Arts Commencement Exam Review
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Prehistoric Art - CORRECT ANSWER - Staring point of art
Rock carving
Representation of objects animals and tituald that governed a civilization's existence
Ancient Art - CORRECT ANSWER - Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and the americas
symbolic imagery and demonstrate of social status
Medieval art - CORRECT ANSWER - Dark + religious
Renaissance Art - CORRECT ANSWER - Humanism and individualism
Realism and pay attention to the actually proportions
Foreshortening - CORRECT ANSWER - The use of perspective to represent in art the
apparent visual contraction of an object that extends back in space at an angle to the
perpendicular plane of sight. 3D extension in space
Fresco painting - CORRECT ANSWER - Murals painted onto plaster walls
Mannerism - CORRECT ANSWER - Artistic movement against the Renaissance ideals of
symetry, balance, and simplicity; went against the perfection the High Renaissance created in art.
Used elongated proportions, twisted poese and compression of space.
Graceful exaggerated details
Baroque Art - CORRECT ANSWER - -dramatic moments
-intense emotion
, -everday people who aren't idealized
-ornate decorations
Chiaroscuro - CORRECT ANSWER - the treatment of light and shade in drawing and
painting
Rococo Art - CORRECT ANSWER - Placed emphasis on the carefree life of the
aristocracy rather than on grand heroes or pious martyrs
Lightness and elegance
Neoclassicism art - CORRECT ANSWER - Realistic depiction of heroic events in Greece
and rome
Softer style
Smooth paint
Romanticism Art - CORRECT ANSWER - emotion over order; emotional; deeply felt;
nature in raw, wild state; awe inspiring, awe
Realism art - CORRECT ANSWER - Ordinary sciences capture everyday life
Impressionism - CORRECT ANSWER - Short quick brushstrokes and an unfinished
sketch like feel
More nature
Post-Impressionism art - CORRECT ANSWER - Abstract forms, geometric shapes
distorted forms exaggerated colors and sometimes heavy outline Van Gogh
Art nouveau - CORRECT ANSWER - New art
Natural world with long, sinuous lines and curves more is the background
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Prehistoric Art - CORRECT ANSWER - Staring point of art
Rock carving
Representation of objects animals and tituald that governed a civilization's existence
Ancient Art - CORRECT ANSWER - Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and the americas
symbolic imagery and demonstrate of social status
Medieval art - CORRECT ANSWER - Dark + religious
Renaissance Art - CORRECT ANSWER - Humanism and individualism
Realism and pay attention to the actually proportions
Foreshortening - CORRECT ANSWER - The use of perspective to represent in art the
apparent visual contraction of an object that extends back in space at an angle to the
perpendicular plane of sight. 3D extension in space
Fresco painting - CORRECT ANSWER - Murals painted onto plaster walls
Mannerism - CORRECT ANSWER - Artistic movement against the Renaissance ideals of
symetry, balance, and simplicity; went against the perfection the High Renaissance created in art.
Used elongated proportions, twisted poese and compression of space.
Graceful exaggerated details
Baroque Art - CORRECT ANSWER - -dramatic moments
-intense emotion
, -everday people who aren't idealized
-ornate decorations
Chiaroscuro - CORRECT ANSWER - the treatment of light and shade in drawing and
painting
Rococo Art - CORRECT ANSWER - Placed emphasis on the carefree life of the
aristocracy rather than on grand heroes or pious martyrs
Lightness and elegance
Neoclassicism art - CORRECT ANSWER - Realistic depiction of heroic events in Greece
and rome
Softer style
Smooth paint
Romanticism Art - CORRECT ANSWER - emotion over order; emotional; deeply felt;
nature in raw, wild state; awe inspiring, awe
Realism art - CORRECT ANSWER - Ordinary sciences capture everyday life
Impressionism - CORRECT ANSWER - Short quick brushstrokes and an unfinished
sketch like feel
More nature
Post-Impressionism art - CORRECT ANSWER - Abstract forms, geometric shapes
distorted forms exaggerated colors and sometimes heavy outline Van Gogh
Art nouveau - CORRECT ANSWER - New art
Natural world with long, sinuous lines and curves more is the background
