Praxis II Art: Content Knowledge Part 3

Question 1

Which of the following artistic movements, to which Salvador Dali belonged, produced strange juxtaposition paintings?

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Surrealism

Question 2

The best-known artistic tradition of indigenous Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island is

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stone sculptures.

Question 3

The famous statue David and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel are both the work of which Renaissance artist?

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Michelangelo

Question 4

Visual literacy can best be described as the

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ability to communicate and comprehend the messages contained in images.

Question 5

This country has an abundance of Islamic art due to centuries-long occupation by the Umayyad caliphate.

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Spain

Question 6

Wich of the following artistic elements is most commonly used to create the illusion of depth in painting?

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Symmetry

Question 7

Petroglyphs engraved by ancient peoples gives clues about the objects they depict primarily through their use of

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familiar features of the objects.

Question 8

Which of the following is not a characteristic of indigenous Australian (aboriginal) art?

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Is no longer produced

Question 9

Which of the following is not an art form associated with China?

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Noh costume

Question 10

Which two artists are regarded as the founders of the Cubist artistic movement?

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Picasso and Braque

Question 11

Natural subjects are most likely to

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be asymmetrical or irregular.

Question 12

By correctly rendering proportion in her work, an artist can create which of the following artistic effects?

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Realism

Question 13

Which one of these artists is not associated with the American Pop Art Movement of the 1950s and 1960s?

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Andrew Wyeth

Question 14

Pre-Columbian cultures were best known for their

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architecture.

Question 15

Pre-Columbian art includes art from which of the following culture?

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Aztec

Question 16

By using primary green and blue hues in a painting, an artist would most likely convey a feeling of

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calm.

Question 17

Imagination would be the best source of inspiration for which of the following types of paintings?

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An abstract sculpture

Question 18

Which of the following factors would plausibly explain two observers' differing evaluations of the same painting?

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All the above

Question 19

Jackson Pollock's work is widely considered to be part of which of the following artistic movements?

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Abstract Expressionist

Question 20

The work of American photographer Dorothea Lange is best characterized as a(n)

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attempt to document human suffering during the Great Depression

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