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Arts commencement exam review Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
Prehistoric Art
Ans: Staring point of art
Rock carving
Representation of objects animals and tituald that governed a civilization's
existence
Ancient Art
Ans: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and the americas symbolic imagery and
demonstrate of social status
Medieval art
Ans: Dark + religious
Renaissance Art
Ans: Humanism and individualism
Realism and pay attention to the actually proportions
Foreshortening
Ans: 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
Ans: Murals painted onto plaster walls
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Mannerism
Ans: 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
Ans: -dramatic moments
-intense emotion
-everday people who aren't idealized
-ornate decorations
Chiaroscuro
Ans: the treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting
Rococo Art
Ans: Placed emphasis on the carefree life of the aristocracy rather than on
grand heroes or pious martyrs
Lightness and elegance
Neoclassicism art
Ans: Realistic depiction of heroic events in Greece and rome
Softer style
Smooth paint
Romanticism Art
Ans: emotion over order; emotional; deeply felt; nature in raw, wild state; awe
inspiring, awe
© 2025/ 2026 | ® All rights reserved
Arts commencement exam review Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
Prehistoric Art
Ans: Staring point of art
Rock carving
Representation of objects animals and tituald that governed a civilization's
existence
Ancient Art
Ans: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and the americas symbolic imagery and
demonstrate of social status
Medieval art
Ans: Dark + religious
Renaissance Art
Ans: Humanism and individualism
Realism and pay attention to the actually proportions
Foreshortening
Ans: 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
Ans: Murals painted onto plaster walls
© 2025/ 2026 | ® All rights reserved
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Mannerism
Ans: 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
Ans: -dramatic moments
-intense emotion
-everday people who aren't idealized
-ornate decorations
Chiaroscuro
Ans: the treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting
Rococo Art
Ans: Placed emphasis on the carefree life of the aristocracy rather than on
grand heroes or pious martyrs
Lightness and elegance
Neoclassicism art
Ans: Realistic depiction of heroic events in Greece and rome
Softer style
Smooth paint
Romanticism Art
Ans: emotion over order; emotional; deeply felt; nature in raw, wild state; awe
inspiring, awe
© 2025/ 2026 | ® All rights reserved
