Deck 30: Introduction

Question 1

The three major categories of the visual arts are

A)painting, drawing, and photography.
B)painting, drawing, and sculpture.
C)painting, sculpture, and architecture.
D)pictures, sculptures, and architecture.
E)drawing, architecture, and sculpture.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

A diptych is a

A)two-part sculpture.
B)two-paneled painting.
C)double building.
D)repeated image.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The philosopher Jacques Derrida is most associated with

A)deconstruction.
B)psychoanalysis.
C)formalism.
D)iconology.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Ferdinand de Saussure is most associated with

A)deconstruction.
B)psychoanalysis and psychobiography.
C)semiology.
D)iconology.
E)formalism.

Question 5

Brancusi's Bird was admitted into the U.S.as a

A)bronze work of art.
B)stolen work of art.
C)kitchen supply.
D)forgery.

Question 6

Which is NOT a formal element of art?

A)lines
B)shapes
C)deconstruction
D)planes

Question 7

Alexander the Great's portraitist was

A)Protogenes.
B)Rhodes.
C)Aristotle.
D)Apelles.

Question 8

In semiotics,the four letters p-i-p-e constitute

A)a sign.
B)etymology.
C)a signifier.
D)a signified.

Question 9

A painting of fruit and flowers on a table is a

A)still life.
B)nonrepresentational work.
C)portrait.
D)drawing.

Question 10

Sigmund Freud is most associated with

A)deconstruction.
B)psychoanalysis and psychobiography.
C)semiology.
D)iconology.
E)feminism.

Question 11

The Betrayal of Images is

A)a sculpture of a pipe.
B)a painting of a pipe.
C)a nonfigurative painting.
D)an example of trompe l'oeil.

Question 12

Intrinsic value means

A)the genetic value of a work.
B)the assessment of esthetic character.
C)the patriotic assessment of a work.
D)the religious value of a work.

Question 13

Complementary colors are

A)next to each other on the color wheel.
B)one removed from each other on the color wheel.
C)opposite each other on the color wheel.
D)not on the color wheel.

Question 14

The "art train" refers to

A)Goering's cache of stolen art.
B)a national museum housed in a railroad station.
C)a trail of stolen art.
D)a training school.

Question 15

The famous forger of Vermeer's works was

A)Hermann Goering.
B)Steichen.
C)Brancusi.
D)van Meegeren.

Question 16

The material value of art refers to

A)its materialism.
B)the value of its media.
C)the expense of production.
D)the amount paid to the artist.

Question 17

Who said "One does like to make one's mummy just as nice as possible"?

A)van Gogh
B)van Eyck
C)Oppenheim
D)Whistler
E)Bruegel

Question 18

Morphe is the Greek word for

A)shape.
B)sleep.
C)line.
D)movement.

Question 19

The Apocrypha refer to

A)the end of the world.
B)the last book of the Bible.
C)the unaccepted books of the Bible.
D)a commentary on the Bible.

Question 20

Iconography refers to

A)formal elements.
B)feminism.
C)Marxism.
D)subject matter.

Question 21

All these terms refer to color purity EXCEPT

A)intensity.
B)saturation.
C)chroma.
D)hue.

Question 22

When a vertical plane slices through buildings,the cross-section that results is a

A)floor plan.
B)pendentive.
C)structure.
D)section.

Question 23

Two-dimensional space defines

A)area.
B)volume.
C)mass.
D)depth.

Question 24

Which color is used to convey that objects are at a distance?

A)yellow
B)blue
C)red
D)orange

Question 25

Additive sculpture uses

A)clay.
B)marble.
C)wood.
D)granite.

Question 26

An artist creates a feeling of volume by using

A)mass.
B)visual perspective.
C)aerial perspective.
D)modeling.

Question 27

The Greek word chroma means

A)chrome.
B)color.
C)colorless.
D)value.

Question 28

The primary colors are

A)red, yellow, blue, and green.
B)red, blue, and green.
C)blue, red, and yellow.
D)green, red, and yellow.
E)black, gray, and white.

Question 29

The brightness of a color is called its

A)value.
B)hue.
C)saturation.
D)angle.