Answer Options:
Clothing falls naturally.
Figures float in space.
Figures are three-dimensional and move in open, deep space.
Figures adopt the Classical contrapposto stance.
Uses linear perspective.
Answer: Figures float in space.
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: Which of the following is NOT true of Bernini’s Baroque-era statue of David?
Answer Options:
It captures the crisis moment in the Biblical story of David and Goliath.
It demands observation from onlookers rather than participation.
It draws the eye upward along a diagonal curve to his concentrated facial expression.
It uses space and form charged with energy.
Answer: It demands observation from onlookers rather than participation.
Question: Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series uses modernist style, including flattened, angular forms with strong diagonals and contrasts of light and shadow; yet, modernist features were secondary to the attempt to convey an intelligible narrative to the viewer about the experiences of African Americans during the Great Migration.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
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 is NOT true about the Early Renaissance painting by Masaccio, The Tribute Money?
Answer Options:
Clothing falls naturally.
Figures float in space.
Figures are three-dimensional and move in open, deep space.
Figures adopt the Classical contrapposto stance.
Uses linear perspective.
Answer: Figures float in space.
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: 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: Trompe L’oeil is a form of illusionistic painting that represents an object existing in three dimensions at the surface of the painting.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series uses modernist style, including flattened, angular forms with strong diagonals and contrasts of light and shadow; yet, modernist features were secondary to the attempt to convey an intelligible narrative to the viewer about the experiences of African Americans during the Great Migration.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Which of the following does NOT describe a major feature of Romantic-era architecture?
Answer Options:
Materials like iron, steel, and glass were hidden from view within Romantic designs.
It reflected an age of industry and use of new materials.
Used elements of fantasy.
It was an era of borrowing styles from other periods and whimsy.
Answer: Materials like iron, steel, and glass were hidden from view within Romantic designs.
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 is NOT one of the central elements in artistic composition?
Answer Options:
Dissonance
Mass
Texture
Form
Color
Line
Answer: Dissonance