Medium and Technique Quiz

What is the definition of medium in the arts?

• The manner in which artists use and manipulate materials

• The substance out of which a work is made

• The form of the artwork that occupies physical space

• The creative works that engage the sense of hearing

Which classification of artwork primarily meant to be functional in everyday life?

• Narrative works

• Practical arts

• Environmental arts

• Pictorial works

What are creative works that follow a sequential/story structure called?

• Musical arts

• Narrative works

• Auditory arts

• Dramatic arts

What is the manner in which artists use and manipulate materials to achieve the desired formal effect called?

• Spatial

• Medium

• Technique

• Direct

Which classification of artwork occupies 'real' or physical, three-dimensional space?

• Direct

• Spatial (static)

• Recorded

• Time-based

What type of artwork entails a sequence of changes observable by time?

• Time-based

• Spatial (static)

• Direct

• Recorded

What category denotes works that are not directly the artworks themselves but a record of it?

• Direct

• Recorded

• Spatial (static)

• Time-based

What type of artwork does not exist in a physical form or in an actual location, but is perceptible?

• Direct

• Recorded

• Spatial (static)

• Virtual

What is the classification of artwork that is predominantly visual and spatial?

• Practical arts

• Narrative works

• Environmental arts

• Pictorial works

Which creative works engage the sense of hearing, while not being necessarily musical in nature?

• Narrative works

• Auditory arts

• Dramatic arts

• Musical arts