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Art Appreciation Midterm 2024

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What contributed to the development of perspective in painting?

a)

Support for artists by rich patrons.

b)

Research in geometry and mathematics.

c)

The removal of religious themes from art.

2.

What effect is created by the use of three-point perspective?

a)

Objects look as though they are far away.

b)

Objects look as though they are being seen at eye level.

c)

Objects look as though they are being seen from above or below.

3.

What is the effect of making objects in a painting duller than others?

a)

The duller objects will seem farther away.

b)

The duller objects will seem less realistic.

c)

The duller objects will seem less important.

4.

Look at this painting by Diego Velázquez, painted between 1634 and 1635. What is its primary purpose?

a)

To serve as an historical document.

b)

To create a strong emotional response.

c)

To emphasize the power of its subject.

5.

Which of these statements explains why artists in different times and places produce different kinds of art?

a)

Artists want to depict the reality they see.

b)

Artists are products of their environments.

c)

Artists are all historians.

6.

What was the main thematic focus of art during the Middle Ages?

a)

Every day life

b)

Religion

c)

Science

7.

Look at this image. These paintings were found in...

a)

a cave

b)

a castle

c)

under a bridge

8.


The afterlife was the main concern of which of these ancient civilizations?

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

Egypt

9.

Look at this mural. It demonstrates that Minoan art was largely...

a)

always in white

b)

instructional

c)

decorative

10.

Take a look at Giotto's Crucifixion. In this painting, Jesus is portrayed...

a)

as a real life symbol

b)

as a cartoon

c)

as someone else

11.

Look at this painting by Rogier van der Weyden. The composition of this painting is intended to...

a)

convey strong emotion

b)

bring Jesus back to Earth

c)

draw attention to reality

12.

Why did Titian paint mostly portraits?

a)

He was supported by the poor.

b)

He was supported by the church.

c)

He was supported by wealthy people.

13.

Look at the The Transfiguration of Christ by Giovanni Bellini. This painting creates emotion largely through the use of...

a)

color

b)

lines

c)

angles

14.

Renaissance art focused on the importance of human beings and their place in the world largely because of the influence of...

a)

humanism

b)

church

c)

markets

15.

What was one of the things that Leonardo da Vinci did to study the human form?

a)

He studied ancient Greek art.

b)

He dissected corpses to study them.

c)

He observed athletic games.