Thiebaud and Classic Meets Contemporary Quiz

Making comics and movie posters as a

commercial artist eventually inspired Wayne

Thiebaud’s interest in _______.

• fine art

• culinary arts

• photography

• advertisements

In San Francisco West Side Ridge, Thiebaud

exaggerates the shapes of steep streets and

_______ buildings.

• fundamental

• cool

• geometric

• organic

The careful arrangement of objects in the

foreground, middle ground, and background

in Confections creates _______ in the scene.

• shadow

• narrative

• impasto

• depth

In Student, Thiebaud paints a warm _______

around the figure, objects, and shadow,

illustrating how the human eye sees light.

• leading line

• outline

• texture

• genre

Thiebaud doesn’t include a _______ in River

Lake, blending the sky and water together and

experimenting with space.

• perspective

• leading line

• parallel line

• horizon line

Thiebaud explores the arrangement of

objects, the balance of color and _______, and

the use of light in his sketches.

• pencil

• grisaille

• cropping

• pattern

Thiebaud’s repetition of shapes and colors in

Row of Ties gives the work a(n) _______ quality

despite its realistic style.

• abstract

• conventional

• monotone

• impasto

Cindy Wright reinvents the _______ genre by

capturing her subject’s unappealing features

instead of striving for beauty.

• self-portrait

• portrait

• still life

• landscape

The vibrant clothing and pastel background

in Amy Sherald’s portrait contrast the figure’s

_______ skin.

• grisaille

• colorful

• bright

• dynamic

In Yellow Harvest, Thomas Eggerer plays with

figures in space by _______ sketched figures

with more-developed ones.

• cropping

• juxtaposing

• pasting

• coloring