1. _______ has the most medieval stained glass windows.
A. China
B. Italy
C. England
D. France
2. Guernica was an important politically charged work. Who painted it and with what movement is it associated?
A. Henri Matisse and Fauvism
B. Pablo Picasso and Cubism
C. Max Ernst and Dadaism
D. Andy Warhol and Pop art
3. A flat, two-dimensional background that projects into a relatively shallow three-dimensional space is called _______ sculpture.
A. kinetic
B. free-standing
C. relief
D. earth
4. Another name for serigraphy is
A. wood engraving.
B. silkscreen printing.
C. metal printmaking.
D. etching.
5. It was considered improper for female artists to study the nude figure until the _______ century.
A. nineteenth
B. eighteenth
C. twenty-first
D. twentieth
6. Which of the following photographers produced a series of photos to expose the plight of migrants around the world?
A. Cindy Sherman
B. Dorothea Lange
C. Sebastião Salgado
D. Sandy Skoglund
7. A/An _______ designer must understand both art and engineering.
A. interior
B. industrial
C. graphic
D. environmental
8. Color-Field Painting was associated with what artist?
A. Franz Kline
B. Willem de Kooning
C. Mark Rothko
D. Jackson Pollock
9. Who was one of the founders of Group f/64, named for the small aperture setting that results in a wide depth of field and highly detailed images?
A. Dorothea Lange
B. Ansel Adams
C. Cindy Sherman
D. Robert Mapplethorpe
10. _______ vaults were used to construct the nave of the Church of Sainte-Madeleine in Vézelay in France in the twelfth century.
A. Barrel
B. Ribbed
C. Groin
D. Pointed
11. In what city is the tomb of Empress Gala Placida?
A. Ravenna
B. Florence
C. Venice
D. Rome
12. Western art culture was founded on and inspired by _______ art.
A. Neolithic
B. Paleolithic
C. Greek
D. French
13. Oil paint can be diluted with an oil medium or solvents such as turpentine to be made into transparent
A. underpainting.
B. impasto.
C. sfumato.
D. glazes.
14. Which one of the following divisions of the applied and decorative arts is used to produce primarily functional items?
A. Fiber
B. Glass
C. Metalwork
D. Ceramics
15. Which of the following groups of artists launched a war on conventional thinking?
A. Surrealists
B. Dadaists
C. Expressionists
D. Abstracts
16. Impressionism began in what time period and in what country?
A. Nineteenth-century England
B. Nineteenth-century France
C. Seventeenth-century France
D. Eighteenth-century England
17. In _______ printmaking, only one print is made.
A. aquatint
B. lithograph
C. proof
D. monotype
18. The greatest Italian painter, and one of the most influential artists of the entire Baroque period of the seventeenth century, was
A. Michelangelo de Merisi, called Caravaggio.
B. DomenikosThetokopoulos, known as El Greco.
C. Gianlorenzo Bernini.
D. Artemisia Genteleschi.
19. Which one of the following photographers was a documentary photographer during the Depression?
A. Dorothea Lange
B. Man Ray
C. Alfred Stieglitz
D. Sandy Skogland
20. Who is attributed for almost single-handedly creating the Renaissance style of sculpture?
A. Filippo Brunelleschi
B. Donatello
C. Michelangelo
D. Claus Sluter
21. The ratio for ideal proportions is also called the
A. Symmetrical Balance.
B. Atmospheric Perspective.
C. Golden Triangle.
D. Golden Mean.
22. _______ was stolen from the Louvre in 1911 and remained missing for two years.
A. Liberty Leading the People
B. Venus de Milo
C. Mona Lisa
D. Raft of the Medusa
23. In architecture, a covered walkway is called a/an
A. piazza.
B. arcade.
C. volute.
D. cage.
24. _______ is the birthplace of modern art.
A. Florence
B. Rome
C. New York
D. Paris
25. _______ is the opposite of relief printmaking.
A. Intaglio
B. Etching
C. Metal printmaking
D. Wood engraving
26. What medium did Andrew Wyeth use to paint Christina's World?
A. Oils
B. Ink
C. Watercolors
D. Tempera paint
27. Action painting was associated with what artist?
A. Salvador Dalí
B. Jackson Pollock
C. Frank Stella
D. Henri Matisse
28. What was one of the most significant achievements of Albrecht Dürer?
A. He raised commonplace objects in his subjects of fine art.
B. He created the art form known as installation sculpture.
C. He wrote treatises on painting, perspective, and human proportions.
D. He made printmaking a fine art form.
29. Mary Cassatt was part of what art movement?
A. Realism
B. Expressionism
C. Feminism
D. Impressionism
30. This artist represents the purist method of Impressionism.
A. Vincent van Gogh
B. Édouard Manet
C. Claude Monet
D. Pierre-Auguste Renoir
31. The French photographer _______ was fascinated by airplanes and fast cars.
A. Hannah Höch
B. Alfred Stieglitz
C. Henri Cartier-Bresson
D. Jacques-Henri Lartigue
32. What group promotes the rights of women artists?
A. National Endowment of the Arts
B. Guerrilla Girls
C. Abstract Expressionists
D. Postmodernists
33. Who is considered the father of Expressionism?
A. Vincent van Gogh
B. Andy Warhol
C. Paul Cézanne
D. Pablo Picasso
34. Which Renaissance artist created the dome of the Florence Cathedral?
A. Lorenzo Ghiberti
B. Andrea Mantegna
C. Filippo Brunelleschi
D. Donatello
35. ________ shapes are representational shapes that have been simplified.
A. Nonrepresentational
B. Organic
C. Geometric
D. Abstract
36. What color is the complement of orange?
A. Purple
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Blue
37. Kinetic sculpture was associated with what artist?
A. Joseph Beuys
B. Auguste Rodin
C. Alexander Calder
D. Louise Bourgious
38. Throughout the Renaissance, the _______ was used in paintings as a structural innovation that used geometric underpinning.
A. foursquare theorem
B. base line
C. figure triangle
D. horizon line
39. What artistic development is characterized by unique compositions, S-like shapes, elegance, and a lack of emotion?
A. Modernism
B. Baroque
C. Rococo
D. Mannerism
40. Which one of the following statements is not true about the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople?
A. It was influenced by Roman architecture.
B. It was a church that was transformed into a mosque.
C. It was originally built in the eighth century.
D. It was built by Justinian.