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1
Two ancient painting media that are still in use today are:
acrylics and oils.
encaustic and fresco.
2
Nam Jun Paik is best known for:
Pop art.
video art.
3
Mixing two primary colors produces a ________ color.
secondary
passive
4
Which of the following media is the most common of all drawing media?
Metalpoint
Graphite pencil
5
One of the main differences between the intaglio and the relief printing processes is that with intaglio the ink _______
lies above
lies below
6
Four basic methods for making a sculpture are:
modeling, casting, carving, and assembling.
casting, turning, rolling, and modeling.
7
Fired clay is sometimes called:
terra cotta.
ceramic
8
Radiocarbon testing indicates that the earliest images made by humans date back to:
the Paleolithic Period.
the Neolithic Era.
9
Pen and ink was the favorite sketching medium of ________, one of the greatest draftsmen of the 17
th
century.
Rembrandt
Lippi
10
In 1888 the Kodak camera changed the history of photography:
by making photography accessible to the general public.
with the invention of the daguerreotype.
11
Leonardo da Vinci used drawings to explore ideas in:
All of these answers are correct.
art
science
mathematics
12
Which ancient Roman's writings on architecture related the human body to geometric shapes?
Augustus
Vitruvius
13
Chris Ofili created
Prince among Thieves with Flowers
using ________ as his medium.
pencil
wash
14
What separates the art object from the craft object?
Artists use traditional materials.
There is no definite line.
15
In weaving, the set of fibers that is held taut on a loom or frame is called the:
warp
weft
16
The sculptor Constantin Brancusi spent his life searching for forms that were:
None of these answers are correct. simple, pure, and timeless.
all of these: simple, pure, and timeless.
17
The Byodo-in Temple in Kyoto, Japan, is an elegant example of:
Gothic architecture.
post-and-lintel architecture.
18
Sculptors will often create a “sketch” out of ________ to test ideas before proceeding to their medium of choice.
clay
bronze
19
Stacking and piling is another term for:
arch and vault.
load-bearing construction.
20
Symmetrical balance, as used by Georgia O'Keeffe, expresses:
order and authority.
calmness
21
In Shahzia Sikander’s
I
from
51 Ways of Looking
, _________ was used as the medium.
ink
graphite
22
Technically, tempera is paint in which the vehicle is in:
an emulsion.
a ground.
23
Wheel of Fortune
was created by:
Juan de Valdés Leal.
Audrey Flack.
24
The supervision by one individual or group over the artistic expression of another individual or group is known as:
political arena.
censorship
25
The predecessor of the graphite pencil, especially popular during the Renaissance, is:
metalpoint
charcoal
26
Annette Messager's
MesVoeux
demonstrates the use of:
conceptual unity.
radial balance.
27
Artists primarily used the camera obscura to:
develop photographic film in total darkness.
produce naturalistic drawings of the world.
28
Which of the visual elements can best be described as “the path of a moving point”?
Line
Motion
29
One common issue facing those who work to conserve works of art is:
the effect of light.
changing levels of heat and humidity.
All of these answers are correct.
the work of earlier restorers.
30
________ was a photographer who promoted the idea that photography should be true to its own nature.
Thomas Ruff
Alfred Steiglitz
31
Theo van Gogh was Vincent van Gogh’s:
art dealer.
All of these answers are correct.
brother.
financial supporter.
32
Ideas quickly jotted down for later development are called:
binders
sketches
33
The chair of Hetepheres:
is the throne of a famous Roman king.
was well preserved by Egypt’s dry climate.
34
Lines are used in art to indicate:
shadows and highlights.
direction and motion.
boundaries between forms.
All of these answers are correct.
35
A black-and-white photograph of a scene eliminates the hues of the scene’s colors but captures the _____ of the colors.
values
pigments
36
Which of the following is NOT one of the techniques of intaglio printing?
Linocut
Etching
37
The printing technique invented by a German playwright in search of an inexpensive means of publishing his plays is:
lithography
aquatint
38
This bronze sculpture is the work of an artist performing the role of “giving tangible form to the unknown"
Buddha
Shiva
39
The style used by Georges Seurat in
Café-concert
is:
pointillism.
surrealism
40
Vincent van Gogh was able to give his emotions tangible form in works such as:
The Starry Night.
Venus
41
In painting and drawing, artists often use the technique of ________ to describe the shadows and light
chiaroscuro
simultaneous contrast
42
According to the author, the impulse to create art comes from basic human interests in:
all of these.
creating order and structure.
constructing images and forms that carry meaning.
exploring aesthetic possibilities.
43
________ is watercolor that has been made opaque by adding inert white pigment to it.
Gouache
Fresco
44
The artworks of Christo and Jeanne-Claude are intended:
All of these answers are correct.
to be temporary and transitory.
as works that have as the subject matter the entire process of the project.
as self-financing works.
45
The design principle that is based on repetition is called:
rhythm
balance
46
According to the author, the most important meaning of an artwork is:
what it means to the viewer.
what is established by the author.
47
No society that we know of has lived without some form of art. The impulse to make and respond to art appears to be as d
learn language.
gather food.
48
Forging:
is when metal is shaped by hammer blows.
can only happen if the metal is cold.
49
Minimalists:
favored industrial and construction materials.
attempted to offer a pure experience
All of these are the case.
did not believe in trying to influence people through images.
50
Built almost 2000 years ago, the ________ is an enduring testament to the Roman use of the arch.
Hagia Sophia
Pont du Gard at Nîmes
51
In
buon fresco
, or true fresco, pigment is mixed with water and applied to:
wet plaster.
hot beeswax.
