen wearing male attire?
A. Rosa Bonheur
B. Berthe Morisot
C. Paulina Borghese
D. Angelica Kauffman
6. What was the nude depicted as in ÉdouardManet'sLe Déjeunersurl'herbe?
A. A model of chastity
B. A prostitute
C. A goddess
D. A model of motherhood
7. Fundamental to the artistic credo and practice of the Fauvist painters was the belief that
A. naturalistic colors take precedence over arbitrary colors.
B. arranging and balancing raw hues can achieve equilibrium throughout the work.
C. academic forms and structures can't be set aside in the name of color.
D. equilibrium in a painting is achieved through the use of Renaissance perspective.
8. Which one of the following artists was considered the most famous American female Impressionist
painter?
A. Mary Cassatt
B. Paulina Borghese
C. Angelica Kauffmann
D. Rosa Bonheur
9. Which French leader was embarrassed by a sculpture of himself naked?
A. Marat
B. Napoleon
C. Louis XIV
D. Charlemagne
10. Which of the following was true of the Age of Reason?
A. People used science to explain social experiences.
B. People valued science over faith.
C. People justified their faith using scientific principles.
D. People debated the raison d'être.
11. Which of the following artists is credited with inventing Cubism?
A. Paul Cézanne
B. Henri Matisse
C. Pablo Picasso
D. Vincent van Gogh
12. Which painter's work was never accepted by other Impressionist artists?
A. Seurat
B. Delacroix
C. Toulouse-Lautrec
D. MOnet
13. Which one of the following artists believed perspective was a lie?
A. Vincent van Gogh
B. Paul Cézanne
C. Claude Monet
D. Pierre-Auguste Renoir
14. Gauguin isn't regarded by art historians as a Fauvist painter. Like the Fauves, however, Gauguin
believed that
A. form follows function.
B. the reality of dreams takes precedence over conventional reality.
C. naturalistic forms and colors are inseparable.
D. colors in a painting are a function of emotional truths and not visual reality.
15. Which of the following elements is not present in The Abduction of Rebecca by Eugène Delacroix?
A. Literary figures
B. Curved lines
C. Variation in brushstrokes
D. Pale colors
16. Which subject matter was a specialty of Jacques-Louis David?
A. Seascapes
B. Historical events
C. Nature scenes
D. Peasant scenes
17. The main objective of Neoclassicism was to
A. present a moral lesson.
B. glorify God.
C. present a Bible story.
D. depict a historical moment.
18. Paul Gauguin left Paris and moved to ______to paint.
A. America
B. Japan
C. England
D. Tahiti
19. The artist ______trained to be a lawyer.
A. Emil Nolde
B. Pablo Picasso
C. Henri Matisse
D. Paul Gauguin
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20. Monet achieved heightened color effects by
A. painting outdoors.
B. using dots of colors.
C. painting only in the sunlight.
D. placing colors side by side rather than mixing them.