Art Appreciation Quiz

According to Aristotle, what does art complete that nature cannot?

• Knowledge of nature's unrealized ends

• Mad search for individualism

• Shadow of the divine perfection

• Mediator of the unspeakable

Which artist described the true work of art as a shadow of divine perfection?

• Aristotle

• Michelangelo

• Paul Gauguin

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

What did Bertolt Brecht compare art to?

• Mirror held up to reality

• Hammer to shape reality

• Search for individualism

• Mediator of the unspeakable

Which of the following is NOT a type of art mentioned in the text?

• Photography

• Music

• Dance

• Theatre

What does the term 'positive space' refer to in art?

• Bounded two-dimensional form

• The subject of the piece itself

• Distances or areas around components

• Empty spaces created around subjects

Which element of art indicates direction, orientation, and movement?

• Texture

• Line

• Color

• Shape

What is produced when light striking an object is reflected back to the eye?

• Form

• Texture

• Value

• Color

What is the importance of value in art?

• Names assigned to colors

• Vividness of color

• Feel of a three-dimensional work

• Lightness or darkness of color

Which principle of art refers to developing points of interest to pull the viewer's eye to important parts?

• Balance

• Variety

• Emphasis

• Harmony

What does unity in a painting or drawing signify?

• Stability

• Action

• Variety

• Wholeness