Durham Technical Community College: ART 111 - ART111 PRACTICE FINAL CORRECTED UPDATED 2025/26.

Final Exam Practice 1 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 2 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer The Pantheon's dome is ____ to lessen the weight of it both physically and visually. A open B gilded Correct: coffered D chamfered E carved In Brancusi's sculpture The Kiss, the two figures are reduced to a simple block form, much like the ____ of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. A Impressionism B Realism C Surrealism D Expressionism Correct: Cubism What is a temple tower in the form of a terraced pyramid, built by ancient Assyrians and Babylonians? Correct: ziggurat RECEIPT: 8B8D6AA7EEE1475BA104B139B56B3DA1 90 / 100 ATTEMPT 2/2 (SUBMITTED 4/13/25, 10:00 PM) Final Grade Attempt with highest grade 90 / 1004 TRUE/FALSE CORRECT 1 / 1 5 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 6 TRUE/FALSE CORRECT 1 / 1 7 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 B megaliths C lapis lazuli D basalt E Stonehenge Michelangelo stated, “Only what serves no purpose is truly beautiful,” suggesting a sure separation between fine art and craft. T True F False Correct answer In his Adam and Eve engraving, the Northern Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer emphasizes the ____. A Tree of Knowledge B serpent or Satan Correct: classically inspired beauty of the human body D slight build and refined facial features of the North E admonition against sin The Great Wall of China (Qin Dynasty) is roughly 5,500 miles long. T True Correct answer F False Lines are often used to ____.Correct answer 8 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 9 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 10 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct: imply movement and directionality B suggest stability C suggest assertiveness D imply heaviness and weight E suggest rigidity The representation of objects and people from a fixed vantage point is called what? A perspective B focal point Correct: optical representation D replica E copy Considered a true Renaissance man, ____ excelled in engineering, the natural sciences, anatomy, music, and technological prototypes, not to mention creating some of the world's best loved paintings. Correct: Leonardo da Vinci B Michelangelo C Raphael D Bramante E Piero della Francesca Which phase is characterized by the earliest known use of stones as tools by the ancestors of homo sapiens?Correct answer 11 TRUE/FALSE CORRECT 1 / 1 12 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 13 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct: Paleolithic B Mesolithic C Neolithic D Historic E Early Western Without a glaze, a clay pot would remain porous and therefore useless for carrying liquids. T True Correct answer F False In his ____, Vincent van Gogh's vibrant colors, characteristic long, thin strokes and feverish application of paint creates an emotionalism that turns a sleepy town into a cosmic display. A Vision After the Sermon Correct: Starry Night C At the Moulin Rouge D The Oxbow E Nymphs and Satyr The two most common subjects of the relief sculptures of Assyrian architecture reflects what? A portraits of the leader and their families B religious markings and teachings of their languageCorrect answer 14 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 15 TRUE/FALSE CORRECT 1 / 1 16 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer C the role of a man and a role of a woman during that given time period Correct: the king’s military exploits and brutal hunts that were staged and controlled to safely showcase the strength of the ruler E recordings of plants and animals found on their land The phenomenon of what has created a world in which cultures are no longer distant from one another, and people and places are no longer separate? A Pluralism Correct: globalization C Neo-Expressionism D Minimalism E Cubism Even the simplest lines can suggest different moods and elicit different emotional responses. T True Correct answer F False Which of the following is a period of Greek art from about 900 to 700 bce during which works of art emphasized geometric patterns? Correct: Geometric B Archaic C Hellenistic D Baroque17 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 18 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 19 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 E Modern All but one of the following materials can be used for casting. Which one cannot? A Wax B Concrete C Bronze Correct: Wood E Iron The 16 -century artist Leonardo da Vinci produced what is perhaps the most famous painting in the history of Western art. This painting is known as ____. th A Judith and Holofernes B Grande Odalisque C The Scream D Discobolus Correct: Mona Lisa In art, the mixing of the traditions of different cultures to create new blends and new connections is called what? A Futurism B dynamism C abstraction D appropriationCorrect answer 20 MULTIPLE CHOICE INCORRECT 0 / 1.5 Correct answer 21 TRUE/FALSE CORRECT 1 / 1 22 TRUE/FALSE CORRECT 1 / 1 23 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct: hybridity What gives us the ability to extract meaning or to interpret art? A Concepts B Understanding C Creating Incorrect: Subjects E Critiques Architecture informs us not only of the materials and technical means commonly used during certain periods in history; it can also embody the ideas, beliefs, and aspirations of an era. T True Correct answer F False Abstract art refers to work whose shapes are distorted or converted into patterns that may be read by the viewer as interesting in their own right or as representing another vision of a subject. T True Correct answer F False Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is best known for her extremely realistic and often anguished ____. A genre scenesCorrect answer 24 TRUE/FALSE CORRECT 1 / 1 25 TRUE/FALSE INCORRECT 0 / 1 26 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer Correct: self-portraits C landscapes D still lifes E assemblages No other culture has had as far-reaching or lasting an influence on Western art and civilization as that of the United States. T True F False Correct answer Diego Velázquez is one of the finest representatives of the Rococo style, and his painting Happy Accidents of the Swing is a prime example of the aims and accomplishments of the Rococo artist. T Incorrect: True F False Correct answer During Akhenaton's reign, the longstanding stylized formality of Egyptian art briefly gave way to ____, as seen in the very famous Bust of Queen Nefertiti. Correct: naturalism B rigidity C abstraction D conventionalism E excess27 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 28 TRUE/FALSE INCORRECT 0 / 1 29 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 30 MULTIPLE CHOICE INCORRECT 0 / 1.5 What is the creation of the illusion of depth through techniques such as texture gradient, brightness gradient, color saturation, and the use of warm and cool colors? A Hue Correct: Atmospheric perspective C Value D Shading E Stippling Charles Demuth was one of a group of artists called “Cubo-Realists” or “Precisionists” who overlaid stylistic elements from Cubism and Futurism on authentic American imagery. T True Correct answer F Incorrect: False Rembrandt used ____ to create his oil-on-board painting of the Head of St. Matthew. A tenebrism B plasticity Correct: impasto D relief E cross-hatching Much of ancient Egypt's art and many of its monuments were, in one way or another, linked to ____.Correct answer 31 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 32 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 33 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 A the hunt and the harvest B death or worship of the dead C everyday life and common activities Incorrect: the gods E mummies Etruscans constructed temples made of what materials? Correct: wood and mud brick B limestone C marble D slate E concrete Myron's Discobolos or Discus Thrower is representative of the most significant development in Early Classical art: the introduction of ____. Correct: implied movement in sculpture B a more natural human appearance C a lifelike facial expression D the Olympic athlete as subject matter E the nude male figure The Great Pyramids at Giza were built with massive blocks and ____.Correct answer 34 TRUE/FALSE CORRECT 1 / 1 35 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 36 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 A later carved out B have suffered much damage from vandalism C surfaced with marble D surfaced with granite Correct: surfaced with white limestone Hall of Bulls, realistic images of horses, bulls, and reindeer that appear to be stampeding in all directions, was found in a cave in Egypt. T True F False Correct answer What civilization was obsessed with its idea of beauty, and developed mathematical formulas for creating architecture so it would achieve ideal perfection? A Romans B Sumerians C Chinese Correct: Classical Greeks E Egyptians The process of organizing the visual elements to achieve a desired aesthetic in a work of art is known as ____. A languageCorrect answer 37 MULTIPLE CHOICE INCORRECT 0 / 1.5 Correct answer 38 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 39 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 B assembly Correct: design D variety E decoration A schematized or abstract form of an ancestral image, animal, geometric form, anatomic part, or shape suggestive of a cosmic symbol or microscopic life is an example of what? A Ionic style B Doric style Incorrect: kouros figures D pictograph E barroco Examining a work of art in its historical, social, and political ____ enables you to better understand it. A design Correct: context C element D genre E ideology Variations such as the use of complementary colors and the hazy double of the clear, detailed face of the dog contribute to make William Wegman's Ethiopia an example of ____.Correct answer 40 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 41 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 42 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 A asymmetrical balance B horizontal balance C formal symmetry Correct: approximate symmetry E diagonal balance Max Beckmann was said to be part of ____. A German Expressionism B the cubism movement C the High Renaissance D the Baroque Era Correct: Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) What is an eighteenth-century style during the Baroque era that is characterized by lighter colors, greater wit, playfulness, occasional eroticism, and yet more ornate decoration? A Hellenistic Correct: Rococo C Modern D Geometric E Neo-classical Which artist captured the essence of their botanical subjects by magnifying and abstracing details?Correct answer 43 TRUE/FALSE INCORRECT 0 / 1 44 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 45 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 A Charles Demuth B Umberto Boccioni Correct: Georgia O’Keeffe D Alfred Stieglitz E Giacomo Balla Egyptian sculptures were created to house the ka, or soul, if the mummified remains of the deceased disintegrated. Ka sculptures were often portraits. T Incorrect: True F False Correct answer One of the earliest and most famous "fertility" figurines from the Paleolithic period is the ____. A Peplos Kore B Venus of Urbino Correct: Venus of Willendorf D Venus de Milo E Statue of Khafre The