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Q: In which country was paper invented by Cai Lun, who made it out of macerated plant fibers suspended in water? a. India d. Japan b. China e. Turkey c. Korea

Q: The tallest building in the world, located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is named ________ a. Burj Khalifa d. Willis Tower b. Freedom Tower e. Tapei One c. Skidmore Tower

Q: Hishikawa Moronobus seventeenth-century woodblock print depicts the art of ________. a. harvesting crops d. making quill pens b. firing clay e. papermaking c. pen-and-ink drawing

Q: The architect Le Corbusiers International Style favors a strongly ________ organization of forms. a. organic d. geometric b. random e. natural c. incongruent

Q: Which of the following fibers is not used to make paper? a. flax d. wool b. hemp e. cotton c. abaca

Q: Frank Lloyd Wrights Fallingwater cultivates an organic relationship between the building and its location by: a. using materials chiefly from the surrounding countryside b. coloring the concrete to match the rocks c. mimicking the layers of the rocks in his design d. letting the underlying rock jut into the living space e. all of the other answers

Q: In addition to its fiber content and weight, paper is also classified by its surface texture. What is the type of paper that is created on a screen with a grid-like structure? a. wove d. graph b. laid e. carbon c. ridge

Q: Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright were architects with strong visions who both designed houses that were meant to be lived in. Which of the two houses, Villa Savoye or Fallingwater, would you prefer to live in? Why?

Q: Artworks made using alternative media and processes ________. a. break down categories of traditional artworks b. break down the traditional boundaries between art and life c. focus our attention on objects, actions, and events we might otherwise overlook d. all of the other answers e. none of the other answers

Q: This is the practice of drawing from a live model or other actual objects. a. fantasy drawing d. genre drawing b. gesture drawing e. life drawing c. contour drawing

Q: This building material is a mixture of cement and ground stone. a. wood d. stone b. brick e. concrete c. steel

Q: An artwork that consists exclusively of drawings, designs, and plans would best be described as ________. a. performance art d. a happening b. conceptual art e. none of the other answers c. an installation

Q: Before the invention of paper, drawings were done on ________. a. animal hide d. wood b. papyrus e. all of the other answers c. cloth

Q: Match the alternative medium or process with its definition: a. artworks that track the movements and gestures the artist makes during their production b. artworks that transform the surrounding space in order to become environmental artworks c. an art action or event that incorporates elements of music, dance, poetry, video, and multimedia technology d. a general tendency, as well as an art movement originating in the 1960s, that emphasizes the ideas behind an artwork over any material production to represent those ideas e. impromptu art actions, initiated and planned by an artist, the outcome of which is not known in advance performance art

Q: Quills are a common tool for ink drawing. They were originally made from ________. a. rocks d. metal tubes b. tree branches e. plastic c. bird feathers

Q: This architect, who pioneered the use of steel in architecture, is sometimes called the father of Modernism. a. Louis Sullivan d. Joseph Paxton b. Walter Gropius e. Frank Lloyd Wright c. Gustave Eiffel

Q: Artists, such as Vincent van Gogh, vary the width of a reed pen stroke by ________. a. dipping the pen more often d. lightly touching the paper b. using the other end of the pen e. adding water c. pressing harder

Q: This cataclysmic event, which led to the rebuilding of the downtown area of a major city, provided an opportunity for creative young architects to experiment. a. the New York City Blizzard of 1888 b. the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 c. the Great Fire of London of 1666 d. the Library of Congress Fire of 1851 e. the Chicago Fire of 1871

Q: The techniques of hatching and cross-hatching can be used only in dry media.

Q: Architect Louis Sullivan used this famous phrase to express his design philosophy. a. form follows function d. reach for the stars b. less is more e. look up c. machine for living

Q: By using ________ color scheme in his painting Twilight in the Wilderness, Frederic Edwin Church intensified the drama of the vast natural landscape. a. a Fauvist d. a complementary b. a neutral e. a primary c. an analogous

Q: Colors that do not contrast strongly with each other, and which are similar in wavelength, are ________ colors. a. analogous d. primary b. complementary e. grayscale c. neutral

Q: Analogous color combinations can be used to create unity and steer viewers toward a particular attitude or emotion. Mary Cassatts The Boating Party uses yellow, green, and blue hues to create a ________ and ________ composition. a. strange . . . uneasy d. tense . . . angry b. jarring . . . stressful e. hot . . . erotic c. harmonious . . . relaxed

Q: In the ink brush painting of bamboo by Wu Zhen, the work is created in a way that expresses the central beliefs of balanced opposites from this religion. a. Hinduism d. Christianity b. Taoism e. Islam c. Jainism

Q: Cast iron was only invented in the eighteenth century

Q: The album of ink brush paintings of bamboo by the Chinese artist Wu Zhen was created as an instructional model to help this person learn the art of brushwork. a. his student d. his son b. the Emperor e. his wife c. Confucius

Q: This cast-iron building was designed by Sir Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851, and was more than a third of a mile long. a. Crystal Palace d. Wainwright Building b. Hagia Sophia e. Empire State Building c. Eiffel Tower

Q: This French artist created a sense of depth in the work The Tiber from Monte Mario Looking South using thoughtful brushstrokes and ink wash. a. Claude Lorrain d. Vincent van Gogh b. Mary Cassatt e. Edgar Degas c. Georges Seurat

Q: The Crystal Palace inspired other architects, including ________, who created a tower in Paris that was originally intended to be temporary. a. Abbot Suger d. Joseph Paxton b. Louis Sullivan e. Walter Gropius c. Gustave Eiffel

Q: Because additive color mixtures are made using light, they rely heavily on pigment.

