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Contemporary Arts Test 1

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
It refers to any person, object, scene or event described or represented in a work of art.
a)
Meaning of art
b)
Subject of art
c)
Function of art
d)
None of them
2.
An artist may use the manner of representing subject matter according to his/her inventiveness and purpose. What is employed by Dali in his Persistence of Memory? 
a)
Distortion
b)
Realism
c)
Surrealism
d)
Abstraction
3.
What  manner of representing a subject is employed by Edvard Munch?
a)
Realism
b)
Surrealism
c)
Abstraction
d)
Distortion
4.
These kinds of art do not present description, do not show a person, event or a scene. Instead, they appeal directly to the senses. 
a)
Non-objective arts
b)
Objective arts
c)
Representational arts
d)
Abstract arts
5.
It is usually done to dramatize the shape of a figure or to create an emotional effect. This political art is an example.
a)
Distortion
b)
Realism
c)
Abstraction
d)
Surrealism
6.
In this painting, the representation of the subject matter is said to be realistic. But strictly speaking, not a single work of art is truly realistic. An art is only a copy of what exists in the natural work. It is not realistic.
a)
True
b)
False
7.

The word that describes what a painting is about is ___________________.

a)

subject

b)

genre

8.
What is the word that means the lightness or darkness of shades or colors? 
a)
Space
b)
Accuracy
c)
Value
d)
Form
9.

What is the lightest value tone and the absence of all color?

a)

White

b)

Light Pink

c)

Grey

d)

Black

10.

Which colors are cool colors?

a)

Red, Yellow, Blue

b)

Blue, Green, Violet (Purple)

c)

Orange, Green, Violet

d)

Red, Orange, Yellow

11.
Which of the following colors can be described as "Warm" colors?
a)
Red, Orange, Yellow
b)
Blue, Green, Violet
c)
Blue, Yellow, Red
d)
Green, Orange, Violet
12.

What term is used to describe a 3-dimensional area defined by an outline, such as a sphere?

a)

Shape

b)

Form

c)

Line

d)

Value

13.
What element of art is dominant in this picture?
a)
Value
b)
Color
c)
Line
d)
Form
14.
What element of art is most prominent in this picture?
a)
Line
b)
Value
c)
Color
d)
Form
15.
What element of art is most prominent in this artwork?
a)
Line
b)
Color
c)
Value
d)
Form
16.
What art term is used to describe these objects?
a)
Shapes
b)
Forms
17.
What art term describes these objects?
a)
Shapes
b)
Forms
18.
A mark with length and direction, created by a point that moves across a surface.
a)
line
b)
value
c)
contrast
d)
form
19.
The empty or open area between, around, above below and within objects.
a)
form
b)
balance
c)
color
d)
space
20.
Any three dimensional object that can be measured by height, width and depth.
a)
emphasis
b)
space
c)
form
d)
shape
21.
The element of art that refers to the surface quality of an object or the way something feels such as rough-smooth
a)
shape
b)
texture
c)
color
d)
line
22.
Element of art produced when a wavelength of light strikes an object and reflects back to the eyes.
a)
primary
b)
secondary
c)
teriary
d)
color
23.
Area in a work of art that catches and holds the viewers attention.
a)
space
b)
unity
c)
emphasis
d)
balance
24.
The relation of one object to another in size,amount, number.
a)
variety
b)
monochromatic
c)
proportion
d)
triad
25.
The use of different lines shapes, textures,colors and other elements of design to create interest in a work of art.
a)
variety
b)
emphasis
c)
rhythm
d)
value
26.

When all of the elements in a work look as though they belong together it is called

a)

form

b)

unity

c)

contrast

d)

emphasis

27.

This is used by artists to direct the viewer's eyes through their work often to focal areas.

a)

Balance

b)

Space

c)

Pattern

d)

Movement

28.

This is used to create dominance and focus as a work if art

a)

Unity

b)

Movement

c)

Line

d)

Emphasis

29.

This is the repetition of visual Movement- Colors, shapes, or lines

a)

Rhythm

b)

Movement

c)

Value

d)

Unity

30.

The principles of design are

a)

The ingredients used to create an artwork

b)

Concepts used to organize or arrange the structural elements of art/design

c)

What Leonardo da Vinci used to become famous

d)

The vocabulary created by Isaac Newton to describe art

31.

The distribution of visual weight in a work of art is known as

a)

Balance

b)

Contrast

c)

Space

d)

Emphasis

32.

This refers to differences in values, colors, textures, shapes, and other elements. Opposites on the color wheel and on a value scale also apply to this.

a)

Color

b)

Balance

c)

Contrast

d)

Value

33.

What is the name of the the most famous painting done my Leonardo da Vinci

a)

Lisa Maria

b)

Marie Lisa

c)

Mona Lee

d)

Mona Lisa

34.

The relative sizes of parts in a whole.

a)

Proportion

b)

Unity

c)

Variety

d)

Emphasis

35.

Which of the following is an example of BALANCE?

a)
b)
c)
d)