Question 1

In Albrecht Dürer's woodcut The Draftsman Drawing a Reclining Nude, the draftsman is using a device to help him achieve the effect of:

Accepted Answer

A)  foreshortening. 
B)  chiaroscuro. 
C)  a restricted palette. 
D)  the illusion of motion. 
E)  simultaneous contrast. 
A)  foreshortening. 
B)  chiaroscuro. 
C)  a restricted palette. 
D)  the illusion of motion. 
E)  simultaneous contrast.

Question 2

Mixing two primary colors produces a ________ color.

Accepted Answer

A)  secondary 
B)  passive 
C)  complementary 
D)  triad 
E)  monochromatic 
A)  secondary 
B)  passive 
C)  complementary 
D)  triad 
E)  monochromatic

Question 3

The vanishing point in Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is:

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A)  at the exact center of the picture. 
B)  just behind the head of the figure of Jesus. 
C)  on the horizon line. 
D)  all of these: at the exact center of the picture, just behind the head of the figure of Jesus, and on the horizon line. 
E)  None of these answers are correct. 
A)  at the exact center of the picture. 
B)  just behind the head of the figure of Jesus. 
C)  on the horizon line. 
D)  all of these: at the exact center of the picture, just behind the head of the figure of Jesus, and on the horizon line. 
E)  None of these answers are correct.

Question 4

Briefly discuss the various dangers faced by works of art as they age. Include a discussion of the conservation of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper.

Accepted Answer

Various factors affect the degradation o

Question 5

"Baker-Miller" refers to the color that:

Accepted Answer

A)  recedes in a monochromatic color scheme where pure red dominates. 
B)  results from combining a warm red with a cooler hue. 
C)  seemed to calm and relax violent children in studies of colors' effects upon the mind and body. 
D)  is the normal value of red. 
E)  None of these answers are correct. 
A)  recedes in a monochromatic color scheme where pure red dominates. 
B)  results from combining a warm red with a cooler hue. 
C)  seemed to calm and relax violent children in studies of colors' effects upon the mind and body. 
D)  is the normal value of red. 
E)  None of these answers are correct.

Question 6

Raphael's The Madonna of the Meadows is composed using the implied shape of a:

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A)  trapezoid. 
B)  square. 
C)  pyramid. 
D)  triangle. 
E)  circle. 
A)  trapezoid. 
B)  square. 
C)  pyramid. 
D)  triangle. 
E)  circle.

Question 7

Select two works from the text that are two-dimensional and discuss the concept of visual texture, giving examples of how it is employed.

Accepted Answer

Responses will vary depending

Question 8

Discuss the roles of the artist, the work, and the viewer in suggesting time and motion through a work of art. Support your statements by referring to at least one specific work and analyzing how it does so.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary depending on

Question 9

Lines are used in art to indicate:

Accepted Answer

A)  boundaries between forms. 
B)  direction and motion. 
C)  shadows and highlights. 
D)  spatial depth on flat surfaces. 
E)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  boundaries between forms. 
B)  direction and motion. 
C)  shadows and highlights. 
D)  spatial depth on flat surfaces. 
E)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 10

Which artist uses light itself as the main material and whose work increases our awareness of light as a presence in the world?

Accepted Answer

A)  Flor Garduño 
B)  Joseph Wright 
C)  Joseph Albers 
D)  Doug Wheeler 
E)  Claude Monet 
A)  Flor Garduño 
B)  Joseph Wright 
C)  Joseph Albers 
D)  Doug Wheeler 
E)  Claude Monet

Question 11

Which of the visual elements can best be described as "the path of a moving point"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Motion 
B)  Time 
C)  Mass 
D)  Line 
E)  Light 
A)  Motion 
B)  Time 
C)  Mass 
D)  Line 
E)  Light

In Albrecht Dürer's woodcut The Draftsman Drawing a Reclining Nude, the draftsman is using a device to help him achieve the effect of:

Mixing two primary colors produces a ________ color.

The vanishing point in Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is:

Briefly discuss the various dangers faced by works of art as they age. Include a discussion of the conservation of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper.

"Baker-Miller" refers to the color that:

Raphael's The Madonna of the Meadows is composed using the implied shape of a:

Select two works from the text that are two-dimensional and discuss the concept of visual texture, giving examples of how it is employed.

Discuss the roles of the artist, the work, and the viewer in suggesting time and motion through a work of art. Support your statements by referring to at least one specific work and analyzing how it does so.

Lines are used in art to indicate:

Which artist uses light itself as the main material and whose work increases our awareness of light as a presence in the world?

Which of the visual elements can best be described as "the path of a moving point"?

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In Albrecht Dürer's woodcut The Draftsman Drawing a Reclining Nude, the draftsman is using a device to help him achieve the effect of:

Mixing two primary colors produces a ________ color.

The vanishing point in Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is:

Briefly discuss the various dangers faced by works of art as they age. Include a discussion of the conservation of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper.

"Baker-Miller" refers to the color that:

Raphael's The Madonna of the Meadows is composed using the implied shape of a:

Select two works from the text that are two-dimensional and discuss the concept of visual texture, giving examples of how it is employed.

Discuss the roles of the artist, the work, and the viewer in suggesting time and motion through a work of art. Support your statements by referring to at least one specific work and analyzing how it does so.

Lines are used in art to indicate:

Which artist uses light itself as the main material and whose work increases our awareness of light as a presence in the world?

Which of the visual elements can best be described as "the path of a moving point"?

Living With Art

What Is Art

Themes of Art

Principles of Design

Drawing

Painting

Prints

Camera and Computer Arts

Graphic Design

Sculpture and Installation

Arts of Ritual and Daily Life

Architecture

Ancient Mediterranean Worlds

Christianity and the Formation of Europe

The Renaissance

The 17th and 18th Centuries

Arts of Islam and of Africa

Arts of East Asia - India, China, and Japan

Arts of the Pacific and of the Americas

The Modern World, 1800-1945

From Modern to Postmodern

Opening up to the World

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