Q: Colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel are radically different in wavelength and are called ________. a. tints d. hues b. analogous colors e. complementary colors c. neutrals

Q: When complementary colors are used next to each other in a composition, they produce a visual anomaly called simultaneous contrast. This visual effect makes the colors appear to ________ along the boundary where the two colors meet. a. vibrate d. darken b. neutralize e. lighten c. disappear

Q: This German artist illustrated how a figure can be drawn from an oblique angle for his own text on drawing. a. Albrecht Drer d. Edith Hayllar b. Ren Magritte e. Pierre-Paul Prudhon c. M. C. Escher

Q: In the DC Comics image of Superman, the figure is portrayed at an extreme angle. This ________ view creates an unusual perspective and grabs the viewers attention. a. birds-eye d. obscured b. foreshortened e. far-away c. isometric

Q: If an artist were to draw a figure whose arm was pointing directly toward the viewer, what technique would the artist have to use when drawing the outstretched arm? a. foreshortening d. cross-hatching b. highlight e. Surrealism c. chiaroscuro

Q: This is the most vivid element of art and design. a. color d. line b. value e. mass c. shape

Q: This object can be used to separate white light into the colors of the spectrum. a. color wheel d. color chart b. prism e. microscope c. electromagnet

Q: Physicists have explained that when we see a color, it is the portion of the light spectrum that a surface fails to ________. a. absorb d. neutralize b. reflect e. lighten c. subtract

Q: If you were to look at a t-shirt that absorbed the colors violet, blue, green, yellow, and orange, what color would the t-shirt appear to be? a. orange d. green b. white e. blue c. red

Q: When ________ colors are mixed, they make a duller and darker color because more of the visible spectrum is absorbed. a. optical d. warm b. additive e. subtractive c. grayscale

Q: The traditional primary colors are ________. a. red, yellow, blue d. red and blue b. blue, green, yellow e. green and yellow c. green, orange, violet

Q: The artist Vasily Kandinsky advocated the use of primary colors, which cannot be mixed from any other color combination.

Q: Most commercial color printing is achieved using three primary colors and black. These primaries are ________. a. red, yellow, and blue d. orange, green, and purple b. red, green, and blue e. yellow, green, and blue c. cyan, magenta, and yellow

Q: If an artist were to depict five people each running toward a different tree, from different starting points, the artist would have to use multi-point perspective.

Q: When the rules of perspective are applied in order to represent unusual points of view, we call this: ________. a. overlapping d. convergence b. chiaroscuro e. foreshortening c. highlight

Q: A Summer Shower by the British artist Edith Hayllar employs linear perspective to create depth. The painting contains imaginary sightlines that converge toward a single vanishing point. These lines are also called ________. a. orthogonals d. hatched lines b. highlights e. chiaroscuro c. palettes

Q: One-point perspective does convey depth, but it has limited applications due to its reliance on a single ________. a. color d. medium b. shape e. volume c. vanishing point

Q: Masaccio was one of the first artists to use one-point perspective. In his large fresco, Trinity, the ________ is centered in the middle of the horizon line, directly ahead of the viewer. a. vanishing point d. patron b. holy spirit e. composition c. camera obscura

Q: This type of perspective is used when an object is being viewed from an angle rather than from directly in front. a. isometric d. atmospheric b. one-point e. foreshortening c. two-point

Q: This Italian artist used two-point combined with one-point perspective in his painting The School of Athens. a. Raphael d. Alberti b. Brunelleschi e. Caravaggio c. Michelangelo

Q: This is the area that is visible when a viewer is staring at a fixed point in space. a. cone of vision d. horizon line b. highlight e. orthogonal c. vanishing point

Q: If you are looking straight ahead, an object that is behind you is in your cone of vision.

Q: The artist can more readily reflect the complexities of the real world by using more than one vanishing point. This is known as ________ perspective. a. one-point d. linear b. skewed e. isometric c. multi-point

Q: Ascending and Descending, by M. C. Escher, uses ________ perspective. a. atmospheric d. three-point b. two-point e. one-point c. isometric

Q: Kindred Spirits by Asher Brown Durand uses the effects of ________ to give a sense of the vastness of the American landscape. a. pencil drawing d. foreshortening b. atmospheric perspective e. color c. geometry

Q: This system, which derives its name from the Greek meaning equal measure, uses diagonal parallel lines to communicate depth. a. isometric perspective d. multi-point perspective b. linear perspective e. relative position c. chiaroscuro

Q: Discuss how isometric perspective communicates a sense of depth when used in contemporary video games and traditional Chinese landscape scroll painting. What do these very different media have in common? Can you think of other examples besides those given in the text?

