Praxis Art: Content Knowledge (5134), Practice Test 2
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Which term is used to describe a dome that is situated atop arches within Byzantine
churches? - ANSWER Pendentive
Which of the following describes the colors used in Fauvist paintings? - ANSWER
Unnatural
The Parthenon is one of the most famous examples of Classic Greek architecture.
Which Athenian Leader commissioned its construction? - ANSWER Pericles (C.495-
429BC)
What is the functional of an aperture on a camera? - ANSWER It controls the light
that reaches image sensors or film.
Which feature is associated with Early Medieval paintings? - ANSWER Religious
Figures
Which of the four methods of sculpture consists of putting materials and objects
together? - ANSWER Assembling
Where did Rococo originate? - ANSWER France
Which of the following would a person mix with wood chips to make pulp? -
ANSWER A sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide solution
Which term refers to the lightness and darkness and their interactions within a piece
of art? - ANSWER Value
Roman church Santa Sabina is known for which of the following? - ANSWER Its
carved doors depicting Biblical scenes.
Which of the following would be the focus of non-linear edits? - ANSWER
Movement of different scenes into different orders.
What type of building materials were used during the Old Kingdom of Ancient
Egyptian history? - ANSWER Mud, wood, and stone
Which of the following is not a potential health and safety hazard in creating art? -
ANSWER Harassment
Which best describes the design principle known as fengshui? - ANSWER Fluid
Stones with symbols created from the process of rolling seals across wet clay tablets
that take on cylindrical shapes - ANSWER cylinder seals
,What are elaborate images created from thousands of pieces of colored stone and
glass? - ANSWER Mosaics
The lost-wax technique of sculpting is used with which of the following materials? -
ANSWER Metal
Jean-Antoine Watteau inspired the development of the Rococo Movement by: -
ANSWER creating dramatic, colorful paintings
What differentiates knitting from crocheting? - ANSWER Knitting requires the use of
two needles, while crocheting only requires use of one hook.
The preserved cave paintings of Southern Europe and wood bark paintings
discovered in Australia and Polynesia are both examples of which one of the
following types of art? - ANSWER Pictographs
Paul Gauguin was greatly influenced by non-western art. In particular, he was greatly
affected by objects from where? - ANSWER Oceania
Which of the following is a type of early photograph, first developed by William
Talbot, which is characterized by its very grainy quality? - ANSWER Calotype
Which twentieth-century museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Write, was built in a
curvilinear pattern on the outside, revealing a circular domed walkway on the inside
of the building? - ANSWER The Guggenheim Museum
What is the correct date for the construction of the dome of the Florence Cathedral?
- ANSWER 1420-1436
In a Greek temple, ______ project over the tops of columns and a ______ separates
the upper and lower parts of the temple. - ANSWER Pediments, cornice
Where are rock-cut temples a specialty? - ANSWER India
Stonehenge is usually discussed as a ring of _____, originally all united by ____. -
ANSWER megaliths, cromlechs
Where are Japanese haniwa figures found? - ANSWER Burial mounds
Typically, what is the largest feature on an African figure? - ANSWER The head
How many terracotta warriors make up the Army of Emperor Shi Huangdi? -
ANSWER 8,000
What is the correct term for an altarpiece in which the Madonna and Child are joined
by saints and with them, are engaged in a "holy conversation"? - ANSWER Sacra
conversazione
What is the term for perforated ornamental stone screens that appear in Islamic art?
- ANSWER Jali
, Images of lions grace the capitals of many Buddhist buildings, most likely stemming
from earlier examples from where? - ANSWER Persia
What unique variation of Gothic architecture did the English Develop in the mid
1300s, in which enormous window spaces were combined with elaborate decorative
patterns of stone travery? - ANSWER Perpendicular Gothic
Which of the following key architectural features was first developed in the Hagia
Sophia? - ANSWER Pendentive
What was the great intellectual movement that came out of the Renaissance that
emphasized secular life over the religious, focusing upon classical works of
philosophy, art, history, and literature? - ANSWER Humanism
What term refers to a group of scholarly and sophisticated Chinese artists who
worked to paint for themselves rather than for fame and fortune? - ANSWER Literati
Where was the statue Nike of Samothrace originally positioned? - ANSWER On a
fountain
Which of the following medieval technological innovations was used in the Gothic
architecture movement in Europe? - ANSWER Pointed Arches
What art style, popular in the early twentieth-century, is typified by works such as
Mondrian's Composition in Black and White and Red and Rietveld's Schroder
House? - ANSWER DeStijl
Of the following modern photographers, which on promoted photography as a
legitimate art form that was equal to painting when he or she hung photographs in a
contemporary art gallery? - ANSWER Alfred Stieglitz
The swing, by Jean-Honore Fragonard is from which period? - ANSWER Rococo
True or False: Before the advent of the twentieth century, female artist were
generally not permitted to attend art schools and academies, thus, they often learned
to paint from their fathers. - ANSWER True
The Old Testament queens and kings who adorn the jambs of the Royal Portals at
Chartres are meant for what purpose? - ANSWER To support the church both
morally and physically.
