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Q: In his painting The Flagellation, Italian artist Piero della Francesca created unity by concentrating groups of figures in two different areas, ________ and ________. a. foreground . . . background d. north . . . south b. city . . . country e. center . . . left c. high up . . . low down

Q: Romare Bearden depicted a hectic street scene in his work The Dove. He created a sense of unity and stability in the busy composition with an implied ________ shape. a. hexagonal d. square b. spherical e. triangular c. rectangular

Q: Romare Beardens work The Dove uses an underlying ________ reflecting the city streets to create a sense of order. a. color d. dark value b. grid e. triangle c. texture

Q: Disparate visual elements can be linked together with a common idea. This is ________ unity. a. symbolic d. virtual b. compositional e. actual c. conceptual

Q: What element describes the imposition of order and harmony on a design? a. unity d. rhythm b. variety e. proportion c. balance

Q: The three kinds of unity are: a. compositional, conceptual, gestalt b. asymmetrical, symmetrical, radial c. radial, proportional, volumetric d. compositional, symmetrical, gestalt e. radial, conceptual, gestalt

Q: Compositional unity strikes an interesting balance between the monotony of too much similarity, and the chaos of too much ________ in a work of art. a. texture d. emphasis b. yellow e. movement c. variety

Q: What principle of art did Katsushika Hokusai employ in The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa in order to bring harmony to what could otherwise be a very chaotic scene? a. pattern d. scale b. always use the color blue e. none of the other answers c. unity

Q: Katsushika Hokusai, in his woodcut The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa, simplified and ordered the visual elements in the work to create ________. a. compositional unity d. realism b. conceptual unity e. symmetry c. chaos

Q: The design by I. Michael Interior Design creates ________ and interesting composition by using a balance of curved and straight lines. a. a French-style d. a harmonious b. a chaotic e. an incoherent c. a Classical

Q: An interior design that uses only straight lines might lack the visual interest of a more varied composition.

Q: The many viewpoints in Marie Marevnas Cubist work Nature morte la bouteille could produce excessive variety, but the artist was able to unify the composition. Discuss the elements that Marevna used to create unity.

Q: Alexander Calder invented the ________, a type of suspended, balanced sculpture that uses air currents to power its movement. a. zoetrope d. relief b. stabile e. mobile c. mime

Q: If Alexander Calders Untitled mobile was powered by a small motor, rather than air currents, it would not be an example of actual motion.

Q: The elements of time and motion are not applicable to the art of photography.

Q: The sequence of photographs Dorothea Lange took of a migrant family in 1936 shows how photographers move around their subject and anticipate the right time to capture the image they seek. In this way, photography is still deeply concerned with the elements of ________ and time. a. motion d. volume b. color e. texture c. light

Q: Motion is not the only indicator of the passage of time in art. ________ use the changing properties of organic material to create a sense of time passing in their art. a. Impressionists d. Surrealists b. Fauvists e. Pointillists c. Bioartists

Q: In her work Astroculture (Shelf Life) bioartist Suzanne Anker experiments with growing plants in artificial light for use in ________. a. outer space d. farming b. painting e. underwater cities c. art museums

Q: Ron Lamberts sculptural work Sublimate (Cloud Cover) replicates the natural process of the water cycle to illustrate the ________. a. weather d. outside world b. passage of time e. sun c. color of rain

Q: The sculptural work Sublimate (Cloud Cover) by Ron Lambert measures time based on the process of evaporation and condensation. Can you name three other natural processes that give us a sense of time?

Q: This medium involves the human body and usually includes the artist. a. performance art d. narrative painting b. bioart e. collage c. Futurism

Q: Discuss how performance art differs from other types of performances, such as music, athletics, or theater. Why is performance art different? When confronted by a performance work, how can you tell the difference between it and other disciplines?

Q: Performance artists the Blue Man Group rely on bodily movements to communicate ideas without speech.

Q: This type of sculpture can move and change its visual form. a. relief d. geometric b. in the round e. contemporary c. kinetic

Q: When an artist creates a work that deceives our eyes into believing there is motion as time passes, this is called ________. a. actual motion d. the illusion of motion b. implied motion e. performance art c. stroboscopic motion

Q: Jenny Holzer created an illusion of motion using a spiraling electronic message board in this New York museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. a. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum b. Metropolitan Museum of Art c. Museum of Modern Art d. Whitney Museum of American Art e. Frick Collection

Q: This art movement of the 1960s relies on perceptual anomalies of the human eye to create dynamic effects. a. Bioart d. Film noir b. Pop art e. Op art c. Futurism

