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FID3023 History of Art

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Art History?

a)

a- study of objects of art considered within their time period.

b)

b- study of tangible objects and visual communication

c)

c- study of design considered within their revolution.

2.

Art historians analyze visual arts’ meaning _____________ at the time they were created.

a)

history, timeline, year

b)

painting, sculpture, architecture

c)

industrial, communication, visual

3.

European history transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th century.

This art timeline refer to ?

(a)  

4.

Renaissance is french word meaning?

(a)  

5.

What is the characteristic of Renaissance art?

a)

a- Modern Greek/Roman art forms and styles

b)

b- Retro Greek/Roman art forms and styles

c)

c- Classical Greek/Roman art forms and styles

6.

Who is the italian artist for 'The Birth of Venus'?

a)

a- Michelangelo Buonarroti

b)

b- Sandro Botticelli

c)

c- Donatello

7.

What is the name of this painting?

a)

The Vitruvian Man

b)

Creation of Adam

c)

The Dead Christ

8.

In Fine Art, the term BAROQUE derives from the PORTUGUESE 'BAROCCO' significance of?

a)

a- Irregular diamond or stone

b)

b- Irregular pearl or gold

c)

c- Irregular pearl or stone

9.

What is the Baroque style?

a)

a- exaggerated motion and clear

b)

b- exaggerated design and clear

c)

c- exaggerated style and clear

10.

David Sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini was completed seven months from?

a)

a- 1623 to 1624

b)

b- 1687 to 1688

c)

c- 1630 to 1631

11.

Rococo is derived from the word 'rocaille', literally meaning ornate forms of shells or rock used for___________

a)

a- drawing

b)

b- decoration

c)

c- painting

12.

Rococo or Late Baroque style was developed first in __________ and ___________.

a)

a- decorative arts and interior design

b)

b- style and decorative visual

c)

c- interior design and visual sculpture

13.

What is different between Rococo and Baroque in terms of color?

a)

a- Pastel soft color | Vivid Color

b)

b- Vivid Color | Contrast of darks

c)

c- Pastel soft color | Contrast of lights and darks

14.

What is the name of this statue and who is the artist?

(a)  

15.

This panel is decorated by Jean-Antoine Watteau in his early career. What is the name of this Decorative Panel?

a)

a- Le'Faun

b)

b- L'Enjôleur

c)

c- L'Fenjoue

16.

Decorative and visual arts, literature, theater, music and architecture was known as____________?

a)

a- Post Neoclassicism

b)

b- Neoclassicism

c)

c- Impressionism

17.

Neoclassicism was born in

(a)  

18.

What is the technique of this artwork?

a)

a- chiaroscuro printing

b)

b- chiaroscuro woodcut

c)

c- chiaroscuro drawing

19.

What is the medium of the painting

'The Death of Marat" by Jacques Louis David?

a)

a- gritty texture

b)

b- oil on canvas

c)

c- acrylic on canvas

20.

Romanticism also known as the (a)   era.

21.

One of the characteristics of romanticism is___________

a)

a- Importance of style

b)

b- a celebration of the emotion

c)

c- Strong senses, emotions, and feelings

22.

The nature of romanticism mainly focuses on?

(a)  

23.

What is the name of this painting by Thomas Cole created in 1830?

(a)  

24.

The Castle of Otranto was generally the first ___________ novel published by Horace Walpole in1764.

a)

a- gothic

b)

b- thriller

c)

c- horror

25.

What is the characteristic of

Romantic Art?

a)

a- Shows the height of style

b)

b- Emotional extremes

c)

c- Dramatic perspective

26.

This painting was portrays the goddess Liberty urging the forces of the French Revolution onward. What is the name of the painting?

a)

a- Departure of the volunteers

b)

b- Departure of the soldier

c)

c- Departure of the hero

27.

Realism was stimulated by several intellectual developments in the first half of the ______________ .

a)

17th century

b)

18th century

c)

19th century

28.

Important figures in the Realist art movement were _______________

a)

a- Gustave Courbet, Honore Daumier, and Jean-Francois

Millet

b)

b- Gustave Courbet, Joseph Haydn, Jean-Francois

Millet

c)

c- John Constable, Honore Daumier, Joseph Haydn

29.

This painting was an 1849 painting by the French painter Gustave Courbet. What is the name of this painting?

a)

a- The Gleaners

b)

b- The Stone Breakers

c)

c- Man and Son

30.

The main elements of this art style were made up of precise brush strokes carefully blended to hide the artist's hand in the work.

What is the name of the art movement?

(a)  

31.

The characteristic of Impressionism are ___________ , ___________ yet visible brush strokes.

a)

a- small, thin

b)

b- bold, sharp

c)

c- thin, clean

32.

Who is the artist for this

'impressionism sunrise' painting?

a)

a- Chris Monet

b)

b- Edouard Monet

c)

c- Claude Monet

33.

What is the definition of french word

'les Fauves'?

a)

a- the wild beasts

b)

b- the poison beasts

c)

c- beauty and beasts

34.

Fauvism is a group of early (a)   century modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong

color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism.

35.

What is the difference between Fauvism and Expressionism?

a)

a- Originate in German | Originate in Italy

b)

b- Originate in German | Originate in France

c)

c- Originate in UK | Originate in France

36.

The title of the painting is____________.

a)

a- The Dinner Table by Henri Matisse

b)

a- The Dinner Table by Georges Rouault

c)

c- The Dinner Table by André Derain

37.

What is symbolism as an art movement?

a)

a- communicated ideas through patterns instead of bluntly depicting reality.

b)

b- communicated ideas through symbols instead of bluntly depicting reality.

c)

c- communicated ideas through painting instead of bluntly depicting reality.

38.

The terrifying angel in The Death of the Grave Digger (below) symbolizes (a)  

39.

Symbolism was a late _____________ art movement of French, Russian and Belgian.

a)

18th century

b)

19th century

c)

20th century

40.

Symbolism represents a synthesis of _________ , __________ of reality and the artist's inner subjectivity.

a)

a- love and kindness

b)

b- love and feeling

c)

c- form and feeling