ART 100 Exam Study Test - Complete Questions &
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Georges Seurat - Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte - ✔✔This
Impressionist work uses a new technique mastered by Seurat called "Pointillism."
Pointillism uses tiny dots of pure color placed next to each other. Close up, you can see
the individual dots of color. From a distance, your brain uses "optical color mixing" to
make the colors blend together. Colors appear brighter in this way.
Giotto - The Lamentation - ✔✔Early Renaissance fresco painting. One of the earliest
examples showing the beginning of the illusion of depth and realistic space, using
techniques developed during this time period. Giotto uses a unified light source to
create shadows and put the figures into the same "space."
Henri Matisse - Beasts of the Sea - ✔✔Collage. 2-D.
Matisse cut out pieces of colored paper from different sources and pasted them on a
flat surface. He used simple shapes and colors. Remember that a collage is created by
pasting or gluing bits of paper or other flat items to a flat surface such as a canvas.
Henry Ossawa Tanner - The Banjo Lesson - ✔✔Tanner uses emphasis and
subordination to make the figures of the old man and the boy stand out. The
background is blurry and indistinct. The banjo also acts as a focal point. The arm of the
banjo draws the eye to the boy's hand. The light color of the background also makes the
darker figures stand out.
Jackson Pollock - Lavender Mist - ✔✔Drip painting/ Gestural painting/ Action painting
Pollock stood in the middle of his canvas and dripped paint on it using a stick or stirrer.
He moved within the work using large, gestural movements. There is both unity and
variety in this work, though you could also argue it is all unity and all variety. Each "drip"
is carefully planned out.
, JMW Turner - The Burning of the Houses of Parliament - ✔✔Example of asymmetrical
balance. The intense orange flames on the left balances the composition with the white
bridge on the right. Our eye is drawn around the painting in a circular motion.
Kathe Kollwitz - Death and the Mother - ✔✔Lithograph
Working in Germany between the wars, Kollwitz was trying to capture the emotion and
horrors associated with death and violence. She used lithography as her medium
because it was inexpensive and easy to reproduce. She wanted her art to be available to
the poorest people. Anyone could own her art.
Keith Haring - ✔✔Subway art.
Haring uses outlines around primary colors. His works are simple and lack depth. The
outlines, in this case, are all the same thickness. Influenced by the graffiti art of the
subways.
Leonardo da Vinci - The Renaissance Man - ✔✔Artist Hero/Artist Genius
A true Renaissance Man, Leonardo was an artist, sculptor, engineer, mathematician,
scientist, musician, etc. Patrons in the Renaissance wanted artists who were more than
just artists. Leonardo was revered in his own time. He did illegal dissections to
understand the body better.
Portrait of Michelangelo from Raphael's School of Athens - ✔✔Michelangelo is the
ultimate Artist-Genius/Artist-Hero. He is in a state of melancholy and seems to carry the
weight of the world on his shoulders. Michelangelo did much to promote the artist and
raise their status. He was a celebrity in his own day.
Orlan - ✔✔The French artist Orlan uses plastic surgery and her body as her medium
to tackle issues of beauty and feminism. Her surgeries are performance pieces that she
Answers 100% Correct| Newest Update 2025
Georges Seurat - Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte - ✔✔This
Impressionist work uses a new technique mastered by Seurat called "Pointillism."
Pointillism uses tiny dots of pure color placed next to each other. Close up, you can see
the individual dots of color. From a distance, your brain uses "optical color mixing" to
make the colors blend together. Colors appear brighter in this way.
Giotto - The Lamentation - ✔✔Early Renaissance fresco painting. One of the earliest
examples showing the beginning of the illusion of depth and realistic space, using
techniques developed during this time period. Giotto uses a unified light source to
create shadows and put the figures into the same "space."
Henri Matisse - Beasts of the Sea - ✔✔Collage. 2-D.
Matisse cut out pieces of colored paper from different sources and pasted them on a
flat surface. He used simple shapes and colors. Remember that a collage is created by
pasting or gluing bits of paper or other flat items to a flat surface such as a canvas.
Henry Ossawa Tanner - The Banjo Lesson - ✔✔Tanner uses emphasis and
subordination to make the figures of the old man and the boy stand out. The
background is blurry and indistinct. The banjo also acts as a focal point. The arm of the
banjo draws the eye to the boy's hand. The light color of the background also makes the
darker figures stand out.
Jackson Pollock - Lavender Mist - ✔✔Drip painting/ Gestural painting/ Action painting
Pollock stood in the middle of his canvas and dripped paint on it using a stick or stirrer.
He moved within the work using large, gestural movements. There is both unity and
variety in this work, though you could also argue it is all unity and all variety. Each "drip"
is carefully planned out.
, JMW Turner - The Burning of the Houses of Parliament - ✔✔Example of asymmetrical
balance. The intense orange flames on the left balances the composition with the white
bridge on the right. Our eye is drawn around the painting in a circular motion.
Kathe Kollwitz - Death and the Mother - ✔✔Lithograph
Working in Germany between the wars, Kollwitz was trying to capture the emotion and
horrors associated with death and violence. She used lithography as her medium
because it was inexpensive and easy to reproduce. She wanted her art to be available to
the poorest people. Anyone could own her art.
Keith Haring - ✔✔Subway art.
Haring uses outlines around primary colors. His works are simple and lack depth. The
outlines, in this case, are all the same thickness. Influenced by the graffiti art of the
subways.
Leonardo da Vinci - The Renaissance Man - ✔✔Artist Hero/Artist Genius
A true Renaissance Man, Leonardo was an artist, sculptor, engineer, mathematician,
scientist, musician, etc. Patrons in the Renaissance wanted artists who were more than
just artists. Leonardo was revered in his own time. He did illegal dissections to
understand the body better.
Portrait of Michelangelo from Raphael's School of Athens - ✔✔Michelangelo is the
ultimate Artist-Genius/Artist-Hero. He is in a state of melancholy and seems to carry the
weight of the world on his shoulders. Michelangelo did much to promote the artist and
raise their status. He was a celebrity in his own day.
Orlan - ✔✔The French artist Orlan uses plastic surgery and her body as her medium
to tackle issues of beauty and feminism. Her surgeries are performance pieces that she
