Academic Pentathlon 2025 - Fine Arts

Which of the following is the highness or lowness of a sound?

• beat

• tempo

• pitch

• harmony

• rhythm

Which approach does Vik Muniz use in his recreations of famous photographs and artworks?

• using unexpected materials

• traditional painting techniques

• digital manipulation

• bronze casting

• Impressionist painting

Paint is usually composed of three different materials: pigments, _____, and solvents.

• fillers

• thickeners

• resins

• binders

• additives

Who was the instigator of the endeavor to “write music down” by means of musical notation?

• the local parish

• the composer

• the king

• the musicians' guild

• the Catholic church

How did Tōru Takemitsu first become exposed to Western music?

• by receiving formal training from a Western music teacher

• by secretly listening to a recording of a popular French song

• by attending a concert in Japan

• by studying Western music in a university

• by reading about Western music in books

Agnes Denes’s work Rice/Tree/Burial of 1968 is one of the foundational works of ecological contemporary

art and described by her as a “_________,” meaning, a creative work that sets out an agenda for radical

change.

• essay

• treatise

• manifesto

• proposal

• statement

What term is often used to refer to the vocalization of birds?

• birdsong

• birdcall

• chirp

• tweet

• birdnote

The University of Iowa’s multimedia and video art program encouraged students and faculty to move beyond traditional fine arts categories like painting and structure to pursue work that was ____________, exploring the ways in which dance, theater, writing, music, and other creative forms could merge with the visual arts.

• traditional

• restrictive

• unstructured

• interdisciplinary

• simplistic

What type of view does the Church Rock Spill photograph represent?

• ground-level view

• side view

• underwater view

• close-up view

• aerial-view

Why did repressive governments find jazz threatening

• because of its emphasis on “free expression of the individual”

• because of its “use of classical instruments”

• because of its “association with foreign cultures”

• because of its “focus on structured compositions”

• because of its “popularity in urban areas”