52
the chemical composition of ________ changes when exposed to extreme heat, ________ doesn’t change chemically
glass; clay
clay; glass
53
Which of the following is an example of a nonaqueous medium?
Acrylic
Oil paint
54
Which of the following is made from the sap of a tree?
Porcelain
Lacquer
55
The use of atmospheric perspective is a prominent aspect of which work?
In Bed by Inka Essenhigh
Lake George by John Frederick Kensett
56
The Taj Mahal was built by the 17th-century Moslem emperor for what purpose?
As a tomb for his wife
As a home
57
Serigraphy
means, literally:
“silk writing.”
“stencil work.”
58
The oldest drawings and paintings found in the Chauvet cave:
All of these answers are correct.
used natural pigments and charcoal.
were not meant to embellish their habitats.
created a connection with the beasts depicted.
59
Which of the following printing techniques is especially capable of producing subtle shades of gray?
Engraving
Mezzotint
60
________ is most famous for his design of the geodesic dome.
R. Buckminster Fuller
Louis Sullivan
61
Which artist uses light itself as the main material and increases our awareness of light as a presence in the world:
Joseph Albers
Doug Wheeler
62
A dome is generated by rotating ________ 360 degrees about a vertical central axis.
an arch
a pier
63
Vonne Jacquette’s
Three Mile Island, Night I
uses the medium of:
charcoal
chalk
64
The organization of visual elements in two-dimensional art is called:
composition
taste
65
The ________ process of casting metal dates back to the 3
rd
millennium B.C.E.
gilding
lost-wax
66
Builders of Gothic cathedrals reinforced the walls of their architecture from the outside with:
both piers and flying buttresses.
groin vaults.
67
Georgia O'Keeffe's painting
Deer's Skull with Pedernal
is a prime example of:
symmetrical balance.
hierarchical scale.
68
Traditional Chinese artists used _________, the oldest painting medium in continuous use.
watercolor
ink sticks
69
By far the fastest method of creating a hollow, rounded clay form is by means of the:
loom
potter’s wheel.
70
Using a steel framework with masonry sheathing, the ________ is thought by many to be the first modern building
Wainwright Building
Chrysler Building
71
Except in the case of ________, identical multiple impressions are printed to create editions in printmaking.
monotypes
intaglio prints
72
The work
Fractal.MGX
was created using:
glass blowing.
stereolithography
73
Raphael’s
The Madonna of the Meadows
is composed using the implied shape of a:
trapezoid
triangle
74
Andy Warhol’s film
Empire
:
is a film about watching time pass.
cast thousands of actors from Italy.
75
The 20
th
-century master of the fresco technique who created the work
Mixtec Culture
is:
Raphael
Diego Rivera.
76
In oil painting, thin veils of translucent color applied over a layer of opaque paint are known as:
synthetics
glazes
77
The
Tree of Jesse
is a work from:
the golden age of stained glass.
the Pueblo people of San Ildefonso.
78
What part of the pen conveys the ink to the drawing surface?
The quill
The nib
79
Georgia O'Keeffe's
Deer's Skull with Pedernal,
which is set directly on the vertical axis, utilizes ___________ balance.
asymmetrical
relieved symmetrical
80
The carving method:
is more aggressive than modeling.
All of these.
is more direct than casting.
is a subtractive process.
81
In fresco painting, a drawing called a ________ is transferred to the prepared surface prior to applying the pigment.
cartoon
mosaic
82
To achieve full-color woodcut prints requires careful alignment careful alignment called:
monoprinting.
registration
83
A necessary feature of pattern is:
texture
repetition
84
Islamic cultures have focused a great deal of aesthetic attention on:
carpets and rugs.
jade and lacquer.
85
In a two-dimensional work with asymmetrical balance, the appearance of balance is achieved by:
distributing visual weight accordingly.
following a canon.
86
Andy Goldsworthy uses ________ materials to create sculptures that are ________.
natural; ephemeral
artificial; permanent
87
The earliest known printed book contains the earliest surviving woodcut image. The book was made in:
Egypt
China
88
________ is a sculptural process of bringing together individual pieces, segments, or objects to form a sculpture.
Assemblage
Contrapposto
89
Fallingwater (the Kaufmann House in Mill Run, Pennsylvania) is a prime example of the “organic” architecture of:
Le Corbusier.
Frank Lloyd Wright.
90
Scale is defined as:
the size in relation to a standard or "normal" size.
color's relation to value.
91
In a two-dimensional work of art that is balanced symmetrically, the implied center of gravity is:
eliminated altogether.
along the vertical axis down the center of the composition.
92
Singing Their Songs
was created by:
Elizabeth Catlett.
Vija Celmins.
93
The use by artists of the camera obscura (literally
dark room
) began in:
the Italian Renaissance.
classical Greece.
94
The two basic families of structural systems in architecture are:
the Romanesque and the Greek.
the shell and the skeleton-and-skin.
95
The Lumière brothers:
originated the concept of the auteur in filmmaking.
invented the first workable film projector.
96
Relief sculpture is:
All of these.
often used to decorate architecture.
not finished on all sides.
not meant to be viewed in the round.
97
Man Ray created mysterious images, called _________, that looked like ordinary photographs but did not require a camera
silver gelatins
Rayograms
98
Pope Julius II employed which two Italian Renaissance artists to paint frescoes for him?
Van Gogh and Gauguin
Michelangelo and Raphael
99
Although wood engraving sounds like an intaglio process, it is actually a ________ process.
planography
relief