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Visual Art Lesson
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1
The women’s faces‘ in Les Demoiselles d'Avignon’ look like abstract African masks because:
The women were wearing masks
Picasso is painting realistically
Picasso was heavily influenced by masks from Africa
Picasso went to Africa
2
Fernand Leger's painting 'The City' shows the city seen from multiple perspectives.
It is a peaceful and serene depiction of urban life
The arshness of the modern metropolis
It draws viewer’s eyes away from each chaotic element
The relationship between man and the machine is calm
3
When did the Cubist Movement reach its creative peak?
1907-1914
2000 - 2011
1960 - 1965
1920 - 1935
4
Picasso was Spanish originally. In what country did Cubism start?
Australia
Indonesia
Spain, obviously
France
5
One common characteristic seen in Cubist paintings and sculpture is:
All the artists are men
Illusion of Deep Space
Multiple perspectives of the same scene
Single Point Perspective
6
Modern Artists did not want to depict the new changes in technology and society.
TRUE
FALSE
7
Cubist artists simplify natural forms into geometric shapes like cylinders, spheres and cubes.
False
True
8
Which art technique did the Cubist artists use?
geometric forms
multiple perspectives
realistic perspective
photoshop
9
Modern artists believed their style of art was more authentic or honest than realism because:
it shows that a painting is a painting
distortion is honest
Realism is a lie
the world is crazy
10
Why did many Cubist paintings feature musical instruments and sheet music?
music was important in these artists’ lives
Music is Cubist
Cubist artists did not enjoy music
They were easy to paint
11
What was a distinguishing feature of Cubist paintings?
They look so life-like
Lack of distortion
2 dimensional flatness
Colours are realistic
12
Picasso painted in the Cubist style because he was not able to paint realistically.
FALSE
TRUE
13
Instead of attempting to duplicate images, what did Cubists attempt to do?
two - point perspective
one - point perspective
distil the essence of their subjects with abstract forms
paint photo-realistically
14
Why is the pictured artwork by Duchamp named ‘Nude Descending a Staircase’?
It is a painting of many women walking down a set of stairs
It is a random name without any real meaning
It shows the movement of a woman as she goes down the stairs
Duchamp painted staircases
15
Cubism marks the beginning of Modern Art. Artists were now free to paint abstract ideas.
TRUE
FALSE
