Ideals of beauty are

• universal
• culturally influenced 
• only found in Classical Greek art
• impossible to paint

Three-dimensional artworks have ______.

• three point perspective
• three sides
• three vantage points
• height, width, and depth

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Ludwig Hohlwein's poster is an example of:

• propaganda
• portraiture
• spiritual purpose
• individualism

Idealization in art is a form of _________.

• realism
• abstraction
• hero worship
• deep thinking

An artist who uses abstraction as an approach is

• using mathematical formulas to figure out composition
• extracting the essence of the real object
• faithfully representing the physical appearance of an object
• painting on a very small scale

_____ is (are) usually necessary for someone to be able to create art from his/her imagination. 

• Money and good connections
• Paint and pencils
• Luck and prayers
• Training and practice

Training and practice

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The Palace of Versailles symbolizes ______________:

• the size of the royal family
• the power of the absolute monarch
• a central meeting place for the French people
• democracy in seventeenth-century France

When someone pays an artist to create a work of art it is called_______.

• context
• political
• patronage
• unity

Patronage

A naive artist is someone who had never been trained in the techniques of art

• True
• False

True

Censorship of art was never an issue until the twentieth century

• True
• False

False

Wanting to stop art from being shown because of moral beliefs is called:

• commissioning
• authorship
• funding
• censorship

Censorship

In the formalist approach the chief emphasis to judging quality in art is on _________

• attending high-quality art auctions
• following the rules set forth by the Academy
• being arecognized art critic
• how the artist manipulates elements of design

How the artist manipulates elements of design

Some artists cannnot easily eplain why they create art.  For them, it is ____________

• a constant battle
• an inner calling
• a nightmare
• just a job

an inner calling

The _______of a work of art changed depending on who is looking at the artwork

• content
• material
• technique
• artist

content

The first purpose of the applied arts is to

• serve some useful function
• enable the artist to get a job 
• create artworkd for museums
• maintain traditional art forms 

The meaning found in art, including the subject-matter and the emotions, ideas and symbols is called_______

• content
• variety
• spontaneity
• predictability

content

In Western society, the acceptance of art by women and artists of color has been subject to racial and gender stereotyping

•   True
•    False

True

A work of art can be judged from very different points of view

• True
• False

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Richard Diebenkorn's Ocean Park paintings are examples of:

• natural-looking landscapes
• nonobjective paintings
• a Rococo painting style
• dramatic use of light and shadow

nonobjective paintings

For Korean women, "Wrapping the bundle" is an expression that means

• caring for a baby
• giving old clothes to the poor
• doing household chores
• packing up and leaving the family

packing up and leaving the family

A mark of area that is significantly longer than it is wide may be perceived as_______. 

• three -dimensional
• linear perspective
• a picture plane
• a line

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Alexander Calder's mobiles are an example of:

• how artists use children's toys for inspiration
• computer-animated imagery
• knietic sculpture
• static sculpture

kinetic sculpture

On its most basic level, three-dimensional art physically

• occupies space
• is heavy and solid
• cannot be moved once installed
• confronts the viewer

occupies space

The shape in Helen Frankenthaler's painting Mauve District are called hard-edged because

• she used a ruler
• their boundaries are clearly distinguished
• they represent brick walls
• the colors look like steel

When the figure and ground are about equal inarea an artist can create a _____in which either color can be interpreted as lying on top of the other.

• groundling figures
• figure-ground dispersal
• figure ground reversal
• figures on grounds

figure ground reversal

The phrase Point of View is used in art to indicate where the viewer is standing in relation to the figures in the artwork

• True
• False

True

Atmospheric perspective is a way to

• depict clouds in different ways
• paint natural forces, like rainbows and thunderstorms
• focus the light in a room on a painting
• show deep space by making distant things hazy

show deep space by making distant things hazy

Real world objects taken from trash heaps and used in art are called

• treasures
• life's waste
• found objects
• land art

found objects

Linear perspective is a mathematical system used to show

• the ratio of horizontal and vertical lines
• recession in space
• the ideal length of the picture plane
• the distance to stance away from the painting

recession in space

Sculptures that project out from a two-dimensional ground are called

• miniatures
• mosaics
• reliefs
• statues

reliefs

Edward Steichen's photograph Rodin: The Thinker is a good example of the use of:

• reflections
• texture
• bronze casting
• value and contrast

Value and contrast

Overlapping is a way of suggesting three-dimensional space

• True
• False

True

The Futurists were most interested in capturing a single moment in time in a static image

• True
• False

False

A shape on a two-dimensional surface establishes a _________.

