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Module 2 art appreciation | 2 out 5 of the module midterm exam

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the visual elements can best be described as "the path of a moving point"?

a)

motion

b)

time

c)

mass

d)

line

e)

light

2.

During the 20th century, which of the following became a recognized element of art?

a)

shape

b)

line

c)

color

d)

texture

e)

motion

3.

Lines are used in art to indicate

a)

boundaries between forms.

b)

direction and motion.

c)

shadows and highlights.

d)

spatial depth on flat surfaces.

e)

All these answers are correct.

4.

In art, shapes that suggest forms found in nature are called ________ shapes.

a)

organic

b)

geometric

c)

environmental

d)

three-dimensional

5.

Raphael's The Madonna of the Meadows is composed using the implied shape of a

a)

trapezoid

b)

square

c)

triangle

d)

circle

6.

Introduced at the beginning of Chapter 4, an artist that creates work that successfully utilizes multiple elements in her playful and colorful work The Sun and the Moon is:

a)

Mona Hatoum

b)

Sarah Sze

c)

Emmi Whitehorse

d)

Elizabeth Murray

7.

A black-and-white photograph of a scene eliminates the hues and intensities of the scene's colors, but captures the ________ of the colors.

a)

pigments

b)

chromas

c)

harmonies

d)

values

e)

All these answers are correct.

8.

In drawing, the outer boundaries of two-dimensional forms are defined by ________, while the outer boundaries perceived among three-dimensional forms are defined by ________.

a)

graphite; ink

b)

visual elements; principles of design

c)

outlines; contour lines

d)

thick lines; thin lines

e)

actual lines; implied lines

9.

In painting and drawing, artists often use the technique of ________ to describe the way shadows and light define the mass of forms.

a)

refraction

b)

spatial organization

c)

isometric perspective

d)

chiaroscuro

10.

Charles White's Untitled illustrates the technique of _______________ to create the illusion of shadows and lights in a portrait.

a)

cross-hatching.

b)

atmospheric perspective.

c)

impasto

d)

foreshortening

11.

This contemporary video artist created Dervish, a projection of digital images of trees onto walls that change seasons as they spin in time:

a)

Robert Smithson

b)

Sarah Sze

c)

Jennifer Steinkamp

d)

Elizabeth Murray

12.

In the additive process of color mixing, red light, green light, and blue light combine to produce ________ light.

a)

yellow

b)

black

c)

white

d)

grayish brown

13.

Mixing two primary colors produces a ________ color.

a)

secondary

b)

complementary

c)

tertiary

d)

monochromatic

14.

Using a multitude of patterns to create visual texture, this African photographer created a self-portrait called The Chief parodying an African tribal leader dressed in white shades, red suede shoes, leopard skin pants and holding fake sunflowers:

a)

Chris Offilli

b)

Samuel Fosso

c)

Jacob Lawrence

d)

Olowe of Ise

15.

In her linear-influenced sculptures, this contemporary artist creates intricately complex structures using ordinary objects such as yardsticks, bottle caps, string, plastic tubes, toothpicks, etc, as in her work Hidden Relief:

a)

Maya Lin

b)

Emmi Whitehorse

c)

Janine Antoni

d)

Sarah Sze

16.

Leonardo da Vinci uses what type of perspective in his famous painting The Last Supper?

a)

One-point

b)

Two-point

c)

Three-point

d)

Atmospheric

e)

None of these answers is correct.

17.

In his painting Sunday on La Grande Jatte, this 19th century French painter used pointillism to created an entire park scene on a ten-foot-long canvas, covering it with tiny dots of color:

a)

Georges Seurat

b)

Claude Monet

c)

Vincent Van Gogh

d)

Edvard Munch

18.

Demonstrating the use of line as a means of creating direction and movement, this American painter from Pennsylvania created a dynamic painting of a ‘sculling’ or rowing competition called, The Biglin Brothers Racing:

a)

Georges Seurat

b)

Thomas Cole

c)

Thomas Eakins

d)

Bill Reid

19.

The use of atmospheric perspective is a prominent aspect of which work?

a)

The Joy of Life by Henri Matisse

b)

Lake George by John Frederick Kensett

c)

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat

d)

The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci

20.

A master at the art of ‘figure/ground reversal’, this Dutch artist/mathematician created fantastic and impossible optical effects such as ducks turning into fish and interlocking white and black bizarre animals:

a)

M.C. Marshal

b)

M.C. Escher

c)

M.C. Hammer

d)

M.C. Donald

21.

The colored wavelengths that comprise white light when shown through a prism are called:

a)

Tertiary Colors

b)

Rainbows

c)

Prisms

d)

The Spectrum

22.

Alexander Calder is famous for his balanced sculptures that move with the wind which he referred to as:

a)

Gyroscopes

b)

Combines

c)

Collages

d)

Mobiles

23.

The use of 'implied lines' to guide the viewer’s eye around the page by the placement of the subjects can be seen in the painting The Embarkation for Cythera by the French Rococo painter:

a)

Watteau

b)

Fragonard

c)

Gericault

d)

Rubens

24.

The Canadian Sculptor who carves massive sculptures in the Haida Indian style made of wood such as The Raven and the First Men is:

a)

Alexander Calder

b)

Jeff Wall

c)

Bill Reid

d)

Emmi Whitehorse

25.

The artist Mona Hatoum's piece Dormiente relies heavily on which element to communicate her concept?

a)

Color

b)

Actual Texture

c)

Value

d)

Time and Motion

26.

An example of the emotional and psychological effects of color can be seen in the eerily painted reds of Edvard Munch’s painting:

a)

The Scream

b)

The Dream

c)

Starry Night

d)

Saturn Devouring His Children

27.

Lines creating animal forms and geometric patterns from the first millennium can be found etched into the earth by the inhabitants of Peru in which city?

a)

Iquitos

b)

Cusco

c)

Trujillo

d)

Nasca

28.

What is so impressive about Claude Mellan's portrait of Christ called Sudarium of St. Veronica (1649)?

a)

It is an early example of foreshortening

b)

It is comprised of tiny dots of color

c)

It was drawn on paper the size of a postage stamp

d)

It is drawn with one continuous line

29.

An example of the 'illusionistic' use of light is well demonstrated in the painting Boys on the Beach by artist:

a)

Peter Paul Rubens

b)

Thomas Kinkade

c)

Charles White

d)

Joaquin Sorolla

30.

The painting Chanter by Emmi Whitehorse is an example of a __________________ color scheme.

a)

Monochromatic

b)

Analagous

c)

Complementary

d)

Tertiary

31.

Louis Comfort Tiffany's stained glass Magnolias and Irises demonstrates __________________ color scheme.

a)

a monochromatic

b)

an analogous

c)

a complementary

d)

a congruous

32.

Artist Devorah Sperber uses what media to create optical color mixing as in her work Hendrix?

a)

Oil Paint

b)

Colored Beads

c)

Spools of colored thread

d)

Stained Glass

33.

Affectionately called The Bean by the locals, the contemporary artist Anish Kapoor is famous for his polished mirror-surfaced large-scale sculpture located in Chicago actually titled:

a)

Skyline

b)

Reflection

c)

Cloud Gate

d)

Mobiles