Praxis Art History

Architectural Art History

100

Which best describes the design principle known as fengshui?

• Fluid

• Ornate

• Asymmetric

• Simplistic

Fluid

200

What type of building materials were used during the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egyptian history?

• Papyrus

• Timber and clay

• Mud, wood and stone

• Limestone

• Mud, wood and stone

300

Roman church Santa Sabina is known for which of the following?

• Its Biblical mosaics

• Its carved doors depicting Biblical scenes

• Its Christian murals

• Its Christian relief sculptures

• Its carved doors depicting Biblical scenes

400

The Parthenon is one of the most famous examples of Classical Greek architecture. Which Athenian leader commissioned its construction? 

Pericles

500

Which term is used to describe a dome that is situated atop arches within Byzantine churches?

• Clerestory

• Pendentive

• Apse

• Colonnade

Pendentive

General Art

100

Where did Rococo originate?

• Austria

• Italy

• Germany

• France

France

200

The type of Assyrian art shown in the image is known as

• cylinder seals.

• lamassus.

• ziggurats.

• orthostats.

• cylinder seals.

300

Which feature is associated with early Medieval paintings?

• Highly dimensional

• Religious figures

• Three-dimensional figures

• Complex lighting

• Religious figures

400

Which of the following is not a potential health and safety hazard in creating art?

• Chemicals

• Harassment

• Sharp tools

• Weight

• Harassment

500

Which of the following describes the colors used in Fauvist paintings? And who was the father of it?

• Unnatural

• Realistic

• Muted

• Bold

Unnatural

Uses of Art

100

Which of the following would be the focus of non-linear edits?

• The addition of green-screen characters into the film

• Movement of different objects within a scene

• Movement of different scenes into different orders

• The addition of sound effects on top of the natural sounds

• Movement of different scenes into different orders

200

Which term refers to the lightness and darkness and their interactions within a piece of art?

• Value

• Scale

• Proportion

• Balance

Value

300

Which of the following would a person mix with wood chips to make pulp?

• Water

• A sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide solution

• Oil

• A hydrogen peroxide and peracetic acid solution

• A sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide solution

400

Which of the four methods of sculpture consists of putting materials and objects together?

• Casting

• Assembling

• Carving

• Modeling

Assembling

500

Which is the function of an aperture on a camera?

• Controls the light that reaches image sensors or film

• Casts light into the optical viewfinder

• Limits the time an image sensor or film can be exposed to light

• Records an image shown in the image sensor

• Controls the light that reaches image sensors or film