Deck 2: The Language of Art and Architecture

Question 1

What usually characterizes load-bearing construction?

A)Extensive wall openings
B)Large size
C)Radial composition
D)Few wall openings

Answer 1

D

Question 2

In order to create an illusion of volume and natural light, what do artists use to manipulate gradations in value?

A)Relative distance
B)Shading
C)Geometric patterns
D)Biomorphic shapes

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What kind of line describes volume across the surface of an object or shape?

A)Vertical
B)Cross-contour
C)Cross-hatch
D)Horizontal

Answer 3

B

Question 4

What is an achromatic value scale based upon?

A)The degree to which a load-bearing wall supports weight
B)The continuum of light to dark, without concern for color
C)The level of difference between regular and alternating rhythms
D)Illumination

Question 5

What are pendentives and squinches associated with?

A)Vaults
B)Domes
C)Polygonal bases
D)Hypostyle halls

Question 6

Brightness or dullness refer to which attribute of color?

A)Chromatic value
B)Hue
C)Intensity
D)Local color

Question 7

How are analogous colors related to each other on the color wheel?

A)Opposite
B)Subtractively
C)Relative color perception
D)Adjacent

Question 8

Which group of fifteenth-century painters first used chiaroscuro to give the illusion of rounded forms on a flat surface?

A)Spanish
B)German
C)French
D)Italian

Question 9

What method of construction is one of the earliest forms of load-bearing construction?

A)Geodesic dome
B)Complete frame
C)Truss
D)Post and lintel

Question 10

What has steel-frame construction been likened to?

A)Reinforced concrete
B)A hard shell
C)Load-bearing walls
D)A skeleton

Question 11

What do horizontal lines most suggest?

A)Action
B)Rest
C)Adventure
D)Confusion

Question 12

In addition to its symbolic function, what other role does ornamentation in architecture have?

A)A traditional function
B)A structural function
C)An aesthetic function
D)An isometric function

Question 13

What demonstrates rhythm in the visual arts?

A)Emphasis
B)Subordination
C)Repetition
D)Balance

Question 14

What are the main properties of color?

A)Hue, value, and intensity
B)Chroma and saturation
C)Refracted and reflected light
D)Value, shade, and chiaroscuro

Question 15

Which classical Greek order was considered feminine?

A)Doric
B)Corinthian
C)Ionic
D)Tuscan

Question 16

What do diagonal lines imply?

A)Action
B)Calm
C)Growth
D)Suffering

Question 17

How do we refer to the surface space of a painting?

A)Planar
B)Two-dimensional
C)Three-dimensional
D)Oblique perspective

Question 18

What is another name for the atmospheric perspective technique of making some objects seem far away?

A)Linear perspective
B)Aerial perspective
C)Vanishing point perspective
D)Planar space

Question 19

Which is a recent innovation in structural systems?

A)Reinforced concrete
B)Concrete
C)Arches
D)Pendentives

Question 20

Which work deploys geometric perspective?

A)Cai Guo-Qiang, Black Rainbow: Explosion Project for Valencia, Spain
B)Marcel Duchamp, The Passage from Virgin to Bride
C)The Chilkat Blanket
D)Linguist's staff (okyea mepoma)

Question 21

The wedge-shaped stones in arches are called piers.

Question 22

How did Albrecht Durer use line in the woodcut Artist Drawing a Model in Foreshortening through a Frame Using a Grid System ?

A)Cross-contour lines convey the model's form.
B)Thick cross-hatching appears as dark gray.
C)Calligraphic lines show the artist as author.
D)Gesture lines emphasize the artist's hand.

Question 23

​ How is rhythm deployed in Churning the Ocean of Milk from Angkor Wat?

A)The heads are rendered with syncopated rhythm.
B)The demons are depicted with alternating rhythm.
C)The spirits in the top section are represented using eccentric rhythm.
D)The series of legs is depicted using regular rhythm.

