Question 1

The philosopher Jacques Derrida is most associated with

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

Morphe is the Greek word for

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

A painting of fruit and flowers on a table is a

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Intrinsic value means

Accepted Answer

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. 
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 7

The Apocrypha refer to

Accepted Answer

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. 
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 8

All these terms refer to color purity EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

The Greek word chroma means

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

A diptych is a

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

Alexander the Great's portraitist was

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

Two-dimensional space defines

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

The famous forger of Vermeer's works was

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

The material value of art refers to

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

The Betrayal of Images is

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

Iconography refers to

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

Sigmund Freud is most associated with

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

Ferdinand de Saussure is most associated with

Accepted Answer

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

Exam 30: Introduction

The philosopher Jacques Derrida is most associated with

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

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

Morphe is the Greek word for

A painting of fruit and flowers on a table is a

Intrinsic value means

The Apocrypha refer to

All these terms refer to color purity EXCEPT

The Greek word chroma means

A diptych is a

Alexander the Great's portraitist was

Two-dimensional space defines

The famous forger of Vermeer's works was

The material value of art refers to

The Betrayal of Images is

Iconography refers to

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

Sigmund Freud is most associated with

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

Ferdinand de Saussure is most associated with

The Art of Prehistory

The Ancient Near East

Ancient Egypt

The Aegean

The Art of Ancient Greece

The Art of the Etruscans

Ancient Rome

Jewish, Early Christian and Byzantine Art

The Early Middle Ages

Romanesque Art

Gothic Art

Precursors of the Renaissance

The Early Renaissance

The High Renaissance in Italy

Mannerism and the Later Sixteenth Century in Italy

Sixteenth-Century Painting in Northern Europe

The Baroque Style in Western Europe

Rococo and the Eighteenth Century

Neoclassicism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Romanticism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Nineteenth-Century Realism

Nineteenth-Century Impressionism

Post-Impressionism and the Late Nineteenth Century

Turn of the Century: Early Picasso, Fauvism, Expressionism, and Matisse

Cubism, Futurism, and Related Twentieth-Century Styles

Dada, Surrealism, Fantasy, and the United States Between the Wars

Mid-Century Abstraction

Pop Art, OP Art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism

Innovation, Continuity, and Globalization

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