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WorksheetsArt History Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the goal of Art History?
to look at pretty things.
to judge which work of art is best.
is the appreciation and enjoyment of art from any time and place.
to help you decide which artwork you should buy
Define History.
The recording and interpretation of past events.
past mistakes
is the appreciation and enjoyment of art from any time and place.
to help you decide which artwork you should buy
Define Art.
The recording and interpretation of past events.
past mistakes
something that we can see and touch; tangible evidence of societies, cultures, views and histories.
is the appreciation and enjoyment of art from any time and place.
Define Art History
The recording and interpretation of past events.
The Academic study of the history and development of painting, sculpture, and the visual arts.
something that we can see and touch; tangible evidence of societies, cultures, views and histories.
is the appreciation and enjoyment of art from any time and place.
Define Context
All of the things about the the artwork that might have influenced the artist but which are not actually part of the artwork
The academic study of the history and development of painting, sculpture, and the visual arts.
something that we can see and touch; tangible evidence of societies, cultures, views and histories.
is the appreciation and enjoyment of art from any time and place.
What is Aesthetics?
The branch of philosophy that is concerned with the nature of beauty and taste.
The academic study of the history and development of painting, sculpture, and the visual arts.
something that we can see and touch; tangible evidence of societies, cultures, views and histories.
is the appreciation and enjoyment of art from any time and place.
What is High Art?
Art meant as a prestige item.
The academic study of the history and development of painting, sculpture, and the visual arts.
something that we can see and touch; tangible evidence of societies, cultures, views and histories.
is the appreciation and enjoyment of art from any time and place.
Low Art is considered to be...
Utilitarian/Functional
High value
Fine Art
not useful
Define Utilitarian.
Art meant as a prestige item.
something that we can see and touch; tangible evidence of societies, cultures, views and histories.
Designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive.
is the appreciation and enjoyment of art from any time and place.
Define Style.
something that we can see and touch; tangible evidence of societies, cultures, views and histories.
Designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive.
is the appreciation and enjoyment of art from any time and place.
The formal characteristics of a work of art.
What is prehistory?
It is the period when writing systems were created.
It is the period between the use of the first iron tools by hominids and the invention of writing systems.
It is the period before the internet.
It is the period between the use of the first stone tools by hominids and the invention of writing systems.
What is the Paleolithic Era also known as?
The Middle Stone Age
The New Stone Age
The Age of Enlightenment
The Old Stone Age
What is the Mesolithic Era also known as?
The Old Stone Age
The Middle Stone Age
The New Stone Age
The Age of Enlightenment
What is the Neolithic Era also known as?
The Middle Stone Age
The New Stone Age
The Age of Enlightenment
The Old Stone Age
What is Prehistoric Art?
It illustrates early human creativity through small portable objects, cave paintings, and early sculpture, and architecture.
It illustrates early human creativity through song and dance.
It illustrates early human creativity through agriculture.
It illustrates early human creativity through writing systems.
Define the Paleolithic Era.
Saw emergence of the basic iron tools and iron art.
Saw emergence of the basic steel tools and steel art.
Saw emergence of the basic marble tools and marble art.
Saw emergence of the basic stone tools and stone art.
Paleolithic small sculptures were made of…
Clay
Ivory
Stone
All of the above
Paintings and engravings along caves' walls and ceilings fall under which category of art?
Parietal Art
Temple Art
Occipital Art
Posterior Art
The Neolithic Era saw the transformation of nomad human settlements into…
Technologically advanced societies.
Agrarian societies.
Philosophical societies.
Militaristic societies.
Define Agrarian.
Militaristic society
Industrial society
Agricultural society
Philosophical society
