ART APPRECIATION

1. What is the expression of human creative skill and imagination?

Answer: C- Art
2. In what way is art important in daily life?
Answer: E- All of the above.

3. The way to do an art critique is to __________.

Answer: A- describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate the piece

4. A person learning a trade or an art from a skilled worker is called __________.
Answer: A- an apprentice

5. A rule used by artists when planning a good composition.

Answer: D- “Rule of Thirds”

6. Andy Warhol, an American painter and filmmaker, is best known for his
depiction of what grocery store item?
Answer: C- Tomato Soup

7. Andy Warhol’s work can best be classified as __________.

Answer: B- pop art

8. A style of artwork created using many geometric shapes, often not resembling
any object.
Answer: C- Cubism

9. An art style where the artist tries to paint a picture exactly how it looks in real
life, with as many details as possible.
Answer: C- Realism

10. A style of art where the artist attempts to convey as much of their emotion into
the artwork as possible, often using distortion and emphasis.
Answer: A- Expressionism

11. The way artwork is arranged is called__________.

Answer: C- composition

12. Surrealism is an art movement that used dreamlike images.

Answer: A- True

13. An art style where artwork is extremely detailed and ornate.

Answer: B- Baroque

14. Pablo Picasso is from the country of __________.

Answer: C- Spain
15. What is the title of the style of painting that Picasso invented?
Answer: C- Cubism

16. Where is the “Mona Lisa” hanging in France?

Answer: B- The Louvre

17. Van Gogh’s most famous work of art to this day __________.

Answer: C- “Starry Night”

18. What country was Van Gogh born in?

Answer: A- Holland

19. Georgia O’Keeffe was an __________ artist.

Answer: C- American

20. O’Keefle is best known for her paintings of

Answer: B- enlarged flowers and New Mexico landscape
21. Salvador Dali is considered a Surrealist
Answer: B- False
22. Salvador Dali was born in India.
Answer: B- False
23. Rembrandt is known as an artist of what style?
Answer: B- Baroque
24. Rembrand, considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European
art, was born in what country?
Answer: A- Netherlands
25. Monet is the father of which movement?
Answer: B- Impressionist
26. Where did Monet grow up?
Answer: C- France
27. Georges Seurat, the artist who created the painting “Sunday Afternoon on the
Island of La Grande Jatte”, used which method of art?
Answer: B- Pointillism
28. “Mona Lisa” was painted by____?
Answer: D- Leonardo da Vinci
29. “Sunflowers” was painted by ______.
Answer: b- Vincent van Gogh
30. “Poppies in a Field” was painted by____.
 Answer: A- Claude Monet
31. “The Scream” was painted by_____.
Answer: C- Edvard Munch
32. “The Last Supper” was painted by_____.
Answer: A- Leonardo da Vinci
33. “Dance at le Moulin de la Galette” was painted by______.
Answer: C- Pierrre-August Renoir
34. “Girl with a Pearl Earring” was painted by______.
Answer: D- Johannes Vemeer
35. “Dance Class” was painted by_____.
Answer: C- Edgar Degas
36. “Creation of Adam” was painted by______.
Answer: A- Michaelangelo
37. “The Persistence of Memory” was painted by_____.
Answer: C- Salvador Dali
38. What does a color wheel show?
Answer: A- Complementary colors
39. Movement in art where hundreds of dots are used to create a picture or
painting.
Answer: A-Pointillism
40. The artist Edgar Degas was best known for his painting of waterlilies.
Answer: B- False
41. Edward Degas was a nineteenth-century French artist famous for his paintings,
sculptures, prints and drawings.
Answer: A-True
42. Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement that mainly focused on
the_______.
Answer: C- study of light on the surface of an object

43. Art that emerged in the mid-1950s that used imagery from popular culture is
termed_____
Answer: D-Pop Art
44. A twentieth-century non-representational painting style in which artist applied
paints freely to express feelings and emotions.
 Answer: A- Abstract Expressionism
45. Jackson Pollack’s paintings were classified as what?
Answer: D-Splatterpaint
46. Jackson Pollack was an influential American painter and a central figure in
what movement?
Answer: C- Abstract Expressionist
47. An English landscape painter of the late eighteen century, known for his
pastoral scenes.
Answer: A- John Constable
48. Cityscapes, or as it is sometimes called Urban Landscapes are paintings whose
subject matter is the physical aspects of the city and urban life.
Answer: A-True
49. A collection of meaningless shapes, texture, and colors thrown haphazardly
onto a canvas. Its purpose is to let the viewer interpret its meaning for him/herself.
Answer: D-Abstract
50. Naïve Art is art characterized by a childlike simplicity that possesses minute
detail, bright saturated colors, disproportionate figures, and a lack of perspectives.
Answer: A- True
51. Step by dipping a bristle brush in paint and pouncing it up and down on paper
to create clouds, trees, flowers, and heads. What art technique is described?
Answer: C- Stippling
52. Who was the French artist who developed a rigorous style that emphasized
flattened forms and decorative pattern, and known for both his use of colour and
his fluid?
Answer: B- Henri Emile Matisse
53. What is produced by mixing two primary colors?
Answer: C- Secondary colors
54. Orange and Blue are examples of____.
Answer: Complementary colors

