YEAR 12 ATAR VISUAL ART EXAM PREP

Question 1

Pieter Bruegel's depict

Accepted Answer

multitudes of small figures in deep panoramic landscapes

Question 2

The conservative art establishment in Australia was called?

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The Australian Academy of Art

Question 3

Expressionism used...

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distortion and exaggeration for emotional effect.

Question 4

What is chiaroscuro?

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An effect of contrasted light and shadow.

Question 5

What are two questions you would answer in the 'Description' component of an analysis?

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Have any images been appropriated and re-contextualised?, What style or movement does the work belong to?

Question 6

How many times did Japan bomb Darwin?

Accepted Answer

64

Question 7

How many Australians died in active service in WW1?

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60,000

Question 8

At times Arthur Boyd used cripples as metaphors for...

Accepted Answer

Evil

Question 9

Which of the following are principles?

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Balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, repetition, unity

Question 10

How many Australians were unemployed in 1932?

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32%

Question 11

What painting technique has been used in this painting?

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wet on wet

Question 12

Why was the Herald Exhibition housed in a town hall?

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NGV didn't want modern art displayed in its collection.

Question 13

Was conscription compulsory in Australia during WW2?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 14

Boyd developed an expressive style in order to adequately express ...

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the trauma of his personal wartime experience.

Question 15

What art movement does the above artwork belong to?

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Cubism

Question 16

The Contemporary Art Society or 'Moderns' were split into which two groups?

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The Social Realists, Angry Penguins

Question 17

South Melbourne communicates...

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the anxiety and sorrow of Melbourne during the Depression, the true vulnerability of humanity and the cruelty of chance

Question 18

Grounds of chrome green and red inspired by ... Boyd introduced ... to the Australian landscape

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the Venetians, an intensity of colour and fine gradations of tone

Question 19

Is this a sculpture or an installation?

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installation

Question 20

What gave Boyd's work the symbolic richness of a medieval or Renaissance painting?

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egg tempera and oil paint

Question 21

What colour scheme has been used in this artwork?

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Triadic

Question 22

The Social Realists believed art must...

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fulfill a political/ social/ moral role to fight for justice, challenge and transform social attitudes

Question 23

What materials, techniques and processes have been used in Melbourne Burning?

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All of the above

Question 24

When analysing sculpture, what must you take into consideration?

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Use of materials, Use of element and principles

Question 25

Australians had an ... point of view towards WWI.

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isolationist

Question 26

Is this artwork by Bruegel or Bosch?

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Bosch

Question 27

What are two questions you would address in the ‘Interpretation’ component of an analysis?

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Is the meaning immediately apparent or alluded to?, Is it confronting or does it make political comment?

Question 28

Which of the following are elements of art?

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Line, shape, colour, texture, form, value, space

Question 29

What year did the Herald Exhibition come to Melbourne?

Accepted Answer

1939

Question 30

The above artwork is an example of what postmodern technique?

Accepted Answer

Recontexualisation

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