Introduction to Visual Arts
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Course Introduction
Introduction to Visual Arts offers students a comprehensive overview of the visual arts, examining a wide variety of artistic media, styles, and historical movements. The course explores fundamental concepts including elements of design, principles of composition, and visual literacy, while fostering an appreciation for artistic expression across diverse cultures and eras. Students will analyze significant works of art, learn about influential artists, and discuss the social, political, and cultural contexts that shape artistic creation. Through lectures, discussions, and hands-on activities, this course encourages creative thinking and provides foundational skills for critically engaging with art in everyday life.
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The Art of Seeing 8th Edition by Paul J. Zelanski
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Chapter 1: Understanding Art
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Q1) Idealization in art is a form of __________.
A) abstraction
B) hero worship
C) realism
D) deep thinking Answer: C
Q2) A naïve artist is someone who has never been formally trained in the techniques of art.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q3) A work of art can be judged from very different points of view.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q4) Censorship of art was never an issue until the twentieth century.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Visual Elements
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Q1) 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
Q2) The phrase "point of view" is used in art to indicate where the viewer is standing in relation to the figures in the artwork.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Overlapping is a way of suggesting three-dimensional space.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The Futurists were most interested in capturing a single moment in time in a static image.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Organizing Principles of Design
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Q1) The __________ was (were)critical to Frank Gehry in designing the <i>Guggenheim Bilbao Museum .</i>
A) environmental setting
B) materials of the structure
C) open spaces of the city
D) all of the above
Answer: A
Q2) José Orozco used repetition in his painting <i>Zapatistas </i>to give the sense of
A) beats in a single movement
B) a unified whole
C) a mass of figures, moving forward
D) all of the above
Answer: D
Q3) In the Balega mask ,contrast is achieved primarily through __________.
A) color
B) texture
C) size
D) content
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Drawing
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Q1) In his drawing <i>Fish Skeletons</i> Hyman Bloom reverses the usual technique for pen and ink by __________.
A) showing only the contour lines
B) using a lot of hatching to create shading
C) using white ink on dark paper
D) creating spatial values
Q2) Monochromatic painting in China was based upon __________.
A) a shortage of pigment
B) calligraphy
C) using paper that would not hold color
D) the single-mindedness of the artist
Q3) Due to the fact that __________,pen and ink drawings like Picasso's <i>Three Female Nudes Dancing</i> are difficult to execute.
A) the point of the pen may catch in the paper and splatter ink
B) it is difficult to control the pen
C) the width of the lines the pen produces are unpredictable
D) there is no variation to the pen points, so the lines are all the same
Q4) There are special crayons made of grease for use in lithographic printing.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Painting
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Q1) Vincent Van Gogh's painting <i>The Starry Night</i> shows his use of impasto,which gives the painting surface textures __________.
A) three-dimensionality
B) flatness
C) translucency
D)<i>alla prima</i>
Q2) For his painting <i>Portrait of a Young Man </i>,Agnolo Bronzino prepared many drawings using the __________ method.
A) professional
B) direct
C) impasto
D) indirect
Q3) One of the main properties of tempera paint is __________.
A) it looks very glossy because of its egg yolk base
B) the colors can be blended well on the surface
C) it dries quickly to a matte finish
D) it does not require much preparation
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Chapter 6: Printmaking
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Q1) In lithography the design is made by __________.
A) drawing on a perfectly flat surface
B) an intaglio process
C) cutting into a slab of limestone
D) assembling several separately carved blocks
Q2) Drypoint prints are usually done in small editions because __________.
A) the paper used is very expensive
B) the burr wears down after several printings
C) it does not give much textural variation
D) the plate is too resistant to cutting
Q3) Stephen Alcorn's print <i>La Sabina Mitologica</i> is a linocut,made by
A) carving a wood block with a few broad lines
B) drawing with white ink on a black surface and then printing
C) cutting a piece of linoleum
D) lining up different blocks in precise order before printing
Q4) Each printing technique can only be used alone and is never combined with other techniques.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Graphic Design
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Q1) Toulouse-Lautrec used color lithography for his poster in order to create a one-of-a-kind portrait of his client.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Typesetting,or the setting up of the type for printing a page,is now done by __________.
A) hand by printers' apprentices
B) computerized processes
C) a careful manual cut-and-paste method
D) specialized type architects
Q3) The packaging designed by Mihoko Hachiuma for Soleil foods __________.
A) was chosen by a public contest
B) uses the woodcut technique for printing labels
C) gives an elegant handmade look
D) all of the above
Q4) In 1976,Peter Good designed the "I Love New York" slogan of a red heart between black,block letters that was designed to promote tourism to the city.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Photography and Filmmaking
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Q1) Installations use sound,projection,and objects to create a virtual environment that evokes sensations in its viewers.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When a single scene in a film continues for several minutes with no break it is called
A) montage
B) a deep focus shot
C) an extended take
D) an illusion
Q3) Ordinary television signals are transmitted __________.
A) through telephone wires
B) through the air
C) by electric current wired into the walls of a house
D) from a central switching station in the high Rocky Mountains
Q4) The filmmaker Satyajit Ray is well known for __________.
A) animated films
B) disaster films that tell the story of India's monsoon season
C) documentaries
D) films that capture the lives of ordinary people
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Chapter 9: Digital Art
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Q1) The clarity and sharpness of an image on a computer screen is called
A) resolution
B) attenuation
C) computer-aided design
D) isometrics
Q2) For designing the <i>Staten Island Institute for Arts and Sciences</i> at the St.George ferry terminal,Peter Eisenman used __________.
