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Multiple Choice
1. A mark or area that is significantly longer than it is wide may be perceived as __________.
A. a line
B. a picture plane
C. linear perspective
D. three-dimensional
Answer: A
Page ref: 57
2. Sculptures that project out from a two-dimensional ground are called __________.
A. miniatures
B. mosaics
C. reliefs
D. statues
Answer: C
Page ref: 72
3. When the figure and ground are about equal in area an artist can create a __________, in which
either color can be interpreted as lying on top of the other.
A. figure-ground reversal
B. figures on grounds
C. groundling figures
D. figure-ground dispersal
Answer: A
Page ref: 96
4. Linear perspective is a mathematical system used to show __________.
A. the ratio of horizontal and vertical lines
B. recession in space
C. the ideal length of the picture plane
D. the distance to stand away from the painting
Answer: B
Page ref: 97
5. Michael Heizer’s City Complex I (fig. 2.31), which has an enduring, monumental effect, is an example of
a __________ sculpture.
A. void
B. dynamic
C. two-dimensional
D. static
Answer: D
Page ref: 78
6. The shapes in Matisse’s painting The Snail (fig. 2.38) are called hard-edged because __________.
A. she used a ruler
B. their boundaries are clearly distinguished
C. they represent brick walls
D. the colors look like steel
Answer: B
Page ref: 85 and 88
7. When two-dimensional images are made to look three-dimensional it is called __________.
A. abstraction
B. surrealism
C. illusion
D. stylization
Answer: C
Page ref: 82
8. When a visual effect is so realistic it fools our perception it is called __________.
A. trompe l’oeil
B. stylization
C. nonobjective
D. the vantage point
Answer: A
Page ref: 115
9. On its most basic level, three-dimensional art physically __________.
A. occupies space
B. is heavy and solid
C. cannot be moved once installed
D. confronts the viewer
Answer: A
Page ref: 91
10. Complementary colors are those that are __________.
A. next to each other in a painting
B. saturated with pigment
C. opposite each other on the color wheel
D. basic hues from which all others can be mixed
Answer: C
Page ref: 133
11. A shape placed on a two-dimensional surface establishes a __________.
A. contrasting color
B. figure-ground relationship
C. linear perspective
D. sense of realism
Answer: B
Page ref: 94
12. In art the term “scale” refers to __________.
A. relative size
B. the weight of a sculpture
C. the texture of surface
D. the range of colors used
Answer: A
Page ref: 105
13. Three-dimensional art in the full round is designed to be seen __________.
A. from one vantage point
B. from all sides
C. from a distance
D. up close
Answer: B
Page ref: 74
14. Atmospheric perspective is a way to __________.
A. depict clouds in different ways
B. paint natural forces, like rainbows and thunderstorms
C. focus the light in a room on a painting
D. show deep space by making distant things hazy
Answer: D
Page ref: 101
15. The sculptor Henry Moore was interested in the interplay between __________.
A. wood and marble
B. animals and landscape
C. positive form and negative space
D. viewers and critics
Answer: C
Page ref: 80
16. The surface quality of a work is called __________.
A. satin finish
B. polish
C. texture
D. relief
Answer: C
Page ref: 110
17. Edward Steichen’s photograph Rodin: The Thinker (fig. 2.85) is a good example of the use of
__________.
A. reflections
B. texture
C. bronze casting
D. value and contrast
Answer: D
Page ref: 118
18. During the Renaissance, European painters developed the technique of chiaroscuro,
or __________.
A. light and shade
B. real and artificial
C. modern and antique
D. black and white
Answer: A
Page ref: 118
19. Real-world objects taken from trash heaps and used in art are called __________.
A. treasures
B. life’s waste
C. found objects
D. land art
Answer: C
Page ref: 93
20. Alexander Calder’s Cow (fig. 2.45) uses __________ lines to create a sense of three-dimensionality
and to emphasize the overall form of the image.
A. angled
B. variegated
C. contour
D. static
Answer: C
Page ref: 58 and 91
True/False
21. The phrase “point of view” is used in art to indicate where the viewer is standing in relation to the
figures in the artwork.
Answer: T
Page ref: 103
22. Colors described as warm have the optical effect of receding in space.
Answer: F
Page ref: 145
23. Overlapping is a way of suggesting three-dimensional space.
Answer: T
Page ref: 82
24. Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate (fig. 2.92) employs reflected light to capture the viewer’s attention.
Answer: T
Page ref: 124
25. The Futurists were most interested in capturing a single moment in time in a static image.
Answer: F
Page ref: 159
Short Answer Essays
26. Perform a close analysis of at least one work in order to examine how and why calligraphy became a
major art form in Islamic art.
Page ref: 57 and 60-61
27. One of the major elements of art is the use of light. Discuss the effects of light in Degas’ Dancer with a
Bouquet (fig. 2.61) and Le Corbusier’s Chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Haut (fig. 2.96).
Page ref: 102 and 128
28. Cite two paintings in which color is used to evoke or enhance an emotional effect.
Page ref: 140