Q: This artist, who created the work Cataract 3, used the natural movement of the human eye to create illusions of motion. a. Jenny Holzer d. Alexander Calder b. Bridget Riley e. Dorothea Lange c. Nancy Holt

Q: The kind of motion that is created by showing a series of static images in quick succession is called ________. a. stroboscopic motion d. actual motion b. implied motion e. artificial motion c. illusion of motion

Q: This spinning toy gives a sense of motion to a viewer when he or she looks through small slits in its cylindrical drum at a strip of changing pictures. a. magic lantern d. kinetoscope b. zoetrope e. cinematograph c. zoopraxiscope

Q: Disneys Finding Nemo is an example of a series of computer-generated images played in rapid succession. This medium is called ________. a. kinetic sculpture d. animation b. film noir e. painting c. zoetrope

Q: In his film Run Lola Run, Tom Tykwer extends the ________ of the storyline beyond the everyday passage of time by rebooting Lolas journey multiple times. a. scope d. background b. color e. tempo c. angle

Q: This kind of motion is occurring when we see movement in real life. a. implied motion d. illusion of motion b. actual motion e. artificial motion c. stroboscopic motion

Q: This type of art can only exist in one place and time in history. a. ceramics d. narrative painting b. performance art e. collage c. Futurism

Q: The Italian Futurist artist Giacomo Balla illustrated the rapid movement of a dog running on a leash by painting a series of ________ in order to give the impression that we are seeing motion as it happens. a. colorful dots d. many dogs b. repeating marks e. dark shadows c. geometric shapes

Q: If a figure in an artwork has drapery billowing out behind it, and appears to have multiple feet in different positions, the viewer might assume that this figure is ________. a. running forwards d. slowly stepping to the side b. skipping backwards e. none of the other answers c. standing still

Q: Paul Gauguins use of the color ________ in his depiction of a crucified Christ enhances the works connection with the seasons, and expresses a message of optimism and rebirth. a. red d. yellow b. green e. black c. gray

Q: Cecilia Beauxs strong use of the color red in her self-portrait, which was commissioned for the prestigious Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, may have been an expression of ________, related to an event that had happened before she started the project. a. pain d. fear b. envy e. depression c. sadness

Q: The artist Adrian Kondratowicz was able to elicit a positive emotion from his Harlem community by distributing ________. a. pink polka-dot trash bags d. yellow raincoats b. green shamrock-shaped charms e. black billiard balls c. gray tweed trousers

Q: Traditional visual arts, such as painting, are inherently static, but artists have always found inventive ways of conveying the elements of ________ and ________. a. time . . . motion d. red . . . yellow b. rhythm . . . music e. speed . . . excitement c. fast . . . slow f. height . . . width

Q: When painters in the workshop of the fifteenth-century artist known as the Master of Osservanza illustrated The Meeting of St. Anthony and St. Paul, they solved the problem of how to ________ in a single painting by merging a series of episodes into one picture. a. tell a story d. portray two saints b. mix colors e. create a setting c. save space

Q: Nancy Holt created this work, which intertwines the passage of time with the movement of the sun. a. Cataract 3 d. Finding Nemo b. Apollo and Daphne e. Sublimate (Cloud Cover) c. Solar Rotary

Q: Duration, tempo, intensity, scope, setting, and chronology are: a. basic attributes of time d. central tenets of time-based art b. attributes of film e. all of the other answers c. terms that describe time

Q: This inventor co-created the film Fred Otts Sneeze, which was one of the first American movies. a. William Faulkner d. Robert Fulton b. Thomas Edison e. Alexander Graham Bell c. Albert Einstein

Q: If the action portrayed in the early film Fred Otts Sneeze was not a sneeze, but a man simply wiping his nose, this would have an effect on the level of intensity in the movie. The movie would be ________. a. less intense d. a bit more intense b. much more intense e. all of the other answers c. the same level

Q: This American novelist noted that the aim of every artist is to arrest motion. a. Ernest Hemingway d. Mark Twain b. J. D. Salinger e. William Faulkner c. Edgar Allan Poe

Q: When an artist employs visual clues to suggest movement in a work of art that is static and motionless, this is known as ________. a. stroboscopic motion d. implied motion b. actual motion e. slow motion c. rapid motion

Q: Berninis sculpture of Apollo and Daphne is based on a mythological story in which a god pursues a nymph. The artist used diagonal lines and flowing drapery to convey the ________ of the chase. a. stillness d. proportion b. color e. composition c. movement

Q: The Italian Futurist artist Giacomo Balla implied motion by repetition and inference in his work ________ of a Dog on a Leash. a. Vision d. Movement b. Picture e. Texture c. Dynamism

Q: In a letter to his brother Theo, Vincent van Gogh wrote about The Night Caf: I have tried to express with red and green the terrible passions of human nature. Discuss what Van Gogh meant by this statement, and how color helps communicate this idea.

