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Academic Decathlon 2017-2018 Art Part 1
What is a flying buttress?
What does the term "Baroque" mean
Academic Decathlon 2017-2018 Art Part 1
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What does the term "Baroque" mean
described artworks from the late 15th-16th century.
described artworks from the late 17th-19th century.
If it aint broke don't fix it.
described artworks from the late 16th-18th century.
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What is a flying buttress?
A tunnel of arches
Bracing material placed on the exterior of a building
An arch shaped structure used for support for ceilings
Framework of thin stone ribs underneath sections of ceiling
3
The Hierarchical Scale is used by Historians to determine whether a person was royalty or not.
True
False
4
Where and around what time was Stonehenge built?
England 2100 BCE
Ireland 2200 BCE
England 2200 BCE
Ireland 2100 BCE
5
What was the
School of Athens
Art made in the early 1500s.
Artwork made as homage to the Greek philosophers.
Artwork made as homage to the Greek scientists.
Art created by Raphael Sanzio.
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What was the pose contrapposto invented for?
It was invented so sculpting would be easier for the artist.
It was invented to show the body at its best angle.
It was invented to show the body at its worst angle.
It was invented so the body wouldn't look so tense.
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What type of analysis do Art Historians use to analyze works of art?
Important analysis
Contextual analysis
Historical analysis
Formal analysis
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What was an arch-shaped structure used as a ceiling or a support for a roof?
Bay
Vasese
Impost
Vault
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A set of rules put forth by King Louis XIV that set a standard for works of art.
Academie Royal de Peinture et de Scolptore
Common Standard
Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture
Academy
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Why was concrete an important contribution to architecture?
It was used to build roads which allowed for easier travel.
The Romans could construct large domed buildings.
Allowed the Romans to fill in gaps in rocks when building.
It made walls stronger.
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What is a barrel vault?
Framework of stone ribs/arches built under a vaulted ceiling
Bracing material used on the exterior of a building
A tunnel of arches
Arch shaped structure used as a roof or support for a roof
12
What style was an extension of the Baroque period?
Romanticism
Realism
Rococo
Neoclassicism
13
When were the oldest cave paintings said to have been created?
900 BCE
20,000 BCE
30,000 BCE
29,091 BCE
14
Who was Giorgio Vasari?
He was a Renaissance artist/author who lived in the 1500s.
He was an artist who wrote The Lives of the Artists.
He was a Renaissance artist/author who lived in the 1400s
He was an artist who wrote Natural History.
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Who were two "High Renaissance Artists"
Botticello and Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo and Leonardo DiCaprio
Michelangelo and Botticello
Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
16
What was the Reformation?
Protestants and Catholics became one because of artists.
Protestants tried to purify the Catholic Church.
The Catholic Church made their churches more extravagant.
The Catholic Church tried to purify the Protestants
17
What is negative space?
The sculpture itself.
The space surrounding the focal points in an artwork.
The area surrounding a sculpture.
The main focal points in an artwork.
18
The use of mellow colors and blurred outline allows for better blending between colors.
Sfumo
Furmato
Fumato
Sfumato
19
Which style was common in Roman and Greek columns?
Tuscan
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian
20
What is another name for the New Stone Age?
Mesolithic Period
Upper Paleolithic Period
Neolithic Period
21
What material did the Persians use to build their palace in Persepolis?
Stone
Brick
Wood
Marble
22
What is another name for the Middle Stone Age?
Mesolithic Period
Upper Paleolithic Period
Neolithic Period
23
What is an arch?
A pose invented to show the body at its best advantage
A form created by the Greeks to build bridges/aqueducts.
Sculptures used by the Romans for funerary purposes.
A form created by the Romans to build bridges/aqueducts.
24
What are some visual components in a work of art?
Shapes, color and texture
Form and space
Emotion and shapes
Lines, shapes and meaning
25
Formal Analysis implies that the artist used visual contents to get the meaning across.
False
True
26
What is a ribbed vault?
Bracing material placed on the outside of buildings
A framework of thin stone ribs built to support ceilings
An arch shaped structure
A tunnel of arches
27
Value is the actual name of a color and hue is the lightness or darkness of the color.
False
True
28
Contextual analysis involves looking outside the work of art in order to determine the meaning.
False
True
29
What is the difference between watercolor paint and gouache?
Gouache is not water based but watercolors are.
Gouache colors are more vibrant and watercolor is more dull
Gouache dries much quicker than watercolors.
Watercolor colors are more vibrant and gouache is more dull
30
What was a ziggurat?
A decorative vase the Persians made for burial purposes.
Status of a person to determine their size in a painting.
A step like pyramid made by the Mesopotamia's.
A style of column that the Greeks invented.
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He advocated for more rigorous study of stylistic development when related to historic context?
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
Marxist
Giorgio Vasari
Johann Marxist Winckelmann
32
What is another name for the Old Stone Age?
Mesolithic Period
Upper Paleolithic Period
Neolithic Period
33
Who was the ancient Roman historian who wrote
Natural History
?
Pliny the Elder
Johann Winkelmann
Giorgio Vasari
Johann the Elder
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The positive space in an artwork is the space that is surrounding the main focal points.
False
True
