QUIZ 4
• Question 1
In House (p.57), how does Jaune Quick-to-See Smith evoke the simplicity of traditional Native American lifestyles that have disappeared?
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
simple black outlines and ironic messages
Correct Answer: c.
simple black outlines and ironic messages
• Question 2
What cultural conventions (p. 74) did Robert Mapplethorpe challenge in his photographic portrait of female bodybuilder, Lisa Lyon?
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
the traditional representation of the female nude
Correct Answer: a.
the traditional representation of the female nude
• Question 3
Which of these pieces illustrates the use of "expressive" line?
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
Van Gogh's The Starry Night
Correct Answer: b.
Van Gogh's The Starry Night
• Question 4
Lines that create a sense of movement and direction are called:
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
implied lines.
Correct Answer: c.
implied lines.
• Question 5
Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Socrates is set up in a system of right angles on a grid structure. How does this affect the content of the piece?
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
it reiterates the rationality of Socrates' actions
Correct Answer: a.
it reiterates the rationality of Socrates' actions
• Question 6
In Giacometti's Man Pointing, our eye is directed down his right arm and past his pointed finger to some imagined point of interest beyond. This is an example of which formal element?
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
implied line
Correct Answer: b.
implied line
• Question 7
The organization of visual elements in an artwork is called:
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
a composition.
Correct Answer: c.
a composition.
• Question 8
Hung Liu's paintings, such as Three Fujins (p. 69), rely on contrasts between two very important elements:
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
carefully drawn structural lines and uncontrolled drip lines
Correct Answer: c.
carefully drawn structural lines and uncontrolled drip lines
• Question 9
The Starry Night, by Vincent van Gogh, indicates the power of the artist's _______ line.
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
expressive
Correct Answer: d.
expressive
• Question 10
Titian's Assumption and Consecration of the Virgin demonstrates the power of:
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
lines of sight.
Correct Answer: c.
lines of sight.
• Question 11
Line can define space by _____________.
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
all of the above
Correct Answer: d.
all of the above
• Question 12
Hung Liu studied and taught to paint with a strict classical line that is associated with the style of:
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
Russian Social Realism.
Correct Answer: a.
Russian Social Realism.
• Question 13
Hatching and cross-hatching are ways of turning line into______________, or three-dimensional, modeled space.
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
value
Correct Answer: b.
value
• Question 14
When an artist's mark-making style, particularly his/her use of line, is recognizable, like Van Gogh's in The Starry Night, we say it is _____________.
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
autographic
Correct Answer: c.
autographic
• Question 15
Which of these visual elements is most obvious in Andy Goldsworthy's Hazel Leaves?
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
line
Correct Answer: d.
line
• Question 16
Pat Steir's series The Drawing Lesson Part 1, Line # 1 is about what type of line?
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
various artists' unique expressive lines
Correct Answer: c.
various artists' unique expressive lines
• Question 17
What is generally the preferred medium of Andy Goldsworthy?
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
natural materials found on-site
Correct Answer: a.
natural materials found on-site
• Question 18
Line can be used to delineate edges of form in space, imply movement, and ____________.
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
a & b
Correct Answer: d.
a & b
• Question 19
Cezanne's The Basket of Apples is full of what appear to be "mistakes" but are actually________.
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
all of the above
Correct Answer: d.
all of the above
• Question 20
4.55 out of 4.55 points
How would you describe Sol LeWitt's use of line in Wall Drawing No. 681 C?
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
all of the above
Correct Answer: d.
all of the above
• Question 21
4.55 out of 4.55 points
How is Sol LeWitt's line (p. 64) best described in his work, Wall Drawing No. 681 C?
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
analytic
Correct Answer: a.
analytic
• Question 22
When a style of line becomes associated as an artist's work, we say it is:
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
autographic.
Correct Answer: d.
autographic.
QUIZ 5
• Question 1
5 out of 5 points
Where is the negative space in the Rubin vase?
