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Art and Architecture you gotta know

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the artist?

a)

Claude Monet

b)

Edgar Degas

c)

Claude Achille Debussy

d)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

2.

Who is the artist?

a)

Édouard Manet

b)

Edgar Degas

c)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

d)

Jean Claude Van Damme

3.

Stylistic characteristics of Edgar Degas

a)

Use of light to show movement and create dramatic/ expressive effect

b)

Unexpected layout/ composition

c)

Broken brush strokes combined with brash colors to portray the light and movement of the subject

d)

Perspective and contrast between the subject and background

4.

What are characteristics of Impressionism?

a)

Quick and thick brush strokes

b)

Outdoor scenes

c)

Focus on light

d)

All of the above

5.

Which one belongs to Impressionists style?

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

Which artwork belongs to Edgar Degas?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

Edgar Degas was best-known for his paintings of:

a)

Nature, water lilies

b)

Architecture

c)

Ships and sea scenes

d)

Ballet dancers, horse and every day scenes

8.

Which impressionist artwork was singled out by critics and had its name used as the name for the entire movement?

a)

Impression, Sunset

b)

Improvisation 31

c)

Impression, Moonlight

d)

Impression, Sunrise

9.

Which impressionist painter is known for painting ballet dancers?

a)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

b)

Edgar Degas

c)

Claude Monet

d)

Mary Cassatt

10.
Impressionism was an art movement primarily during the years _____ .
a)
1750 - 1800
b)
1800 - 1850
c)
1850 - 1900
d)
1900 - 1950
11.

This is painted by what famous impressionism painter?

a)

Leonardo Da Vinci

b)

Vincent Van Gogh

c)

Piet Mondrian

d)

Claude Monet

12.

THE LITTLE DANCER IS MADE OF ...

a)

... BRONZE.

b)

... WAX AND COTTON.

c)

... WOOD.

13.

MARIE WAS ...

a)

... 4 YEARS OLD.

b)

... 10 YEARS OLD.

c)

... 14 YEARS OLD.

14.

The artistic style that catered to the wealthy aristocracy and included pastel colors and a lighthearted spirit was ______________?

a)

Baroque

b)

Rococo

c)

Neoclassical

15.

Which artistic style was characterized by drama and grandeur with some artists delving into religious subject matter and others in genre works.

a)

Baroque

b)

Rococo

c)

Neoclassical

16.

Identify the style of art.

a)

Baroque

b)

Rococo

c)

Neoclassical

17.

In his etching and dry point image And There’s Nothing to Be Done, Goya represents the slaughter of Spanish villagers by ________________ soldiers in the seven year Peninsular War.

a)

French

b)

English

c)

German

d)

Italian

18.
This term refers to extreme contrasts between light and dark (value):
a)
aerial perspective
b)
linear perspective
c)
chiaroscuro
d)
contrapposto
19.

Surrealism can best be described as:

a)

A movement of art focused upon simplicity of design. Artists used very minimal shapes and designs.

b)

A movement of art focused upon commercial products and celebrities.

c)

A movement of art which was a reaction against war. Artists embraced the subconscious mind and the illogical ideas within.

20.

Renee Magritte can best be described as:

a)

A Belgian artist who was affected by the death of his mother and created many oil paintings with displaced objects and symbolism.

b)

A French artist who was obsessed with time and memory.

c)

A Mexican artist who painted self-portraits with his own reality.

21.

Salvador Dali became famous as a Surrealist because:

a)

He painted biomorphic and abstract shape artworks.

b)

He was a photographer of people in difficult situations.

c)

He was a very interesting man who would do strange things like riding elephants and painting odd paintings with giraffe elephants.

22.

This artwork is painted by:

a)

Joan Miro, an artist who liked abstraction.

b)

Frida Kahlo, a famous Mexican Surrealist. She painted her own stories and reality.

c)

Meret Oppenheim, a Surreal artist who sculpted and painted.

23.

In this art movement the artists created works with more emotional force, rather than with realistic or natural images

a)

Impressionism

b)

Expressionism

c)

Post Impressionism

d)

Social Realism

24.

This famous surreal piece is called...

a)

"The Persistence of Memory" by Salvador Dali

b)

"The Persistence of Time by" by Salvador Dali

c)

"The Persistence of Aging" by Salvador Dali

d)

"The Memory of You" by Salvador Dali

25.

This is a style in which objects and the space around them are broken up into different shapes and then put them back together in new relationships.

a)

Fauvism

b)

Expressionsim

c)

Cubism

d)

Nonobjective Art

26.

