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Painting: Cubism

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The most famous Cubist was...
a)
Warhol
b)
Rembrant
c)
Da Vinci
d)
Picasso
2.
Cubism is the first art style to use abstraction.
a)
true
b)
false
3.
The Cubist painters explored...
a)
form, space, perspective
b)
color and light
c)
a perfect realistic image
d)
the unconscious mind
4.

The difference between art elements like color, value, size, texture, and so on can intensify the elements used. As a result, the elements used in a work of art can become more powerful. Although ___ is closely related with variety, it is usually considered a principle of art.

a)

Opposite

b)

Contrast

c)

Variety

d)

Rhythm

5.

A twentieth-century art movement developed by Picasso and Braque in which the subject matter is broken up, analyzed, and reassembled in abstract form. The first abstract style of modern art.

a)

Fauvism

b)

Orphism

c)

Futurism

d)

Cubism

6.

A principle of art, it refers to a way of combining art elements by using a series of gradual changes in those elements. Unlike contrast which stresses sudden changes in elements, ___ refers to a step-by-step change. A gradual change from dark to light values or from large to small shapes would be called ___.

a)

Gradation

b)

Adjustment

c)

Movement

d)

Shift

7.

Consisting of only a single hue, or values of a single hue.

a)

One-Chromatic

b)

Single Chromatic

c)

Monochromatic

d)

Achromatic

8.

A term coined by the French poet Guillaume Apollinaire in 1912, was an offshoot of Cubism that focused on pure abstraction and bright colors, influenced by Fauvism, the theoretical writings of Paul Signac, Charles Henry and the dye chemist Eugène Chevreul.

a)

Futurism

b)

Cubism

c)

Orphism

d)

Freeism

9.

An important principle of design that gives the artwork a sense of cohesion or coherence. It is the wholeness or completeness of a picture. ___ or harmony can also be created by merging the form and the meaning of the artwork together.

a)

Variety

b)

Unity

c)

Contrast

d)

Movement

10.

An artistic and social movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th century. It emphasized speed, technology, youth, violence, and objects such as the car, the airplane, and the industrial city.

a)

Cubism

b)

Futurism

c)

Orphism

d)

Fauvism

11.

Which one is incorrect? Picasso was influenced by...

a)

Paul Cezanne

b)

Native American masks

c)

African masks

d)

Chinese masks