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
in both, depending on how you look at it
Correct Answer: c.
in both, depending on how you look at it
• Question 2
5 out of 5 points
Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is based on what specific type of perspective?
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
one-point linear perspective
Correct Answer: c.
one-point linear perspective
• Question 3
0 out of 5 points
Paul Strand's Abstraction, Porch Shadows reflects a 20th century effort to challenge the viewers perspective with ____________.
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
patterns of light and dark
Correct Answer: a.
odd or distorted perspective
• Question 4
5 out of 5 points
Gustave Caillebotte's Place de l'Europe on a Rainy Day (fig. 104; p. 83) is based on what specific type of perspective?
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
multiple-point perspective (both one- and two-point perspective are used)
Correct Answer: d.
multiple-point perspective (both one- and two-point perspective are used)
• Question 5
0 out of 5 points
What is the most obvious visual element in Matisse's Harmony in Red (The Red Room)?
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
the deep, atmospheric space
Correct Answer: d.
its lack of special depth
• Question 6
5 out of 5 points
In the Rubin vase illustration (p. 76), the black shape can be seen alternately as a foreground object resembling a vase, or as a background space between two white profiled faces. What is this relationship called?
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
figure-ground reversal
Correct Answer: d.
figure-ground reversal
• Question 7
5 out of 5 points
Paul Cézanne's Madame Cézanne in a Red Armchair (fig. 114; p. 89) illustrates that the artist was more interested in:
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
All of the Above.
Correct Answer: d.
All of the Above.
• Question 8
5 out of 5 points
DaVinci's The Last Supper is a perfect example of ____________.
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
one-point perspective
Correct Answer: b.
one-point perspective
• Question 9
5 out of 5 points
There is a contradiction in the appearance of Martin Puryear's Self. What is it?
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
it is much lighter than it appears, because it is hollow
Correct Answer: d.
it is much lighter than it appears, because it is hollow
• Question 10
5 out of 5 points
When and where was linear perspective first codified (studied, organized, and written down)?
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
during the Renaissance in Italy
Correct Answer: d.
during the Renaissance in Italy
• Question 11
5 out of 5 points
In Harmony in Red (The Red Room), Henri Matisse deliberately intended to violate the laws of perspective. Why?
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
His interests were in things other than pure verisimilitude.
Correct Answer: a.
His interests were in things other than pure verisimilitude.
• Question 12
5 out of 5 points
Although created for different purposes, Barbara Hepworth's Two Figures and the African feast-making spoon (pp. 77) share a similar trait. What is it?
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
They are both positive forms that contain negative space.
Correct Answer: d.
They are both positive forms that contain negative space.
• Question 13
5 out of 5 points
What media does Terry Winters use in his work, like Color and Information?
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
all of the above
Correct Answer: d.
all of the above
• Question 14
5 out of 5 points
The surface of a painting or drawing is called:
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
the picture plane.
Correct Answer: d.
the picture plane.
• Question 15
5 out of 5 points
As is common in Japanese art, the Kumano mandala creates the illusion of space by utilizing:
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
oblique projection.
Correct Answer: d.
oblique projection.
• Question 16
5 out of 5 points
In the 15th century in Italy there was a profound redefinition of space with the codification and usage of linear perspective. Some see the same thing happening today with______________.
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
the increased usage and manipulation of cyberspace and virtual realities
Correct Answer: b.
the increased usage and manipulation of cyberspace and virtual realities
• Question 17
5 out of 5 points
In Steve DiBenedetto's Deliverance, the artist is able to use ___________to create a sense of space.
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
overlapping images
Correct Answer: d.
overlapping images
• Question 18
5 out of 5 points
According to Sayre, our notion of space has changed abruptly and even become "fluid" since the beginning of the twentieth century due to:
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
Einstein's theories.
Correct Answer: b.
Einstein's theories.
• Question 19
5 out of 5 points
What is the metaphorical significance of the carved sculpture, Feast Making Spoon, from the Ivory Coast (fig. 94)?
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
it represents the power of the imagination to transform an everyday object into a symbolically charged container of social good.
Correct Answer: d.
it represents the power of the imagination to transform an everyday object into a symbolically charged container of social good.
• Question 20
5 out of 5 points
Why is the stereoscope (p. 85) such an effective means of describing "real" space?
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
It mimics binocular vision.
Correct Answer: b.
It mimics binocular vision.
QUIZ 6
• Question 1
5 out of 5 points
The background mountains in DaVinci's Madonna of the Rocks provide a perfect example of ___________.
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
atmospheric perspective
Correct Answer: a.
atmospheric perspective
• Question 2
5 out of 5 points
Nikolai Buglaj's "Race"ing Sideways is a commentary on the Western convention of_________.
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
a & b
Correct Answer: d.
a & b
• Question 3
0 out of 5 points
A color's brightness or dullness (p. 107) is called:
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
tint or shade.
Correct Answer: a.
intensity or saturation.
• Question 4
5 out of 5 points
What is yellow's complementary color?
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
violet
Correct Answer: d.
violet
• Question 5
5 out of 5 points
Jane Hammond's Fallen is made of many pieces, sewn together as a whole. What is it made of?
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
a digitally scanned and printed image of a leaf with the name of soldiers killed in the Iraq War inscribed on each
Correct Answer: b.
a digitally scanned and printed image of a leaf with the name of soldiers killed in the Iraq War inscribed on each
• Question 6
5 out of 5 points
Which of these elements helps to create space in art?
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
all of the above
Correct Answer: d.
all of the above
• Question 7
5 out of 5 points
Figure of a Woman by Paul Colin probably derives from his____________.
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
association with Josephine Baker and La Revue Negre
Correct Answer: c.
association with Josephine Baker and La Revue Negre
• Question 8
5 out of 5 points
With atmospheric perspective, objects further from the viewer appear ____________.
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
cooler and less distinct
Correct Answer: a.
cooler and less distinct
• Question 9
5 out of 5 points
DaVinci is largely responsible for formulating the rules of the effects of light and air in the landscape, called________________.
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
atmospheric perspective
Correct Answer: c.
atmospheric perspective
• Question 10
5 out of 5 points
What is the chosen medium of the sculptor Dan Flavin?
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
fluorescent lighting
Correct Answer: b.
fluorescent lighting
• Question 11
5 out of 5 points
Artists sometimes choose to paint objects using colors that are not "true" to their optical or local colors (p. 117). This is an example of the expressive use of:
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
arbitrary color.
Correct Answer: a.
arbitrary color.
• Question 12
5 out of 5 points
One of the chief tools employed by artists of the Renaissance to show the effects of light (p. 97) is:
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
chiaroscuro.
Correct Answer: d.
chiaroscuro.
• Question 13
5 out of 5 points
The range of colors that an artist has preferred to use in a work is referred to as the:
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
palette.
Correct Answer: a.
palette.
• Question 14
5 out of 5 points
On Newton's color wheel, colors that lie directly between a secondary and primary (p. 107) are called:
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
intermediate colors.
Correct Answer: d.
intermediate colors.
• Question 15
5 out of 5 points
In the history of art, the association of good with light and evil with dark was first fully-developed by ________.
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Correct Answer: a.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Question 16
5 out of 5 points
In Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, Artemisia Gentilieschi makes use of a high-contrast technique of painting called___________, Italian for "murky."
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
tenebrism
Correct Answer: a.
tenebrism
• Question 17
5 out of 5 points
The author describes Chuck Close's painting Stanley (p. 119) as:
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
"layered pointillism."
Correct Answer: a.
"layered pointillism."
• Question 18
5 out of 5 points
On the color wheel, blues and greens (p. 109) are usually thought of as:
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
cool colors.
Correct Answer: d.
cool colors.
• Question 19
5 out of 5 points
Mary Cassatt has manipulated light and color in In the Loge to emphasize:
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
the division between male and female spaces.
