Art Online Quizzes

Chapter 13: Western Traditions in Art

	1.	Which subjects were often depicted in the art of the Neoclassical period?

		a.	family portraits
		b.	heroic events
		c.	city scenes
		d.	landscapes
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	2.	What was the focus of the painters of the northern Renaissance?

		a.	classical art of Rome
		b.	classical art of Greece
		c.	the play of light on a surface
		d.	the details of everyday life
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	3.	How did the flying buttress allow architects to build taller buildings?

		a.	They were made of lightweight materials.
		b.	They placed the weight of the building on the walls, where it belongs.
		c.	They redistributed the weight of the roof from the walls.
		d.	They placed the weight of the building on the roof.
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	4.	During what historical and artistic era did women first achieve fame as artists?

		a.	during the late nineteenth century, as Impressionists
		b.	during the eighteenth century, as Romanticists
		c.	during the early Middle Ages
		d.	during the Renaissance
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	5.	Which artistic movement developed in reaction to Neoclassicism?

		a.	Romanticism
		b.	Realism
		c.	Impressionism
		d.	the Renaissance
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	6.	What was the focus of the artists in the Ashcan school?

		a.	religious subjects
		b.	unexpected combinations of objects
		c.	idealized landscapes
		d.	scenes from city streets
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	7.	Which is NOT a name for the kind of realistic art that is so accurate, a person could mistake it for a photograph.

		a.	Hyper-Realism
		b.	Super-Realism
		c.	Op art
		d.	Photo-Realism
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	8.	Which word best describes the International Style of architecture?

		a.	ornate
		b.	colorful
		c.	textured
		d.	plain
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	9.	What was the purpose of art, according to the Expressionists?

		a.	to focus on the momentary effects of light in order to show the world the way it is perceived
		b.	to create art based on fantasy in order to express emotion
		c.	to show scenes from real life in order to evoke strong emotions
		d.	to show dramatic events using rich color and high emotion
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	10.	Which word best describes the Roman sculptures of human form?

		a.	colorful
		b.	idealized
		c.	realistic
		d.	flat
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