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Art periods

Total questions: 68

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which art period has been known to include the importance of light entering their art work?

a)

Impressionism

b)

Cubism

c)

Fauvism

d)

Realism

2.

Which art style influenced the creation of object done in geometric shapes and was founded by Picasso?

a)

Impressionism

b)

Expressionism

c)

Cubism

d)

Surrealism

3.

Which art style/ period used emotions as a base for its artwork?

a)

Realism

b)

Fauvism

c)

Expressionism

d)

Cubism

4.

Salvador Dali was a __________ painter that liked to paint bizarre and dreamlike work.

a)

Surreal

b)

Realistic

c)

Impressionistic

d)

Abstract

5.

Pointillism (using dots to make an image) is from this art period that shows light entering in a painting.

a)

Abstract

b)

Impressionism

c)

Expressionism

d)

Dada

6.

Pointillism (using dots to make an image) is from this art period that shows light entering in a painting.

a)

Abstract

b)

Impressionism

c)

Expressionism

d)

Dada

7.

The majority of the works of romanesque art were situated in the countryside and small vllages, therefore it's a ....

a)

Rural style

b)

Urban style

c)

Country style

d)

Moneo style

e)

Religious style

8.

Check the characteristics of the romanesque art

a)

Thick stone walls

b)

Pointed arches

c)

Butresses

d)

Flying butresses

e)

Semi-circular arches

9.

What kind of romanesque architectonical element is this?

a)

Vault

b)

Dome

c)

Butress

d)

Column

e)

Pilar

10.

What kind of arch is this?

a)

Half point arch

b)

Pointed arch

c)

Beatufull arch

d)

Semi-circular arch

e)

Ayalan arch

11.

What kind of vault is this?

a)

Groin vault

b)

Ribbed vault

c)

Alonseta vault

d)

Canoon vault

e)

Barrel vault

12.

What kind of floor plan is this?

a)

Latin cross plan

b)

Greek cross plan

c)

Ortogonal plan

d)

Corridor plan

e)

Marban plan

13.

What kind of romanesque architectonical element is this?

a)

Steeple

b)

Spire

c)

Dome

d)

Tower

e)

Vault

14.

The columns and the pilars divided the inerior of the temple into aisles called...

a)

Hallways

b)

Corridors

c)

Naves

d)

UFOs

e)

Platforms

15.

Where is this church located?

a)

Villafrechós

b)

Estella

c)

Fromista

d)

Madrid

e)

Burgos

16.

What architectural element is this?

a)

Crossing

b)

Buttress

c)

Tower and belfry

d)

Transept

17.

What architectural element is this?

a)

The central nave of a church

b)

A groin vault

c)

A semicircular arch

d)

A barrel vault

18.

What architectural element is this?

a)

Horseshoe arches

b)

Ribbed domes

c)

Small windows with semicircular arches

d)

Three small apses

19.

Why do Romanesque capitals have images on them?

a)

They are just decoration

b)

They are mythologival creatures to scare people

c)

They are the symbols of feudal lords

d)

They are religious images to teach peasants

20.

What is this?

a)

The battlement of a castle

b)

The nave of a church

c)

The cloister in a monastery

d)

The fiefdom of a lord

21.

One of the first gothic medieval art characteristics were

a)

the stained glasses

b)

the big doors

c)

the white windows

22.

The gothic started in Italy

a)

True

b)

False

23.

The gothic art flourished beetwen centuries 12th and

a)

14th

b)

18th

c)

16th

24.

Romanesque was before gothic

a)

False

b)

True

25.

Gothical art was symbolic

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Gothical art was symbolic

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Human images were represented in the gothic as

a)

White people

b)

Sad people

c)

Tall people

d)

Rich people

28.

With which of these arches do you relate the Romanesque?

a)
b)
c)
d)
29.

With what type of buildings do you identify Romanesque architecture?

a)

Civils

b)

Religious

c)

Seculars

d)

Regulars

30.

Romanesque churches had a plan:

a)

basilical

b)

Latin cross plan

c)

Greek cross plan

31.

In Romanesque architecture, the arch used to join pillars and walls was

a)

round arch

b)

pointed arch

c)

ribbed arch

32.

In a Romanesque church the sculpture was made in...

a)

walls and capitals

b)

in capitals and columns

c)

in capitals, columns and portals

33.

The walls of Romanesque buildings are supported by

a)

Flying buttresses

b)

Buttresses

c)

Columns

34.

The very luminous interior is characteristic of the art...

a)

Romanesque

b)

Gothic

35.

The very luminous interior is characteristic of the art...

a)

Romanesque

b)

Gothic

36.

