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Art Fundamentals - Section I (2025-2026)

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an example of intaglio printmaking?

a)

lithography

b)

screen printing

c)

relief print

d)

etching

e)

woodcut

2.

Who painted The Stonebreakers?

a)

Millet

b)

Courbet

c)

Manet

d)

Vecelli

e)

Daumier

3.

What art period is associated with art works that were celebrations of gaiety and romance?

a)

Byzantine

b)

Medieval

c)

Renaissance

d)

Rococo

e)

Neo-Classical

4.

What would you use to attach a spout onto a clay vessel?

a)

wash

b)

glaze

c)

slip

d)

encaustic

e)

gouache

5.

Der Blaue Reiter group was led by

a)

Nolde

b)

Munch

c)

Kirchner

d)

Kandinsky

e)

Mondrian

6.

Who painted The Night Watch?

a)

Rubens

b)

Caravaggio

c)

Bernini

d)

Velazquez

e)

Rembrandt

7.

What artist created a painting that became the source of the name Impressionism?

a)

Manet

b)

Monet

c)

Seurat

d)

Pissarro

e)

Sisley

8.

Stonehenge is located in which country?

a)

Scotland

b)

Ireland

c)

Wales

d)

England

e)

Normandy

9.

The theories of Sigmund Freud most influenced the:

a)

Impressionists

b)

Fauvists

c)

Cubists

d)

Surrealists

e)

Photorealists

10.

Which color is considered a secondary color?

a)

orange

b)

red-orange

c)

blue

d)

red

e)

yellow

11.

Which artist painted in Tahiti?

a)

Cezanne

b)

Millet

c)

Gauguin

d)

Seurat

e)

Courbet

12.

Which art period used hierarchical scale?

a)

Ancient Egyptian

b)

Classical Greek

c)

Ancient Roman

d)

Renaissance

e)

Baroque

13.

Which art is largely non-figurative?

a)

Minoan

b)

Medieval

c)

Islamic

d)

Native American

e)

Baroque

14.

Which of the following was considered a Baroque artist?

a)

Giotto

b)

Botticelli

c)

Raphael

d)

Dürer

e)

Bernini

15.

A solvent is added to paint to change its:

a)

color

b)

shine

c)

consistency

d)

adherence

e)

intensity

16.

Who sculpted The Dying Slave?

a)

Brunelleschi

b)

Donatello

c)

Botticelli

d)

Michelangelo

e)

da Vinci

17.

If you wanted to focus on the visual qualities of an artwork you would use:

a)

contextual analysis

b)

formal analysis

c)

chronological analysis

d)

anthropological analysis

e)

biographical analysis

18.

With which type of painting is El Greco MOST associated?

a)

Byzantine

b)

Medieval

c)

Renaissance

d)

Baroque

e)

Mannerist

19.

What artist is associated with Earthworks?

a)

Courbet

b)

Hanson

c)

Warhol

d)

Heizer

e)

Close

20.

What would you add to ink to make it translucent?

a)

slip

b)

water

c)

wax

d)

glaze

e)

egg yolk

21.

In what city was the Crystal Palace located?

a)

Paris

b)

Tokyo

c)

Moscow

d)

London

e)

Amsterdam

22.

Ziggurats were built by the:

a)

Sumerians

b)

Egyptians

c)

Greeks

d)

Romans

e)

Etruscans

23.

What artist placed an emphasis on the scientific rules of color?

a)

Gauguin

b)

Seurat

c)

Matisse

d)

Picasso

e)

Munch

24.

Who was known for his silkscreens of Brillo boxes?

a)

Johns

b)

Rauschenberg

c)

Lichtenstein

d)

Indiana

e)

Warhol

25.

An attempt to make the inner workings of the mind visible in art is known as:

a)

Impressionism

b)

Fauvism

c)

Cubism

d)

Futurism

e)

Expressionism

26.

A fresco is usually painted on a:

a)

ceramic

b)

canvas

c)

panel

d)

wall

e)

textile

27.

Who painted the School of Athens?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Raphael

c)

da Vinci

d)

Rubens

e)

Giotto

28.

All of the following are hallmarks of the Neoclassical style EXCEPT

a)

sharp outlines

b)

unemotional figures

c)

rational order

d)

geometric composition

e)

exotic locales

29.

Which artist is associated with neon tubing?

a)

Frank Stella

b)

David Smith

c)

Dan Flavin

d)

Chuck Close

e)

Robert Indiana

30.

The International Style of architecture adheres most closely to the tenets of

a)

Art Nouveau

b)

Post-Modernism

c)

the Bauhaus

d)

Beaux Arts

e)

the Rococo

31.

French artists began to imitate aspects of Japanese prints in the

a)

late seventeenth century

b)

early eighteenth century

c)

late eighteenth century

d)

early nineteenth century

e)

late nineteenth century

32.