first photographic process to leave a permanent image was invented in 1826 and known as ____. A daguerreotype B camera obscuraCorrect answer 46 TRUE/FALSE INCORRECT 0 / 1 47 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 48 TRUE/FALSE CORRECT 1 / 1 49 MULTIPLE CHOICE INCORRECT 0 / 1.5 C autochrome Correct: heliography E bitumen The potter’s wheel was first used in the Middle East in about 4000 BCE. T True Correct answer F Incorrect: False What refers to the visual strategies that, along with the elements of art, are used to construct a work of art? A Elements of design Correct: Principles of design C Concept D Style E Subjects The art that survives at Cyclades Islands has been culled mostly from tombs and includes pottery and small marble figurines of women and male musicians. T True Correct answer F False The most famous of the Venuses is the Venus of Willendorf, which is named after what?Correct answer 50 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 51 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer A The individual who found the sculpture B The medium in which the sculpture was made C A current event during which it was found D The site at which the sculpture was found Incorrect: The individual who is portrayed in the sculpture All of the following characterize Abstract Expressionism except ___. Correct: realistic portraiture B spontaneity C gestural brushstrokes D nonobjective imagery E intense color In his Creation of Adam scene from the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo created the most ____ in the history of art as God reached out to spark life into Adam. A incredible sense of three-dimensionality B intense moment Correct: dramatic negative space D anticlimatic moment E spiritual experience52 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 53 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 54 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer Stonehenge can be found where? A Spain B China C Egypt Correct: England E United States Until modern times, art works have been primarily devoted to ____ themes. A war Correct: religious C secular D rural E political The Colosseum in Rome consists of two back-to-back ____ and a combination of ____ columns that produce a sense of lightness proceeding from bottom to top tier. A arenas; Doric and Ionic Correct: amphitheaters; Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian C coffers; Doric and Corinthian D arches; Ionic and Corinthian E stadiums; Doric and engaged55 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 56 TRUE/FALSE CORRECT 1 / 1 57 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 58 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 What refers to a work's array of intangible aspects: the emotional, intellectual, psychological, symbolic elements? Correct: Content B Subject C Form D Style E Genres Motion and space were major concerns of the Baroque artists, as they were of the scientists of the period. T True Correct answer F False Examining a work of art in its historical, social, personal, and political ____ enables you to better understand it. A design Correct: context C element D genre E ideology Polykleitos’s most famous sculpture is what?Correct answer 59 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 60 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 61 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 A Diskobolos (Discus Thrower) Correct: Doryphoros C Kouros D Hermes and Dionysos E Pieta Minimalist artists of the 1960s were committed to ____ as the basis for their compositions. A the process of painting Correct: intellectual theory and mathematics C subject matter D everyday images E extreme realism Netherlandish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder's The Peasant Wedding is an excellent example of ____. A the International Gothic style B a group portrait C a trompe l'oeil painting Correct: a genre painting E a triptych The following used characters in cuneiform writing except ancient ___?Correct answer 62 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 63 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer A Akkadian B Assyrian C Babylonian Correct: Greek E Persian For the Paleolithic Hall of Bulls cave painting, artists used all of the following techniques except ____. A drawing with chunks of raw pigment Correct: painting with a bronze knife blade C spray painting with a hollowed out bone D foreshortening to create the illusion of three-dimensional forms E painting with fingers and sticks What is the study of themes and symbols; figures and images that, when deciphered, reveal the underlying meaning of a work of art? Correct: Iconography B Critiques C Elements of design D Principles of design E Globalization64 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 65 TRUE/FALSE CORRECT 1 / 1 66 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 Correct answer 67 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 According to Polykleitos, the head of an ideal human body should be ____ of the total height of the body. A one fifth Correct: one eighth C one tenth D one seventh E one sixth Figurative art refers only to art that resembles human or animal figures. T True F False Correct answer Which type of lines seem to defy gravity to limitless heights? A outlines B curving lines C contour lines Correct: vertical lines E formal lines Context has a profound influence on style. Artworks are very much a product of ____. A the artist's subconsciousCorrect answer 68 MULTIPLE CHOICE CORRECT 1.5 / 1.5 B their market value C their materials D their ambiguity Correct: their culture at a moment in time ____ is a mixture of pigment and a synthetic resin vehicle that can be thinned with water.