Chapter 1—What is Art?
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The word art encompasses many meanings, including process. Which of the following is
considered an artistic process?
a. a tapestry
b. human capacity
c. sculpting
d. a building
e. memorization
ANS: C PTS: 1 OBJ: comprehension
2. Examining a work of art in its historical, social, and political ____ enables you to better
understand it.
a. design
b. context
c. element
d. genre
e. ideology
ANS: B PTS: 1 OBJ: comprehension
3. What civilization was obsessed with its idea of beauty, and developed mathematical formulas for
sculpting the human body so it would achieve ideal perfection?
a. Romans
, b. Sumerians
c. Chinese
d. Classical Greeks
e. Vikings
ANS: D PTS: 1 OBJ: knowledge
4. The 16th-century artist Leonardo da Vinci produced what is perhaps the most famous painting in
the history of Western art. This painting is known as ____.
a. Judith and Holofernes
b. Grande Odalisque
c. The Scream
d. Discobolus
e. Mona Lisa
ANS: E PTS: 1 OBJ: knowledge
5. Glass sculptor Dale Chihuly's Fioridi Como, located in Las Vegas' Bellagio Hotel, is a 70-foot-
long ceiling piece reminiscent of the shapes and brilliant colors of Venice's renowned ____ glass.
a. Como
b. intaglio
c. murano
d. carnival
e. San Marco
ANS: C PTS: 1 OBJ: knowledge
6. Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is best known for her extremely realistic and often anguished ____.
, a. genre scenes
b. self-portraits
c. landscapes
d. still lifes
e. assemblages
ANS: B PTS: 1 OBJ: knowledge
7. In Four Marilyns, Pop artist Andy Warhol participated in the cultural ____ of the film star and
icon Marilyn Monroe.
a. degradation
b. destruction
c. immortalization
d. forbearance
e. romanticizing
ANS: C PTS: 1 OBJ: comprehension
8. Until modern times, art works have been primarily devoted to ____ themes.
a. war
b. religious
c. secular
d. rural
e. political
ANS: B PTS: 1 OBJ: knowledge
, 9. Marc Chagall's self-portrait I and the Village can best be described as a depiction of ____.
a. reality
b. war
c. fantasy
d. abstraction
e. chaos
ANS: C PTS: 1 OBJ: evaluation
10. An anti-commercial movement begun in the 1960s in which works of art are conceived and
executed in the mind of the artist is known as ____.
a. Expressionism
b. Pop art
c. Conceptual art
d. Op art
e. Post-modernism
ANS: C PTS: 1 OBJ: knowledge
11. Robert Barry wrote:
All of the things I know
But of which I am not
At the moment thinking -
1:36PM; June 15, 1969
This is an example of a ____.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The word art encompasses many meanings, including process. Which of the following is
considered an artistic process?
a. a tapestry
b. human capacity
c. sculpting
d. a building
e. memorization
ANS: C PTS: 1 OBJ: comprehension
2. Examining a work of art in its historical, social, and political ____ enables you to better
understand it.
a. design
b. context
c. element
d. genre
e. ideology
ANS: B PTS: 1 OBJ: comprehension
3. What civilization was obsessed with its idea of beauty, and developed mathematical formulas for
sculpting the human body so it would achieve ideal perfection?
a. Romans
, b. Sumerians
c. Chinese
d. Classical Greeks
e. Vikings
ANS: D PTS: 1 OBJ: knowledge
4. The 16th-century artist Leonardo da Vinci produced what is perhaps the most famous painting in
the history of Western art. This painting is known as ____.
a. Judith and Holofernes
b. Grande Odalisque
c. The Scream
d. Discobolus
e. Mona Lisa
ANS: E PTS: 1 OBJ: knowledge
5. Glass sculptor Dale Chihuly's Fioridi Como, located in Las Vegas' Bellagio Hotel, is a 70-foot-
long ceiling piece reminiscent of the shapes and brilliant colors of Venice's renowned ____ glass.
a. Como
b. intaglio
c. murano
d. carnival
e. San Marco
ANS: C PTS: 1 OBJ: knowledge
6. Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is best known for her extremely realistic and often anguished ____.
, a. genre scenes
b. self-portraits
c. landscapes
d. still lifes
e. assemblages
ANS: B PTS: 1 OBJ: knowledge
7. In Four Marilyns, Pop artist Andy Warhol participated in the cultural ____ of the film star and
icon Marilyn Monroe.
a. degradation
b. destruction
c. immortalization
d. forbearance
e. romanticizing
ANS: C PTS: 1 OBJ: comprehension
8. Until modern times, art works have been primarily devoted to ____ themes.
a. war
b. religious
c. secular
d. rural
e. political
ANS: B PTS: 1 OBJ: knowledge
, 9. Marc Chagall's self-portrait I and the Village can best be described as a depiction of ____.
a. reality
b. war
c. fantasy
d. abstraction
e. chaos
ANS: C PTS: 1 OBJ: evaluation
10. An anti-commercial movement begun in the 1960s in which works of art are conceived and
executed in the mind of the artist is known as ____.
a. Expressionism
b. Pop art
c. Conceptual art
d. Op art
e. Post-modernism
ANS: C PTS: 1 OBJ: knowledge
11. Robert Barry wrote:
All of the things I know
But of which I am not
At the moment thinking -
1:36PM; June 15, 1969
This is an example of a ____.
