Perceiving The Arts: An Introduction To The Humanities, 11th Edition Test Bank

CHAPTER TWO PICTURES: DRAWING, PAINTING, PRINTMAKING, AND PHOTOGRAPHY Discussion Questions 1. Explain the visual properties of a medium and trace its development. (TC 2.1) 2. What is the difference between art and documentary photography? (TC 2.2) 3. Outline the elements and principles of composition. (TC 2.3) 4. Explain the properties of color and how artists can use them in creating works of art. (TC 2.4) 5. Analyze the effects of linear, atmospheric, and shifting perspective. (TC 2.5) 6. Explain the basic characteristics of intaglio, woodcut, serigraphy, and lithography. (TC 2.1) 7. Define the term “hue,” including its subsidiary characteristics of primary, secondary, and tertiary. (TC 2.4) 8. Explain the concept of “balance,” including in your answer a definition of the terms symmetry and asymmetry. (TC 2.3) 9. Define “focal area” and indicate the various techniques that can be utilized to achieve it. (TC 2.3) 7 Copyright © 2015, 2011, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved Multiple Choice Questions 10. Which of the following is a painting medium that is transparent and thinned with water? a. Oil b. Watercolor c. Gouache d. Tempera Answer: b. Watercolor (pg. 30) (TC 2.1) 11. Oils, perhaps the most popular of the painting media, were developed near the beginning of what century? a. 12th b. 14th c. 15th d. 16th Answer: c. 15th (pg. 30) (TC 2.1) 12. Which of the following is responsible for the fact that watercolors produce a delicacy that cannot be produced by other media? a. Chiaroscuro b. Transparency c. Opaqueness d. Pigments Answer: b. Transparency (pp. 30–31) (TC 2.1) 13. Which of the following is a modern, synthetic painting medium? a. Fresco b. Watercolor c. Gouache d. Acrylic Answer: d. Acrylic (pg. 32) (TC 2.1) 14. Which of the following is a wall-painting technique in which pigments are applied to fresh, wet plaster? a. Fresco b. Ink c. Oil d. Gouache Answer: a. Fresco (pg. 32) (TC 2.1) 8 Copyright © 2015, 2011, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved 15. Which of the following is a watercolor medium in which gum is added to ground opaque colors mixed with water? a. Gouache b. Aquatint c. Intaglio d. Acrylics Answer: a. Gouache (pg. 31) (TC 2.1) 16. Because of the process used to produce them, prints and reproductions are always considered to be _____ works of art. a. valuable b. original c. stable d. unoriginal Answer: b. original (pg. 33) (TC 2.1) 17. Which of the following is a planographic process? a. Lithography b. Woodcut c. Etching d. Collograph Answer: a. Lithography (pp. 33, 36) (TC 2.1) 18. Which of the following is an example of intaglio? a. Collage b. Woodcut c. Serigraphy d. Aquatint Answer: d. Aquatint (pg. 36) (TC 2.1) 19. Woodcut and wood engraving are examples of which of the following? a. The planographic process b. Lithography c. Intaglio d. Relief printing Answer: d. Relief printing (pg. 33) (TC 2.1) 9 Copyright © 2015, 2011, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved 20. Which of the following is a printmaking technique in which the surface of a plate is scratched with a needle? a. Aquatint b. Etching c. Drypoint d. Serigraphy Answer: c. Drypoint (pg. 36) (TC 2.1) 21. A squeegee is used in which printmaking technique? a. Lithography b. Aquatint c. Collage d. Serigraphy Answer: d. Serigraphy (pp. 37–38) (TC 2.1) 22. Initially, the photographic medium was presented more like _____. a. drawing b. printmaking c. painting d. news reporting Answer: c. painting (pg. 40) (TC 2.2) 23. A type of photography that advocated a more direct, sharply focused, unmanipulated style called _____ photography developed during the early twentieth century. a. zone b. aligned c. tonal d. straight Answer: d. straight (pg. 40) (TC 2.2) 24. _____ worked to get photography recognized as a fine art. a. Man Ray b. Alfred Stieglitz c. Ansel Adams d. Thomas Joshua Cooper Answer: b. Alfred Stieglitz (pg. 40) (TC 2.2) 10 Copyright © 2015, 2011, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved 25. The artist _____ demonstrated the abstract and nonobjective potential for photography in his works. a. Man Ray b. Alfred Stieglitz c. Ansel Adams d. Thomas Joshua Cooper Answer: a. Man Ray (pp. 40–41) (TC 2.2) 26. Since the late nineteenth century, photographers have focused the camera lens on social issues through _____ photography. a. fashion b. news c. documentary d. all of the above Answer: c. documentary (pg. 41) (TC 2.2) 27. A color edge is a manifestation of what element of composition? a. Line b. Form c. Mass d. Perspective Answer: a. Line (pg. 45) (TC 2.3) 28. Which of the following is not a purpose for which artists utilize line? a. To control vision b. To create unity c. To create meaning d. To simulate weight Answer: d. To simulate weight (pg. 46) (TC 2.3) 29. Which of the following is one of the three basic characteristics of line? a. Thickness b. Color c. Implication d. Angularity Answer: c. Implication (pg. 45) (TC 2.3) 11 Copyright © 2015, 2011, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved 30. Adding white to a hue creates a _____ of that hue. a. saturation b. shade c. tint d. gradation Answer: c. tint (pg. 48) (TC 2.4) 31. Which of the following terms are most closely related? a. Line and mass b. Mass and color c. Color and form d. Form and line Answer: d. Form and line (pp. 45–46) (TC 2.3) 32. The term _____ is often used to describe characteristics synonymous with value. a. brilliance b. chroma c. hue d. intensity Answer: a. brilliance (pg. 49) (TC 2.4) 33. Orange, resulting from mixing equal amounts of red and yellow, is which of the following? a. Tertiary hue b. Secondary hue c. Primary hue d. Saturated hue Answer: b. Secondary hue (pg. 46) (TC 2.4) 34. The relationship of blacks to whites and grays is called which of the following? a. Hue b. Color c. Value d. Saturation Answer: c. Value (pg. 48) (TC 2.4) 12 Copyright © 2015, 2011, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved 35. One can gray a hue by using its _____. a. value b. saturation c. chroma d. complement Answer: d. complement (pg. 49) (TC 2.4) 36. Which of the following is the term for hues opposite each other on the color wheel? a. Complementary b. Equal in value c. Tertiary hues d. Secondary hues Answer: a. Complementary (pg. 49) (TC 2.4) 37. Which of the following is the term for the composite, or overall, use of color? a. Tonality b. Impasto c. Palette d. Saturation Answer: c. Palette (pg. 49) (TC 2.4) 38. _____ perspective is a visual representation of the phenomenon that parallel lines seem to converge as they move into the distance, like a set of railroad tracks. a. Atmospheric b. Linear c. Shifting d. Compositional Answer: b. Linear (pg. 55) (TC 2.5) 39. _____ perspective uses changes in color, size, and focus in order to make objects appear distant. a. Atmospheric b. Linear c. Shifting d. Compositional Answer: a. Atmospheric (pg. 55) (TC 2.5) 13 Copyright © 2015, 2011, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved 40. _____ perspective is often used in Chinese landscapes in order to create a sense of depth. a. Atmospheric b. Linear c. Shifting d. Compositional Answer: c. Shifting (pg. 56) (TC 2.5) 14 Copyright © 2015, 2011, 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved