Chapter 4 – Line Multiple Choice Questions 1. The Starry Night, by Vincent van Gogh, indicates the power of the artist’s

a) expressive line. b) analytical line. c) classical line. d) contour line.

2. Pat Steir’s series The Drawing Lesson Part 1, Line # 1 is about various artists’

a) unique expressive lines b) similar implied lines c) classical lines d) lines of sight

4. How is Sol LeWitt’s line best described in his work, Wall Drawing No. 681 C?

a) personal b) romantic c) analytic d) soft contour

6. The organization of visual elements in an artwork is called

a) an outline. b) a still life. c) a retrospective. d) a composition.

7. Lines that create a sense of movement and direction are called

a) continuous line. b) contour lines. c) implied lines. d) construction lines.

11. When a style of line becomes associated as an artist’s work, we say it is

a) autographic. b) calligraphic. c) static. d) generic.

12. Cezanne’s The Basket of Apples is full of what appear to be “mistakes” but are actually

a) devices to help the viewer understand the realistic nature of the image. b) ways to make the composition more simplistic. c) artistic choices meant to engage the imagination of the viewer. d) ways to familiarize the viewer with the form.

13. What is generally the preferred medium of Andy Goldsworthy?

a) oil paint b) bronze c) clay d) natural materials found on-site

14. Which of these visual elements is most obvious in Andy Goldsworthy’s Hazel Leaves?

a) line b) shape c) texture d) space

15. In Giacometti’s Man Pointing, our eye is directed down his right arm and past his pointed finger to some imagined point of interest beyond. This is an example of which formal element?

a) contour line b) texture c) implied line d) perspective

19. Which of these pieces illustrates the use of “expressive” line?

a) Gaudier-Brzeska’s Female Nude Back View b) Van Gogh’s The Starry Night c) David’s Study for the Death of Socrates d) a & b

Short Answer and Essay Questions 25. Compare and contrast the use of line in the works of Vincent van Gogh and Sol LeWitt.

Chapter 5 – Space Multiple Choice Questions 2. Gustave Caillebotte’s Place de l’Europe on a Rainy Day is based on what specific type of perspective?

a) isometric perspective b) trimetric perspective c) one-point linear perspective d) two-point linear perspective

4. Paul Cézanne’s Madame Cézanne in a Red Armchair illustrates that the artist was more interested in:

a) Design b) Subject Matter c) Color d) Composition

6. Where is the negative space in the Rubin vase?

a) in the white area b) in the dark area c) on the edges between the white and dark areas d) in both, depending on how you look at it

8. In Steve DiBenedetto’s Deliverance, the artist uses what to create a sense of space?

a) overlapping images b) line c) linear perspective d) atmospheric perspective

9. What is the most obvious visual element in Matisse’s Harmony in Red (The Red Room)?

a) its lack of special depth b) the deep, atmospheric space c) the overall cool composition d) it is highly textured

10. Where is the vanishing point in The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci?

a) in the upper-left corner b) at Jesus’ head c) at the head of the figure just to Jesus’ left d) in the landscape seen through the window on the left

11. As is common in Japanese art, the Kumano mandala creates the illusion of space by utilizing:

a) oblique projection. b) monocular projection. c) linear perspective. d) foreshortening.

17. On axonometric projection, all lines indicating height, width, and depth remain

a) perpendicular. b) parallel. c) diagonal. d) horizontal.

Short Answer and Essay Questions 24. List three different techniques artists have used to convey the illusion of deep space on a flat, two-dimensional surface. 28. What is created the instant a shape is placed onto a ground? 32. Use examples from the chapter to explain the difference between shape and mass.

Chapter 6 – Light and Color Multiple Choice Questions 6. With atmospheric perspective, objects further from the viewer appear

a) warmer and more detailed b) cooler and less distinct c) warmer and less distinct d) cooler and more detailed

8. By the 19th century, the type of perspective used in paintings such as J.M.W. Turner’s Rain, Steam, and Speed—The Great Western Railway had come to dominate the thinking of landscape painters. What type is it?

a) luminous perspective b) aerial or atmospheric perspective c) two-point linear perspective d) axonometric projection

9. Michelangelo’s Head of a Satyr shows the use of

a) linear perspective. b) cross-hatching. c) axonometric projection. d) achromatism.

13. On the color wheel, blues and greens are usually thought of as

a) opposite each other. b) complementary colors. c) intermediate colors. d) cool colors.

15. The range of colors that an artist has preferred to use in a work is referred to as the

a) composition. b) style. c) palette. d) spectrum.

16. Artists sometimes choose to paint objects using colors that are not “true” to their optical or local colors. This is an example of the expressive use of

a) arbitrary color. b) artistic color. c) secondary color. d) oblique color.

18. What is the chosen medium of the sculptor Dan Flavin? a) oil paint b) human ashes c) fluorescent lighting d) dirt

24. Is Jane Hammond’s Fallen an overall warm or cool “composition”?

a) warm b) cool c) both d) neither

25. Jane Hammond’s Fallen is made of many pieces, sewn together as a whole. What is it made of?

a) fallen autumn leaves b) cut-out paintings of leaves c) digitally scanned and printed images of a leaf d) fabric made to look like leaves

26. What is yellow’s complementary color?

a) blue b) red c) orange d) violet

Short Answer and Essay Questions 32. Sketch a color wheel diagram and label the color relationships that are shown. Complementary, Analagous, Warm & Cool, Primary, Secondary, and Intermediate. Label the highlight, cast shadow, and reflected shadow: