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Reality Through the Arts
Chapter TWO: SCULPTURE
Multiple Choice Questions
1) When a sculpture is freestanding and can be viewed from any angle it is
a) relief
b) linear
c) full round
d) panoramic
Answer: c
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2) August Rodin’s The Burghers of Calais, 1866 is an example of what kind of sculpture?
a) full round
b) relief
c) bas-relief
d) haut-relief
Answer: a
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3) Sculptures that project by at least half their depth from their base are called
a) bas-relief
b) low relief
c) haut relief
d) mid-relief
Answer: c
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4) Which of the following is a carver’s ideal kind of rock because of durability, ease of carving
and a wide range of colors?
a) igneous
b) sedimentary
c) metamorphic
d) terracotta
Answer: a
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5) The method of execution in sculpture in which works are carved.
a) construction
b) manipulation
c) substitution
d) subtractive
Answer: d
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6) The creation of a cast sculpture always involves the use of
a) a model
b) a mold
c) metal
d) polishing
Answer: b
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7) Giovanni Bologna’s Mercury, c. 1567 is an example of what kind of sculpture method?
a) construction
b) subtractive
c) built
d) substitution
Answer: d
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8) The ancient sculpture technique of lost-wax casting is an example of
a) substitution
b) manipulation
c) construction
d) subtraction
Answer: a
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9) When a sculpture directs the eye continually back into the form, it is called
a) closed
b) open
c) linear
d) formal
Answer: a
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10) The relationship of shapes is called
a) mass
b) form
c) proportion
d) unity
Answer: c
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11) Michelangelo’s David, 1501-1504, is made of marble and is therefore an example of what
method of sculpting?
a) substitution
b) subtraction
c) manipulation
d) construction
Answer: b
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12) The open spaces in sculpture are called
a) negative
b) positive
c) linear
d) literal
Answer: a
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13) When an artist indicates the movement where one part starts and another part begins it is
called
a) articulation
b) proportion
c) repetition
d) variation
Answer: a
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14) When a sculpture places a moving object in a work the object immediately becomes a
a) reference point
b) convergent point
c) focal point
d) transition point
Answer: c
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15) Robert Smithson’s sculpture Spiral Jetty, 1969-70 is an example of what kind of sculpture?
a) environmental
b) found
c) mixed media
d) full round
Answer: a
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16) When sculpture de-emphasizes lifelikeness in order to draw attention to the materials from
which it is made, it is called
a) exaggerated
b) trompe l’oeil
c) manipulation
d) glyptic
Answer: d
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A-Head: Sense Stimuli
17) The maori sculptures located on Easter Island effect our senses due to
a) open composition
b) light and environment
c) mass and size
d) texture and pattern
Answer: c
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18) The colors red, yellow and orange stimulate sensations of
a) warmth
b) coolness
c) value
d) neutrality
Answer: a
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19) Michelangelo’s tendency to create awe-inspiring characters is called
a) verisimilitude
b) terribilita
c) articulation
d) high relief
Answer: b
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20) The sculptural technique of manipulation is also called
a) construction
b) articulation
c) substitution
d) modeling
Answer: d
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21) Alexander Calder’s Eleven Polychrome, 1961, is an example of what kind of sculpture?
a) construction
b) linear
c) manipulation
d) substitution
Answer: b
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22) In sculpture mass is literal and consists of actual
a) form
b) line
c) volume
d) texture
Answer: c
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23) Line is revealed in sculpture by what other element?
a) texture
b) form
c) balance
d) unity
Answer: b
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24) The technique of manipulation involves which of the following materials
a) marble
b) bronze
c) clay
d) wood
Answer: c
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25) The life-like sculptures of Duane Hansen depend on which of the following elements of art?
a) color
b) mass
c) form
d) texture
Answer: a
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Essay Questions
26) Compare and contrast Duane Hanson’s Tourists, 1970 to the East frieze, from Halicarnassus.
Include the following in your analysis: materials, subject matter and dimensionality.
27) Explain why sculptures in the round have certain constraints. Be specific.
28) Describe low relief and high relief sculptures? Include an example of each.
29) Explain why Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial evokes tremendous emotional and
sense response. Discuss form, materials, and environment.
30) Evaluate how the following elements and principles of art are integrated into Michelangelo’s
David, 1502-1504: mass
