HUMN 303N Week 3 Art Assignment –
2026/2027 Final Exam Study Guide
Instructions: This guide contains 100 structured questions and answers covering key concepts
from Week 3. The correct answer for multiple-choice questions is indicated with a ✔. Use this
resource to test your knowledge of artistic movements, techniques, cultural contexts, and
critical terminology.
Section 1: Foundations of Artistic Analysis (Questions 1-20)
1. What is the primary purpose of formal analysis in art criticism?
A) To explore the artist’s psychological state
B) To examine the historical context of the work
C) To analyze the visual elements and design principles ✔
D) To judge the work’s monetary value
2. Which term describes the arrangement of visual elements in an artwork?
A) Composition ✔
B) Chiaroscuro
C) Iconography
D) Medium
3. Which is an example of a line in art?
A) The illusion of depth in a landscape
B) A path made by a moving point ✔
C) The texture of a painted surface
D) The lightness or darkness of a color
4. What does chiaroscuro primarily achieve in a painting?
A) Bright, flat color fields
B) Sharp, geometric fragmentation
C) Dramatic use of light and shadow for volume ✔
D) Distortion of figurative forms
5. The symbolic meaning of subjects and motifs in art is called:
A) Formalism
B) Iconography ✔
,C) Perspective
D) Medium
6. Which principle of design refers to the distribution of visual weight?
A) Balance ✔
B) Rhythm
C) Unity
D) Proportion
7. In color theory, red, blue, and yellow are known as:
A) Secondary colors
B) Tertiary colors
C) Complementary colors
D) Primary colors ✔
8. What is foreshortening used to achieve?
A) A sense of deep space by distorting proportions ✔
B) Flattening of the picture plane
C) Harmonious color relationships
D) Abstract patterns from nature
9. A sculpture that is not attached to a background and can be viewed from all sides is called:
A) Bas-relief
B) High relief
C) Freestanding ✔
D) Assemblage
10. Which medium uses pigments suspended in wax?
A) Tempera
B) Fresco
C) Oil paint
D) Encaustic ✔
11. The “vanishing point” is a key component of:
A) Atmospheric perspective
B) Linear perspective ✔
C) Isometric perspective
D) Fauvist color theory
12. What does the term medium (plural media) refer to?
A) The moral message of the artwork
,B) The material used to create the artwork ✔
C) The size of the artwork
D) The gallery where the artwork is displayed
13. Texture that is visually suggested but not physically tactile is called:
A) Actual texture
B) Impasto
C) Simulated texture ✔
D) Collage
14. In a triptych, how many panels are there?
A) One
B) Two
C) Three ✔
D) Four
15. Which term describes art that does not attempt to represent external reality?
A) Naturalistic
B) Representational
C) Abstract ✔
D) Iconographic
16. The “Golden Ratio” is primarily concerned with:
A) Color harmony
B) Pleasing proportion ✔
C) Symbolic content
D) Political critique
17. What is the main characteristic of a contour line?
A) It defines the edges of a form ✔
B) It creates value through cross-hatching
C) It suggests movement through blurring
D) It is used only in abstract art
18. Which element of art is three-dimensional and encloses volume?
A) Shape
B) Form ✔
C) Line
D) Plane
, 19. A fresco painting is created on:
A) Canvas
B) Wood panel
C) Wet plaster ✔
D) Prepared paper
20. The technique of sfumato is best associated with which artist?
A) Vincent van Gogh
B) Leonardo da Vinci ✔
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Michelangelo
Section 2: Historical Periods & Movements (Questions 21-50)
21. Which period is characterized by a revival of Classical Greek and Roman forms?
A) Gothic
B) Baroque
C) Renaissance ✔
D) Romanticism
22. Dramatic, emotional, and theatrical art with intense light and shadow is typical of:
A) Rococo
B) Baroque ✔
C) Neoclassicism
D) Impressionism
23. Which movement sought to capture the fleeting effects of light and atmosphere?
A) Impressionism ✔
B) Cubism
C) Surrealism
D) Expressionism
24. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) is a pivotal work for which movement?
