1. Chartres Cathedral is a famous example of which type of architecture?
Dome and Buttress
Rococo
Byzantine
Gothic
2. The juxtaposition of strongly dissimilar elements is referred to as _______.
asymmetry
contrast
hierarchy
composition
3. As you recall from your text and an extra credit photo on your mid-term, Dale Chihuly is noted for his intricate and colorful works made of _______, which have strong relationships to things in nature.
clay
plexiglas
glass
metal
4. Caravaggio's dramatic portrayal of scenes at night, as seen in The Conversion of Saint Paul, is called:
tenebrism
foreshortening
rococo
sfumato
5. Rene Magritte's painting Portrait (figure 562) utilizes ordinary objects placed in absurd or unusual juxtapositions. The artist is part of the _______ movement.
Dada
American Painting
Surrealism
Constructivism
6. Art criticism involves making both favorable and unfavorable ___________.
critical statements
values
decrees
judgments
7. The term for purity, or brilliance, or saturation, of a color is:
hue
value
intensity
tertiary
8. Art theories that focus attention on the composition of the work and how earlier works may have influenced it are called:
formalism
sociocultural
aesthetics
expressive
9. _______ is credited with introducing the concept of the photo essay.
Steiglitz
Bourke-White
Cartier-Bresson
Hine
10. Georges Seurat's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte is an example of _______, the painting technique he developed that uses small dots of color.
transitory strokes
pointillism
analytic color
additive color
11. Marcel Duchamp's L.H.O.O.Q. (figure 555) is an excellent example of:
Surrealism
Constructivism
De Stijl
Dada
12. A very thin, transparent film of color painted over an already-painted surface is called:
coating
varnish
glaze
layer
13. The first World War basically led to the Russian Revolution, the Nazis, the Fascists and artistic:
economic prosperity
censorship and repression
escapism
isolation
14. Mies van der Rohe designed the German Pavilion (figure 570) building and many others, including the Seagram Building in New York City. Influential to the profile of many American city skylines, the works of this artist epitomize:
Prairie Style
Postmama
Dada
The International Style
15. Which of the following occurs when equal forms, masses, or elements balance one another?
asymmetrical balance
radial symmetry
symmetrical balance
bilateral symmetry
16. To fully evaluate a work of art properly, we must deal with it in the context of:
art museums
the society that produced it
the society that sold it
our own values
17. Traditional Chinese criticism declared that artists should try to go beyond _______ of the subject matter.
representation
evaluation
judgment
perfection
18. Rococo paintings focused on which theme?
scenes showing the importance of politics in history
peasants coping with their daily lives
dramatic portraits
life without troubles
19. In _______ balance, the two sides of a composition on either side of an imaginary vertical dividing line correspond to one another in size, shape, and placement of form.
symmetrical
informal
asymmetrical
radial
20. Original prints are produced in quantities called:
unlimited editions
limited editions
artist's proofs
impression editions
21. Georgia O'Keefe:
was influenced by Japanese design
painted large flowers
painted geometric views of New York City
all of the above
22. The Hopis and Zunis call the invisible life force spirits _______.
mana
false-faces
souls
kachinas
23. Although not an "official member" of the Surrealists, _______ is often said to have used their approach in many of her autobiographical works.
Joan Miro
Frida Kahlo
Vera Wang
Faith Ringold
24. In the Netherlands, the major patrons of such artists as Vermeer and Rembrandt were:
Kings and Queens
the wealthy merchant class
civic organizations
mostly servants who appreciated the powerful messages of "eventually getting rich"
25. Due to their close proximity, the arts of the Polynesian Islands have very similar styles and colors.
True
False
26. Romare Bearden is a European Post-Impressionist painter.
True
False
27. Buddhist art and architecture is extremely uniform across all cultures that practice the religion.
True
False
28.Gustave Courbet, whose critics charged him with "causing artistic and moral decline" by painting "Realism", began the practice of setting up his own shows and exhibits rather than relying on academic or state patronage.
True
False
29. It appears to be a human tendency to break away from the norms of the previous generation. When those acts and actions then become the new "norm", Western societies show a tendency to "move forward" by then breaking those rules.
True
False
30. Your text advises that all people who love and appreciate art should try their best to see everything they can when visiting an art museum.
True
False
31. Iconography is the symbolic meaning of Christianity.
True
False
32. Your text explains that the visual arts are a form of temporal art.
True
False
33. M.C Escher is most famous for forcing the viewer to visually experience figure-ground reversal.
True
False
34. The extremely powerful, rich and wealthy elite, were the favorite subject of the Impressionist painters.
True
False
35. Based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed, Islam shares certain beliefs with Judaism and Christianity.
True
False
36. Even the best art critics do not always know what the artist intended to accomplish.
True
False
37. Compared to mediums such as sculpture and oil painting, the relative ease and low cost of printmaking allows work to sell for less money, eradicating the need for patrons, sponsors, art galleries and other wealthy channels for art sales.
True
False
38. Egyptian temples often had remote pavilions that were only accessible to high ranking priests.
True
False
39. Public art is a phenomenon limited to contemporary art.
True
False
40. Gothic arches were rounded to hold the most weight possible and open up the interior for larger stained glass windows.
True
False
41. Montage was a technique introduced by Eisenstein.
True
False
42. Like the Chinese, Muslims respected the art of Zen painting.
True
False
43. Color is a property of light, not an object in itself.
True
False
44. Muhammad encouraged artists to paint pictures of him for the historical record.
True
False
45. Many of the stained glass windows in Chartres Cathedral were simply meant to record information.
True
False
46. One point linear perspective can have images both above and below the horizon line.
True
False
47. With a background in newspaper printing, Mary Cassat believes her art is disposable because "that's the future of all publications".
True
False
48. The surface of the Taj Mahal is famous for its white marble exterior that contains glitter which helps it catch the light and make it look like an entrance to the afterlife.
True
False
49. Faith Ringgold's works visually express the gang related memories of her childhood in Chicago.
True
False
50. In the short span of about ten years, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec created over 300 lithographs. His innovations in this medium heavily influenced graphic design in the 20th century.
True
False
51. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Maya Lin does not draw as many visitors as the more traditional figurative Vietnam Memorial Sculpture.
True
False
52. Picasso combined lessons from Cézanne with African sculpture to produce Les Demoiselles d' Avignon.
True
False
53. Lines are linear forms where length dominates width.
True
False
54. The Neo-Expressionists wanted to tell stories in their paintings.
True
False
55. Art that has been admired over time has been inspirational, delightful, humiliating and even deceptive.
True
False
56. Although Georges Braque made the dramatic breakthrough, it was Picasso whose exploratory works contributed the most to the development of Cubism.
True
False
57. Of all art forms that exist, in our daily lives, we encounter graphic design the most
True
False
58. Many 19th century photographers often imitated the then-current styles of painting.
True
False
59. Geographically, Japan and China are both comprised of different islands.
True
False
60. Piet Mondrian's universal elements were straight lines, primary colors and rectangles.
True
False
61. Roman typefaces are derived from mideival times lettering and are rarely used today.
True
False
62. Henry Ossawa Tanner's paintings pandered to white insistence on portraying African-Americans as buffoons.
True
False
63. Lithography relies on the chemical attributes of oil and water.
True
False
64. The image Global Warning was created by an African Artist for a UN conference in Japan. It proves that even in 1997, someone was aware of the devastation that global warming was having on our planet.
True
False
65. The movement known as Constructivism began as a protest of World War I.
True
False
66. The Northern Song literati painters thought artists should paint for commercial reasons.
True
False
67. The founder of the Hudson River School of painting was Henry Ossawa Tanner.
True
False
68. A key to understanding postmodern architects is realizing that they equally value and exhibit the "sleek modern" and "utilitarian" aspects of previous architecture styles in their buildings.
True
False
69. Claus Oldenburg intentionally altered realistic scale in his painting Large Reclining Nude to convey personal meaning.
True
False
70. A great innovation in architecture was to place flying buttresses inside the structure. This protected the buttresses from the elements of war and nature.
True
False
71. Before the US Civil War, cotton was the South's most important crop. It was so valuable that it was paralled in value to gold and was exported and used as a security for loans from England.
True
False
72. Your text explains that Modern art was based on rejecting tradition and breaking rules.
True
False
73. The text states that some of the best preserved Roman wall paintings were "saved" and are available for us to enjoy because of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 C.E.
True
False
74. Picasso's painting The Liberation of the Peon was his protest against the horrors of war.
True
False
75. A 17th century Chinese painter frequently painted melons to show political protest.
True
False
76. In art, the terms "mass" and "form" can both equally refer to the physical bulk of a 3-dimensional piece.
True
False
77. Rhythm in the visual arts is created by contrast of elements.
True
False
78. Postmodern architects rebelled against the cold, unadorned functionality of the architects before them and sought to create buildings that combined an eclectic mix of nostalgia, romance, decoration and history.
True
False
79. The style exported to China and Southeast Asia is called Gupta.
True
False
80. A Vishnu is a person who has achieved enlightenment but stays on earth to help others.
True
False
81. Sumo Wrestling is the number one sport in China.
True
False
82. Modeling is a subtractive sculptural process.
True
False
83. The traditional Chinese artist shows great reverence for nature.
True
False
84. Korean potters were great copyists, but did not invent any ceramic techniques.
True
False.