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Types of Visual Arts and Art Periods

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

It is an art movement that holds the idea that the work of art is more important than the creation of the work of art.

a)

Conceptual Art

b)

Minimalism

c)

Abstract Art

d)

Op Art

2.

It is a movement that used lines, space, repetition, and sometimes color to achieve the illusion of depth and movement

a)

Op art

b)

Conceptual Art

c)

Minimalism

d)

Surrealism

3.

It is an art period or movement that is a reaction to the utopian ideals of progress, clarity, and simplicity from the Modern Period.

a)

Pop art

b)

Postmodern art

c)

Minimalism

d)

Surrealism

4.

It is an art movement where iconic or everyday items were celebrated by making them the focal point.

a)

Pop art

b)

Op art

c)

Postmodern art

d)

Surrealism

5.

This art movement aimed to channel their unconscious minds to reveal pure imagination without the restraints of reason, morals, or aesthetics.

a)

Surrealism

b)

Abstract Expressionism

c)

Conceptual Art

d)

Dada

6.

This picture is an example of what art movement?

a)

Surrealism

b)

Art Noveau

c)

dadaism

d)

Op art

7.

It is an art movement influenced by Japanese Art and Arts and Crafts. It is very ornate

a)

dadaism

b)

art nouveau

c)

pop art

d)

expressionism

8.

This is an example of artwork under which art movement?

a)

Symbolism

b)

Surrealism

c)

Abstract impressionism

d)

Post-impressionism

9.

an art period where artists honored nature, individualism, intuition, and emotion

a)

Romanticism

b)

Expressionism

c)

Fauvism

d)

Dadaism

10.

an art period where artists tried to represent their subjects truthfully and accurately

a)

Romanticism

b)

Realism

c)

abstract expressionism

d)

Surrealism

11.

The painting is an example of artwork from which art period?

a)

rococo

b)

romanticism

c)

art nouveau

d)

impressionism

12.

This was a movement at the end of the Renaissance period when artists represented their emotions and imagination with visual dissonance and instability. This Art usually included distorted and twisted figures and used unnatural colors and light sources.

a)

Baroque

b)

Rococo

c)

Mannerism

d)

Neoclassical

13.

The painting is an example of artwork in which art period?

a)

Early Renaissance

b)

High Renaissance

c)

Gothic

d)

Mannerism

14.

In this period, Byzantine, Romanesque, and Islamic roots led to elaborate Art with straighter lines but natural, classical proportions, attempting to bring heaven to earth.

a)

Romanesque

b)

Gothic

c)

Renaissance

d)

Romantic

15.

A period marked by a prosperous time which led to optimistic, stylized, religious Art that told Biblical stories to people

a)

Gothic

b)

Romanesque

c)

Romantic

d)

Renaissance

16.

These are Celtic Medieval Art from the British Isles

a)

Rococo

b)

Art Nouveau

c)

Insular

d)

Surrealism

17.

During this period, artists depicted flat, emotionless mythological and religious themes as seen in their Art.

a)

insular

b)

Byzantine

c)

Romanesque

d)

Romanticism

18.

The sculpture is an example of an artwork in which art period?

a)

Ancient Art

b)

Medieval Art

c)

Greek Art

d)

Renaissance

19.

All of the following art movements belong to the medieval period except:

a)

Early Christian

b)

Migration

c)

Insular

d)

Mannerism

20.

The following art movements belong to the modern art period except:

a)

Impressionism

b)

Symbolism

c)

Rococo

d)

Fauvism

21.

The following art movement belonged to the contemporary art period except:

a)

Op art

b)

Pop art

c)

Conceptual Art

d)

Abstract Expressionism

22.

What is the medium used in Histoire du Roi (1667-72),

designed by Charles Le Brun?

a)

Mosaic

b)

Tapestry

c)

Stained glass

d)

Crayons

23.

It is the way the artist controls the medium to achieve the desired effects.

a)

Strategy

b)

Approach

c)

Technique

d)

Medium

24.

In art, this refers to the means by which an artist communicates his ideas. This may come in the form of materials used by an artist to express his or her feelings.

a)

Technique

b)

Medium

c)

Materials

d)

Equipment

25.

What is also called time-based art?

a)

3D art

b)

2D Art

c)

4D art

d)

1D art

26.

The following are 2D Art except:

a)

Drawing

b)

Painting

c)

Printmaking

d)

Sculpture

27.

It is a method in 3D art where parts of material are removed to form an art object. It is a subtractive process.

a)

Modeling

b)

Carving

c)

Casting

d)

Kinetic art

28.

It is a type of 3D art method where objects and materials are manually attached together. It is oftentimes composed of mixed media

a)

Assembly

b)

Kinetic Art

c)

Carving

d)

Modeling

29.

Give the two main types of sculptures.

(a)  

30.

It is an image made by transferring pigment from a matrix to a final surface, often but not always paper.

a)

painting

b)

print

c)

sculpture

d)

drawing

31.

It is a specialized form of drawing that refers to using brushes to apply colored liquids to a support, usually a canvas or paper, but sometimes wooden panels, metal plates, and walls.

a)

printmaking

b)

painting

c)

drawing

d)

sculpture

32.

It is the process of painting onto plaster; it is a long-lasting technique. Commonly seen in murals.

a)

Encaustic Painting

b)

Fresco Painting

c)

Tempera Painting

d)

Acrylic Painting

33.

It is a type of painting where dry colored pigments were mixed with egg yolk and applied quickly to a stable surface in layers of short brushstrokes

a)

Encaustic

b)

fresco

c)

tempera

d)

oil

34.

It is a type of visual art that occurs on flat surfaces like paper, canvas, or even cave walls.

a)

2D art

b)

3D art

c)

4D art

d)

Theater Art

35.

It is a type of medium that is made from wood or other organic material that has been burned in the absence of oxygen which leaves a black carbon powder.

a)

Pastel

b)

Graphite

c)

Metalpoint

d)

Charcoal