The practice of watercolour painting requires the artist to

apply thin washes of colour onto paper

In the hierarchy of subject matter used by traditional Western painters, landscape was considered

decorative and therefore inferior to other subjects

Banksy's subversive techniques involve

using satire and low-art techniques to convey political messages

Francisco Goya was a Spanish Romantic painter who

bridges the worlds of traditional and modern art

JMW Turner was a prolific landscape painter who

sketchbooks full of watercolours on his travels

Artistic Practice includes

the materials, processes, ideas and influences of artists

The Romantic's concept of the sublime was

to give artistic expression to the beauty and power of nature

Structural devices that create drama in Goya's Execution of the Rebels, 1808 include

strong contrast of light and shade and diagonal lines

Goya's Execution of the Rebels, 1808 makes a political comment by

bringing the lives of ordinary people into the genre of historical painting

The British convict Joseph Lycett had artistic skills because

he was a forger of documents and bank notes

Employing the Frames allows

us to make and study art from four different conceptual positions

Ai WeiWei reacted to the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China by

making an installation of 9000 children's backpacks

Jacques Louis David was

a French Neoclassical painter and politician

Landscape painting was used in ancient times as

an illusionary backdrop to narrative scenes

Visual artists, writers and musicians of the Romantic Period believed

in the sublime beauty of nature

The Agencies of the Conceptual Framework include

Artist, artwork, audience, world

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1
The practice of watercolour painting requires the artist to
build up textures using a palette knife
prepare a surface of plaster known as 'giornata'
create thick, impastoed areas of colour
apply thin washes of colour onto paper
2
This painting from Arthur Streeton comes from the art period known as
Postmodernism
surrealism
Cubism
Australian Impressionism
3
Eugene Delacroix's large painting called Liberty Leading the People celebrates the
French Revolution
Battle of Waterloo
American Civil War
Russian Revolution
4
Artists began to travel more during the 18th Century because
there was a growing interest in science and geography
trade routes to exotic new places had been established
new technologies allowed for faster and more efficient transport
All of the above
5
In the hierarchy of subject matter used by traditional Western painters, landscape was considered
technically complicated and left only to master painters
decorative and therefore inferior to other subjects
almost impossible to do
superior to historical subjects
6
Banksy's subversive techniques involve
using traditional methods in contemporary ways
using satire and low-art techniques to convey political messages
mocking other artists and their works
Conventional studio practices and techniques
7
Francisco Goya was a Spanish Romantic painter who
painted banal objects of mass production using modern techniques
all of the above
bridges the worlds of traditional and modern art
travelled to Venice three times, painting its timeless beauty
8
Ai WeiWei's use of the readymade in his installations can be traced back to
Francisco Goya
Marcel Duchamp
Jacques-Louis David
Banksy
9
JMW Turner was a prolific landscape painter who
All of the above.
scenes of political protest in Britain
sketchbooks full of watercolours on his travels
travelled three times to Australia to paint the new British settlement
10
Australian Impressionists painted
All of the above
on cheap wooden panels from old cigar boxes
at campsites in the bush
with quick brushstrokes
11
Artistic Practice includes
the materials, processes, ideas and influences of artists
audiences that engage with art installations
where artists exhibit their artworks
political issues such as environmentalism and feminism
12
The Romantic's concept of the sublime was
the idea of the survival of the fittest
the Avant Garde belief that only artists could decide what was art
to give artistic expression to the beauty and power of nature
the artistic idea that Man was the measure of all things
13
The Australian artist who was well known for colourful urban landscapes in spray-paint was
Imants Tillers
Brett Whiteley
Albert Namatjira
Howard Arkley
14
The Australian painter that was strongly influenced by punk music was
Howard Arkley
Jeffrey Smart
Brett Whiteley
Fred Williams
15
Structural devices that create drama in Goya's Execution of the Rebels, 1808 include
realistic colours and delicate textures
sfumato and repetition
perfect anotomical proportions and scale
strong contrast of light and shade and diagonal lines
16
Goya's Execution of the Rebels, 1808 makes a political comment by
using famous people involved in the uprising against the French
being an excellent example of en plain air painting
showing the glorious history of war as its subject matter
bringing the lives of ordinary people into the genre of historical painting
17
Rosalie Gascoigne's assemblages and installations of found objects from the landscape around Canberra was influenced by
Abstract expressionism from New York
Western Australian indigenous desert painting
the Venice Biennale
Japanese flower arranging
18
The practice of painting outdours is known as
Avant garde
en plein air
tempera
surrealism
19
The traditional formula used to create an illusion of 3-dimensional space on a 2-dimensional surface is
Anatomical proportIon
Tonal scales
Linear Perspective
Spectral colour theory
20
The British convict Joseph Lycett had artistic skills because
he was a forger of documents and bank notes
was popular amongst other convicts
was a member of the Royal Society
had an art studio back in England
21
Employing the Frames allows
artists to express their feelings about the times they live in
historians to place artisets and their works in chronological order
us to make and study art from four different conceptual positions
artworks to be organised according to their materials and styles
22
Ai WeiWei reacted to the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China by
making an installation of 1254 bicycles
photographing himself dropping an Ancient Chinese vase
making an installation of 9000 children's backpacks
collaborating with Chinese craftsmen to make 100 million sunflower seeds
23
Renaisince artists began using landscapes in religious paintings
to engage their audiences
because gold became too expensive
all of the above
to give real-life contexts to narratives from the New Testament
24
Jacques Louis David was
a French Impressionist painter
a French chef
a French Neoclassical painter and politician
a French painter and sportsman
25
Cultural phenomena in the mid 1800s that brought European artists to Australia was
the Snowy Mountain Hydroelectric Scheme
art institutions like the Art Gallery of NSW and the National Art School
the Gold Rush
new buildings that were being built in Sydney
26
What material practice did Ancient Egyptians and Romans use to paint landscapes onto walls?
encaustic
relief printing
watercolour
Fresco
27
The composition of Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People can be described as
asymmetrical
symmetrical
All of the above
orderly
28
Landscape painting was used in ancient times as
a source of magic
an illusionary backdrop to narrative scenes
a religious subject
a map for people to follow
29
Visual artists, writers and musicians of the Romantic Period believed
old methods and materials of the past
All of the above
reason was superior to emotions
in the sublime beauty of nature
30
The Agencies of the Conceptual Framework include
Artist, artwork, audience, world
Artists, artwork, practice, culture
audience, artwork, concept, materials
Artist, artwork, audience, critics

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