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Art History

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Name this artwork
a)
The Seine at Courbevoie
b)
Women by the Water
c)
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
d)
Le Chahut
2.
Name this artwork
a)
Wanderer
b)
The Thinker
c)
Deep In Thought
d)
Road Less Traveled
3.
Name this artwork
a)
The Scream
b)
Scream of Nature
c)
Insane in the Membrane
d)
Munch at Midnight
4.
Name this artwork
a)
The Persistence of Memory
b)
Melting Clocks
c)
Time Stands Still
d)
First Days of Spring
5.
Which artist created this painting? 
a)
Vincent Van Gogh
b)
Pablo Picasso
c)
Grant Wood
d)
Leonardo di Vinci
6.
Which artist created this painting? 
a)
Vincent Van Gogh
b)
Pablo Picasso
c)
Michaelangelo
d)
Salvador Dali
7.
Which artist created this painting? 
a)
Leonardo di Vinci
b)
Pablo Picasso
c)
Michaelangelo
d)
Salvador Dali
8.

He painted soup cans, cocoa cola bottles and famous people of the 1950's and 60's.

a)

Andy Warhol

b)

Pablo Picasso

c)

Jackson Pollock

d)

Claude Monet

9.
She was influenced by her time in the southwest desert (New Mexico) Often painting cow skulls that she found on long walks.
a)
Mona Lisa
b)
Dorothea Lange
c)
Mary Cassatt
d)
Georgia O'Keefe
10.
Impressionist artists who often painted ballet dancers.
a)
Henri Matisse
b)
Paul Klee
c)
Edgar Degas
d)
M.C. Escher
11.
What is the name of this image?
a)
Stonehenge
b)
Salisburg Plain
c)
Post and Lintel
d)
Hall of Bulls
12.
A view from the side
a)
Profile
b)
Twisted perspective
c)
Earth colors
d)
Cromlech
13.
A board or flat surface on which a painter places and mixes the supply of paint to be used is what?
a)
Palette
b)
Figurative
c)
Profile
d)
Stylize
14.

Yellow, reds, browns, and violets are considered what?

a)

Profile colors

b)

Earth colors

c)

Primary colors

d)

Berry colors

15.

What period is the art in the image from?

a)

Islamic

b)

Prehistoric

c)

Modern

16.

What period is the art in the image from?

a)

Islamic

b)

Prehistoric

c)

Egyptian

17.

Which of the following styles is the art in the image created in?

a)

Realism

b)

Abstract

c)

Nonrepresentational

18.
Who created this work of art?
a)
Willem de Kooning
b)
Mark Rothko
c)
Jackson Pollock
d)
Vincent Can Gogh
19.
Was a prominent Spanish surrealist painter best known for his painting of melting clocks and The Persistence of Memory.
a)
Max Earnst
b)
Edgar Degas
c)
Salvador Dali
d)
Man Ray
20.
This is an example of...
a)
Self Portrait
b)
Landscape
c)
Still Life
d)
Religious
21.
Which element does this picture illustrate?
a)
line
b)
texture
c)
color
d)
form
22.
What element is represented here?
a)
form
b)
line
c)
value
d)
texture
23.

Who painted this?

a)

Jackson Pollock

b)

Rembrandt

c)

Pablo Picasso

d)

Diego Velázquez

24.

Who painted this?

a)

Caravaggio

b)

Johannes Vermeer

c)

Jackson Pollock

d)

Vincent Van Gogh

25.
a)
Apollo 11 Cave Stone
b)
Lascaux Cave Painting
c)
Terracotta Fragment-Lapita
d)
Ambum Stone
26.
Hokusai is an artist from Japan. What kind of artist was he?
a)
Grafiti
b)
Photographer
c)
Mosaicist
d)
Printmaker
27.

Art based on modern, popular culture is called...

a)

Pop Tart

b)

Pop Art

c)

Modern Art

d)

Abstract Art

28.

The colored material used in paints is called...

a)

Tone

b)

Tint

c)

Hue

d)

Pigment

29.

Who designed this structure?

a)

Frank Lloyd Wright

b)

Andy Warhol

c)

Claes Oldenburg

d)

Roy Lichtenstein

30.
What is the word that means the lightness or darkness of shades or colors? 
a)
Space
b)
Accuracy
c)
Value
d)
Form
31.
Pattern uses the art elements in planned or random repetitions to enhance surfaces of paintings or sculptures.  Which of the examples given below is NOT a pattern?
a)
quilt
b)
grapefruit (sliced open)
c)
jewelry
d)
plain white canvas
32.
Rhythm is the __________ of visual movement--colors, shapes, or lines.  Fill in the missing word.
a)
repetition
b)
stopping
c)
replacing
33.
Visual movement is used by artists to direct viewers through their work, often to a certain point in the picture. This is called a...
a)
empty space
b)
back drop
c)
focal point
34.
The principle of emphasis is used by artists to create dominance & focus in their work.  Your eye is drawn to which color?
a)
red 
b)
green
35.
The element of texture refers to the surface quality, both simulated & actual, of artwork.  Texture describes how something...
a)
feels
b)
smells
c)
sounds like
36.
The element of line is a mark made by a pointed tool--brush, pencil, stick, pen, etc. and is often defined as a moving dot.  True or false?
a)
true
b)
false
37.
Name this artwork
a)
Water Lilies
b)
Impression, Sunrise
c)
Poppy Fields
d)
The Garden
38.

Roy Lichtenstein was inspired by what?

a)

Comic Books

b)

Anime

c)

TV shows

d)

Michael Jackson

39.

What Country is Hokusai from?

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

Korea

d)

Malaysia

40.
Which artist is from Mexico?
a)
Frida Kahlo
b)
Mary Frida
c)
Vincent van Gogh
d)
Leonardo da Vinci
41.
What was the theme or subject matter for the majority of Frida's paintings?
a)
Animals
b)
The Day of the Dead
c)
Herself
d)
Family
42.
Name this artwork:
a)
Cleopatra
b)
Bust of Nefertiti
c)
Zipporah
d)
King Tut
43.
Name this artwork:
a)
Hall of Bulls
b)
Venus of Willendorf
c)
Wild Thing
d)
Ram in a Thicket
44.

What is Street Art?

a)

An art form that is only created in France

b)

An art form that uses lots of dull, muted colours

c)

An art form that can be found outside in urban settings

d)

An art form that is always legal

45.
Name this painting
a)
Whistler's Mother
b)
Nocturne in Black
c)
Mother
46.
What is the name of this work by Michelangelo?
a)
David
b)
Joseph Roulin
c)
Self Portrait with a Monkey
d)
Starry Night
47.
"En plein air" refers to painting ______.
a)
with lots of air
b)
outdoors
c)
fully
d)
in the spring
48.
He has been often called the father of impressionism.
a)
Matisse
b)
Manet
c)
Monet
d)
Bazille
49.
What trend does "Spiral Jetty", by Robert Smithson, belong to?
a)
Pop Art
b)
Neo-Impressionism
c)
Post-Impressionism
d)
Environmental Art, Modernism
50.
Name the artistic style used by Henri Matisse in the painting, "Woman with Hat."
a)
Pointillism
b)
Romantic
c)
Fauvism
d)
Impressionism

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