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ART210 Survey of Art

Quiz 2

Question 1What is the definition of the word subject in the introduction of our textbook?

  a model posing for an artist

  none of the above

  the person, object, or space depicted in a work of art

  a type of class in school

Question 2Louise Nevelson created an artwork about a waterfall called White Vertical Water. What was her purpose for creating this?

  To carefully examine her work and to feel the sensations of water cascading and fish swimming

  The mood struck her to do so

  Because it is beautiful to look at

  To show a realistic representation of what she saw

Question 3Choose the best option to finish the following sentence:

Art communicates ________ by visual means and is a form of ____________.

  images, decoration

  words, images

  language, ideas

  ideas, language

 

 

ART210 Survey of Art

Quiz 4

Question 1Physicists have explained that when we see a color, it is the portion of the light spectrum that a surface fails to ________.

  absorb

  subtract

  reflect

  lighten

  neutralize

 Question 2If you were to look at a t-shirt that absorbed the colors violet, blue, green, yellow, and orange, what color would the t-shirt appear to be?

  green

  blue

  red

  orange

  white

Question 3The traditional “artist’s” primary colors are ________.

  red, yellow, blue

  green, orange, violet

  green and yellow

  blue, green, yellow

  red and blue

 Question 4The artist Vasily Kandinsky advocated the use of primary colors, which cannot be mixed from any other color combination.

  True

  False

 Question 5Most commercial color printing is achieved using three “true” primary colors and black. These primaries are ________.

  yellow, green, blue

  red, green, blue

  red, yellow, blue

  cyan, magenta, yellow

  orange, green, purple,

 

 

ART210 Survey of Art

Quiz 6

Question 1Leonardo da Vinci’s sketched studies of a fetus in the womb, c. 1510–13, were commissioned by the Catholic Church.

  True

  False

 Question 2When Raphael was preparing to paint his fresco The School of Athens he did a large drawing called ________ to help place the design on the wall.

  a layout

  an arrezzo

  a sketch

  a cartoon

  an intonaco

 Question 3If an artist wanted to create an area of darkness using the medium of silverpoint, he or she would use the technique of ________.

  scratching

  hatching

  arriccio

  intonaco

  sgraffito

 Question 4Pencils have a range of values from very light to very dark. If you wanted a dark value, which of these pencil numbers would be the darkest?

  9B

  HB

  2B

  2H

  9H

 Question 5This contemporary version of carbon ink is a favorite of comic book artists.

  soot ink

  gall ink

  sepia

  bister

  india ink

 

 

ART210 Survey of Art

Quiz 7 Midterm  

 Question 1The dark printed words on the page of a book are easily read because they are printed on a light ground. This is an example of the principle of ________.

  proportion

  contrast

  harmony

  variety

  emphasis

 Question 2If vertical lines communicate strength, horizontals calm, and diagonals action, then a vacation resort might want to choose a logo consisting of ________ lines in order to show peaceful repose.

  horizontal

  chaotic

  vertical

  scribbled

  diagonal

 Question 3A shape made of perfectly straight lines would probably be classified as ________ shape.

  an organic

  a biomorphic

  a regular

  a geometric

  an implied

 Question 4In his Obey campaign poster Shepard Fairey used a striking contrast between positive and ________ shapes to attract the attention of the public.

  organic

  implied

  figure–ground reversal

  negative

  geometric

 

 

ART210 Survey of Art

Quiz 9

Question 1The earliest surviving paintings in the world are found in caves.

  True

  False

 Question 2Prehistoric female figurines that refer to reproduction are called fertility figures.

  True

  False

 Question 3Bulls were often shown in the art of the Minoans.

  True

  False

 Question 4When an Egyptian pharaoh died, his organs were removed and stored in canopic jars.

  True

  False

 Question 5The Greeks often used ideal proportions in their sculpture and architecture.

  True

  False

 Question 6The earliest examples of Christian art have been discovered in ________.

  Dome of the Rock

  Dura Europos

  Hagia Sophia

  catacombs

  Chartres Cathedral

 

 

ART210 Survey of Art

Quiz 11

Question 1The Enlightenment valued faith and liberty over reason.

  True

  False

Question 2Rococo architecture, such as Johann Balthasar Neumann’s Basilica of Vierzehnheiligen, preferred:

  simplicity

  none of the other answers

  rich dark wood

  to let the color of the raw materials remain

  pastels, white, and gold

Question 3Jacques-Louis David’s painting The Oath of the Horatii is about:

  the swearing-in of Ignatius Horatius

  the sacrifices of an ancient Roman family

  none of the other answers

  the Trojans preparing for the Battle of Troy

  the Spanish rebels who fought Napoleon’s army

Question 4Jacques-Louis David’s The Oath of the Horatii was considered a historic painting within the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture’s hierarchy of genres.

  True

  False

Question 5William Blake avoided imagery that addressed colonialism and the slave trade.

