Fine Art Exam 2 Question Preview (ID: 59393)

a) The sculpture engages the viewer by breaking into the viewer's space.

b) The sculpture's pose and facial features are calm and reserved.

c) The sculpture makes a complete departure from Classical and Renaissance sculpture.

d) The sculpture's main purpose was to idealize the beauty of the human form.

a) Caravaggio focused on depicting narrative historical themes.

b) Caravaggio used foreshortening to depict a sense of flattened space.

c) Caravaggio painted religious scenes with idealized figures.

d) Caravaggio created dramatic compositions that focus on realism.

a) the depiction of a narrative subject within an organized, idealized landscape

b) the nearly photographic recording of figures within a landscape

c) the depiction of figures and landscapes from the artist's imagination

d) the rejection of Classical Greek and Roman figurative and landscape ideals

a) Rembrandt vigorously applied paint to quickly capture a single moment in time.

b) Rembrandt brushed the paint on smoothly to create solid-looking figures

c) Rembrandt applied expressive strokes of thick paint by using the impasto technique.

d) Rembrandt carefully smoothed the paint to create imperceptible changes in tonal values.

a) Chardin incorporated the tenebrism technique developed by Caravaggio.

b) Chardin used theatrical lighting to add to the drama of the scene.

c) Chardin used delicate, lively brushwork to depict aristocratic genre scenes.

d) Chardin depicted ordinary people and activities with a sense of realism.

a) he painting conveys a sense of rationalism and reason inspired by Renaissance art.

b) The painting uses color, lighting, and movement to elicit an emotional response from viewers.

c) The painting has subtle, low contrast in the highlights and shadows that model the figures.

d) The painting uses controlled brushwork to accurately depict the figures and background.

a) Millet used a thick, impasto application of paint for the figures to give them a sculptural appearance.

b) Millet combined elements of the real world with images taken from his imagination.

c) Millet used a limited tonal range to depict contemporary figures in a flattened space.

d) Millet depicted a scene from everyday, contemporary life by using lifelike colors and solid shapes.

a) Degas depicted scenes from an elevated vantage point.

b) Degas arranged figures on horizontal lines to create a sense of calm.

c) Degas avoided the use of lines to outline figures

d) Degas carved the images into a wood block before printing them.

a) Rodin's work depicts figures with little expression that convey the artist's attitude toward industrialized society.

b) Rodin's work features figures placed on high pedestals to distance them from the viewers.

c) Rodin's work captures a sense of movement and emotion through surface texture variations.

d) Rodin's work conveys the artist's dislike of Renaissance sculpture by Donatello and Michelangelo.

a) Surrealist art uses ideas conjured up by children interviewed by the artist.

b) Surrealist art uses symbolism based on Classical Greek and Roman mythology.

c) Surrealist art uses ideas conjured up by children interviewed by the artist.

d) Surrealist art is based on ideas from the artist's imagination and subconscious mind.

a) American Gothic depicts rural midwestern values in a clearly readable composition.

b) American Gothic depicts the hardships experienced by people during the Great Depression

c) American Gothic shows the loneliness of life on the American Great Plains

d) American Gothic shows the influence of European modernist movements such as Fauvism.

a) Estate uses images and symbols from the artist's subconscious thoughts.

b) Estate is a nonrepresentational artwork that few people can comprehend.

c) Estate incorporates imagery influenced by the Cubist and Fauvist movements.

d) Estate uses images of American popular culture that people would easily recognize.

a) Pollock asked children to work as his assistants so the painting would have a spontaneous look.

b) Pollock included a jazz recording for viewers to listen to while viewing the painting.

c) Pollock made the act of painting more important than the final artwork.

d) Pollock attached brushes to a machine that made random marks in the painting.

a) Moore combined dramatic poses with calm facial expressions.

b) Moore used abstracted, simplified, and exaggerated forms.

c) Moore incorporated features of realistic nineteenth-century sculpture.

d) Moore used bronze for the sculpture to emphasize strength.

a) Surrealist art is based on ideas from the artist's imagination and subconscious mind.

b) Surrealist art uses symbolism based on Classical Greek and Roman mythology.

c) Surrealist art is based on imagery taken from contemporary mystery novels.

d) Surrealist art uses ideas conjured up by children interviewed by the artist.

a) The painting uses detailed shapes and textures that overlap in unexpected ways.

b) The painting depicts objects from more than one vantage point at the same time.

c) he painting uses closely placed, nearly imperceptible dots of color to create the illusion of form.

d) The painting depicts each object from a single point of view.

a) The Fauves used greatly simplified shapes to create a sense of depth.

b) The Fauves used the passage technique, where one shape merges with another.

c) The Fauves used intense, expressive colors that are not realistic.

d) The Fauves used lines and colors that express the injustices of industrialized society.

a) Rodin's work captures a sense of movement and emotion through surface texture variations.

b) Rodin's work conveys the artist's dislike of Renaissance sculpture by Donatello and Michelangelo

c) Rodin's work features figures placed on high pedestals to distance them from the viewers.

d) Rodin's work depicts figures with little expression that convey the artist's attitude toward industrialized society.

a) Van Gogh used bold color to convey emotion

b) Van Gogh used analogous colors to create harmony.

c) Van Gogh used highly representational color.

d) Van Gogh used color in a naturalistic way.

a) Degas avoided the use of lines to outline figures.

b) Degas carved the images into a wood block before printing them.

c) Degas depicted scenes from an elevated vantage point.

d) Degas arranged figures on horizontal lines to create a sense of calm.