Correct Answer: a.
the division between male and female spaces.
• Question 20
5 out of 5 points
JMW Turner uses 2 types of perspective in Rain, Steam, and Speed-The Great Western Railway. What are they?
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
atmospheric and one-point
Correct Answer: c.
atmospheric and one-point
QUIZ 7
• Question 1
6.25 out of 6.25 points
Which of the artists below created a work titled Pietà?
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
Michelangelo
Correct Answer: b.
Michelangelo
• Question 2
0 out of 6.25 points
Because of its application to crafts, folk art, and women's work, _______ is associated with the beautifying of utilitarian objects.
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
decorative pattern
Correct Answer: b.
femmage
• Question 3
6.25 out of 6.25 points
Some works of art are created precisely to give us the illusion or sensation of movement. This style of art is called:
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
Op Art.
Correct Answer: b.
Op Art.
• Question 4
6.25 out of 6.25 points
The Kente cloths of the Asante and Ewe societies of Ghana provide a perfect example of which art element?
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
pattern
Correct Answer: b.
pattern
• Question 5
6.25 out of 6.25 points
Max Ernst's Forest and Dove uses a process called _______ to create a variety of textural effects.
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
frottage
Correct Answer: d.
frottage
• Question 6
6.25 out of 6.25 points
Because Gianlorenzo Bernini's David tells a story-of David slaying Goliath-it is said to have a _______ sequence.
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
narrative
Correct Answer: c.
narrative
• Question 7
6.25 out of 6.25 points
A friend of Claude Monet described his great paintings of Water Lilies, Morning: Willows in the Musée de l'Orangerie (pp. 132-133) as demonstrating _______ motion.
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
Brownian
Correct Answer: a.
Brownian
• Question 8
6.25 out of 6.25 points
The systematic and repetitive use of the same motif or design creates a pattern on the pages of the Lindisfarne Gospels, illustrates that pattern is an especially important _______ tool.
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
decorative
Correct Answer: a.
decorative
• Question 9
6.25 out of 6.25 points
Which is the most obvious difference between Bernini and Michelangelo's David?
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
Bernini's David is caught in the midst of action, coiled and ready to launch his stone
Correct Answer: d.
Bernini's David is caught in the midst of action, coiled and ready to launch his stone
• Question 10
6.25 out of 6.25 points
Hans Namuth's photos (p. 134-135) teach us that Jackson Pollock longed to be involved in:
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
the process of painting.
Correct Answer: b.
the process of painting.
• Question 11
6.25 out of 6.25 points
Alexander Calder's "mobiles," like Untitled (p. 123), move when air currents move through them, making them _____________.
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
kinetic
Correct Answer: d.
kinetic
• Question 12
6.25 out of 6.25 points
What is the subject matter of Isidro Escamilla's Virgin of Guadalupe?
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
it narrates a story of a miraculous vision of the Virgin Mary at Tepayac, once a site of an Aztec temple
Correct Answer: a.
it narrates a story of a miraculous vision of the Virgin Mary at Tepayac, once a site of an Aztec temple
• Question 13
6.25 out of 6.25 points
Early manuscripts such as the Lindisfarne Gospels (p. 128) were said to be ______ because they were elaborately illustrated and decorated.
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
illuminated
Correct Answer: b.
illuminated
• Question 14
6.25 out of 6.25 points
What was the inspiration for Grace Ndiritu's Still Life: White Textiles?
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
an exhibition of work by Henri Matisse in 2005 in London
Correct Answer: c.
an exhibition of work by Henri Matisse in 2005 in London
• Question 15
0 out of 6.25 points
In what way can a large-scale work be considered a "temporal" art form?
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
it endures time
Correct Answer: a.
the spectator moves through time and space to view it
• Question 16
0 out of 6.25 points
Which of the following is not an aspect of texture (pp. 124-127)?
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
tactility
Correct Answer: b.
content
QUIZ 8
• Question 1
0 out of 5 points
Which of these pieces best illustrates the use of "variety" over "unity"?