Sculpture is created in all of the following ways EXCEPT

a)

carving

b)

modeling

c)

screening

d)

casting

e)

constructing

33.

With what art movement was Chuck Close associated in the 1960s?

a)

Pop Art

b)

Minimal Art

c)

Abstract Expressionism

d)

Photorealism

e)

Performance Art

34.

The Great Wall of China is:

a)

two-thousand feet long

b)

two-thousand meters long

c)

two-thousand yards long

d)

two-thousand kilometers long

e)

two-thousand miles long

35.

The Pre-Raphaelites are MOST associated with what country?

a)

Italy

b)

France

c)

Sweden

d)

England

e)

Belgium

36.

A printmaking technique in which the design is incised through a layer of varnish is called

a)

etching

b)

lithography

c)

screen printing

d)

engraving

e)

relief printing

37.

The Abstract Expressionist movement included all of the following artists EXCEPT

a)

de Kooning

b)

Pollock

c)

Christo

d)

Kline

e)

Krasner

38.

The Persian Empire flourished in what is present-day

a)

Egypt

b)

Iran

c)

Israel

d)

Estonia

e)

Crete

39.

All of the following are art processes and techniques that are two-dimensional EXCEPT

a)

drawing

b)

painting

c)

photography

d)

assemblage

e)

printmaking

40.

The term “baroque” is generally used to refer to artworks created from the

a)

late fourteenth to mid-sixteenth centuries

b)

late fifteenth to mid-seventeenth centuries

c)

late sixteenth to mid-eighteenth centuries

d)

late seventeenth to mid-nineteenth centuries

e)

late eighteenth to mid-twentieth centuries

41.

An artwork created out of stainless steel would most likely have been created by

a)

Chuck Close

b)

David Smith

c)

Vasily Kandinsky

d)

Duane Hanson

e)

Jackson Pollock

42.

The concept of individual genius emerged during

a)

the Byzantine period

b)

the Medieval period

c)

the Renaissance period

d)

the Baroque period

e)

the Rococo period

43.

In what printing process is an image drawn with a waxy pencil or crayon directly on a plate?

a)

engraving

b)

etching

c)

linoleum cut

d)

woodcut

e)

lithograph

44.

The “true” color of an object is its

a)

local color

b)

optical color

c)

arbitrary color

d)

cool color

e)

warm color

45.

A square is to a cube as a triangle is to a

a)

rectangle

b)

circle

c)

star

d)

pyramid

e)

hexagon

46.

Paper money was first developed during the ____________________.

a)

Byzantine period

b)

Medieval period

c)

Renaissance period

d)

Baroque period

e)

Rococo period

47.

Picasso and Braque broke down form in new ways in the style that came to be known as

a)

Cubism

b)

Romanticism

c)

Expressionism

d)

Dada

e)

Surrealism

48.

An element in a composition where the eye tends to rest is known as a

a)

fixative

b)

focal point

c)

framework

d)

fenestration

e)

finial

49.

The Greek Parthenon is an example of construction that is based on

a)

barrel vaults

b)

curved arches

c)

posts and lintels

d)

wrought iron

e)

ribbed vaults

50.

Who painted the Oath of the Horatii?

a)

Watteau

b)

David

c)

Ingress

d)

Delacroix

e)

Millet

51.

What Chinese emperor had a full army of life-size clay soldiers buried with him?

a)

Genghis Khan

b)

Hongzhi

c)

Emperor of Qin

d)

Emperor Yao

e)

Yu the Great

52.

A single element of a pattern is known as a/an

a)

grid

b)

motif

c)

shape

d)

axis

e)

texture

53.

What artist became known for adopting the imagery of comic books?

a)

Pollock

b)

Rauschenberg

c)

Lichtenstein

d)

Cornell

e)

Hanson

54.

Sculptures may be cast in all of the following materials EXCEPT

a)

plaster

b)

metal

c)

plastic

d)

marble

e)

polyester

55.

Who filled open boxes with a variety of objects that created symbolic statements?

a)

Pollock

b)

Rauschenberg

c)

Lichtenstein

d)

Cornell

e)

Hanson

56.

Artists who use arbitrary color might choose colors for their

a)

scientific accuracy

b)

emotional impact

c)

appeal to animals

d)

Latin names

e)

ease in being reproduced

57.

Black and white are called

a)

hues

b)

shades

c)

values

d)

intensities

e)

neutrals

58.

In the Pop Art era, if you wanted an artist to create a lifelike sculpture of you, you would most likely hire

a)

Pollock

b)

Rauschenberg

c)

Lichtenstein

d)

Cornell

e)

Hanson

59.

The process used to print most T-shirts is

a)

engraving

b)

etching

c)

lithography

d)

screen printing

e)

relief printing

60.

Tutankhamen’s tomb remained almost completely intact until

a)

1622

b)

1722

c)

1822

d)

1922

e)

1992