Who painted the major fifteenth-century Italian painting Adoration of the Magi? -
ANSWER Gentile da Fabriano
When did Joseph Paxton build The Crystal Palace in London? - ANSWER 1850-
1851
In which Romanesque cathedral were rib vaults first used? - ANSWER Durham
Cathedral
With 100% Correct Answers |Verified
Which term is used to describe a dome that is situated atop arches within Byzantine
churches? - ANSWER Pendentive
Which of the following describes the colors used in Fauvist paintings? - ANSWER
Unnatural
The Parthenon is one of the most famous examples of Classic Greek architecture.
Which Athenian Leader commissioned its construction? - ANSWER Pericles (C.495-
429BC)
What is the functional of an aperture on a camera? - ANSWER It controls the light
that reaches image sensors or film.
Which feature is associated with Early Medieval paintings? - ANSWER Religious
Figures
Which of the four methods of sculpture consists of putting materials and objects
together? - ANSWER Assembling
Where did Rococo originate? - ANSWER France
Which of the following would a person mix with wood chips to make pulp? -
ANSWER A sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide solution
Which term refers to the lightness and darkness and their interactions within a piece
of art? - ANSWER Value
Roman church Santa Sabina is known for which of the following? - ANSWER Its
carved doors depicting Biblical scenes.
Which of the following would be the focus of non-linear edits? - ANSWER
Movement of different scenes into different orders.
What type of building materials were used during the Old Kingdom of Ancient
Egyptian history? - ANSWER Mud, wood, and stone
Which of the following is not a potential health and safety hazard in creating art? -
ANSWER Harassment
Which best describes the design principle known as fengshui? - ANSWER Fluid
Stones with symbols created from the process of rolling seals across wet clay tablets
that take on cylindrical shapes - ANSWER cylinder seals
,What are elaborate images created from thousands of pieces of colored stone and
glass? - ANSWER Mosaics
The lost-wax technique of sculpting is used with which of the following materials? -
ANSWER Metal
Jean-Antoine Watteau inspired the development of the Rococo Movement by: -
ANSWER creating dramatic, colorful paintings
What differentiates knitting from crocheting? - ANSWER Knitting requires the use of
two needles, while crocheting only requires use of one hook.
The preserved cave paintings of Southern Europe and wood bark paintings
discovered in Australia and Polynesia are both examples of which one of the
following types of art? - ANSWER Pictographs
Paul Gauguin was greatly influenced by non-western art. In particular, he was greatly
affected by objects from where? - ANSWER Oceania
Which of the following is a type of early photograph, first developed by William
Talbot, which is characterized by its very grainy quality? - ANSWER Calotype
Which twentieth-century museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Write, was built in a
curvilinear pattern on the outside, revealing a circular domed walkway on the inside
of the building? - ANSWER The Guggenheim Museum
What is the correct date for the construction of the dome of the Florence Cathedral?
- ANSWER 1420-1436
In a Greek temple, ______ project over the tops of columns and a ______ separates
the upper and lower parts of the temple. - ANSWER Pediments, cornice
Where are rock-cut temples a specialty? - ANSWER India
Stonehenge is usually discussed as a ring of _____, originally all united by ____. -
ANSWER megaliths, cromlechs
Where are Japanese haniwa figures found? - ANSWER Burial mounds
Typically, what is the largest feature on an African figure? - ANSWER The head
How many terracotta warriors make up the Army of Emperor Shi Huangdi? -
ANSWER 8,000
What is the correct term for an altarpiece in which the Madonna and Child are joined
by saints and with them, are engaged in a "holy conversation"? - ANSWER Sacra
conversazione
What is the term for perforated ornamental stone screens that appear in Islamic art?
- ANSWER Jali
, Images of lions grace the capitals of many Buddhist buildings, most likely stemming
from earlier examples from where? - ANSWER Persia
What unique variation of Gothic architecture did the English Develop in the mid
1300s, in which enormous window spaces were combined with elaborate decorative
patterns of stone travery? - ANSWER Perpendicular Gothic
Which of the following key architectural features was first developed in the Hagia
Sophia? - ANSWER Pendentive
What was the great intellectual movement that came out of the Renaissance that
emphasized secular life over the religious, focusing upon classical works of
philosophy, art, history, and literature? - ANSWER Humanism
What term refers to a group of scholarly and sophisticated Chinese artists who
worked to paint for themselves rather than for fame and fortune? - ANSWER Literati
Where was the statue Nike of Samothrace originally positioned? - ANSWER On a
fountain
Which of the following medieval technological innovations was used in the Gothic
architecture movement in Europe? - ANSWER Pointed Arches
What art style, popular in the early twentieth-century, is typified by works such as
Mondrian's Composition in Black and White and Red and Rietveld's Schroder
House? - ANSWER DeStijl
Of the following modern photographers, which on promoted photography as a
legitimate art form that was equal to painting when he or she hung photographs in a
contemporary art gallery? - ANSWER Alfred Stieglitz
The swing, by Jean-Honore Fragonard is from which period? - ANSWER Rococo
True or False: Before the advent of the twentieth century, female artist were
generally not permitted to attend art schools and academies, thus, they often learned
to paint from their fathers. - ANSWER True
The Old Testament queens and kings who adorn the jambs of the Royal Portals at
Chartres are meant for what purpose? - ANSWER To support the church both
morally and physically.
Who painted the major fifteenth-century Italian painting Adoration of the Magi? -
ANSWER Gentile da Fabriano
When did Joseph Paxton build The Crystal Palace in London? - ANSWER 1850-
1851
In which Romanesque cathedral were rib vaults first used? - ANSWER Durham
Cathedral
