USAD Art Packet - Section I

Question 1

If an artist wanted to create a feeling of peace and tranquility, she/he would MOST likely use

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horizontal lines

Question 2

A landscape by an unknown artist notable for its glowing, translucent layers of paint was most probably painted using

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oil paint

Question 3

The Chacoan culture survived in the arid desert by

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creating complex irrigation systems

Question 4

A cathedral with an abundance of flying buttresses is most likely an example of

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Gothic architecture

Question 5

A print form based on the principle that oil resists water is

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lithography

Question 6

The first biographies about painters’ lives would have been written in

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the Renaissance

Question 7

A third millennium B.C.E. glass vessel was MOST probably from

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the Middle East

Question 8

What kind of art is often designed to be impermanent or change over time?

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environmental art

Question 9

The Chacoan great houses were built during a period of

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economic abundance

Question 10

Which art movement was most influenced by the theories of Sigmund Freud?

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Surrealism

Question 11

Compared to tempera paints, oil paints

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are more versatile

Question 12

The tomb of the Chinese Emperor of Qin had a life-size army of soldiers and their equipment buried with him that were

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made of clay

Question 13

Nineteenth century American artists’ dramatic landscapes were associated with a movement known as

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Romanticism

Question 14

Ancient Egyptian artists would determine the size of figures based on their status. This style quality is called

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hierarchical scale

Question 15

Egyptian grave markers were painted with wax-based paints called

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encaustic

Question 16

Why have wax figures not received significant art historical study?

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They are often seen as popular entertainment.

Question 17

Sculpture is created in all of these basic ways EXCEPT

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resisting

Question 18

The lightness or darkness of a color is known as it

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value

Question 19

The kivas in Pueblo Bonito were used for

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ceremonies

Question 20

In an Egyptian painting, the largest figure is MOST probably the

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king or other ruler

Question 21

Artifacts found at Chaco Bonito demonstrate that the culture

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traded directly or indirectly with Mexico

Question 22

The term Baroque is generally used to refer to artworks produced from the

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late sixteenth century through the mid-eighteenth century

Question 23

An apartment’s white walls look yellow by candlelight. This is an example of

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optical color

Question 24

Cotton printed with small repeating patterns became known as

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calico

Question 25

Compared to Neoclassical paintings, Romantic paintings can be said to be more

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emotional

Question 26

You are in an antique shop and find a portrait is smeared and missing areas of color. It was most probably made using

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pastels

Question 27

A period room with streamlined furniture would MOST likely have been created by

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Bauhaus designers

Question 28

All of the following were virtues associated with ancient Greece and Rome EXCEPT

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emotionalism

Question 29

Monticello’s architectural style makes reference to all of the following EXCEPT

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Spanish Baroque

Question 30

The standards for human proportions were established during the time of the ancient

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Greeks

Question 31

Fragment of a mural depicting two figures with heads in profile, eyes and torso in frontal view, feet in profile

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Ancient Egyptian

USAD Art Packet - Section I

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