Answer Options:
They are meticulously arranged, with geometric, closed compositions.
They sought a universal ideal through impressive art.
Compositions were open and disconnected.
Figures become types again (like Classical tradition), rather than individuals—idealized forms.
Answer: Compositions were open and disconnected.
Question: Which of the following is NOT true about High Renaissance-era paintings, such as Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper or Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Ceiling?
Answer Options:
They are meticulously arranged, with geometric, closed compositions.
They sought a universal ideal through impressive art.
Compositions were open and disconnected.
Figures become types again (like Classical tradition), rather than individuals—idealized forms.
Answer: Compositions were open and disconnected.
Question: Hampton Court Palace, outside London, and the Palace of Versailles, outside Paris, make similar use of the architectural qualities of line, repetition, and balance in their façades.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: The Renaissance technique that directs the eye past seeming randomness in which pigments are suspended in water and applied to fresh wet plaster?
Answer Options:
Tempera
Mixed Media
Watercolor
Fresco
Answer: Fresco
Question: Which of the following is NOT one of the central principles in artistic composition?
Answer Options:
Manipulation
Balance
Repetition
Focal Areas
Unity
Answer: Manipulation
Question: Impressionist painters produced relatively small paintings using clear, bright colors, casual and natural compositions, portrayed everyday scenes, like landscapes, streets, and cafés, and emphasized a sense of realism in “the incidental, the momentary, and the passing.”
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: According to the first truly modern architect, Louis Sullivan, function should follow form in a straightforward way.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Which of the following is NOT one of the central elements in artistic composition?
Answer Options:
Dissonance
Mass
Texture
Form
Color
Line
Answer: Dissonance
Question: Francisco Goya’s 1814 painting, Execution of the Citizens of Madrid, May 3, 1808, focuses on depicting individuals realistically and conveying a calm overall mood.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Which of the following terms refers to the Renaissance-era revival/resuscitation of values, sensibilities, and knowledge of the ancient Greeks and Romans, involving forms such as poetry, rhetoric, history, moral philosophy, and grammar?
Answer Options:
Piazza
Humanism
Rococo
Reformation
Usury
Answer: Humanism
Question: According to the first truly modern architect, Louis Sullivan, function should follow form in a straightforward way.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Renaissance sculptures such as the David by Donatello and the David by Michelangelo focus on portraying lifelikeness, rather than idealizing the human form like the ancient Greeks.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Which of the following is NOT one of the central principles in artistic composition?
Answer Options:
Balance
Repetition
Focal Areas
Unity
Manipulation
Answer: Manipulation
Question: Abstract works of art, such as Georgia O’Keeffe’s 1924 painting, Dark Abstraction, reduce images from the natural world into shapes suggested by actual objects and make use of color, line, shadow, mass, and other formal elements to create an image that refers only to itself.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Manet is celebrated as the first modern painter and influencer of Impressionism because he embraced the superficiality of Romantic themes.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Which of the following is NOT one of the central elements in artistic composition?
Answer Options:
Dissonance
Mass
Texture
Form
Color
Line
Answer: Dissonance
Question: Which of the following architectural features create a sense in the viewer of a contrast between upward movement and downward weight in both the U.S. Capitol building and St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome?
Answer Options:
Domes
Pediments
Arches
Bearing Walls
Form follows function
Answer: Domes
Question: Which of the following architectural structures does NOT involve the use of an arch?
Answer Options:
Rib Vault
Tunneled Vault
Dome
Cantilever
Arcade
Groin Vault
Answer: Cantilever
Question: Manet is celebrated as the first modern painter and influencer of Impressionism because he embraced the superficiality of Romantic themes.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Francisco Goya’s 1814 painting, Execution of the Citizens of Madrid, May 3, 1808, focuses on depicting individuals realistically and conveying a calm overall mood.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Which of the following architectural structures does NOT involve the use of an arch?
Answer Options:
Rib Vault
Tunnel Vault
Dome
Cantilever
Arcade
Groin Vault
Answer: Cantilever
Question: Baroque style paintings, such as Caravaggio’s The Calling of St. Matthew, utilize closed composition, idealized figures, and passive scenes that stress form over feeling.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False