Q: Henri Matisse was a member of the ________ movement, a group of artists who were especially focused on using color as intensely as they could. a. Pre-Raphaelite d. Baroque b. Impressionist e. Fauve c. Pop Art

Q: ________ in particular is an element of art that can engage the viewer and express a wide range of emotions. a. volume d. form b. texture e. color c. shape

Q: The varying color tones in Ancient Sound by Paul Klee were intended to be associated with ________. a. randomness d. personality b. death e. emotion c. music

Q: When a color is associated with hot or cold we refer to this as color ________. a. personality d. temperature b. value e. harmony c. tint

Q: Color ________ can be relative to the other colors nearby. For example, violet can be warm if we see it next to a hot color like red, or cool if we see it next to a colder color like blue. a. temperature d. personality b. value e. harmony c. tint

Q: Why did the ceramist who created the underglaze-painted lamp from the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, use green as one of the main colors? a. green is the best color to use for depicting grass b. green has positive associations in Islamic art c. green is the only color permitted for use in Islamic ceramic art d. the Dome of the Rock has a green-colored theme e. none of the other answers

Q: We see this type of color when the brain receives so much color information that it is forced to simplify what we perceive. a. tint d. neutral color b. complementary color e. optical color c. analogous color

Q: The French artist Georges Seurat employed a new technique to create a jewel-like diffusion of light and vibration of color in his work The Circus. This type of painting, made up of small dots of color, is known as ________. a. pointillism d. Luminism b. Impressionism e. Pop art c. Fauvism

Q: When he experimented with the relationship between adjacent colors, ________ showed that the human eye can be deceived by color. a. Rembrandt d. Michelangelo b. Josef Albers e. Isaac Newton c. Vincent van Gogh

Q: Color can be used for healing purposes. The ancient Persian philosopher Avicenna believed that looking at the color ________ had beneficial effects. a. green d. black b. yellow e. red c. blue

Q: Color associations can be both culturally specific and universal. Red is a color that can arouse universal feelings, such as these three: a. aggression e. eroticism b. sadness f. cowardice c. passion g. apathy d. decay

Q: A color that is lighter than its basic hue is known as a tint. A color that is darker than its basic hue is called a ________. a. tint d. monochrome b. shade e. shadow c. neutral

Q: The American artist Mark Tansey used ________ color palette when he painted his homage to Cubism titled Picasso and Braque. a. a neutral d. a monochromatic b. a complementary e. a vivid c. an analogous

Q: An artwork that uses many hues but only one value is called monochromatic.

Q: We generally associate a color with its purest, most intense state, or its highest level of ________. a. value d. saturation b. tint e. grayscale c. contrast

Q: A color that is almost gray has a ________ saturation. a. high d. valuable b. low e. monochrome c. medium

Q: In Barnett Newmans Vir Heroicus Sublimis, the artist used color to communicate his idealistic vision of the perfectibility of humankind. What does the perfectibility of humankind mean in this context? What does the artists use of color have to do with this?

Q: The use of strong chromatic color in The Turning Road, LEstaque by Andr Derain gives the work a feeling of ________. a. calm d. languor b. depression e. frailty c. energy

Q: Ancient Greek philosophers speculated that color was not a state of matter but a state of mind. What do you think is meant by this statement?

Q: Color associations vary by culture. For example, an American bride would probably wear white, while her Asian counterpart might wear ________. a. black d. green b. red e. yellow c. purple

Q: The term used for referring to each of the basic colors of the spectrum is ________. a. complementary d. optical color b. secondary e. analogous c. hue

Q: The sculptor Kane Kweis Coffin in the Shape of a Cocoa Pod is painted a brilliant orange hue. Why might the artist have exaggerated the brightness of a cocoa pods natural color for use in this context?

Q: The element of art that describes the relative lightness or darkness of a hue, compared to another hue, is known as ________. a. value d. contrast b. saturation e. form c. intensity

Q: Why are several of John Adamss works considered controversial?

Q: How does Doctor Atomic seek to convey emotional truths through semi-fictional accounts of the creation of the atomic bomb?

Q: Doctor Atomic does not provide any social or political commentary on the operas subject.

Q: The libretto for Doctor Atomic is based on memoirs, government documents, poetry, and sacred scripture.

Q: Peter Sellars wrote the libretto for Doctor Atomic.

Q: Doctor Atomic is based on the life of Albert Einstein.

Q: The Bhagavad Gita is a sacred Muslim scripture.