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Test 4 Art History

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Compared to Renaissance art, which used perspective, Cubism art can seem?

a)

colorless

b)

unimaginative

c)

flat

d)

offensive

2.

Choose the correct painting style for this painting:

a)

Surrealism

b)

Fauvism

c)

Pop Art

d)

Impressionism

3.

What type of painting might this be?

a)

action painting

b)

cubism

c)

surrealism

d)

pop art

4.

Where might you be able to find artist Claude Monet?

a)

Academy of Fine Arts Paris

b)

Outside, by a river bank

c)

salon of a wealthy art buyer

d)

In a cramped studio apartment

5.

What is the name of this painting?

a)

Luncheon on the Grass

b)

Sunday on la Grade Jatte

c)

Starry Night

d)

En Plein Air

6.

Choose the correct painting style for this painting:

a)

Impressionism

b)

Pop Art

c)

Fauvism

d)

Actionism

7.

Painting out of doors refers to the French term ______.

a)

outside

b)

Impressionism

c)

en plein air

d)

Expressionism

8.

What type of art is this?

a)

Pop Art

b)

Surrealism

c)

Abstract

d)

Pointillism

9.

Who did paintings showing Paris and everyday scenes of people enjoying themselves in cafes?

a)

Degas

b)

Renoir

c)

Seurat

d)

Monet

10.

What was art called when artists stopped painting recognizable objects?

a)

cubism

b)

pop art

c)

Impressionism

d)

abstract

11.

Choose the correct painting style for this painting:

a)

Actionism

b)

Cubism

c)

Impressionism

d)

Fauvism

12.

Some Expressionists created a group named after the “Fauves” (wild beasts).

a)

Pop Art

b)

Expressionism

c)

Fauvism

d)

Cubism

13.

Who might have painted this picture of Dancers?

a)

Degas

b)

Renoir

c)

Monet

d)

van Gogh

14.

What art style are paintings of common city life things in bright bold colors?

a)

Post-Impressionsm

b)

Fauvism

c)

Surrealism

d)

Pop Art

15.

Who is this painting by?

a)

Warhol

b)

Lichtenstein

c)

Magritte

d)

Mondrian

16.

Where were French Impressionist paintings not allowed to be shown?

a)

Salons

b)

Saloons

c)

Museums

d)

art galleries

17.

Choose the correct painting style for this painting:

a)

Fauvism

b)

Impressionism

c)

Actionism

d)

Cubism

18.

Who most likely painted this picture of water lilies ?

a)

Degas

b)

Manet

c)

Seurat

d)

Monet

19.

Who's most famous work is of bright colored soup cans & everyday objects?

a)

Caravaggio

b)

Degas

c)

Lichtenstein

d)

Warhol

20.

Who used only straight lines and primary colors to create his paintings?

a)

Warhol

b)

Cezanne

c)

Mondrian

d)

Lichtenstein

21.

Who caused scandal with their painting Luncheon on the Grass?

a)

Manet

b)

Renoir

c)

Monet

d)

Degas

22.

Vincent van Gogh is most well known for his painting of ?

a)

Shrubs and Trees

b)

Harmony in Red

c)

Starry Night

d)

Irises

23.

What invention had a great influence on painting during Impressionism?

a)

the Radio

b)

Printer

c)

Photography

d)

Scanner

24.

What Pop artist was a painter, print maker, and film maker?

a)

Magritte

b)

Degas

c)

Dali

d)

Warhol

25.

Choose the correct painting style for this painting:

a)

Impressionism

b)

Fauvism

c)

Pop Art

d)

Surrealism

26.

What artist from Primitive art was also part of the Post-Impressionists?

a)

Cezanne

b)

Mondrian

c)

Gauguin

d)

Braque

27.

Objects painted realistically, but combined in an unusual or nonsensical way?

a)

Action Painting

b)

Cubism

c)

Surrealism

d)

Pointillism

28.

Who did much art based on comic strips?

a)

Lichtenstein

b)

Cezanne

c)

Warhol

d)

Mondrian

29.

