Art Appreciation MCQs
Art Appreciation MCQs
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1: The ________ often created equestrian statues of their emperors.
A. Greeks
B. Romans
C. Egyptians
D. Japanese
2: Casting is known as ______ method.
A. A subtractive
B. An additive
C. An indirect
D. An assemblage
E. A modeling
3: A smaller specialized vocal ensemble is known as a(n) _____.
A. Band
B. Choir
C. A and B Both
D. None of these
4: All of the following composers worked in the early years of the twentieth century except ______.
A. Claude debussy
B. Arnold schoenberg
C. Igor stravinsky
D. Hector berlioz
5: Bach created masterpieces in every baroque form except ______.
A. Concerto
B. Sonata
C. Opera
D. Fugue
6: To create fresh sounds, twentieth-century composers used ______.
A. Scales borrowed from nonwestern cultures
B. Scales they themselves invented
C. Ancient church modes
D. All of the above
7: Neoclassical composers modeled many of their works after the compositions of ______.
A. A fast rate of change
B. West side story
C. Johann Sebastian Bach
D. An American in Paris
8: ______ is one of the most frequently performed operas in the repertoire.
A. Verdi’s Rigoletto
B. Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
C. Handel’s Giulio Cesare
D. Monteverdi’s Orfeo
9: The sequences in meshes of the afternoon are similar to ______.
A. Ongoing dialog
B. A horse
C. Dream imagery
D. Motion capture
10: A musical tells a story using ______.
A. A dialog, dance & songs
B. Ongoing dialogue
C. Dream imagery
D. Spinning zoetrope
11: Artists such as leonardo and michelangelo were trained by the ____ method.
A. Guggenheim
B. Speculation
C. Apprentice
D. Libraries
12: The third movement of a nineteenth-century symphony is most likely in _____ form.
A. Small orchestra with limited winds
B. His mother
C. Dance or scherzo
D. None of these
13: The _____ of a sound is decided by the frequency of its vibrations.
A. Dynamics
B. Pitch
C. Timbre
D. Amplitude
14: The church modes were ______.
A. Forms of religious ritual
B. Only used in the music of the Catholic church
C. The basic scales of western music during the Middle Ages
D. Chalices to hold holy relics
15: A yakshi is a representation of ____.
A. Holiness
B. Sinfulness
C. Fertility
D. Maternity
16: Aunt jemima is considered a ____.
A. Dung
B. He was born in Tokyo during World War 2
C. Yellow, red, blue
D. Caricature
17: In color principles, warm colors are _____ than cool colors.
A. Asymmetrical
B. Design
C. Heavier
D. Contrast
18: A baroque musical composition usually expresses ____________within the same movement.
A. Constantly changing moods
B. One basic mood
C. A wide variety of moods
D. Any of the above
19: The earliest and most primitive sense we use is __________.
A. Touch
B. Emblems.
C. Business.
D. Online communication
20: J. s. bach’s most comprehensive example of contrapuntal writing is his _____.
A. True
B. Art of Fugue
C. Episodes
D. Retrograde
21: A(n) ____________ defines a two-dimensional shape.
A. Outline
B. Line
C. Contour line
D. Diagonal line
22: A line that is a continuous mark is ________.
A. An actual line
B. Irregular line
C. Directional
D. Vocabulary
23: Black and white added to colors creates ____ and ____.
A. Hues and tones
B. Shades and tints
C. Harmony and reflection
D. Subtractives and additives
24: A type of polyphonic composition based on one main theme is a ______.
A. Subject
B. Concerto
C. Episode
D. Fugue
25: All of the following are major developments in music since 1950 except the ______.
A. Collective improvisation by the front line
B. Einstein on the Beach
C. Continued composition of symphonies in the classical style
D. The opera does not have a plot. It focuses on the emotions of love instead
26: Clara schumann was a ______.
A. Virtuoso pianist
B. Composer
C. Touring performer
D. All of the above
27: Cross-hatching is used to create ____ in a work of art.
A. Value
B. Subtractive
C. Emphasis
D. Implied
28: Distortion is a technique used primarily in the _____ period.
A. Classical
B. Diagonal
C. Vertical
D. Implied
29: Jacob lawrence did a series of paintings describing the tribulations of____.
A. Ben Shahn
B. Prisoners of war
C. African Americans
D. Child laborers
30: Navajo sand paintings are made ________.
A. Stalactite vaults
B. To heal an individual
C. The first emperor
D. None of these
31: The powdered color that gives paint its hue is known as ____________ .
A. Pigment
B. Primer
C. Cartoon
D. Vehicle
32: The progression of ________ creates a feeling of order and unity in music.
A. Octaves
B. Harmony
C. Consonance
33: The space in paintings is referred to as ____.
A. Two-dimensional
B. Three-dimensional
C. Planar
D. Created
34: The work of ernst kirchner shows ____.
A. He influence of the Pre-Raphaelites
B. The influence of Italian Renaissance frescoes
C. Subjects drawn from the industrialized urban bourgeoisie
D. The influence of Analytical Cubism
35: Achaemenid architecture is especially distinguished by ____.
A. Its large size
B. Its small size
C. Its grand use of columns
D. Its shunning use of columns
36: An odalisque was a member of ____.
A. Parliament
B. A harem
C. A church
D. A family
37: American sculptor alexander calder is known for his mobiles, which are excellent examples of ____.
A. Pop art
B. Conceptual art
C. Op art
D. Kinetic art
38: The ancient greeks viewed doric architecture as ____.
A. Egyptian
B. Foreign
C. Masculine
D. Feminine
39: The city of __________ was a major center of book production in the gothic period.
A. London
B. Paris
C. Rome
D. Florence
40: The sculpture akhenaten and his family is an example of the ________ technique.
A. Encaustic
B. Fresco
C. Gold inlay
D. Sunken relief
41: The lutheran chorale tunes ______.
A. Had been adapted from Catholic hymns
B. Were composed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
C. Had been adapted from folk songs
D. All of these
42: The lyrical slow movement of a symphony is most often the ______.
A. Irst
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth
43: The melody, ""simple gifts,"" heard in appalachian spring, comes from the ________ tradition.
A. The Heiress
B. Shaker
C. Both of these
D. None of these
44: The renaissance madrigal began around 1520 in ______.
A. France
B. England
C. Flanders
D. Italy
45: The return of the main theme in rondo form is all the more welcome because it is usually ______.
A. String quartets
B. Moves more quickly
C. Has two expositions
D. In the tonic key
46: The scale in which the octave is divided into six equal intervals is the ________ scale.
A. Pentatonic
B. Quarter-tone
C. Whole-tone
D. Octatonic
47: The scherzo differs from the minuet in that it ______.
A. Has a different form
B. All answers are correct
C. Moves more quickly
D. Has a different meter
48: The sonata-rondo ______.
A. May be outlined as ABA-development section-ABA
B. All answers are correct.
C. Combines rondo form with elements of sonata form
D. Usually has a lively, pleasing, and simple to remember theme
49: Rigoletto, the title role in giuseppe verdi's opera, is all of the following except ______.
A. A hunchback
B. A court jester to the Duke of Mantua
C. The father of Gilda
D. The romantic lover
50: Smetana grew up when bohemia was under ____________ domination.
A. German
B. Austrian
C. Polish
D. Russian.
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