A) computer models
B) physical models
C) modeling clay
D) both A and B
Q3) Interactive art is outside the mainstream of the commercial world of art because __________.
A) it is viewed on the computer
B) it has a timing device that erases it
C) it can't be printed and sold
D) none of the above
Q4) Artists can "paint" an image that appears on the computer screen.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Sculpture
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Q1) Zoë Leonard creates sculptural installations,such as <i>Strange Fruit (for David)</i> from __________ materials.
A) ephemeral
B) cast
C) wood
D) static
Q2) The sculpture,<i>Pod Pocha</i> by Ursula von Rydingsvard employs both stacking of elements and carving away to suggest __________.
A) water rippling on the surface of an object
B) mountain peaks jutting out from a vast forest
C) the natural processes of geological layering and erosion
D) all of the above
Q3) Modeling and carving mean the same thing.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Michelangelo believed that one piece of marble was the same as another.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Craft Media
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Q1) Soft woods,such as pine and spruce,are not always easy to work with because
A) they resist cutting tools
B) once exposed to air they start to harden
C) they may splinter while being worked on
D) none of the above
Q2) Porcelain is considered to be the most precious of ceramic ware because it is
A) pure white
B) non-absorbent
C) very strong
D) all of the above
Q3) Susye Billy,a basket weaver of the native Pomo people in California,has said natural materials for her craft are difficult to obtain because __________.
A) not many stores carry them anymore
B) they have become too expensive to buy in bulk
C) land developers have changed the natural environment
D) none of the above
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Chapter 12: Product and Clothing Design
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Q1) A new consideration that has entered the world of high fashion is the__________.
A) social impact of clothing
B) tenvironmetnal impact of clothing
C) hypoallergetic impact of clothing
D) artistic merit of clothing
Q2) Hiroshi Morishima's <i>Wagami Andon </i>demonstrates how the development of __________ has allowed lighting designers to use relatively flammable materials near the light source.
A) fiber optics
B) efficient electrical wiring
C) halogen lights
D) handmade paper
Q3) Some people consider the clothing designed by Issey Miyake to be __________.
A) too expensive to actually wear
B) wearable art
C) lacking in imagination
D) two-dimensional
Q4) Fashion has never been used as a means of accentuating one's gender image.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Architecture
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Q1) Of the names listed below,the one that is not a Greek order is __________.
A) Corinthian
B) Rhodian
C) Ionic
D) Doric
Q2) Wrought iron began to be used for framing buildings in the __________ century.
A) twentieth
B) eighteenth
C) nineteenth
D) fifteenth
Q3) Stone has been used as a building material since ancient times because of its compressive strength,which is the __________.
A) ability to support pressure without breaking
B) ability to press down and become solidly fixed in the ground
C) relative weight of a block of stone to its size
D) force a block exerts on the blocks around it
Q4) Eric Kuhne's <i>Bluewater Shopping Complex</i> in Kent,England contains a rain forest and mountain bike trails.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Designed Settings
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Q1) The intensely stimulating environment of Greg Natale's <i>Conano Apartment</i> bedroom come from the wallpaper and bedding patterns designed by __________.
A) Gianlorenzo Bernini
B) Florence Broadhurst
C) Frank Lloyd Wright
D) Eric Kuhne
Q2) The use of mirror-work on the bedroom walls of <i>Khimsar Desert Resort cottages</i> is an example of__________.
A) ornamentation
B) using folk art in modern interiors
C) blending ancient and modern interior design ideas
D) all of the above
Q3) Urban planning is the name given to the effort to __________.
A) tear down decrepit buildings in bad neighborhoods
B) create balanced environments in urban areas
C) build recreational areas in the inner city
D) design road and highway plans so as not to interfere with housing
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Chapter 15: Historical Styles in Western Art
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Q1) During the Gothic period,Abbot Suger's design for churches stressed __________.
A) the emotional and psychological effects of interior spaces
B) his belief that churches should be simple and unadorned
C) the importance of the role of the priest
D) small, quiet spaces for meditation
Q2) Jan van Eyck's painting <i>The Marriage of Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami</i> illustrates the possibilities of rendering color and detail using the new medium of __________.
A) oil paint
B) tempera on panel
C) encaustic
D) handpainted woodcuts
Q3) Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein are representatives of __________.
A) Futurism
B) Pop Art
C) Dada
D) none of the above
Q4) Western art has been influenced by art of non-Western societies.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Understanding Art on All Levels
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Q1) The subjects of the ceiling were determined by __________.
A) Michelangelo
B) Pope Julius
C) The College of Cardinals at the Vatican
D) none of the above
Q2) The most famous section in the ceiling is known as the __________.
A) <i>Creation of Adam</i>
B) Fall of Adam and Eve
C) The Flood
D) <i>Libyan Sibyl</i>
Q3) The meaning of the specific images in Guernica is __________.
A) determined by the viewer's own response
B) made clear by Picasso in his writings
C) taken directly from newspaper accounts of the incident
D) easy to read in the painting, moving left to right
Q4) Picasso used __________ to direct the viewer's eye around the painting.
A) diagonal lines
B) dotted lines
C) repeated organic shapes
D) serpentine lines
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