55. This refers to the way an object feels to the touch or looks as it may feel.
Answer: D-Texture
56. What is produced by mixing three primary colors?
Answer: B-Neutral colors
57. What is the title of the article in the 1987 Philippine Constitution where the
teaching of arts is highlighted?
 Answer: D- Education, Science and Technology, Arts, Culture and
Sports
58. What was Michelangelo’s work that depicts biblical scenes and is the most
famous painted interior spaces in the world? Virtually, all of this fame comes from
the breath-taking painting of its ceiling.
Answer: C- Sistine Chapel’s painting
59. What is the practice of applying paint, pigment, colour or other medium?
Answer: B- Painting
60. What was Leonardo da Vinci’s painting, which was one of the world’s most
recognizable paintings? It is made by a heavy use of an almost forgotten painting
technique which is called “sfumato”.
Answer: A- Mona Lisa
61. It is a principle of art which refers to the arrangement of the parts of an artwork
to give an overall sense of equality in visual weight.
Answer: A- Balance
62.  It is a principle of art which creates a sense of harmony and wholeness, by
using similar elements within the composition and placing them in a way that
brings them all together.
Answer: C- Unity
63. It is a principle of art which refers to the repetition of elements to create an
illusion of action or to cause the viewer’s eye to sweep over the artwork in a
definite manner.
Answer: D- Movement
64. This color is a mixture of any hue and white, which reduces darkness.
Answer: B-Tint
65. It is a line that runs from left to right or vice versa across the page.
Answer: D-Horizontal Line

66. What is the subject that dominated a portion of the history of painting in both
Eastern and Western art? One famous work was “The Last Supper” by Leonardo
da Vinci.
Answer: B-Religion
67. This refers to a color which is not associated with any hue, and may be created
by mixing a complementary color pair.
Answer: A- Neutral color
68. It refers to an object that has two dimensions (height and width).
Answer: D-Shape
69. It is a straight one-dimensional figure having no thickness and extending
infinitely in both directions.
Answer: B-Line
70.  It refers to an object that has three dimensions (lenght, width, and height).
Answer: C-Form
71. Black, white, grey, brown and beige are examples of ______.
Answer: B- Neutral colors
72. It is a line that runs up and down or vice versa across the page.
Answer: C- Vertical line
73. This refers to the visible lightness or darkness of a color.
Answer: A- Value
74. What is produced by mixing primary and secondary colors?
Answer: D- Tertiary colors
75. “The Making of the Philippine Flag” is one of the most famous paintings in the
Philippines made by________.
Answer: A- Fernando Amorsolo
76. Spoliarium—a gigantic painting more than 4 meters high and 7.5 meters wide,
making it the largest painting in the Philippines—is among the most Philippine
historical paintings made by__________.
Answer: B- Juan Luna
77. A Filipino painting titled “Gathering of Heroes” was created by_________.
Answer: C- Juanito Torres
78. The “Filipino Struggles Through History” is arguably the greatest extant work
of the Filipino famous painter________.
Answer: D- Carlos Francisco
79. This period was responsible for the emergence of illuminated manuscript and
gothic architecture style.
Answer: A- Medieval Art
80. One of the most famous works from this period is the Code of Hammurabi
from ancient Mesopotamia.
Answer: B- Ancient Art
81. Which of the following is an example of art from an impressionist view?
Answer: C- Claude Monet’s The Water Lily Pond
82. This history of art translates to “New Art” which attempted to create an entirely
authentic movement of free from any imitation of styles that preceded it.
 Answer: D- Art Nouveau
83. This form of art emerged as a response ton increasingly conflicted world views
and the loss of spirituality.
Answer: C- Expressionism
84. This style of art was characterized by expressive use of intense color, line, and
brushwork, a bold sense of surface design, and a flat composition.
Answer: A- Fauvism
85. The following are characteristics of contemporary art except,
Answer: B- Focused on anonymity, calling attention to the materiality of
works
86. Translating generally to “poor art”, this period challenged modernist,
contemporary systems by infusing commonplace materials into creations.

Answer: D- Arte Povera

87. Artists from this period were influenced by classical elements; in particular, a

focus on idealism.
Inevitably, they also include modern, historically depictions in their works.
Answer: B- Neoclassism

88. This completely rejected previous art movements, and artists prized ideas over
visual components, creating art in the form of performances, ephemera, and other
forms.
Answer: A- Conceptual art

89. Artwork during this period was characterized by realism, attention to detail,

and precise study of human anatomy. Artists used linear perspective and created
depth through intense lighting and shading.
Answer: D- Renaissance art

90. The ___________ period followed mannerism yielded ornate, over-the-top

visual arts and architecture. It was characterized by grandeur and richness,
punctuated by an interest in broadening human intellect and global discovery.
Answer: B- baroque

91. This is the most fundamental of all elements of design. It is the starting place
for most artistic creation whether one is starting a fine drawing or painting or even
sketching ideas.
Answer: D- line

92. Which of the following describes organic shapes?

Answer: A- irregular or uneven

93. What is shape?
 Answer: A- A 2-dimensional area confined by an actual line or implied
line.

94. These are lines that bend in any amount of degree; they may be gently wavy to
tightly wound spirals.
Answer: D- Curved lines

95. Who is the National Artist of the Philippines for Sculpture in 2006 who is also
known for his painting of “Sarimanok Series”?
Answer: C- Abdulmari Imao

96. What type of balance is described when visual elements are arranged around a
central point in the composition, like the spokes on a wagon wheel?
Answer: C- Radial

97. “Las Damas Romanas” was painted by________.

Answer: B- Juan Luna

98. “Planting Rice” was painted by________.

Answer: A- Fernando Amorsolo

99. “The Musicians” was painted by________.

Answer: C- Vicente Manansala

100. “Interaction” was painted by________.

Answer: D- Victorio Edades