CCCC Art Appreciation Section 1

Question 1

In The Treachery of Images, Magritte tells us that painting is a:

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visual trick

Question 2

Pieter Bruegel uses rhythm to direct the viewer's attention to different areas in this work?

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Hunters in the Snow

Question 3

This type of art involves viewing actual motion and the artist's body in the work.

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performance art

Question 4

Henry Peach Robinson created his photographic work Fading Away by using a Golden ______.

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section

Question 5

In ancient Egyptian art, the pharaoh was almost always depicted in this way:

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as the largest of all the figures

Question 6

Color deception occurs when:

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perception of color is influenced by the color next to it

Question 7

Sometimes artists use this kind of changing pattern to make a work more lively.

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alternating pattern

Question 8

A pronounced surface treatment is high relief, and a shallow relief is called ________.

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bas relief

Question 9

Something done on a monumental scale usually indicates:

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Each answer shown is correct

Question 10

In Landscape with the Fall of Icarus the viewer is directed away from Icarus through the use of

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subordination

Question 11

Gestalt unity is a term that is derived from which language?

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German

Question 12

Which of the following can be used to create emphasis?

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Each answer shown is correct

Question 13

By using this kind of color combination, artists avoid jarring, contrasting color and mood.

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analogous

Question 14

A group of artists might share a style - an identifiable kind of visual expression - because:

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Each answer shown is correct

Question 15

Dashes and grids in The Devil Made Me Do It by Sauerkids are examples of this kind of line.

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implied

Question 16

These two values are at the extreme ends of a value range.

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black and white

Question 17

In Gentileschi's Judith Decapitating Holofernes, the ______ is indicated by directional lines.

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focal point

Question 18

Moving images created with a zoetrope were early forms of:

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animation

Question 19

This principle of design arises from repetition of a pattern.

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rhythm

Question 20

This is a specific place of visual emphasis in a work of art.

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focal point

Question 21

This kind of shape is mathematically regular and precise.

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geometric

Question 22

Why might an architect choose a simple, repetitive rhythm for his or her building?

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it suggests stability

Question 23

A good example of variety in a work would be:

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different shapes and colors

Question 24

A slick cold surface of a finely finished metal object is an example of this element of art:

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texture

Question 25

Chuck Close's Self Portrait is made of small units that are __________ when viewed closely.

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abstract

Question 26

Secondary colors can be created from a mixture of:

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two primary colors

Question 27

Iconographic analysis interprets objects and figures in an artwork as

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signs or symbols

Question 28

The tools of formal analysis help us to:

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how an artist applied elements & principles to the artwork

Question 29

This famous object is the largest carving in the world created from a single stone.

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the Sphinx

Question 30

What kind of balance is created by Tibetan Buddhist monks in a sand mandala?

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radial

Question 31

This color with a cool temperature is used to describe a depressed psychological state of mind.

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blue

Question 32

An artist can create an illusion of depth using only color by varying the:

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intensity

Question 33

This object by French artist Marcel Duchamp is considered the first work of kinetic sculpture.

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a bicycle wheel mounted on a stool

Question 34

This element of art is used to describe the usable interior space of an architectural form.

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volume

Question 35

The focal point of Robert Rauschenberg's sculpture Monogram is:

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a stuffed goat

Question 36

We perceive scale in relation to:

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our own size

Question 37

This use of scale can create an abnormal or supernatural effect, & was used by the Surrealists.

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distorted scale

Question 38

This Italian artist was the first to define a formal system of linear perspective.

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Brunelleschi

Question 39

Bernini's sculpture Apollo and Daphne implies motion. What kind of motion is being depicted?

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a chase scene

Question 40

Some people argued that Robert Mapplethorpe should not have been awarded public funding because

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his identity as a gay man & the sexual nature of his photos

Question 41

Jenny Holzer created an illusion of motion using a spiraling electronic message board made of:

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words

Question 42

Hokusai's "The Great Wave Off Shore at Kanagawa" uses compositional unity in which way(s)?

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Each answer shown is correct

Question 43

The Connectors by Allen uses this to draw attention to the height of the Empire State Building.

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directional

Question 44

This kind of line tends to be more visually active, so it can draw the viewer's attention.

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diagonal

Question 45

Which of these is a form?

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pyramid

Question 46

This attribute of time is a measurement of the speed at which time elapses.

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tempo

Question 47

In The Flagellation, Francesca communicates detachment and contemplation using this principle.

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Unity

Question 48

Artists sometimes use this method of applying value to give a feeling of three-dimensionality.

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chiaroscuro

Question 49

Closely arranged parallel lines overlapped by another set of parallel strokes to create value:

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cross-hatching

Question 50

Feminist analysis is a subset of ________ analysis.

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biographical

Question 51

Starlight by Agnes Martin uses broad emphasis to draw attention to this part of the work:

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the composition as a whole

Question 52

Line can be used as a tool to:

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Each answer shown is correct

Question 53

When a Yoruba sculptor made this body part disproportionately large in the figure of Oni:

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head

Question 54

An artist creates compositional unity by:

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organizing all of the visual elements of the work

Question 55

Dorothea Lange took a series of photographs of a family in what kind of living quarters?

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a tent

Question 56

These 1,300-year-old South American drawings were discovered by aircraft.

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Nazca Lines

Question 57

Common in Islamic art, complex interlaced __________, designs repeated as units in a pattern.

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motifs

Question 58

This element is used to describe the solidity of a form, such as that of the Olmec heads.

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mass

Question 59

Op art of the 1960s relied on a physiological effect that creates an illusion of motion by:

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the natural oscillations of the eye

Question 60

Artists use this texture to contradict a viewer's normal expectations of a textured surface.

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subversive

Question 61

Placement of elements in a composition controls ________ and creates multiple focal points.

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rhythm

Question 62

Which of these is NOT a geometric form?

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leaf

Question 63

This artist used contrasting positive and negative shapes to create his "Obey" campaign.

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Shepard Fairey

Question 64

Thomas Struth's photograph Museo del Prado 7 is:

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a portrait of art appreciation

CCCC Art Appreciation Section 1

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CCCC Art Appreciation Section 1

Questions 70