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WorksheetsArt History Final Exam Review
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 27mins
The study of aesthetics deals with art criticism and art history. Which aesthetic theory focuses on design elements and organizational principles?
Emotionalism
Formalism
Imitationalism
Art can evoke different emotions and reactions in people. Which painting was attacked by someone who didn't like abstract art?
Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night
Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam
Barnett Newman's Cathedra
Artemesia Gentileschi's Judith Beheading Holofernes
In design, which principle is in effect when all elements in a design are in harmony and produce an undivided impact?
Balance
Rhythm
Proportion
Unity
A pattern is a recognizable arrangement of elements. What kind of shirt has a pattern?
A checkered shirt
A denim shirt
A solid color shirt
What does the term nonrepresentational art mean?
art that has no visible subject
art that has a background behind a subject
art in which there is a complete awareness of an object
What are the main shapes in a painting?
negative shapes
automatic shapes
positive shapes
An artist uses a special ink to draw on a sensitized limestone slab, which is then treated with nitric acid. What kind of print is the artist creating?
intaglio print
silkscreen
lithograph
Which technique involves painting on a freshly plastered wall and was popular during the Greek, Roman, Medieval, and Renaissance periods?
Tempera
Watercolor
Fresco
What does denotation mean?
the literal, or real, meaning of what is being communicated
the meaning you get from looking at a visual, either in parts or as a whole
a persuasive visual designed to make an argument
What is static visual rhetoric?
a two-dimensional image that communicates a message or an argument
one in which the viewer observes a series of moments or ongoing action connected by an idea
the meaning you get from looking at a visual, either in parts or as a whole
Which famous art form represented a fertility figure?
Lascaux
Venus of Willendorf
Stonehenge
In which period did nomadic people hunt animals and gather fruit for food?
Neolithic
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Several thousand Egyptian workers toiled for decades to build the great pyramids. What do the great pyramids best symbolize?
the enormous wealth of the Egyptian people
the extreme love of the Egyptian people for the pharaohs
the extreme power and force the pharaohs held over the Egyptian people
Which is true about Egyptian history?
The Old Kingdom was the most prosperous and creative period.
The greatest pyramids were built in the Middle Kingdom.
The greatest temples were built in the Old Kingdom
Which type of Greek pottery was also used as funerary memorials?
black-figure pots
red-figure pots
white-ground pots
Which statement about Greek sculpture is false?
The three main principles of Greek aesthetics are proportion, movement, and rhythm.
The Greeks admired the strength and precision of athletes and wanted to portray athletic figures.
Greeks sculptures are typically stiffly posed, highly styled figures.
Which statement about Roman art is true?
Roman art matured during the Hellenistic era in which the refinement and restraint seen in Greek art had given way to dynamic poses and strong emotions.
The Romans believed in showing idealized portrayals of the human body as characterized by the elegance seen in the statue Venus de Milo.
The Romans always portrayed their emperors as powerful, absolute rulers as seen in the Colossal Head of Constantine.
The Romans made portrait paintings from a durable mixture of pigment and hot wax. What was this mixture called?
Encaustic
Tempera
Fayum
What is an insulae?
a Roman building for the lower classes
a Roman building for sports
a Roman building for the wealthy
Which best helped the Romans create a variety of architectural structures?
use of concrete
use of villas
use of Greek orders
The Byzantine church of San Vitale is known for its beautiful mosaics. In which country is it situated?
Turkey
Italy
Spain
How did the English adaptation of the Gothic style differ from the typical French Gothic cathedrals?
by having thick walls and small windows
by using rounded arches
by emphasizing width instead of height
Hagia Sophia is in which city?
Istanbul
Mecca
Medina
Which fact about the Taj Mahal is NOT true?
It is made entirely of white marble.
It is decorated with calligraphy.
It is decorated with geometric patterns.
It is a mosque.
Which Renaissance artist painted The School of Athens, a famous fresco that depicts Greek philosophers surrounded by their pupils?
Michelangelo
Raphael
Leonardo da Vinci
Which statement best describes Renaissance art?
Renaissance art emphasized effect over content.
Renaissance art featured human beings in their natural environment.
Renaissance art avoided religious themes and figures.
Buddhist art thrived as the religion spread across Asia. In which country did Siddhartha Gautama start Buddhism?
