Art Memory Contest 2025 - State Prep #2

What is false of Bearden’s piece?

• The setting evokes the Southern United States.

• He shows us the present is built out of the past.

• The title was taken from a jazz song.

• It is pieced out of both personal and collective memories.

• None of the above are false. They are all true.

Which of the following paintings does not include some form of watercolors as a medium?

• Ivy in Flower

• House with Fence

• Noah Leading the Animals into the Ark

• Caroline

• Street to Mbari

In thinking of Renaissance works and artists, which statement is false?

• A. Artists liked to show dramatic movement or action.

• B. Artists used linear perspective.

• C. Artists focused on balance and harmony in what were often bold and bright paintings.

• D. Both A and B are false.

• E. Both B and C are false.

Which element(s) enabled Vermeer to depict a high level of realism in his painting?

• a repeating rhythm of similar shapes

• showing perspective

• capturing the light and shadow

• Both B and C are true.

• All of the above are true.

Contrast is described correctly in which artwork(s)?

• Mostly warm and cool colors contrast in Holy Family with Saint Anne.

• In Caroline, vivid colors contrast with the neutrals.

• Complimentary colors contrast in Ivy in Flower.

• Both A and C are true.

• Both B and C are true.

This painting has lines and shapes that overlap each other. Objects have been taken apart and reorganized. The artist hoped to show the viewer different points of view. What is the name of this piece?

• Tomorrow I May Be Far Away

• Composition with Large Blue Plane, Red, Black, Yellow, and Gray

• Improvisation 31 (Sea Battle)

• Untitled #1

• Bottle of Port and Glass

What is/are the reason(s) Madonna and Child with St. Jerome achieves harmony?

• The artist uses groups of threes.

• He has an even number of windows in

  the painting-one on each side of the

  subjects.

• In both the background and foreground,

  elements of the painting are positioned in

  the form of a triangle.

Which artist's composition is said to be cropped and unbalanced?

• Munch

• Hopper

• De Chirico

• Graves

• Mondrian

The repetition of curving lines creates a sense of energy and liveliness. These curves go from the foreground to the background showing depth and keeps our eyes moving. It is a great example of rhythm. What is the name of the piece?

• Improvisation 31 (Sea Battle)

• New Road

• Untitled #1

• Noah Leading the Animals inot the Ark

• The Cardsharps

Which artists' works this year were one in a series or one of multiple versions of the same subject?

• Krasner and Matisse

• Kandinsky and Rivera

• Warhol and Monet