1. Pigment mixed with egg yolks is called
A. fresco.
B. glaze.
C. impasto.
D. tempera.
2. What did Rembrandt van Rijn use on Sleeping Woman to dilute his wash and add tonal values to his drawing?
A. Paint and water
B. Blood and water
C. Ink and water
D. Paste and water
3. Stiff, thick paint that reveals brushstrokes is called
A. impasto.
B. tempera.
C. gouache.
D. glaze.
4. In Japan, animation is known as
A. konnichiwa.
B. anime.
C. o-namae.
D. nihongohanasemasen.
5. The oldest form of intaglio printmaking is called
A. relief printmaking.
B. wood.
C. engraving.
D. lithograph.
6. It wouldn't have been possible to build a building such as London's Crystal Palace in the eighteenth century because
A. iron hadn't yet been developed as a building material.
B. advanced structural construction methods were unknown.
C. appropriate glass-making techniques were not yet known.
D. innovative building techniques weren't encouraged before 1850.
7. If Gianlorenzo Bernini's Apollo and Daphne were to be moved from the Galleria Borghese in Rome where it now stands into the Ufizzi Gallery, the most ideal place to install it would be
A. on the west wall of a gallery with other Renaissance marbles.
B. in the center of a gallery.
C. anywhere in a gallery, provided it was with other sixteenth-century marble statues.
D. on the east wall of a gallery with other Renaissance marbles.
8. What kinds of columns were used in the design of the Parthenon?
A. Adobe
B. Corinthian
C. Doric
D. Arched
9. Which artist used memories of his or her childhood in North Carolina to create a collage?
A. Barbara Kruger
B. Kiki Smith
C. Romare Bearden
D. William Hogarth
10. Which of the following artists was not involved in the creation of Saint Peter's Basilica and the Vatican?
A. Carlo Maderno
B. Giacomo della Porta
C. Leonardo da Vinci
D. Michelangelo
11. Which of the following decorative arts and crafts was regarded as one of the highest forms of art in the twelfth century by the Chinese?
A. Ceramics
B. Quilting
C. Stained glass
D. Tapestry
12. Modeling a flexible material like clay is a/an _______ type of sculptural method.
A. additive
B. casting
C. lost wax
D. subtractive
13. The photographs made by the artist _______ are considered obscene by some.
A. Robert Mapplethorpe
B. Edward Weston
C. Timothy O'Sullivan
D. Dorothea Lange
14. _______ is the artist who invented the mobile.
A. Alexander Calder
B. Robert Smithson
C. Jean Tinguely
D. Joseph Beuys
15. The Eiffel Tower was designed by Gustave Eiffel, who was a/an
A. bridge builder.
B. sculptor.
C. landscape designer.
D. architect.
16. When was acrylic paint first used?
A. 1850s
B. 1300s
C. 1700s
D. 1950s
17. Wood engravings such as those created by Gustave Doré for Samuel Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner are good examples of
A. relief prints.
B. lithographs.
C. intaglio prints.
D. etchings.
18. Modern Chinese and Japanese artists model the centuries-old brush techniques after those of
A. Maya Ying Lin.
B. Daguerre.
C. Wu Chen.
D. Zhan Wang.
19. What is the quality of the site upon which the Parthenon was built that underlines the ancient-Greek belief that such a building speaks of human intellect, separate and above earthly concerns?
A. It has direct access to the sea.
B. It's a hill above the city.
C. It's the oldest district of Athens.
D. It's the site on which Athena was born.
20. A painter combines color pigment with water and brushes it directly on wet plaster. This technique is called
A. oil paint.
B. tempera paint.
C. gouache.
D. fresco.