China
India
Japan
The Chinese turned to Daoism for spiritual enlightenment. How did Chinese paintings reflect Daoism?
by showing a reverence for Confucius
by showing a reverence for the gods
by showing a reverence for nature
In the Congo, a person may buy a plain wooden statue to communicate with spiritual powers. With a diviner’s help, the person adds objects to the statue to give it power. What do the additions to the statue symbolize?
a favorable outcome
an offered prayer
a solved problem
Yoruba carvings in a house post in Orondo, Nigeria, show the images of three women. What does the woman holding a baby represent?
hospitality
nurturing
wisdom
American Indians of which Southwest tribe created hand-shaped pottery decorated with natural pigments?
Navajo
Pueblo
Apache
American Indians of which region were expert in making bows and arrows?
Plains
Northeast
Great Basin
Southwest
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Pepon Osorio moved to New York to be a social worker and became an artist. What was the inspiration behind his ornate, elaborate chandeliers?
his experiences as a social worker
his neighborhood’s diversity and color
his mother’s elaborately decorated cakes
Which contemporary Latino artist has attempted to capture the folklore, spirituality, and beauty of his native Maraguez in his paintings?
Oscar Martinez
Pepon Osorio
Sergio Bustamante
Why did the Dutch baroque movement differ from baroque movements in France, Spain, and Italy?
Dutch artists used different techniques.
The Dutch were protestant and their art did not focus on the Church.
The Dutch baroque style was similar to late Renaissance art.
Baroque art was extravagant and dramatic. Which artist was an inspiration to later baroque artists?
Michelangelo
Rembrandt van Rijn
Peter Paul Rubens
An artist uses a needle to draw a design on a metal plate coated with acid-resistant varnish. Which type of intaglio print is the artist creating?
Drypoint
Engraving
Etching
Which painting by Leonardo da Vinci shows the ideal proportions of the human body?
St. Jerome
Vitruvian Man
The Mona Lisa
Which of these paintings is NOT an example of the use of science-based principles in art?
Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa
Georges Seurat's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
Which of David's paintings represented chaos after the French Revolution and called for an end to conflict?
The Sabine Women Enforcing Peace by Running between the Combatants
Death of Socrates
Napoleon in the Plague House at Jaffa
Which of David's paintings glorifies Napoleon as a Christ-like figure who heals victims with his touch?
Napoleon Crossing Saint-Bernard
Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon in the Plague House at Jaffa
In which art movement do artists concentrate on the overall effect of the composition using line, color, and form, with little or no attempt to accurately represent an object?
abstraction
expressionism
impressionism
realism
Which artists departed from the traditional notion of beauty by painting different views of an object and bringing them together in one work?
cubists
impressionists
symbolists
Which architect, who favored form over function, designed the Seagram Building in New York with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe?
Dankmar Adler
Frank Furness
Philip Johnson
What did Louis Sullivan's designs emphasize?
vertical lines using steel frames
vertical lines using an open floor plan
horizontal lines using an open floor plan
Modern designers preferred a clean, sparse look. Which 1929 design was inspired by ancient Egyptian folding chairs?
the Wassily chair
the Club chair
the Barcelona chair
What are the gender symbols on the bathroom doors at school and other illustrated symbols that stand for some concept called?
icons
isotypes
pictographs
Which of the following is a famous conceptual artist whose work constantly questions the nature of representation in art?
Yoko Ono
Richard Hamilton
Joseph Kosuth
What does Andy Warhol seem to be telling the viewer in his Marilyn Diptych?
The celebrity is nothing but a packaged commodity.
The celebrity is more than an icon in mass culture.
Public image is all-important.
Which of the following statements about photographer Diane Arbus’s work is true?
She created highly controversial self-portraits that questioned the stereotypical images of women in the mass media.
She took pictures of people on the fringes of society, catching them unaware for realistic photographs.
She ignored the traditional ideas of what constitutes acceptable subjects and took photographs showing stark, brutal realities.
Which of the following statements best describes the significance of television in the visual culture of the post–1950s era?
Television was the only medium with the power to simultaneously present the same visual experience to millions of people.
Television was the only medium through which the audience could see people, places, and events far away.
The birth of television allowed video arts to grow at a tremendous rate, shaping the visual culture of the post–1950s era.
Which of the following best describes the Paintbox era?
an era in which most of the computer art work centered around computer programming
an era in which artists created works using paint software such as Photoshop, without actually programming
an era of interactive technology where 3-D computer graphics were used to create a virtual environment
Which of the following describes computer animation?
a sequential art, which emerged in the late nineteenth century to attract more readers to newspapers
a sister art of video games, which involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback
the art of using 2-D and 3-D computer graphics to create moving images and special effects in films
