Understanding the Visual Arts Review Questions
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Understanding the Visual Arts offers an engaging exploration of artistic expression through painting, sculpture, photography, and other visual media. The course examines fundamental principles such as color, composition, form, and perspective, alongside the historical, cultural, and social contexts that shape art movements from antiquity to the present. Through critical discussion, hands-on analysis, and exposure to a diverse range of artworks, students develop the skills to interpret, appreciate, and critique visual art, fostering a deeper understanding of its significance in human experience.
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The Art of Seeing 8th Edition by Paul J. Zelanski
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Chapter 1: Understanding Art
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Q1) An artist who uses abstraction as an approach is __________.
A) using mathematical formulas to figure out composition
B) extracting the essence of the real object
C) faithfully representing the physical appearance of an object
D) painting on a very small scale
Answer: B
Q2) In the formalist approach the chief emphasis to judging quality in art is on
A) attending high-quality art auctions
B) following the rules set forth by the Academy
C) how the artist manipulates elements of design
D) being a recognized art critic
Answer: C
Q3) For Paul Klee,the act of artistic creation seemed to be a way of approaching
A) the unseen
B) fame
C) the perfect lifestyle
D) political awareness
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Visual Elements
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Q1) Atmospheric perspective is a way to __________.
A) depict clouds in different ways
B) paint natural forces, like rainbows and thunderstorms
C) focus the light in a room on a painting
D) show deep space by making distant things hazy
Answer: D
Q2) Three-dimensional art in the full round is designed to be seen __________.
A) from one vantage point
B) from all sides
C) from a distance
D) up close
Answer: B
Q3) Colors described as warm have the optical effect of receding in space.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Overlapping is a way of suggesting three-dimensional space.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Organizing Principles of Design
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Q1) Instead of using mathematical devices to unify the image in <i>i>The Boating Party
</,Pierre-Auguste Renoir employed __________.
A) color and the objects in the scene to link groups of people
B) linear perspective to organize the space
C) vertical and horizontal lines to form a grid
D) high realism to clarify the forms
Answer: A
Q2) In the rock garden of <i>Ryoan-ji Temple</i> the relationship of sand to rocks and rock to rock formed out of meditation on the universe,not on adherence to a human system.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) In the Balega mask ,contrast is achieved primarily through __________.
A) color
B) texture
C) size
D) content
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Drawing
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Q1) Of the tools for drawing that are classified as "dry" the most commonly used is
A) graphite pencil
B) pen and ink
C) pastel
D) charcoal
Q2) The word "pastel" is usually associated with __________ tones.
A) dark and smoky
B) pale
C) brilliant jewel-like
D) primary color
Q3) Ink that is thinned with water or spirit and brushed on to suggest tone is called a
A) wash
B) solvent
C) binder
D) coating
Q4) Charcoal can only be used in a quick,sketchy manner.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Painting
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Q1) Some nonobjective painters of the twentieth century worked on unsized canvas __________.
A) so that they could cut it to whatever size they wanted
B) because they wanted to mold it into different shapes
C) so that the paint would be absorbed right into the canvas
D) when they were pressed for time and could not size it
Q2) Marc Chagall's <i>The Crow Who Wanted to be an Eagle</i> uses the __________ medium.
A) oil
B) <i>buon fresco</i>
C) tempera
D) gouache
Q3) Tibetan sand paintings are in the form of the __________ that can symbolize the divine nature of the world,the process by which the mind becomes enlightened,and the way that the spiritually adept balance the body's energies and the mind's light.
A) mudra
B) ushnisha
C) mandala
D) urna
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Chapter 6: Printmaking
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Q1) The Japanese artist Hokusai was famous for creating __________.
A) woodblock prints of landscapes
B) portraits of Japanese emperors
C) watercolors of the countryside
D) symbolist-based dream imagery
Q2) The work by Mary Cassatt,The Caress ,demonstrates that drypoint __________.
A) is used only for contours and broad outlines
B) creates simple clear, unblurred lines
C) has a soft and furry line quality
D) works only with direct, more geometric shapes
Q3) Vellum is a fine parchment made of animal skin rather than paper.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The intaglio printing technique is the exact opposite of the relief printing technique.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Line engravings were used for illustrations before photography took over.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Graphic Design
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Q1) Typefaces are often chosen according to the __________ messages they convey.
A) economical
B) both A and C
C) psychological
D) all of the above
Q2) The packaging designed by Mihoko Hachiuma for Soleil foods __________.
A) was chosen by a public contest
B) uses the woodcut technique for printing labels
C) gives an elegant handmade look
D) all of the above
Q3) In 1525,Albrecht Dürer published an influential book about __________.
A) using geometry for designing letters
B) spelling
C) designing advertisements
D) the correct pens to use for lettering
Q4) Toulouse-Lautrec used color lithography for his poster in order to create a one-of-a-kind portrait of his client.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Photography and Filmmaking
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Q1) Dorothea Lange's photograph <i>Migrant Mother,Nipomo,California </i>,is an example of __________ photography.
A) essential
B) cropped
C) perspective
D) documentary
Q2) William Henry Fox Talbot's early techniques yielded a "negative" called a(n)__________.
A) photogram
B) slide image
C) projection
D) emulsion print
Q3) The __________ offers an example of how,before the advent of color photography,patrons had themselves photographed before a false backdrop with details hand painted.
