Visual arts exam UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which technology dramatically changed our relationships with images during the last century? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Photography
What was the other technology that changed our relationship with images during the last
century? - CORRECT ANSWER - Offset Lithographic Printing
Smart phones are redefining our relationship with images today because they... - CORRECT
ANSWER - Combine the means of production and the means of distribution with mobility.
______ is a pattern of distinct characteristics that can be discerned in a group of images. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Style
One way to find your career is to identify where these three things overlap - CORRECT
ANSWER - What you love to do, what you can do well, and what the world needs.
Which term describes art that loosely represents the form of objects rather than trying to
faithfully represent objects in the natural world? - CORRECT ANSWER - Abstract
Which term describes art that tries to faithfully represent objects in the natural world? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Representational
Which term describes art that does not represent objects in the natural world but rather focuses
on depicting pure form? - CORRECT ANSWER - Nonrepresentational
Tromp L'oeil is most related to which genre of art? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Representational
, What is the Context for this image? (Note: it was created by a British painter. It depicts a scene
from the Battle of Waterloo. It was painted in 1815 using oil paint on canvas) - CORRECT
ANSWER - National pride in Briton after winning the Battle of Waterloo
What is an image? - CORRECT ANSWER - Something that represents something else
Form means... - CORRECT ANSWER - The way a work of art looks
Composition is... - CORRECT ANSWER - The relationship between the various elements
in an image
Medium means... - CORRECT ANSWER - The material from which a work of art is made
What is the Subject Matter of this image? - CORRECT ANSWER - elephant
Content means... - CORRECT ANSWER - What work of art is about, its meaning
Context means... - CORRECT ANSWER - The personal, social, cultural, and historical
setting the art was originally created for
Katachi is the closest traditional Japanese equivalent to our word for art. It means... - CORRECT
ANSWER - Form and design
Iconoclasm means... - CORRECT ANSWER - Image breaking
When we try to understand a work of art from the perspective of its original culture and time
period we are trying to understand it _________ . - CORRECT ANSWER - In context
What is the Medium for this image? - CORRECT ANSWER - Oil Paint
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which technology dramatically changed our relationships with images during the last century? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Photography
What was the other technology that changed our relationship with images during the last
century? - CORRECT ANSWER - Offset Lithographic Printing
Smart phones are redefining our relationship with images today because they... - CORRECT
ANSWER - Combine the means of production and the means of distribution with mobility.
______ is a pattern of distinct characteristics that can be discerned in a group of images. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Style
One way to find your career is to identify where these three things overlap - CORRECT
ANSWER - What you love to do, what you can do well, and what the world needs.
Which term describes art that loosely represents the form of objects rather than trying to
faithfully represent objects in the natural world? - CORRECT ANSWER - Abstract
Which term describes art that tries to faithfully represent objects in the natural world? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Representational
Which term describes art that does not represent objects in the natural world but rather focuses
on depicting pure form? - CORRECT ANSWER - Nonrepresentational
Tromp L'oeil is most related to which genre of art? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Representational
, What is the Context for this image? (Note: it was created by a British painter. It depicts a scene
from the Battle of Waterloo. It was painted in 1815 using oil paint on canvas) - CORRECT
ANSWER - National pride in Briton after winning the Battle of Waterloo
What is an image? - CORRECT ANSWER - Something that represents something else
Form means... - CORRECT ANSWER - The way a work of art looks
Composition is... - CORRECT ANSWER - The relationship between the various elements
in an image
Medium means... - CORRECT ANSWER - The material from which a work of art is made
What is the Subject Matter of this image? - CORRECT ANSWER - elephant
Content means... - CORRECT ANSWER - What work of art is about, its meaning
Context means... - CORRECT ANSWER - The personal, social, cultural, and historical
setting the art was originally created for
Katachi is the closest traditional Japanese equivalent to our word for art. It means... - CORRECT
ANSWER - Form and design
Iconoclasm means... - CORRECT ANSWER - Image breaking
When we try to understand a work of art from the perspective of its original culture and time
period we are trying to understand it _________ . - CORRECT ANSWER - In context
What is the Medium for this image? - CORRECT ANSWER - Oil Paint