A) Fauvism
B) Cubism ✔
C) Dada
D) Abstract Expressionism
2026/2027 Final Exam Study Guide
Instructions: This guide contains 100 structured questions and answers covering key concepts
from Week 3. The correct answer for multiple-choice questions is indicated with a ✔. Use this
resource to test your knowledge of artistic movements, techniques, cultural contexts, and
critical terminology.
Section 1: Foundations of Artistic Analysis (Questions 1-20)
1. What is the primary purpose of formal analysis in art criticism?
A) To explore the artist’s psychological state
B) To examine the historical context of the work
C) To analyze the visual elements and design principles ✔
D) To judge the work’s monetary value
2. Which term describes the arrangement of visual elements in an artwork?
A) Composition ✔
B) Chiaroscuro
C) Iconography
D) Medium
3. Which is an example of a line in art?
A) The illusion of depth in a landscape
B) A path made by a moving point ✔
C) The texture of a painted surface
D) The lightness or darkness of a color
4. What does chiaroscuro primarily achieve in a painting?
A) Bright, flat color fields
B) Sharp, geometric fragmentation
C) Dramatic use of light and shadow for volume ✔
D) Distortion of figurative forms
5. The symbolic meaning of subjects and motifs in art is called:
A) Formalism
B) Iconography ✔
,C) Perspective
D) Medium
6. Which principle of design refers to the distribution of visual weight?
A) Balance ✔
B) Rhythm
C) Unity
D) Proportion
7. In color theory, red, blue, and yellow are known as:
A) Secondary colors
B) Tertiary colors
C) Complementary colors
D) Primary colors ✔
8. What is foreshortening used to achieve?
A) A sense of deep space by distorting proportions ✔
B) Flattening of the picture plane
C) Harmonious color relationships
D) Abstract patterns from nature
9. A sculpture that is not attached to a background and can be viewed from all sides is called:
A) Bas-relief
B) High relief
C) Freestanding ✔
D) Assemblage
10. Which medium uses pigments suspended in wax?
A) Tempera
B) Fresco
C) Oil paint
D) Encaustic ✔
11. The “vanishing point” is a key component of:
A) Atmospheric perspective
B) Linear perspective ✔
C) Isometric perspective
D) Fauvist color theory
12. What does the term medium (plural media) refer to?
A) The moral message of the artwork
,B) The material used to create the artwork ✔
C) The size of the artwork
D) The gallery where the artwork is displayed
13. Texture that is visually suggested but not physically tactile is called:
A) Actual texture
B) Impasto
C) Simulated texture ✔
D) Collage
14. In a triptych, how many panels are there?
A) One
B) Two
C) Three ✔
D) Four
15. Which term describes art that does not attempt to represent external reality?
A) Naturalistic
B) Representational
C) Abstract ✔
D) Iconographic
16. The “Golden Ratio” is primarily concerned with:
A) Color harmony
B) Pleasing proportion ✔
C) Symbolic content
D) Political critique
17. What is the main characteristic of a contour line?
A) It defines the edges of a form ✔
B) It creates value through cross-hatching
C) It suggests movement through blurring
D) It is used only in abstract art
18. Which element of art is three-dimensional and encloses volume?
A) Shape
B) Form ✔
C) Line
D) Plane
, 19. A fresco painting is created on:
A) Canvas
B) Wood panel
C) Wet plaster ✔
D) Prepared paper
20. The technique of sfumato is best associated with which artist?
A) Vincent van Gogh
B) Leonardo da Vinci ✔
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Michelangelo
Section 2: Historical Periods & Movements (Questions 21-50)
21. Which period is characterized by a revival of Classical Greek and Roman forms?
A) Gothic
B) Baroque
C) Renaissance ✔
D) Romanticism
22. Dramatic, emotional, and theatrical art with intense light and shadow is typical of:
A) Rococo
B) Baroque ✔
C) Neoclassicism
D) Impressionism
23. Which movement sought to capture the fleeting effects of light and atmosphere?
A) Impressionism ✔
B) Cubism
C) Surrealism
D) Expressionism
24. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) is a pivotal work for which movement?
A) Fauvism
B) Cubism ✔
C) Dada
D) Abstract Expressionism