The tallest churches with towers that seemed to touch the sky are characteristic of the art...

a)

Romanesque

b)

Gothic

37.
A period of rebirth and creativity in art, writing, and thought from about 1300 to 1600 A.D., beginning in Italy and eventually spreading throughout Europe.
a)
Renaissance
b)
Humanism
c)
arts
d)
patron
38.
 A movement in Renaissance Europe, celebrating human potential and achievement and stressing the study of subjects such as history, grammar, literature, and philosophy.
a)
Renaissance
b)
Humanism
c)
arts
d)
patron
39.
 A broad range of cultural activities and creations.
a)
Renaissance
b)
Humanism
c)
arts
d)
patron
40.
A person who supports an activity or institution by providing financial backing.
a)
Renaissance
b)
Humanism
c)
arts
d)
patron
41.
An Italian city-state and leading cultural center during the Renaissance.
a)
Florence
b)
city-state
c)
Leonardo Da Vinci
d)
Brunelleschi
42.
 An independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory.
a)
Florence
b)
city-state
c)
Leonardo Da Vinci
d)
Brunelleschi
43.
Architect best known for designing and building large domes for churches; especially the Duomo in Florence.
a)
Florence
b)
city-state
c)
Leonardo Da Vinci
d)
Brunelleschi
44.
 The most famous English writer of the Renaissance, best known for his plays Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Petrarch
45.
 An Italian Renaissance artist, born in 1475 A.D., who worked mainly as a sculptor but also painted such famous works as the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Petrarch
46.
 An Italian Renaissance artist, born in 1475 A.D., who worked mainly as a sculptor but also painted such famous works as the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Petrarch
47.
Italian artist of Florence who studied the great works by Leonardo da Vinci and appreciated the classical period.  His most famous works was The School of Athens.
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Petrarch
48.
 The early leader of the Humanist movement, an Italian poet and scholar.  One of the first thinkers to stress the value of classical learning, teachings of Greece and Rome.
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Petrarch
49.
 The early leader of the Humanist movement, an Italian poet and scholar.  One of the first thinkers to stress the value of classical learning, teachings of Greece and Rome.
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Petrarch
50.
The period during the rule of Queen Elizabeth I in England, from 1558 to 1603 A.D.
a)
Johann Gutenberg
b)
Elizabethan Age
c)
Renaissance Man
d)
vernacular
51.
 A technique of painting, developed during the Renaissance, that represents the appearance of objects in three-dimensional space.
a)
printing press
b)
perspective
c)
Renaissance Man
d)
vernacular
52.
Which one is right for Baroque style?
a)
serenity
b)
emotional intensity
53.

The Baroque painting is characterized by ...

a)

Cubism

b)

Realism

c)

Surrealism

d)

Tenebrism

54.

The Tenebrism style is characterized by .....

a)

Primary colours

b)

Light

c)

Contrast of colours

d)

Contrast of light and darkness

55.

Murillo was from

a)

Madrid

b)

Málaga

c)

Sevilla

d)

Hamsterdam

56.

This painting is of

a)

Velàzquez

b)

Murillo

c)

Rubens

d)

Caravaggio

57.

This painting is of

a)

Velàzquez

b)

Murillo

c)

Rubens

d)

Caravaggio

58.

"La Ronda de noche" was painted by

a)

Velazquez

b)

Rubens

c)

José de Ribera

d)

Rembrandt

59.

This painting is ....

a)

La reina Margarita

b)

Las Meninas

c)

María Teresa

d)

La corte real

60.

This painting was painted by...

a)

José de Ribera

b)

Murillo

c)

Veláquez

d)

Rubens

61.

Caravaggio was from ......

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

Spain

d)

Nederland

62.

What is the Council of Trent?

a)

The 19th ecumenical (universal) council of the Catholic Church which was prompted by the Protestant Reformation.

b)

The event that prompted the Baroque Art Period.

c)

A meeting where religious reforms were being questioned, proposed and reconsidered.

d)

The result of the Catholic church feeling threatened by the populations increasing number of conversions to Lutheranism.

e)

All of the above

63.

What art movement later replaced Baroque Art in Europe?

a)

Medieval

b)

Rococo

c)

Tenebrism

d)

Neoclassicism

64.

Caravaggio's style was unidealized and represented the divine in everyday context. He often found his models in the streets. What is this style called?

a)

Idealism

b)

Baroquism

c)

Realism

d)

Naturalism

65.

Which word is described as an angled view in which some portions of the subject appear closer than others.

a)

Tenebrism

b)

Chiaroscuro

c)

Foreshortening

d)

Compact Perspective

66.

A character with an exaggerated facial expression or costume came to be known as ________ in Dutch Baroque Art.

a)

Tronie

b)

Caricature

c)

Taboon

d)

Crony

67.

A character with an exaggerated facial expression or costume came to be known as ________ in Dutch Baroque Art.

a)

Tronie

b)

Caricature

c)

Taboon

d)

Crony

68.

This word came to English from a French word meaning "irregularly shaped." To refer to something as such was initially considered an insult.

a)

Baroque

b)

Naturalistic

c)

Tronie

d)

Foreshorten