Question 1

___________ is (are)usually necessary for someone to be able to create art from the ideas in his/her imagination.&#10;A) Luck and prayers&#10;B) Training and practice&#10;C) Money and good connections&#10;D) Paint and pencils

Accepted Answer

Training and practice are necessary for someone to be able to hone their skills and bring their ideas to life. While luck and good connections may help, they are not reliable or consistent factors in creating art. Having access to quality materials such as paints and pencils is also important, but without proper training and practice, the tools themselves cannot produce great art.

Question 2

Three-dimensional artworks have __________.&#10;A) height, width, and depth&#10;B) three sides&#10;C) three-point perspective&#10;D) three vantage points

Accepted Answer

Three-dimensional artworks have height, width, and depth, which are the three dimensions of space.

Question 3

For Koreans ,cloth-bound bundles known as bottari are used for__________.&#10;A) giving old clothes to the poor&#10;B) packing up possessions and leaving the home&#10;C) doing household chores&#10;D) caring for a baby

Accepted Answer

Cloth-bound bundles known as bottari are used for packing up possessions and leaving the home in Korean culture. They are typically used when moving to a new home or traveling.

Question 4

Ludwig Hohlwein's poster is an example of __________.&#10;A) propaganda&#10;B) portraiture&#10;C) spiritual purpose&#10;D) individualism

Accepted Answer

Ludwig Hohlwein's poster is an example of propaganda, as it was designed to promote a specific message or idea, in this case, the consumption of beer.

Question 5

Ideals of beauty are __________.&#10;A) universal&#10;B) culturally influenced&#10;C) only found in Classical Greek art&#10;D) impossible to paint

Accepted Answer

Ideals of beauty vary greatly across cultures and time periods. What is considered beautiful in one culture may not be in another. Therefore, ideals of beauty are culturally influenced.

Question 6

For Paul Klee,the act of artistic creation seemed to be a way of approaching __________.&#10;A) the unseen&#10;B) fame&#10;C) the perfect lifestyle&#10;D) political awareness

Accepted Answer

Paul Klee's work is often associated with spiritual and mystical themes. He believed that art was a way of accessing the spiritual realm and revealing the unseen world.

Question 7

Piet Mondrian's Composition (B)En Bleu,Jaune,et Blanc (Composition in Blue,Yellow,and White) is an example of __________.&#10;A) natural-looking landscape&#10;B) nonobjective, or nonrepresentational, painting&#10;C) a Rococo painting style&#10;D) dramatic use of light and shadow

Accepted Answer

Piet Mondrian's Composition (B)En Bleu,Jaune,et Blanc is a nonobjective, or nonrepresentational, painting. It does not depict any recognizable objects or scenes and is purely abstract.

Question 8

An artist who uses abstraction as an approach is __________.&#10;A) using mathematical formulas to figure out composition&#10;B) extracting the essence of the real object&#10;C) faithfully representing the physical appearance of an object&#10;D) painting on a very small scale

Accepted Answer

Abstraction involves extracting the essence or essential characteristics of a real object, rather than faithfully representing its physical appearance.

Question 9

Idealization in art is a form of __________.&#10;A) abstraction&#10;B) hero worship&#10;C) realism&#10;D) deep thinking

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Question 10

The first purpose of the applied arts is to __________.&#10;A) serve some useful function&#10;B) enable the artist to get a job&#10;C) create artworks for museums&#10;D) maintain traditional art forms

Accepted Answer

The applied arts, also known as "functional art," are created with the purpose of serving some practical or functional use. Examples include furniture, ceramics, clothing, and graphic design. While maintaining traditional art forms may be a secondary purpose, it is not the primary purpose of the applied arts. Enabling an artist to get a job may be a benefit of creating functional art, but it is not the primary purpose. Similarly, creating artworks for museums is not the primary purpose of applied arts, although some functional art may be deemed worthy of museum display.

Question 11

The Palace at Versailles symbolizes __________.&#10;A) the size of the royal family&#10;B) the power of the absolute monarch&#10;C) a central meeting place for the French people&#10;D) democracy in seventeenth-century France

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The answer of The Palace at Versailles symbolizes __________.&#10;A) the...

Question 12

There are no absolute guidelines for judging __________ in art.&#10;A) quality&#10;B) meaning&#10;C) value&#10;D) content

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Question 13

Some artists cannot easily explain why they create art.For them,it is __________.&#10;A) a nightmare&#10;B) just a job&#10;C) an inner calling&#10;D) a constant battle

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The answer of Some artists cannot easily explain why they...

Question 14

The work,Ancestors of the Passage: A Healing Journey through the Middle Passage by __________ treats the subject of slavery and its effects on women.&#10;A) Chris Ofili&#10;B) Susumu Kinoshita&#10;C) Diego Rivera&#10;D) Imna Arroyo

Accepted Answer

The answer of The work,Ancestors of the Passage: A Healing...

Question 15

The meaning found in art,including the subject-matter and the emotions,ideas,and symbols is called __________.&#10;A) content&#10;B) variety&#10;C) spontaneity&#10;D) predictability

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Question 16

When someone pays an artist to create a work of art it is called __________.&#10;A) context&#10;B) political&#10;C) patronage&#10;D) unity

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Question 17

Maya Ying Lin said she wanted her Vietnam Veterans' Memorial to be __________.&#10;A) a dark world, like the war itself&#10;B) a reminder to visitors of the government's role&#10;C) honest about the reality of war&#10;D) none of the above

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The answer of Maya Ying Lin said she wanted her...

Question 18

Wanting to stop art from being shown because of moral beliefs is called __________.&#10;A) commissioning&#10;B) authorship&#10;C) funding&#10;D) censorship

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Question 19

In the formalist approach the chief emphasis to judging quality in art is on __________.&#10;A) attending high-quality art auctions&#10;B) following the rules set forth by the Academy&#10;C) how the artist manipulates elements of design&#10;D) being a recognized art critic

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Question 20

Vera Mukhina's Machine Tractor Driver and Collective Farm Girl is an example of __________.&#10;A) a genre scene&#10;B) sociopolitical content&#10;C) abstraction&#10;D) capitalism

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Question 21

Georgia O'Keeffe wanted to paint an exact representation of what she saw in nature.

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Question 22

A na&#239;ve artist is someone who has never been formally trained in the techniques of art.

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Question 23

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

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Question 24

Censorship of art was never an issue until the twentieth century.

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Deck 1: Understanding Art