Chapter 4: Painting
Select the letter of the choice that BEST answers the question:
1.
Which of the following is pigment bound by egg yolk?
a.
fresco
b.
oil
c.
tempera
d.
watercolor
Answer: c
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2.
Which of the following media produces the greatest range, richness, and subtlety
of color?
a.
fresco
b.
oil
c.
tempera
d.
watercolor
Answer: b
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3.
Which of the following has NOT dominated painting in the West?
a.
fresco
b.
acrylic
c.
ink
d.
tempera
Answer: c
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4.
Which of the following refers to the purity, vividness, or intensity of a color?
a.
hue
b.
saturation
c.
value
d.
texture
Answer: b
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5.
The basic elements of painting are
a.
line, color, texture, and composition
b.
light, shape, volume, and space
c.
perception, rhythm, and balance
d.
an artist, a participator, and a critic
Answer: a
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6.
In abstract painting, sensa are
a.
associated with specific objects or events
b.
always representative of the painter’s inner psyche
c.
dissociated from specific objects or events
d.
the logic of the composition
Answer: c
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7.
In representational painting, sensa are
a.
associated with specific objects or events
b.
always representative of the painter’s inner psyche
c.
dissociated from specific objects or events
d.
the logic of the composition
Answer: a
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8.
Which of the following refers to the emphasis achieved by the scaling of sizes or
shapes?
a.
balance
b.
proportion
c.
gradation
d.
unity
Answer: b
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9.
The “all-at-onceness” of a painting refers to
a.
the back story of the artist
b.
the idea that the sensa allow the function of the painting to become clear
c.
all of a painting being present at one time
d.
none of the above
Answer: c
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10.
A painting by which of the following artists lent its name to the entire
Impressionist movement?
a.
Manet
b.
Renoir
c.
Cassatt
d.
Monet
Answer: d
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11.
The gradual variations in shape, color value, and shadowing in Siqueiros’s Echo
of a Scream refer to
a.
balance
b.
proportion
c.
gradation
d.
unity
Answer: c
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12.
A painting is abstract if
a.
it uses primary colors and broad lines
b.
its title has no bearing on the painting’s subject matter
c.
definite objects and events are part of the content
d.
definite objects and events are not part of the content
Answer: d
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13.
Frankenthaler’s The Bay is
a.
abstract
b.
representational
c.
both
d.
neither
Answer: c
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14.
Rothko’s Earth Greens is an exceptional example of
a.
timelessness and the sensuous
b.
organic painting
c.
chaos
d.
straight lines
Answer: a
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Short Answer
1.
Using a painting of your choice, explain how it applies the principle of “all-atonceness.” Use precise detail and develop your answer.
2.
Explain what Cezanne does to clarify Mont St. Victoire. What do you learn about
painting by comparing his depiction of the mountain with a photograph of Mont St.
Victoire?