Art Appreciation Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
In which ways can art be categorized?— Answer: 1) Geographically
2) Historically
3) Chronologically
4) Thematically
Whats Missing in the definition of art? Art is primarily a _____
medium that is used to express our ideas about our human experience
and the world around us.— Answer: Visual
Art is a _____ phenomenon.— Answer: human
Art has several functions, including....— Answer: 1) Serving as a
profession in society
2) Providing economic benefits to the artist
3) Decorating museum walls
Aesthetics is....— Answer: A branch of philosophy
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Popular art includes.....— Answer: calendars
Craft refers to...— Answer: pottery
The components of an artwork include perception, response, creativity
and _______— Answer: expression
Content and form are interchangeable in a work of art.— Answer: false
Van Gogh was not a member of another stylistic group— Answer:
false
Ancient Egypt had an ever-changing artistic style— Answer: false
The content of a work of art refers to....— Answer: its meaning
An Equestrian sculpture is one that includes a...— Answer: horse
In Ancient Rome, ______ sculptures were seen as the ultimate symbol
of imperial dignity an power.— Answer: equestrian
In a work of art the work "composition" refers to....— Answer: the
arrangement of the formal elements of art
Traditional Chinese paintings were not made from life but from
memory.— Answer: True
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Art is always a serious endeavor and never functions as
entertainment.— Answer: false
Regardless of culture, content is always readily apparent in a work of
art.— Answer: false
Art is wherever a society or a culture determines is art— Answer: true
Every culture bith past and present has a word that corresponds to
ours for art— Answer: false
contemporary art and popular culture often share the same images—
Answer: true
________ styles of art convey intense emotions— Answer: expressive
ceramics, glass, jewelry weaving and woodworking are categorized
as______— Answer: crafts
The visual form of a work of art is the _______ embodiment of an
idea— Answer: physical
art has ____ form, which includes the materials used to make the
artwork, its formal elements and its overall composition— Answer:
visual
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________ is the mass of ideas associated with a work of art— Answer:
content
When artist challenge existing conventions of art, they are considered
to be.....— Answer: avant-grade
Objects or images are categorized as _____ if they have an emotion
appeal that is generalized superficial or sentimental— Answer: kitsch
_________ is the manner of expression that is characteristic of art made
by an individual artist from a historic period or from an entire
civilization— Answer: style
Horizontal lines mostly suggest......— Answer: rest
Diagonal lines imply— Answer: action
Value in art refers to _______ and ______— Answer: lightness and
darkness
An Achromatic value scale doest utilize....— Answer: illumination
Chiaroscuro was first used by fifteen century ______ painters to give
the illusion of rounded forms on flat surface— Answer: Italin
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