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Unit 1 Quiz contains 25 questions from the following chapters:
Introduction Chapter
Introduction to Art
Chapter 1.1
Line, Shape, and the Principle of Contrast
Chapter 1.2
Form, Volume, Mass, and Texture
Chapter 1.3
Implied Depth: Value and Space
Chapter 1.4
Color
Chapter 1.8
Emphasis and Focal Point
Chapter 1.10
Content and Analysis
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Question 1
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The line that defines the edge of a shape is called the ________.
contour
outline
volume
scale
implied line
Question 2
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The French artist André Masson wished to explore the psychological source of creativity through his “automatic” ink drawings of ________ lines.
horizontal
controlled
ruled
calm
irregular
Question 3
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In his drawing of the Church of Saint Spirito, Dosio used line to accentuate the patterned surface of the ceiling and differentiate it from the ________.
floor
stained-glass windows
walls
sky outside
ceiling in the building next door
Question 4
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In a 1941 drawing the British artist Barbara Hepworth used line to plan a ________.
sculpture
painting
party
print
building
Question 5
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A sculpture that can be viewed from more than one side and that occupies space in the same way as other real-life objects is called a ________ sculpture.
heroic
freestanding
bas-relief
implied
high relief
Question 6
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In her work Object, a fur-lined teacup and saucer, the Swiss artist Méret Oppenheim employed subversive texture to contradict conscious logical experience. She belonged to the ________ art movement, which drew on ideas and images from dreams and the unconscious mind.
Impressionist
Expressionist
Surrealist
Cubist
Futurist
Question 7
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The ________ texture of Anish Kapoor’s sculpture Cloud Gate is appealing for viewers to touch.
rough
silky
furry
smooth
implied
Question 8
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Our experience of objects in the natural world often leads us to assume that a large object will be heavy, but in fact this is not necessarily the case. This element of art is called ________.
texture
volume
mass
space
form
Question 9
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Kindred Spirits by Asher Brown Durand uses the effects of ________ to give a sense of the vastness of the American landscape.
foreshortening
geometry
pencil drawing
atmospheric perspective
color
Question 10
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This German artist illustrated how a figure can be drawn from an oblique angle for his own text on drawing.
Pierre-Paul Prud’hon
Albrecht Dürer
René Magritte
Edith Hayllar
M. C. Escher
Question 11
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This method of applying value to a two-dimensional artwork in order to create the illusion of a three-dimensional solid form is called ________.
value range
chiaroscuro
perspective
palette
film noir
Question 12
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Color can be used for healing purposes. The ancient Persian philosopher Avicenna believed that looking at the color ________ had beneficial effects.
blue
black
yellow
green
red
Question 13
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Why did the ceramist who created the underglaze-painted lamp from the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, use green as one of the main colors?
none of the other answers
green is the best color to use for depicting grass
the Dome of the Rock has a green-colored theme
green is the only color permitted for use in Islamic ceramic art
green has positive associations in Islamic art
Question 14
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Color ________ can be relative to the other colors nearby. For example, violet can be warm if we see it next to a hot color like red, or cool if we see it next to a colder color like blue.
tint
harmony
value
personality
temperature
Question 15
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The French artist Georges Seurat employed a new technique to create a jewel-like diffusion of light and vibration of color in his work The Circus. This type of painting, made up of small dots of color, is known as ________.
Fauvism
Impressionism
Luminism
Pop art
pointillism
Question 16
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Artemisia Gentileschi worked during this stylistic and historical period.
Baroque
Renaissance
Impressionism
Surrealism
Pop art
Question 17
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If the clothing of the saint was the only light area in The Funeral of St. Bonaventure, the viewer’s eye would not be easily drawn to any other areas of the composition.
True
False
Question 18
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Picasso was an inventive artist who never used artworks from the past for inspiration.
True
False
Question 19
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It is not possible to analyse the meaning of an abstract artwork.
True
False
Abstraction often expresses intended meaning in ways that need to be interpreted, but they are just as “readable” as representational artworks.
Question 20
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Palmer Hayden’s Midsummer Night in Harlem is about:
summer in the Netherlands
a community in Harlem, New York
a community on the Upper East Side, New York
a play by Shakespeare
none of the other answers
Question 21
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What does the cross on Velázquez’s tunic in Las Meninas signify?
that he was a member of the Order of Santiago
that he was a painter of the court
that he painted this on a Sunday
that he was a Catholic
none of the other answers
Question 22
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The medium of Marc Quinn’s Self is:
clay
wood
real human hair
the artist’s own blood
the artist’s toenail clippings
Question 23
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The original painting of the Virgin of Guadalupe is housed in a basilica at the base of Tepeyac hill, Mexico, but many people keep their own image of her at home or in their vehicle.
True
False
Question 24
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El Anatsui’s artworks reference both ________ and ________.
Persian miniature painting . . . cell phones
ancient Greek sculpture . . . contemporary photography
ancient weaving techniques . . . modern factory conditions
traditional Pakistan . . . the digital age
colonial Africa . . . modern consumerism