Question 24

What kind of balance involves a mirror-like repetition on either side of a central axis?

A)Asymmetrical
B)Symmetrical
C)Regular rhythm
D)Hieratic scaling

Question 25

What shape of construction supports are trusses?

A)Triangular
B)Hexagonal
C)Square
D)Rectangular

Question 26

Buttressing occurs when straight rows of arches are placed side by side.

Question 27

What kind of lines do artists use to draw only the outline of an object?

A)Cross-contour
B)Cross-hatching
C)Meandering
D)Contour

Question 28

​ Which statement is true about Thomas Gainsborough's painting, Mr. and Mrs. Andrews ?

A)Tactile textures convey the difference between the clothing and features in the landscape.
B)The background is painted in intense, warm colors, contrasting the foreground.
C)Mrs. Andrews's dress color is highly saturated, contrasting her husband's jacket, which was painted in low-saturation colors.
D)It displays atmospheric perspective in the way that distant objects are given crisp, vivid details.

Question 29

Visual texture consists of physical surface variations that can be experienced by the sense of touch.

Question 30

​ Which architectural feature does Mnesicles's Temple of Athena Nike display?

A)Doric order columns
B)Brackets and cantilevers
C)Load-bearing side walls
D)Ribbed vault with arch

Question 31

In Utagawa Kunisada's Shoki the Demon Queller , how could its formal elements be described?

A)Horizontal forms convey stability.
B)Vertical lines represent Shoki's aspirations.
C)Implied lines suggest the actions about to occur.
D)Strong diagonal lines impart a sense of movement.

Question 32

​ Which statement is true of Giorgio di Chirico's Gare Montparnasse (The Melancholy of Departure)?

A)The use of radial balance in the trains and building convey a sense of order.
B)Distorted perspective conveys the painting's evocation of a disturbing memory or a dream.
C)The use of asymmetrical balance is seen in the figure on the yellow path.
D)Hieratic scaling gives prominence to distant structures.

Question 33

Which feature characterizes the Great Mosque of Cordoba ?

A)The use of pattern has a spiritual meaning, reflecting the creation of the world by Allah.
B)Its arches' alternating beige and terracotta bands incorporate biomorphic forms.
C)Its arches rest on rectangular piers.
D)Its arches' pattern both incorporates biomorphic forms and has a spiritual meaning tied to Allah's creation.

Question 34

​ Which attribute can you observe in the Detail of the Deesis Mosaic of Hagia Sophia ?

A)The mosaic exemplifies visual texture because of the way the artist created the illusion of texture.
B)This mosaic is an example of simulated texture in the way it represents the surface of the gold background.
C)This mosaic is an example of tactile texture because each mosaic piece is set at slightly different angles to best capture ambient light.
D)The mosaic shows invented texture in the way the book is depicted.

Question 35

Rectangular, glass-covered, boxlike buildings are examples of the International Style in architecture.

Question 36

Which patterns have regular elements spaced at regular intervals?

A)Aerial
B)Linear
C)Geometric
D)Biomorphic

Question 37

Which statement is accurate about New York City's Seagram Building ?

A)The Seagram Building displays the use of pendentives.
B)The Seagram Building displays the use of suspension and tensile construction techniques.
C)The Seagram Building exemplifies International Style architecture.
D)The appearance of the Seagram Building is due to the extensive use of reinforced concrete on its exterior.

Question 38

A geodesic dome is a type of small dome used in ancient Greek temple architecture.

Question 39

In which color system do artists mix pigments to control the light reflected from them?

A)Additive
B)Organic
C)Complementary
D)Subtractive

Question 40

What influences our perception of the Ajanta Caves in India?

A)The overall composition of the group of caves is organized using radial balance.
B)The relativity of color perception emphasizes the Parinirvana sculpture.
C)Through the unfolding process of time and motion, the viewer gradually experiences a dazzling interior space.
D)Isometric perspective is used to convey its spatial complexity.