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
James Lavadour's The Seven Valleys and the Five Valleys
Correct Answer: a.
Louise Lawler's Pollock and Tureen
• Question 2
5 out of 5 points
Hokusai's The Great Wave makes a statement about scale, in part because:
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
everyone in Japan knows the scale of Mount Fuji.
Correct Answer: c.
everyone in Japan knows the scale of Mount Fuji.
• Question 3
5 out of 5 points
Frank Gehry has been called a postmodern architect, primarily because ____________.
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
he purposely creates a sense of discontinuity by employing variety over unity
Correct Answer: c.
he purposely creates a sense of discontinuity by employing variety over unity
• Question 4
5 out of 5 points
In her painting, Still Life with Lobster, (p. 150), Anna Vallayer-Coster establishes emphasis through:
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
the manipulation of light and color.
Correct Answer: d.
the manipulation of light and color.
• Question 5
5 out of 5 points
When each side of a composition is exactly the same (p. 143), it shows:
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
absolute symmetry.
Correct Answer: c.
absolute symmetry.
• Question 6
5 out of 5 points
Repetition often implies monotony (162-164), yet it also creates a sense of:
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
rhythm.
Correct Answer: d.
rhythm.
• Question 7
5 out of 5 points
The Rose window from the Chartres Cathedral is an example of:
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
radial balance.
Correct Answer: c.
radial balance.
• Question 8
5 out of 5 points
Where is the focal point in the Baroque painting, Joseph the Carpenter by Georges de La Tour?
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
In the child's (Jesus) face
Correct Answer: b.
In the child's (Jesus) face
• Question 9
0 out of 5 points
The dimensions of an object, in relation to some constant (p. 156) such as the human figure, are known as its _______.
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
proportions
Correct Answer: b.
scale
• Question 10
5 out of 5 points
Leonardo DaVinci's Vitruvian Man and Frank Gehry's residence illustrate the differences between______.
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
unity and variety
Correct Answer: d.
unity and variety
• Question 11
5 out of 5 points
When an artist deliberately avoids emphasis (p. 173), we say that the work is:
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
afocal.
Correct Answer: a.
afocal.
• Question 12
5 out of 5 points
Leonardo da Vinci's, Study of Human Proportion: The Vitruvian Man (p. 141), embodies both:
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
All of the above.
Correct Answer: d.
All of the above.
• Question 13
5 out of 5 points
_______ is a term that describes an artist's attempt to draw our eyes to one area of a composition (150).
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
Emphasis
Correct Answer: d.
Emphasis
• Question 14
5 out of 5 points
When dealing with balance in a composition, an artist or designer is actually dealing with:
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
visual weight.
Correct Answer: b.
visual weight.
• Question 15
5 out of 5 points
Sayre stats that the focal point in Larry Poons' Orange Crush is:
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
there is no focal point.
Correct Answer: c.
there is no focal point.
• Question 16
5 out of 5 points
Jan Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance is a perfect example of ____________.
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
an asymmetrically-balanced composition
Correct Answer: b.
an asymmetrically-balanced composition
• Question 17
5 out of 5 points
Proportion is defined as:
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
the relationship between the parts to each other and the whole in a composition.
Correct Answer: d.
the relationship between the parts to each other and the whole in a composition.
• Question 18
5 out of 5 points
Chartres Cathedral's rose window best illustrates:
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
radial balance.
Correct Answer: c.
radial balance.
• Question 19
5 out of 5 points
The Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan beginning in 1632___________.
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
as a mausoleum for his favorite wife, who died giving birth to their 14th child
Correct Answer: b.
as a mausoleum for his favorite wife, who died giving birth to their 14th child
• Question 20
5 out of 5 points
The Taj Mahal is a perfect example of ____________in art/architecture.
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
symmetry
Correct Answer: a.
symmetry
In the 1660s, who discovered that color is a direct function of light by passing sunlight through a prism and observing the bands of spectrum of colors?
b. Isaac Newton