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Exam 1 Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is true of folk art?

a)

Folk art lacks knowledge of art history

b)

Folk art uses established cultural traditions and practices

c)

Folk art produces abstract work

d)

Folk art uses materials outside the normal conventions of art

2.

Tue or False: Evaluations of art can change over time and across cultures

a)

True

b)

False

3.

_____ can be used to suggest visual connections

a)

Vertical placement

b)

Open form

c)

Implied line

d)

Focal point

4.

How is René Magritte’s La Trahison des Images an example of representational art?

a)

The subject is a pipe

b)

The focus is on pure visual forms

c)

The medium is photography

d)

The content reveals cultural tradition

5.

The visual expression of an idea or experience through the use of a medium is known as _____?

a)

creativity

b)

a subject

c)

iconography

d)

a work of art

6.

Which principle of design is achieved by symmetry or asymmetry?

a)

Variety

b)

Rhythm

c)

Unity

d)

Balance

7.

The alteration or removal of works of art from public view is known as

a)

Discrimination

b)

Censorship

c)

Criticism

d)

Evaluation

8.

Artists demonstrate the way that light reveals form by using __________. 

a)

Changes in value

b)

Saturated colors

c)

Primary hues

d)

Negative shapes

9.

When the two sides of a composition correspond to one another in size, shape, and placement of form, the work has __________. 

a)

focal points

b)

symmetrical balance

c)

directional forces

d)

asymmetrical balance

10.

Art can communicate information by… (pick all that apply)

a)

Storytelling

b)

Persuasion

c)

Embellishment

d)

Commentary

11.

What are we doing when we connect our perceptions of objects with our emotions, memories, and experiences?

a)

seeing

b)

looking

c)

creating

d)

expressing

12.

In Degas’ Jockeys Before the Race, the dominant directional forces are __________. 

a)

circular

b)

horizontal

c)

vertical

d)

diagonal

13.

The dominant shapes in a picture plane are called ______.

a)

Negative space

b)

Ground

c)

Volume

d)

Figures

14.

Evelyne Axell’s Ice Cream 1 is an example of recent cases to censor art according to a culture’s __________.

a)

political ideals

b)

art criticism

c)

religious beliefs

d)

moral values

15.

In two-dimensional art, the area where the viewer’s eye, ground plane, and horizon line converge is known as the __________. 

a)

Vantage point

b)

Eye level

c)

Foreground

d)

Picture plane

16.

In art, the tactile qualities of surfaces and the visual representation of those qualities are known as __________. 

a)

Shape

b)

Mass

c)

Texture

d)

Perspective

17.

The appearance of similarity in a work of art is called __________. 

a)

Proportion

b)

Pattern

c)

Variety

d)

Unity

18.

In Going Home, Jacob Lawrence uses abstract figures and objects and color themes to _____

a)

Unify the composition

b)

Create less important areas

c)

Generate rhythm

d)

Exaggerate scale

19.

The focal point is the _________.

a)

physical bulk of a solid body of material

b)

recurrence of visual elements

c)

shape or proportions of a picture plane

d)

principle area of emphasis

20.

To create a tint, artists _____

a)

Add black to the hue

b)

Increase the saturation

c)

Add white to the hue

d)

Combine complementary colors

21.

Eva Zeisel’s Sauce Boat with Ladle is an example of an everyday object enhanced by its _________.

a)

subject matter

b)

design

c)

decoration

d)

function

22.

Art is a good method of communicating information, ideas, and opinions because it __________.

a)

emphasizes the harmonious nature of the world to a specific audience

b)

uses embellishment to enrich the experience of everyday objects

c)

makes visual statements that a wide range of people can understand

d)

provides a universal method for evaluating aesthetic qualities

23.

In the ancient world, what was the function of most of the monumental art?

a)

embellishment

b)

visual delight

c)

personal expression

d)

public commemoration

24.

In Edward Weston’s Pepper #30, the texture, light, and shape of the pepper represent its __________.

a)

content

b)

form

c)

iconography

d)

medium

25.

In art essays, the three types of art criticism are used as a method of __________.

a)

analysis

b)

determining cash value

c)

evaluation

d)

censorship