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Test Bank for Prebles' Artforms, 12th Edition by Patrick L. Frank
Chapter 1: The Nature of Art and Creativity
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. In Her Secret Is Patience, Janet Echelman used a cactus flower formed by netting and colored
light to symbolize .
a. pure visual forms
b. the desert city of Phoenix
c. feelings and acts of love
d. daily life in the rural south
Answer: b
Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe art as a means of visual expression that uses various media and
forms.
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Topic: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
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2. The visual expression of an idea or experience through the use of a medium is known as
.
a. creativity
b. a subject
c. iconography
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d. a work of art
Answer: d
Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe art as a means of visual expression that uses various media and
forms.
Topic: What is Art?
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Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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3. A material and its accompanying technique is called a .
a. work of art
b. craft
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c. medium
d. style
Answer: c
Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe art as a means of visual expression that uses various media and
forms.
Topic: What is Art?
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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4. Which attribute has the potential to influence future thoughts, actions, and human endeavors?
a. creativity
b. form
c. training
d. medium
Answer: a
Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe art as a means of visual expression that uses various media and
forms.
Topic: What is Creativity?
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
5. Daily life in the rural South influenced the work of .
a. Romare Bearden
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b. Edward Weston
c. Janet Echelman
d. Georgia O’Keeffe
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Answer: a
Learning Objective: 1.2 Explain what is meant by creativity.
Topic: What is Creativity?
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
ST
6. Experimenting is a characteristic trait of .
a. iconography
b. creativity
c. media
d. abstraction
U
Answer: b
Learning Objective: 1.2 Explain what is meant by creativity.
Topic: What is Creativity?
D
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Y
7. The Philadelphia Wireman’s Untitled (Watch Face) is classified as outsider art because it is
created .
a. with nonrepresentational forms
b. with ordinary and discarded materials
c. with a combination of media
d. without an awareness of conventional styles
Answer: d
Learning Objective: 1.3 Discuss the role creativity plays in the work of trained and untrained
artists.
Topic: Trained and Untrained Artists
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
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8. What distinguishes folk art from outsider art?
a. Folk art employs a universal visual language.
b. Folk art lacks a knowledge of art history.
c. Folk art uses established cultural traditions and practices.
d. Folk art produces abstract works from ordinary materials.
Answer: c
Learning Objective: 1.3 Discuss the role creativity plays in the work of trained and untrained
artists.
Topic: Trained and Untrained Artists
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
9. Why is Mary Wallace’s Peony an example of folk art?
a. It uses traditional imagery from pottery.
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b. It includes religious iconography.
c. It abstracts the flower into geometric shapes.
d. It uses nonrepresentational forms.
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Answer: a
Learning Objective: 1.3 Discuss the role creativity plays in the work of trained and untrained
artists.
Topic: Trained and Untrained Artists
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know and Analyze It
ST
10. Which of the following is a characteristic trait of children’s art?
a. conventional artistic styles
b. realistic depictions of the world
c. an intuitive sense of balanced design
U
d. nonrepresentational pictures
Answer: c
Learning Objective: 1.3 Discuss the role creativity plays in the work of trained and untrained
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artists.
Topic: Trained and Untrained Artists
Difficulty Level: Easy
Y
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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11. Three-year old Alana’s Grandma demonstrates that children create unique images based on
.
a. nonrepresentational form
b. mental constructions
c. realistic methods
d. visual observation
Answer: b
Learning Objective: 1.3 Discuss the role creativity plays in the work of trained and untrained
artists.
Topic: Trained and Untrained Artists
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
12. In representational art, objects are called .
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a. abstract
b. subjects
c. media
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d. content
Answer: b
Learning Objective: 1.4 Assess the ways in which representational, abstract, and
nonrepresentational art relate to reality.
Topic: Art and Reality
Difficulty Level: Easy
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Skill Level: Remember the Facts
13. Which type of art focuses on human subjects?
a. figurative
b. abstract
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c. outsider
d. folk
Answer: a
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Learning Objective: 1.4 Assess the ways in which representational, abstract, and
nonrepresentational art relate to reality.