• figure ground relationship
• linear perspective
• contrasting color
• sense of realism

figure ground relationship

When two-dimensional images are made to look three-dimensional it is called

• abstraction
• surrealism
•  illusion
• stylization  

illusion

Complementary colors are those that are

• next to each other in a painting
• saturated with pigment
• opposite each other on the color wheel
• basic hues from which all others can be mixed

opposite each other on the color wheel

The surface quality of a work is called

• satin finish
• polish
• texture
• relief

texture

Three-dimensional art in the full round is designed to be seen

• from one vantage point
• from all sides
• from a distance
• up close

from all sides

In art the term "scale" refers to

• relative size
• the weight of a sculpture
• the texture of surface
• the range of colors used

relative size

When a visual effect is so realistic it fools our perception it is called

• trompe l'oeil
• stylization
• nonobjective
• the vantage point

trompe l'oeil

Rhythm can be acheived by using

• shape of form
• color
• line
• all of the above

all of the above

Repetition can be used in decorative works to create an all-over

• interpretive value
• spectrum
• pattern
• perspective

pattern

All works of art have a focal point

• True
• False

False

_________refers to the principle called "economy of means"

• paring away extraneous details
• saving money by using less expensive materials
• limiting the number of figures in a painting
• using only one color

paring away extraneous details

The principle of design that is called balance deals with the

• visual weight we assign to parts of a work
• ratio of the height of a picture to its width
• the number of colors used in an image
• the scale of a sculpture relative to the viewer

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Visual  tension is created in Tintoretto's Leda and the Swan through the use of:

• contrasting and opposing forms
• the conflict in the story
• showing a nude woman
• the use of color

Rhythm in art is created by patterns that are set up through

• use of black and white
• size and shape
• repetition and variety
• organic lines

The chest from the Haida culture is an example of symetry because:

• it uses organic forms
• it has a major figure right in the middle
• it uses a lot of vertical lines
• the left side and the right side are identical

The left side and the right side are identical

Variety is expressed through transitions which are defined as rapid changes from one state to another

• True
• False

False

The implied triangle is a common formula for unifying compositional lines because it is ____________.

• equilateral
• the shape made by Christ on the cross
• a highly stable shape
• easy for artists to draw

a highly stable shape

The golden rectangle is a way of establishing the:

• ideal proportion of a space
• focal point of a religious building
• size of a picture frame to a painting
• relative size of a building to its outside environment

Ideal proportion of a space

If an artist is drawing the human figure in proportion

• the arms and legs must be visible
• the drawing must be of a real person
• the head is the most important part
• each body part should be in relative size to the others

each body part should be in relative size to the others

A way of using the principle of variety so that two dissimilar things are compared is commonly called ________.

• coherence
• contrast
• disorientation
• chiaroscuro

contrast

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The use of multiple similar torsos by Magdalena Abakanowicz in her piece Backs is an example of the organizing principle of:  

• conceptual art
• anonymity
• repetition
• political content

repetition

Balance is a principle of design based on the _________.

• visual weight one assigns to parts of a work
• ratio of the height of a picture to its width 
• scale of a sculpture relative to the viewer
• number of colors used in an image  

visual weight one assigns to parts of a work

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In the Balega mask, contrast is achieved primarily though:

• color
• texture
• size
• content

texture

The principle of repetition works because our brains prefer order to chaos.

• True
• False

True

Rhythm in art can be compared with rhythm in music

• True
• False

True

In Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper, Christ is the most important figure, and his place in the composition is as the:  

• center of gravity
• horizon line
• focal point
• keystone

focal point

The controversy surrounding Moshe Safdie's Vancouver Library Square raised the point that:

• The relationship of a work to its environment is very important
• The architects vision is always best
• Old cities sometimes have to make risky choices
• All of the above