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Launching the Imagination
Mary Stewart

Time Design
Interdisciplinary Arts: Books, Installations, Performances

Multiple Choice Quiz



1

What type of art offers the opportunity for collaboration, merging of media, creative thinking and complex communication?
A)interdisciplinary art
B)performance art
C)visual books
D)installation art
E)all of the above.
2

A visual book can use
A)any shape and size as long as it is sewn on one edge.
B)2 dimensional images and 3 dimensional objects.
C)integrated images in an interdependent format to convey ideas.
D)A & B
E)B & C
3

Performance art
A)is typically interdisciplinary.
B)can involve politics and philosophy.
C)can communicate ideas through motion.
D)can involve the audience in the performance.
E)all of the above.
4

All of the following are good strategies for the development of ideas and images for a visual book on darkness EXCEPT
A)Go to the library and read books that deal with the subject.
B)Look up the meaning of the work in a dictionary.
C)Drawing images using paper in creative ways.
D)Simply search on the Internet for things that are dark. This will provide more than enough information.
E)Experiment with text and poetry.
5

A site-specific installation art work
A)must always be viewed from a single point of view.
B)cannot include sound.
C)cannot include water.
D)is designed very specifically for a single space.
E)all of the above.
6

In a visual book, good text often has the following quality(ies):
A)a typeface with a personality that enhances the meaning of the book.
B)it leave room for interpretation.
C)it is of personal interest to the viewer.
D)conveys the emotion of the book.
E)all of the above.
7

To create a balance between words and images, it is often better to use ______________ when designing a visual book.
A)extensive text
B)evocative text
C)objects rather than pages
D)very descriptive text
E)none of the above
8

The ______________ of text in a visual book can effects its meaning.
A)position, size and style
B)page, frame and beat
C)status, style and stigma
D)installation, assignment and position
E)none of the above
9

Installation Art has all the following qualities EXCEPT
A)the viewer typically occupies the same space and time as the artwork.
B)it can contain images and objects displayed in an environment.
C)it can be temporal and spatial.
D)it can heighten the aesthetic experience.
E)the viewer can experience the work in less time than a painting.
10

Performance art was influenced heavily by
A)abstraction.
B)illustration.
C)happenings and futurism.
D)impressionism and hyperrealism.
E)postmodernism and baroque art.
11

In the Twelve Days of Christmas Robert Sabuda used _______ to provide a new twist on a holiday cliché.
A)imaginative 3 dimensional pop-ups
B)distorted poetry
C)pastel drawings
D)Internet links
E)torn and burnt paper
12

According to Stewart, when talking about visual books, the best texts
A)must be combined with an image.
B)always appear in 12 point type.
C)often have a musical quality.
D)are highly descriptive.
E)are in color.