Multiple Choice


1	Academic art refers to:
		A)	art that conforms to established traditions
		B)	art from art schools
		C)	art found in textbooks
		D)	art that's easy to understand
		E)	all of the above


2	Proportion refers to:
		A)	the relative amount of one color in a painting
		B)	the comparative relationship between parts of a whole as to size
		C)	the height and width of an artwork
		D)	the female figure
		E)	the difference between the size of a painting and its frame


3	A pattern that is created and repeated is referred to as a:
		A)	motif
		B)	rhythm
		C)	element
		D)	design
		E)	none of the above


4	Max Wertheimer was:
		A)	an abstract expressionist
		B)	a Renaissance art historian
		C)	a 20th century German sculptor
		D)	a Gestalt psychologist
		E)	a documentary filmmaker


5	Who defined the Golden Mean as the "moderating of all things"?
		A)	Euclid
		B)	van Gogh
		C)	Brancusi
		D)	Aristotle
		E)	Plato


6	The painter most associated with pointillism is:
		A)	Pablo Picasso
		B)	Georges Seurat
		C)	Claude Monet
		D)	Eduard Manet
		E)	Paul Cezanne


7	Interpenetration in art refers to:
		A)	the intermixing of colors
		B)	the way lines, shapes, and planes pass through one another
		C)	the intermixing of media
		D)	in-painting by conservators
		E)	none of the above


8	Artists use transparency to:
		A)	add harmony to images and unite areas in a picture
		B)	show more than one image in a picture
		C)	create visual depth in an artwork
		D)	obscure the dividing edges in shapes
		E)	copy images onto their artwork


9	Abstraction implies:
		A)	the process of becoming distracted by images
		B)	the active process of paring things down to the essentials
		C)	artwork that doesn't look like anything from life
		D)	all of the above
		E)	none of the above


10	The seven principles of organization in art include all of the following except:
		A)	harmony
		B)	balance
		C)	proportion
		D)	space

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