This artist was considered one of the founders of Abstract Art. Hint: look at the painting with yellow, red, and blue.

a)

Hilma Klimt

b)

Malevich

c)

Piet Mondrian

d)

Paul Klee

27.
a)

Rococo

b)

Baroque

c)

Neoclassicism

d)

None of the above

28.
a)

Rococo

b)

Baroque

c)

Neoclassicism

d)

None of the above

29.

Which characteristic typically differentiates a Gothic church from a Romanesque church?

a)

The use of a basilican plan

b)

The inclusion of a clerestory

c)

The use of flying buttresses

d)

The presence of a nave arcade

30.

_____________________________refers to the technique of depicting an object or human body in a picture so as to produce an illusion of projection or extension in space.

a)

Contrapposto

b)

Archaic smile

c)

Foreshortening

d)

Verisimilitude

31.

_____________________________ is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting becomes an integral part of the wall.

a)

Peristyle

b)

Fresco

c)

Forum

d)

Encaustic

32.
Which civilization included columns in their architecture and built the Parthenon to honor Athena?
a)
Romans
b)
Muslims
c)
Greeks
d)
Chinese
33.
Which culture was known for their arches?
a)
Greeks
b)
Japanese
c)
Romans
d)
Muslims
34.
What is a large rounded roof of a ceiling or ceiling that is shaped like a half of a ball?
a)
pediment
b)
dome
c)
castle
d)
house
35.
What is a triangular shape on the face of a building below the roof, above the entrance?
a)
Pyramid
b)
dome
c)
columns
d)
pediment
36.
Who built Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut?
a)
Julia Morgan
b)
Frank Lloyd Wright
c)
Renzo Piano
d)
Philip Johnson
37.

The New York Museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright is the

a)

Guggenheim

b)

Rockefeller

c)

MOMA

38.

Fallingwater (the Kaufmann House in Bear Run, Pennsylvania) is a prime example of the "organic" architecture of:

a)

Frank Lloyd Wright.

b)

Le Corbusier.

c)

Frank Gehry.

d)

I. M. Pei.

39.

A _____________ is a horizontal form supported at only one end.

a)

cornice

b)

keystone

c)

pendentive

d)

flying buttress

e)

cantilever

40.

The Wainwright Building in St Louis, Missouri is an early example of steel-frame construction by the architect and influencer of the modern skyscraper named ________________.

a)

Louis Sullivan

b)

Frank Lloyd Wright

c)

Joseph Paxton

d)

Phillip Johnson

41.

What distinguishes Impressionism from earlier art movements?

a)

Its focus on classical themes

b)

Its use of geometric shapes

c)

Its emphasis on accurate historical detail

d)

Its portrayal of light and color over detail

42.

How did Hopper's paintings influence American art?

a)

Hopper's paintings depicted everyday American life and landscapes, influencing the development of American realism and modernism in art.

b)

Hopper's paintings were only appreciated by European artists

c)

Hopper's paintings inspired the development of abstract art in America

d)

Hopper's paintings had no influence on American art

43.

What was the title of Hopper's painting that depicted a woman sitting alone in a diner?

a)

Eveningowls

b)

Dayhawks

c)

Nighthawks

d)

Morningbirds

44.

What is the name of Goya's famous painting depicting the horrors of war?

a)

The Persistence of Memory

b)

The Third of May 1808

c)

The Scream

d)

The Starry Night

45.

What is the name of this painting?

a)

Son Of Man by René Magritte

b)

A Self-Portrait by René Magritte

c)

A Man in an Overcoat and A Bowler Hat by René Magritte

d)

An Apple Man by René Magritte

46.

What painter created abstract close ups of flowers?

a)

Frida Khalo

b)

Pablo Picasso

c)

Georgia O'Keeffe

d)

Edvard Munch

47.

What Cubist Artist painted Guernica?

a)

Freida Khalo

b)

Edvard Munch

c)

Georgia O'Keeffe

d)

Pablo Picasso

48.
What is the artistic technique that is used to show depth and distance on a flat surface?
a)
realism
b)
perspective
c)
idealism
d)
distancism
49.

This Artwork titled "Conversion on the Way to Damascus" can be attributed to:

a)

Reubens

b)

Caravaggio

c)

Titian

d)

Ruysch

e)

Vermeer

50.

The work here titled "David" can be attributed to

a)

Borromini

b)

Caravaggio

c)

Bernini

d)

Michaelangelo

e)

Donatello