Topic: Art and Reality
Y
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Test Bank for Prebles' Artforms, 12th Edition by Patrick L. Frank
Chapter 1: The Nature of Art and Creativity
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. In Her Secret Is Patience, Janet Echelman used a cactus flower formed by netting and colored
light to symbolize .
a. pure visual forms
b. the desert city of Phoenix
c. feelings and acts of love
d. daily life in the rural south
Answer: b
Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe art as a means of visual expression that uses various media and
forms.
M
Topic: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
ED
2. The visual expression of an idea or experience through the use of a medium is known as
.
a. creativity
b. a subject
c. iconography
ST
d. a work of art
Answer: d
Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe art as a means of visual expression that uses various media and
forms.
Topic: What is Art?
U
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
D
3. A material and its accompanying technique is called a .
a. work of art
b. craft
Y
c. medium
d. style
Answer: c
Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe art as a means of visual expression that uses various media and
forms.
Topic: What is Art?
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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4. Which attribute has the potential to influence future thoughts, actions, and human endeavors?
a. creativity
b. form
c. training
d. medium
Answer: a
Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe art as a means of visual expression that uses various media and
forms.
Topic: What is Creativity?
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
5. Daily life in the rural South influenced the work of .
a. Romare Bearden
M
b. Edward Weston
c. Janet Echelman
d. Georgia O’Keeffe
ED
Answer: a
Learning Objective: 1.2 Explain what is meant by creativity.
Topic: What is Creativity?
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
ST
6. Experimenting is a characteristic trait of .
a. iconography
b. creativity
c. media
d. abstraction
U
Answer: b
Learning Objective: 1.2 Explain what is meant by creativity.
Topic: What is Creativity?
D
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Y
7. The Philadelphia Wireman’s Untitled (Watch Face) is classified as outsider art because it is
created .
a. with nonrepresentational forms
b. with ordinary and discarded materials
c. with a combination of media
d. without an awareness of conventional styles
Answer: d
Learning Objective: 1.3 Discuss the role creativity plays in the work of trained and untrained
artists.
Topic: Trained and Untrained Artists
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
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8. What distinguishes folk art from outsider art?
a. Folk art employs a universal visual language.
b. Folk art lacks a knowledge of art history.
c. Folk art uses established cultural traditions and practices.
d. Folk art produces abstract works from ordinary materials.
Answer: c
Learning Objective: 1.3 Discuss the role creativity plays in the work of trained and untrained
artists.
Topic: Trained and Untrained Artists
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
9. Why is Mary Wallace’s Peony an example of folk art?
a. It uses traditional imagery from pottery.
M
b. It includes religious iconography.
c. It abstracts the flower into geometric shapes.
d. It uses nonrepresentational forms.
ED
Answer: a
Learning Objective: 1.3 Discuss the role creativity plays in the work of trained and untrained
artists.
Topic: Trained and Untrained Artists
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know and Analyze It
ST
10. Which of the following is a characteristic trait of children’s art?
a. conventional artistic styles
b. realistic depictions of the world
c. an intuitive sense of balanced design
U
d. nonrepresentational pictures
Answer: c
Learning Objective: 1.3 Discuss the role creativity plays in the work of trained and untrained
D
artists.
Topic: Trained and Untrained Artists
Difficulty Level: Easy
Y
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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11. Three-year old Alana’s Grandma demonstrates that children create unique images based on
.
a. nonrepresentational form
b. mental constructions
c. realistic methods
d. visual observation
Answer: b
Learning Objective: 1.3 Discuss the role creativity plays in the work of trained and untrained
artists.
Topic: Trained and Untrained Artists
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
12. In representational art, objects are called .
M
a. abstract
b. subjects
c. media
ED
d. content
Answer: b
Learning Objective: 1.4 Assess the ways in which representational, abstract, and
nonrepresentational art relate to reality.
Topic: Art and Reality
Difficulty Level: Easy
ST
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
13. Which type of art focuses on human subjects?
a. figurative
b. abstract
U
c. outsider
d. folk
Answer: a
D
Learning Objective: 1.4 Assess the ways in which representational, abstract, and
nonrepresentational art relate to reality.
Topic: Art and Reality
Y
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
