Deck 4: Painting

Question 1

Which of the following is pigment bound by egg yolk?

A) fresco
B) oil
C) tempera
D) watercolor

Answer 1

tempera

Question 2

Which of the following media produces the greatest range, richness, and subtlety of color?

A) fresco
B) oil
C) tempera
D) watercolor

Answer 2

oil

Question 3

Which of the following has NOT dominated painting in the West?

A) fresco
B) acrylic
C) ink
D) tempera

Answer 3

ink

Question 4

Which of the following refers to the purity, vividness, or intensity of a color?

A) hue
B) saturation
C) value
D) texture

Question 5

The basic elements of painting are

A) line, color, texture, and composition
B) light, shape, volume, and space
C) perception, rhythm, and balance
D) an artist, a participator, and a critic

Question 6

In abstract painting, sensa are

A) associated with specific objects or events
B) always representative of the painter's inner psyche
C) dissociated from specific objects or events
D) the logic of the composition

Question 7

In representational painting, sensa are

A) associated with specific objects or events
B) always representative of the painter's inner psyche
C) dissociated from specific objects or events
D) the logic of the composition

Question 8

Which of the following refers to the emphasis achieved by the scaling of sizes or shapes?

A) balance
B) proportion
C) gradation
D) unity

Question 9

The "all-at-onceness" of a painting refers to

A) the back story of the artist
B) the idea that the sensa allow the function of the painting to become clear
C) all of a painting being present at one time
D) none of the above

Question 10

A painting by which of the following artists lent its name to the entire Impressionist movement?

A) Manet
B) Renoir
C) Cassatt
D) Monet

Question 11

The gradual variations in shape, color value, and shadowing in Siqueiros's Echo of a Scream refer to

A) balance
B) proportion
C) gradation
D) unity

Question 12

A painting is abstract if

A) it uses primary colors and broad lines
B) its title has no bearing on the painting's subject matter
C) definite objects and events are part of the content
D) definite objects and events are not part of the content

Question 13

Frankenthaler's The Bay is

A) abstract
B) representational
C) both
D) neither

Question 14

Rothko's Earth Greens is an example of

A) abstract
B) representational
C) chaos
D) straight lines

Question 15

O'Keeffe's Ghost Ranch Cliffs is an example of

A) abstract
B) representational
C) chaos
D) straight lines

Question 16

Using a painting of your choice, explain how it applies the principle of "all-at-onceness." Use precise detail and develop your answer.

Question 17

Explain what Cézanne does to clarify Mont St. Victoire. What do you learn about painting by comparing his depiction of the mountain with a photograph of Mont St. Victoire?