Assignment of Art Lesson 1 The Language of Art EXAMINATION NUMBER XXXXXXXXXX 1. Rachel Whiteread’s House and Zhan Wang’s Urban Landscape both utilize everyday objects to A. show the joy of urban...

Rachel Whiteread’s House and Zhan Wang’s Urban Landscape both utilize everyday objects to A. show the joy of urban living. B. compare urban life with rural life. C. demonstrate humanity’s loss due to urbanization. D. demonstrate how modern architecture has improved society. 2. Picasso’s Girl before a Mirror and Constable’s The Glebe Farm both demonstrate the fact that the colors used by an artist in a painting A. don’t really affect the spectator’s understanding and appreciation of that work. B.


Assignment of Art Lesson 1 The Language of Art EXAMINATION NUMBER 06165900 1. Rachel Whiteread’s House and Zhan Wang’s Urban Landscape both utilize everyday objects to A. show the joy of urban living. B. compare urban life with rural life. C. demonstrate humanity’s loss due to urbanization. D. demonstrate how modern architecture has improved society. 2. Picasso’s Girl before a Mirror and Constable’s The Glebe Farm both demonstrate the fact that the colors used by an artist in a painting A. don’t really affect the spectator’s understanding and appreciation of that work. B. are sometimes naturalistic and sometimes arbitrary. C. are not only naturalistic but also arbitrary. D. are realistic and invented by the painter to convey an emotional content. 3. Leonardo da Vinci is well known as an Italian Renaissance painter of immense intellectual and creative powers. He was, in addition, a/an A. innovative playwright. C. high church official. B. draftsman. D. masterful sculptor. 4. You would not normally expect to see images from nature when viewing the works of A. Ansel Adams. C. Frida Kahlo. B. Imogen Cunningham. D. James Welling. 5. Among the two- and three-dimensional shapes used by artists to define space are biomorphic shapes, which are A. three-dimensional and geometric. B. two-dimensional and representational. C. naturalistic and formed by uneven curves. D. representational shapes that have been simplified. 6. Brunelleschi’s experiments with a mirror and a painted copy of a mirror image of the Baptistry at Florence led to his discovery of A. the rule of divergence in perception. B. multiple-viewpoint perspective. C. the principle of optic inversion. D. a means of creating the illusion of the third dimension. 7. In which of the following paintings is the technique of sfumato lighting used? A. Watteau’s Return from Cythera B. Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa C. Manet’s Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe D. Berlinghieri’s Saint Francis Preaching to the Birds 8. The naturalistic representations of wild animals and humans created by Ice Age hunters on the walls of caves in what is now France and Spain A. are simplified and awkward and resemble the art of children. B. were created solely to decorate people’s living quarters. C. were most likely used by their creators in magical rites. D. were intended to be admired as the works of individual artists. 9. Which of the following works of art was created by an artist who had no formal art training? A. Marisol’s Last Supper B. Marc Chagall’s I and the Village C. Anna Mary Moses’ Hoosick Falls D. Frida Kahlo’s The Little Deer 10. Classical Greek artworks are not usually regarded as expressions of A. athletic strength and physical beauty. B. monumental vigor and spiritual growth. C. a balance of surrealism and rationalism. D. realism balanced with idealism. 11. Which of the following twentieth-century artists believed in a philosophy of art that stressed expressiveness, used colors to communicate emotion, and maintained that art should hint rather than be dogmatic? A. Georgia O’Keeffe C. Andy Warhol B. Willem de Kooning D. Jean Baptiste Camille Corot 12. Representations of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa appear in several twentieth-century artworks, including A. Duchamp’s L. H. O. O. Q. B. Saar’s The Liberation of Aunt Jemima. C. Kahlo’s The Little Deer. D. Marisol’s Last Supper. 13. Unlike a two-dimensional artist, such as John Constable, a three-dimensional artist, such as Tony Smith, must consider A. spatial issues from every possible viewing point. B. the spectator’s fixed position in relation to the artwork. C. the spectator’s value system and known experience of art. D. temporal issues as they relate to the artwork. 14. To define the picture plane, the two-dimensional artist must establish A. the borders of the artwork. B. a figure-ground ambiguity. C. specific atmospheric perspective. D. a vanishing point/horizon. 15. Which of the following is a component of every great work of art? A. Images that are recognized as beautiful B. Brushstrokes that clearly define spatial limits C. A realistic presentation of factual material D. An original vision of the world 16. What is the quality possessed by a work of fine art that’s not possessed by a craft or decorative art object? A. Originality C. Vitality B. Expressiveness D. Impact 17. Why is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, said to be the most moving war memorial ever built? A. It was designed by a young female architecture student and not a government committee. B. It’s a work of art that has the power to touch the emotions of the spectator. C. It’s highly abstract and unlike the realistic memorials that one sees in parks and town greens around the United States. D. It’s located not far from Frederick Hart’s bronze Statue for Vietnam Veterans Memorial. 