Praxis - Art 5134|224 Revision Questions
With Correct Answers
What would you mix with acrylic paint to make a glaze? - ✔ ✔ Gel
Medium
Two secondary colors mixed together make? - ✔ ✔ Brown
Frank Lloyd Wrights Prairie house was influenced by what style? - ✔
✔ Japanese
Which of the following wrote extensively on the relation of
photography to the other visual arts? - ✔ ✔ Alfred Stieglitz
Which of the following is considered to be the best canvas because it
has a fine, even grain that is free of knots? - ✔ ✔ Linen
Winslow Homer is best known for his paintings of? - ✔ ✔ Seascapes
What is an accurate definition of laid papers? - ✔ ✔ Paper with a
pattern of impressed parallel lines
The Pueblo Native American who invented the black-on-black pottery
ware that made the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico famous was
who? - ✔ ✔ María Martínez
A property of perception in which there is a tendency to see parts of a
visual field as solid, well-defined objects standing out against a less
distinct background. - ✔ ✔ Figure Ground
,A Greek statue of a young man from the archaic period (7th to 6th
century B.C.). It is recognizable by reason of its rigidity as? - ✔ ✔
Kouros
The painting, Olympia, by Édouard Manet, 1863, Musée d'Orsay, Paris,
is of a reclining nude. These reclining nudes are often referred to as
what? - ✔ ✔ Odalisque
An instrument for measuring angles, typically in the form of a flat
semicircle marked with degrees along the curved edge. - ✔ ✔
Protractor
A technique of taking several shots of the same subject using different
camera settings. - ✔ ✔ Bracketing
Image created through the use of dots. - ✔ ✔ Half Tone
A kind of lead-glazed Japanese earthenware, typically irregular in shape
and used especially for the tea ceremony. - ✔ ✔ Raku
A tool used to apply wax - ✔ ✔ Tjanting
A genre of woodblock prints and paintings that flourished in Japan from
the 17th through 19th centuries. - ✔ ✔ Ukiyo-e
A design of repeated lines used in islamic religion. - ✔ ✔ Arabesque
Who painted The Persistence of Memory? - ✔ ✔ Dali
Used light colors, asymmetrical designs, curves, and gold. Had playful
and witty themes. - ✔ ✔ Rococo
What region is the Book of Kelts
, and the Lindisfame from? - ✔ ✔ Celtic
The aesthetic philosophy that claims that the value of a work of art is
determined by museums and galleries is know as? - ✔ ✔
Institutionalism
The contemporary artist Cindy Sherman is best known for her work in
which of the following media? - ✔ ✔ Photography
The layout of design of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China, are
intended mainly as a symbolic expression of? - ✔ ✔ Connection
between imperial and cosmic orders
Thomas Jefferson's architecture, Monticello, is designed in what style? -
✔ ✔ Neo-Classical
Which artist used Smufato? - ✔ ✔ DaVinci
A soft, smoky, hazy appearance with blurred images - ✔ ✔ Smufato
What is Diego Rivera most known
for? - ✔ ✔ Muralist
The painting Cultivating the Peas is of what style - ✔ ✔ American
Regionalism
Which architectural feature is NOT found in the Mosque of Cordoba? -
✔ ✔ Flying buttress
Who is the 13th century Italian painter whose work contains Byzantine
characteristics? - ✔ ✔ Cimbue
The most common solvent used in
With Correct Answers
What would you mix with acrylic paint to make a glaze? - ✔ ✔ Gel
Medium
Two secondary colors mixed together make? - ✔ ✔ Brown
Frank Lloyd Wrights Prairie house was influenced by what style? - ✔
✔ Japanese
Which of the following wrote extensively on the relation of
photography to the other visual arts? - ✔ ✔ Alfred Stieglitz
Which of the following is considered to be the best canvas because it
has a fine, even grain that is free of knots? - ✔ ✔ Linen
Winslow Homer is best known for his paintings of? - ✔ ✔ Seascapes
What is an accurate definition of laid papers? - ✔ ✔ Paper with a
pattern of impressed parallel lines
The Pueblo Native American who invented the black-on-black pottery
ware that made the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico famous was
who? - ✔ ✔ María Martínez
A property of perception in which there is a tendency to see parts of a
visual field as solid, well-defined objects standing out against a less
distinct background. - ✔ ✔ Figure Ground
,A Greek statue of a young man from the archaic period (7th to 6th
century B.C.). It is recognizable by reason of its rigidity as? - ✔ ✔
Kouros
The painting, Olympia, by Édouard Manet, 1863, Musée d'Orsay, Paris,
is of a reclining nude. These reclining nudes are often referred to as
what? - ✔ ✔ Odalisque
An instrument for measuring angles, typically in the form of a flat
semicircle marked with degrees along the curved edge. - ✔ ✔
Protractor
A technique of taking several shots of the same subject using different
camera settings. - ✔ ✔ Bracketing
Image created through the use of dots. - ✔ ✔ Half Tone
A kind of lead-glazed Japanese earthenware, typically irregular in shape
and used especially for the tea ceremony. - ✔ ✔ Raku
A tool used to apply wax - ✔ ✔ Tjanting
A genre of woodblock prints and paintings that flourished in Japan from
the 17th through 19th centuries. - ✔ ✔ Ukiyo-e
A design of repeated lines used in islamic religion. - ✔ ✔ Arabesque
Who painted The Persistence of Memory? - ✔ ✔ Dali
Used light colors, asymmetrical designs, curves, and gold. Had playful
and witty themes. - ✔ ✔ Rococo
What region is the Book of Kelts
, and the Lindisfame from? - ✔ ✔ Celtic
The aesthetic philosophy that claims that the value of a work of art is
determined by museums and galleries is know as? - ✔ ✔
Institutionalism
The contemporary artist Cindy Sherman is best known for her work in
which of the following media? - ✔ ✔ Photography
The layout of design of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China, are
intended mainly as a symbolic expression of? - ✔ ✔ Connection
between imperial and cosmic orders
Thomas Jefferson's architecture, Monticello, is designed in what style? -
✔ ✔ Neo-Classical
Which artist used Smufato? - ✔ ✔ DaVinci
A soft, smoky, hazy appearance with blurred images - ✔ ✔ Smufato
What is Diego Rivera most known
for? - ✔ ✔ Muralist
The painting Cultivating the Peas is of what style - ✔ ✔ American
Regionalism
Which architectural feature is NOT found in the Mosque of Cordoba? -
✔ ✔ Flying buttress
Who is the 13th century Italian painter whose work contains Byzantine
characteristics? - ✔ ✔ Cimbue
The most common solvent used in