Q: The video game Transistor uses ________ perspective. a. linear d. isometric b. two-point e. one-point c. multi-point

Q: The video game Transistor is designed using units that can be redistributed in any configuration using isometric perspective. These units are called ________. a. sliders d. pixels b. updrafts e. tiles c. tags

Q: This is the system for creating an illusion of depth using three basic components: horizon line, vanishing point, and convergence lines. a. linear perspective d. palette b. chiaroscuro e. atmospheric perspective c. highlight

Q: Renaissance artists used a camera obscura to help them understand the basic tenets of linear perspective. Camera obscura is a Latin phrase. What is the closest English translation? a. sand container d. pastry dish b. celestial cylinder e. computer drive c. dark room

Q: Match the methodological approach with its definition: a. analyses the use of formal elements in a work. b. considers the role of women in an artwork c. interprets objects and figures in the artwork as symbols d. considers the artists personal experiences e. considers the religious, political, and social environment in which the artwork was made and viewed iconographical analysis

Q: When objects are far away they lack contrast, detail, and sharpness of focus because of the interference of air. Artists take advantage of this when they use the process called: a. atmospheric perspective d. highlight b. isometric perspective e. cross-hatching c. chiaroscuro

Q: An artist paints a scene with a large mountain, which lacks detail and is out of focus, and a tree, which is sharply defined and bright green. The viewer might assume that the mountain is ________ than the tree. a. more important d. further away b. much closer e. older c. smaller

Q: One method used to establish depth in Beda Stjernschantzs Pastoral (Primavera) involves placing figures higher or lower in the composition. This process for creating depth is called ________. a. relative placement d. isometric perspective b. overlapping e. linear perspective c. size comparison

Q: Do research on an artwork, perhaps one that you have seen in person. Conduct three different methodological analyses. Write one or two paragraphs exploring each method, and then write a paragraph in which you combine these methods to present a single interpretation of the artwork.

Q: Beda Stjernschantz was a member of the Symbolists, who were interested in the relationship between art and music. This was exemplified in a physiological condition known as ________, in which one of the bodys senses translates the experience into another sense. a. synesthesia d. macular degeneration b. amnesia e. malaise c. myopia

Q: Match the methodological approach with its definition: a. analyses the use of formal elements in a work. b. considers the role of women in an artwork c. interprets objects and figures in the artwork as symbols d. considers the artists personal experiences e. considers the religious, political, and social environment in which the artwork was made and viewed biographical analysis

Q: The Chinese artist Fan Kuan created ________ in his work Travelers among Mountains and Streams by alternating bands of lighter and darker values. a. vanishing points d. depth b. excitement e. geometric shapes c. movement

Q: Match the methodological approach with its definition: a. analyses the use of formal elements in a work. b. considers the role of women in an artwork c. interprets objects and figures in the artwork as symbols d. considers the artists personal experiences e. considers the religious, political, and social environment in which the artwork was made and viewed feminist analysis

Q: In addition to alternating value, Fan Kuans Travelers among Mountains and Streams uses this process to give the viewer a sense that some areas are closer than others. a. changing visual texture d. hatching b. linear perspective e. highlight c. chiaroscuro

Q: Match the methodological approach with its definition: a. analyses the use of formal elements in a work. b. considers the role of women in an artwork c. interprets objects and figures in the artwork as symbols d. considers the artists personal experiences e. considers the religious, political, and social environment in which the artwork was made and viewed formal analysis

Q: An artist can use color to indicate depth. When a color is very pure and intense then it seems to be ________. a. darker d. lighter b. further e. flatter c. closer

Q: Match the methodological approach with its definition: a. analyses the use of formal elements in a work. b. considers the role of women in an artwork c. interprets objects and figures in the artwork as symbols d. considers the artists personal experiences e. considers the religious, political, and social environment in which the artwork was made and viewed contextual analysis

Q: The painter Thomas Hart Benton varied the intensity of the color green in The Wreck of the Ole 97 to help the viewer feel at a safe distance from the train wreck.

Q: When using a series of squares that are exactly the same shape, implied depth can be achieved by ________. a. alternating value d. relative position b. relative size e. all of these answers c. overlapping

Q: Thomas Struth photographs ________. a. famous artworks d. paintings in the Prado museum b. people looking at art e. all of the other answers c. the inside of museums

Q: Which of the following is not a primary source for studying a work of art? a. a blog about a painting b. a letter written by the artist of an artwork c. the artwork itself d. the title of an artwork e. an interview with the artist

Q: In Caravaggios The Calling of St. Matthew, the artist used light and dark values to emphasize Christs hand. Why did the artist draw our attention to the hand? What other features in the work are emphasized with light and darkness?

Q: What does the cross on Velzquezs tunic in Las Meninas signify? a. that he was a painter of the court b. that he was a Catholic c. that he was a member of the Order of Santiago d. that he painted this on a Sunday e. none of the other answers