18. What quality do Caravaggio’s The Sacrifice of Isaac and Seurat’s L’echo have in common? A. The illusion of light and shade is clear in both works. B. Both are masterworks from the seventeenth century. C. The illusion of two dimensionality is striking in both works. D. Their effectiveness is a result of polychromatic textural effects. 19. An artist can direct the viewer’s attention to a particular area of a painting by using A. sympathy of form and color. B. a sense of rhythm and movement. C. parallel lines that follow the horizon. D. crossed lines that converge on one location. 20. What significant compositional feature do Bramante’s Tempietto and a Buddhist mandala have in common? A. They’re both good example of artworks with figure-ground ambiguity. B. Vanishing-point perspective unifies both. C. Both are ordered around a central point. D. Both feature rectilinear formal elements. Lesson 2 The Artist’s Materials and Tools EXAMINATION NUMBER 06166000 1. What is the quality of the site upon which the Parthenon was built that underlines the ancient-Greek belief that such a building speaks of human intellect, separate and above earthly concerns? A. It’s a hill above the city. B. It has direct access to the sea. C. It’s the site on which Athena was born. D. It’s the oldest district of Athens. 2. Why did colonial American builders use clapboards to enclose the sides of their dwellings? A. Convenience of raw material B. Aesthetic preference C. Symbolic associations D. Echoing architecture of the past 3. Wood engravings such as those created by Gustave Dore for Samuel Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner are good examples of A. relief prints. C. etchings. B. intaglio prints. D. lithographs. 4. Like the decorative arts and design, architecture is meant to be useful. Like sculpture, architecture A. must be seen from multiple perspectives to be appreciated. B. is generally thought to be less “pure” than the decorative arts. C. is usually thought to be as “pure” as painting. D. is most successful when it’s two dimensional. 5. If you were to spend a week in Athens visiting the major architectural achievements of the ancient Greeks, which type of column would you see the least number of during your stay there? A. Ionic C. Doric B. Corinthian D. Capital 6. Which of the following decorative arts and crafts was regarded as one of the highest forms of art in the twelfth century by the Chinese? A. Ceramics C. Tapestry B. Stained glass D. Quilting 7. Which of the following is not a concern of the Tibetan monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery who, during a eight-day empowerment ritual, create a sand mandala? A. The pattern of the mandala B. The process of artistic creation C. The use to which the finished work is put D. The preservation of the completed work 8. Modern Chinese and Japanese artists model the centuries-old brush techniques after those of A. Wu Chen. C. Maya Ying Lin. B. Zhan Wang. D. Daguerre. 9. Spirited Away, Astro Boy, and Princess Mononoke are classic examples of what artistic form? A. Hokusai C. Digital video B. Pixar D. Anime 10. If Gianlorenzo Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne were to be moved from the Galleria Borghese in Rome where it now stands into the Ufizzi Gallery, the most ideal place to install it would be A. anywhere in a gallery, provided it was with other sixteenth-century marble statues. B. on the west wall of a gallery with other Renaissance marbles. C. on the east wall of a gallery with other Renaissance marbles. D. in the center of a gallery. 11. How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare is an example of A. mixed-media installation. B. environmental art. C. performance art. D. earth art. 12. Modeling a flexible material like clay is a/an _______ type of sculptural method. A. subtractive C. casting B. additive D. lost wax 13. Which of the following sequences of architectural features is in the correct chronological order of development? A. Frame construction, barrel vault, groin vault B. Post and lintel construction, groin vault, pointed arch C. Pointed arch, steel frame construction, frame construction D. Pointed arch, barrel vault, cast-iron construction 14. It wouldn’t have been possible to build a building such as London’s Crystal Palace in the eighteenth century because A. appropriate glass-making techniques were not yet known. B. advanced structural construction methods were unknown. C. iron hadn’t yet been developed as a building material. D. innovative building techniques weren’t encouraged before 1850. 15. _______ is known as the “Queen of the Arts.” A. Architecture C. Painting B. Sculpture D. Music 16. In addition to being an artist, every architect must also understand the principles of A. anatomy. C. hydraulics. B. engineering. D. sociology. 17. Which of the following categories of sculpture was not introduced in the twentieth century? A. Kinetic sculpture C. Earth art B. Performance art D. Installation 18. In which of the following buildings are there no arches? A. Nave of Sainte-Madeleine C. Taos Pueblo B. Amiens Cathedral D. Temple of Athena Nike 19. The interiors of Victor Horta are examples of A. Art Nouveau. B. the Rococo period. C. eighteenth-century design techniques. D. twentieth-century decorative skills. 20. Which of the following artists was not involved in the creation of