  True

  False

 

 

ART210 Survey of Art

Quiz 12

Question 1The Guggenheim Museum in New York City was designed to:

  house Christian relics for safe keeping

  be a temple of spirit, a monument

  none of the other answers

  teach young architects all the skills they would need

  look exactly like the ziggurats in the ancient Near East

Question 2Patrick Dougherty’s sculptures are made of durable materials that will last generations, so that his descendents will have access to his work.

  True

  False  

Question 3Who was the artist of Tilted Arc?

  Richard Serra

  Christo and Jeanne-Claude

  none of the other answers

  Donald Judd

  Diego Rivera

Question 4Why was Tilted Arc controversial?

  because some people thought it could attract terrorists

  all of the other answers

  because some people thought it was ugly

  because some people believed it was a safety hazard

  because some people thought it would encourage criminal activity

Question 5Why was Diego Rivera’s mural for the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center controversial?

  all of the other answers

  because the artist got paid without ever finishing the mural

  because the artist was inspired by Mexican murals

  because the artist offered to add a picture of Abraham Lincoln

  because the artist included elements inspired by his communist beliefs

 

 

ART210 Survey of Art

Quiz 13

Question 1Trompe l’oeil means “fool the eye”.

  True

  False

Question 2Cubist paintings are completely non-objective and do not contain any recognizable objects.

  True

  False

Question 3The term iconic refers to something that has become famous and has widely recognizable characteristics.

  True

  False  

Question 4Napoleon Crossing the Alps depicts the moment before Emperor Napoleon met the military general Hannibal in Rome.

  True

  False

Question 5Kehinde Wiley addresses in his work issues of race and masculinity in American culture.

  True

  False

 

 

ART210 Survey of Art

Quiz 14

Question 1What happened to the woman featured in Migrant Mother after Dorothea Lange photographed her?

  she was ashamed of the photograph

  the government fed her and her family for several months

  she was paid royalties for the famous photograph

  none of the other answers

  she and the photographer became good friends

Question 2The Woman from Willendorf is made from which medium?

  limestone

  marble

  woven reeds

  oil on canvas

  fired ceramic

Question 3What is believed to be the purpose of the Woman from Willendorf?

  it is an ancient piggy bank

  none of the other answers

  it is the first garden gnome

  it is a portable doorstop

  it is a deadly weapon

Question 4Who is the artist of The Birth of Venus?

  Édouard Manet

  Titian

  Leonardo da Vinci

  no one knows for sure who the artist was

  Sandro Botticelli

Question 5What was the artist of Olympia trying to do?

  persuade the gods to bestow good fortune on the community

  pretend that his walls were actually windows onto a beautiful garden

  all of the other answers

  update a Classical subject for his own time

  convince viewers that a fictional figure actually existed

 

 

ART210 Survey of Art

Quiz 14

Question 1What happened to the woman featured in Migrant Mother after Dorothea Lange photographed her?

  she was ashamed of the photograph

  the government fed her and her family for several months

  she was paid royalties for the famous photograph

  none of the other answers

  she and the photographer became good friends

Question 2The Woman from Willendorf is made from which medium?

  limestone

  marble

  woven reeds

  oil on canvas

  fired ceramic

Question 3What is believed to be the purpose of the Woman from Willendorf?

  it is an ancient piggy bank

  none of the other answers

  it is the first garden gnome

  it is a portable doorstop

  it is a deadly weapon

Question 4Who is the artist of The Birth of Venus?

  Édouard Manet

  Titian

  Leonardo da Vinci

  no one knows for sure who the artist was

  Sandro Botticelli

Question 5What was the artist of Olympia trying to do?

  persuade the gods to bestow good fortune on the community

  pretend that his walls were actually windows onto a beautiful garden

  all of the other answers

  update a Classical subject for his own time

  convince viewers that a fictional figure actually existed

 

 

ART210 Survey of Art

Final Exam

Question 1Describe in detail the role that Mount Fuji plays in Hokusai’s “The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa.” Consider formal elements, such as the size, shape, and placement of the mountain, as well as meaning and symbolism.

Question 2Rembrandt’s Night Watch (3.6.26) and Tintoretto’s Last Supper (3.6.17) both use chiaroscuro. Compare and contrast how both artists used lighting in these artworks, and the dramatic effects that are produced. How does the use of lighting support the meanings of each painting?

Question 3What inspired Joseph Mallord William Turner to paint Slave Ship (3.7.15)?

  none of the other answers

  a poem

  a movie

  a dream

  a book

Question 4Match the artwork with the style that best describes it.

Frangonard’s The Swing

Rococo

David’s Oath of the Horatii

Neoclassicism

Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People

Romanticism

Question 5Match the term with its definition:

a rough preliminary version of a work or part of a work

sketch

usually an expensive limited edition book, often using specialized printing processes

artist’s book

a portrait or figure represented in outline and solidly colored in

silhouette

an everyday object presented as a work of art

readymade

a drastic difference between such elements as color or value when they are presented together

contrast