A) <i>Sunday on the Banks of the Marne</i>
B) <i>The Terminal</i>
C) <i>Botanical Specimens</i>
D)<i> Portrait of a Landowner</i>
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Chapter 9: Digital Art
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Q1) When an artist creates a drawing on a special tablet,the computer transfers it to the screen by __________ it.
A) pixelating
B) resolving
C) realizing
D) digitizing
Q2) Virtual reality is being adapted to allow visitors to walk through __________.
A) museums
B) architecture that has never been built
C) virtual interiors
D) all of the above
Q3) Richard Voss uses __________ to create astonishingly realistic landscapes.
A) calculus
B) fractal geometry
C) a graphing device
D) all of the above
Q4) Fractal geometry must refer to a known landscape to create a similarly believable image
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Sculpture
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Q1) To keep track of where they are when carving a block,wood sculptors may
A) use rulers to measure the depth of their carving
B) take pictures of every step
C) respect the natural grain
D) draw the outline of the sculpture on the wood
Q2) Zoë Leonard creates sculptural installations,such as <i>Strange Fruit (for David)</i> from __________ materials.
A) ephemeral
B) cast
C) wood
D) static
Q3) Artists use found objects to create artwork by a process called __________. A) linkage
B) assembling
C) fused
D) connective
Q4) Michelangelo believed that one piece of marble was the same as another. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Craft Media
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Q1) Louis Tiffany and John La Farge developed __________.
A) the opalescent form of stained glass
B) the <i>cire perdue process</i>
C) glass veneer
D) lead crystal
Q2) A common clay body,or mixtures of different kinds of clay,is __________.
A) earthenware
B) glazeware
C) placeware
D) all of the above
Q3) Susye Billy,a basket weaver of the native Pomo people in California,has said natural materials for her craft are difficult to obtain because __________.
A) not many stores carry them anymore
B) they have become too expensive to buy in bulk
C) land developers have changed the natural environment
D) none of the above
Q4) Wood cannot be used for extremely ornate forms.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Product and Clothing Design
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Q1) The cloth for a sari is woven,but not __________ because Hindus believe that would make it impure.
A) dyed
B) blocked
C) flocked
D) stitched
Q2) The Mono firm in __________ is renowned for its philosophy of designing cutlery and other utensils that are so sophisticated and elegant as to be "timeless."
A) Germany
B) England
C) America
D) Denmark
Q3) The engraving by <i>Voisard,A Lady of Fashion</i> ,illustrates __________.
A) an eighteenth-century fashion designer's fantasy
B) the costume of an actress in 1770s France
C) the style of a woman from the upper class in 1770s France
D) none of the above
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Chapter 13: Architecture
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Q1) R.Buckminster Fuller's architectural theory is based on forms created by nature at the molecular level.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The International Modern Style evolved from the designs created at the Bauhaus.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A major architectural development that appeared in Roman architecture was the
A) nave
B) pediment
C) arch
D) squinch
Q4) The interiors of buildings with steel frameworks __________.
A) required solid load-bearing walls
B) are broad open spaces
C) have low ceilings
D) are disrupted by the frequent need for steel columns
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Chapter 14: Designed Settings
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Q1) One way in which Frank Lloyd Wright unified the <i>Solar Hemicycle House</i> in Wisconsin was to __________.
A) use the same wood and stone on the exterior and the interior
B) make the furniture the same curved shape as the house
C) make some of the furniture out of stone
D) none of the above
Q2) Urban planning is the name given to the effort to __________.
A) tear down decrepit buildings in bad neighborhoods
B) create balanced environments in urban areas
C) build recreational areas in the inner city
D) design road and highway plans so as not to interfere with housing
Q3) Cultivated gardens have been found only in Western societies.
A)True
B)False
Q4) <i>Sea Ranch</i> ,designed by Lawrence Halprin in California,is __________.
A) an attempt to control urban sprawl
B) a plan to provide living space in an environmentally sound situation
C) a means of preventing human access to environmentally sensitive places
D) a wildlife refuge
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Chapter 15: Historical Styles in Western Art
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Q1) Much of Egyptian culture and art was focused on __________.
A) the daily lives of the pharaoh and his family
B) glorifying military conquests
C) serenity, permanence, and eternal life
D) tributes to the gods
Q2) The <i>Calling of Saint Matthew</i> by Caravaggio illustrates a new concept for religious art which was __________.
A) a palette that included only dark colors
B) a focus on real people as the subjects
C) the use of light as an element
D) using scenes from the gospels
Q3) At first,art movements lasted a long time because __________.
A) there were only a few artists
B) societies were isolated from each other so new ideas weren't passed around
C) cultures competed with each other
D) art was just beginning and artists had a lot to learn
Q4) The main subject of Surrealist art was folk tales illustrated in a hyper-real style.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Understanding Art on All Levels
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Q1) The massive <i>Sistine Ceiling</i> ceiling was Michelangelo's first major attempt at fresco.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Before Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel it was __________.
A) painted with white clouds on a light blue background
B) painted to look like blue sky, studded with stars
C) covered with sixth century mosaics
D) unpainted white plaster
Q3) Frank Gehry designed the structure in Bilbao to sit next to the __________ River.
A) Amazon
B) Nile
C) Mississippi
D) Nervion
Q4) The figures in Picasso's <i>Guernica</i> are believed to be __________.
A) based on portraits of family members
B) allegorical
C) taken from newspaper photos of the incident
D) none of the above
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