Experimental or innovative art that pushes the boundaries of what has already been established is what?

a)

Impressionism

b)

Surrealism

c)

en plein air

d)

Avant-garde

30.

Who might have painted this?

a)

Gauguin

b)

Pollock

c)

Picasso

d)

Cezanne

31.

The period that followed after the Impressionists was?

a)

Post-Impressionism

b)

Pointillism

c)

Surrealism

d)

Fauvism

32.

This Spanish painter developed a new style of painting called cubism, who was he?

a)

Degas

b)

Lichtenstein

c)

Picasso

d)

Cezanne

33.

Choose the correct painting style for this painting:

a)

Surrealism

b)

Impressionism

c)

Pop Art

d)

Fauvism

34.

Jackson Pollock's art was called?

a)

Action Painting

b)

Pop Art

c)

Impressionism

d)

Surrealism

35.

What artist was popular for using Pointillism?

a)

van Gogh

b)

Seurat

c)

Renoir

d)

Warhol

36.

What art movement expressed emotions through violent colors & exaggerated shapes?

a)

Surrealism

b)

Cubism

c)

Pop Art

d)

Expressionism

37.

What was the first avant-garde movement which began in Paris?

a)

Post-Impressionism

b)

Pointillism

c)

Pop Art

d)

Impressionism

38.

What style of art is this painting?

a)

Cubism

b)

Pop Art

c)

Impressionism

d)

Romanticism

39.

The Impressionists' name actually came from a painting who did?

a)

Manet

b)

Degas

c)

Monet

d)

Caravaggio

40.

What Dutch painter was strongly influenced by Impressionist paintings and Japanese prints?

a)

Seurat

b)

van Gogh

c)

Gauguin

d)

Manet

41.

Who painted “The Persistence of Memory”?

a)

Rene Magritte

b)

Claude Monet

c)

Jackson Pollock

d)

Salvador Dali

42.

What technique used small dots of differing colors, and when seen from far away the colors seemed to mix?

a)

Surrealism

b)

Pointillism

c)

Abstrationism

d)

Cubism

43.

Sketchy brush strokes of things painted out of doors is part of what art movement?

a)

Post-Impressionism

b)

Pointillism

c)

Pop Art

d)

Impressionism

44.

Who painted everyday subjects in brilliant colors with thick paint & brush strokes?

a)

Seurat

b)

van Gogh

c)

Gauguin

d)

Manet

45.

Who dribbled paint onto huge canvases laid out on the floor?

a)

Pollock

b)

Warhol

c)

Lichtenstein

d)

Seurat

46.

Two well know Surrealist artists were?

a)

Degas, Monet

b)

Magritte, Dali

c)

Picasso, Braque

d)

Caravaggio, Rembrandt

47.

Surrealist art can best be described as:

a)

Arrangements of abstract forms

b)

Everyday objects broken down into geometric shapes

c)

Collages of photographs, paintings, and other objects

d)

Realistic elements colliding in strange ways

48.

What was the relationship between Paul Cezanne and Cubism?

a)

Cezanne’s ideas and paintings influenced later Cubist artists

b)

Cezanne coined the term “Cubism” to describe a Georges Braque painting

c)

Cezanne personally taught Cubist techniques to younger artists

d)

Cezanne wrote a manifesto describing the principles of Cubism

49.

Why would Claude Monet paint the same scene at different times of day?

a)

To practice his technique, so he’d be able to capture the scene perfectly

b)

To demonstrate the effects of the changing light on the scenery

c)

To paint the different people who passed by the same location

d)

To create many copies of the same artwork, which he could then sell

50.

Who used the Impressionists discoveries about light and color, but painted more solid objects?

a)

Gauguin

b)

Manet

c)

Picasso

d)

Cezanne

51.

Why would Andy Warhol call his studio “the Factory”?

a)

Warhol enjoyed creating new mechanical inventions in his studio

b)

Warhol used mass production to create art, just like factories

c)

he oversaw a staff of 100, who produced art for him in an assembly line

d)

Warhol liked to create art out of machine parts