Academic Decathlon Art Practice Test

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• What is a negative in photography?
• What term describes the technique of building with rectangular cut stones laid in regular, even courses?
• The painting 'Comedians' from 1720 showcases which blue pigment?
• What is a factory?
• Which technique involves painting on wet plaster so that the pigment bonds with the wall?
• A bridge is best described as a structure that does what?
• Baroque style is characterized by which of the following?
• What is a matrix?
• Abstract Expressionism is best described as which of the following?
• Which term describes a structure built to span physical obstacles like rivers or valleys?
• The Pantheon is located in which city and dates to which period?
• In which year was Prussian blue discovered?
• Avant-garde refers to which concept?
• Which perspective yields realistic dimensions when painting?
• What did the Interstate Highway Act create?
• A photographic plate is a plate used in photography that is invisible to the naked eye before chemical processing.
• Which term refers to the metal surface engraved with dots for stipple engraving?
• Which movement emphasizes geometric forms and multiple perspectives?
• Complementary colors are defined as colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. Which option expresses this idea?
• The daguerreotype was invented by:
• What is hierarchic scale?
• The main characteristic of engraving is:
• The Sistine Chapel is located in which city?
• By 1980, what percentage of households owned more than two cars?
• A silhouette is best described as a dark outline against a lighter background. Which set of options best matches this concept?
• Which President signed the Interstate Highway Act?
• Which painting medium allows layering and crisp lines?
• Which art movement emphasizes geometric forms and multiple perspectives?
• The Bridge at Argenteuil is an example of Impressionist artists trying to convey which phenomenon?
• Which term describes a circular opening at the top of a dome?
• Palette of King Narmer depicts early use of which art concepts?
• Most rock shelter paintings in the middle Stone Age were created during which time range?
• ________ colors are opposite each other on the color wheel.
• Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes was created by which artist?
• Which painting by Pablo Picasso, created in 1907, shocked viewers with its innovative use of space and form?
• Which term describes a tall building with multiple floors?
• Gutenberg's printing press is associated with which year?
• Marie-Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun based her self-portrait pose on a painting by which famous painter?
• In which city is the Mona Lisa housed?
• The Hagia Sophia is located in which country?
• The dragon kiln served primarily to:
• What is a matrix in printing technology?
• John Camberlain was known as which type of artist?
• The Horse in Motion, 'Sallie Gardner' – The photographer and date?
• Which is a circular stained-glass window with decorative motifs?
• A skyscraper is defined as which of the following?
• Which term describes colors opposite each other on the color wheel?
• Which term is an ornamental late Baroque style with excess decoration?
• Which manuscript, copied by monks in northern Europe during the late 8th or early 9th century, is renowned as a religious text and artwork?
• Which movement celebrated the American landscape through essential geometric forms?
• The Colosseum highlights which features?
• Moses Williams – The work was created around 1803 by which two artists?
• In printing, which item is a carved block or plate used to transfer ink?
• A color wheel is a circular chart that shows which of the following?
• A palette knife is described as?
• View from the Window at Le Gras – Who created it and in what year?
• Which architectural feature is an exterior arch that helps support walls, first used at Notre-Dame?
• The Sistine Chapel is located in which city?
• The Annunciation is a painting associated with Fra Filippo Lippi dating to approximately which years?
• Car culture impacted the rapid development of which area?
• Which technique creates the illusion of depth on a flat surface?
• Mummification is the preservation of a body after death.
• Encaustic painting is best described as pigments mixed with which medium?
• Which act led to a 41,000-mile national highway system?
• Which type of good started altering the development of cities?
• Which type of porcelain is mass-produced and made with bone ash?
• In what years was the Colosseum constructed?
• Which painting technique involves thickly applied paint?
• Magnet TV was created by which artist?
• Enlightenment refers to:
• What is a moving picture?
• Which circular structure is typically capped with a dome?
• What is a vanishing point?
• Linear perspective is best described as?
• Which movement emerged in the United States after World War I and emphasizes American subjects and modern techniques?
• Which art movement is characterized by presenting multiple viewpoints within a single canvas?
• Burin is which of the following?
• Which paint medium allows layering and crisp lines?
• The Horse in Motion was created by which photographer?
• En plein air means:
• The temples with Doric columns are associated with which city?
• Velvet White – Velvet White is a work by which artist and what year?
• Which painting technique involves thickly laid paint to create texture and relief?
• Etruscan buildings were constructed of which materials?
• Which term describes a two-panel artwork?
• What is Baroque?
• What is a lunette?
• The Pantheon is a well-preserved ancient Roman temple noted for its large unreinforced concrete dome? Which building is being described?
• Baroque is best described as which style?
• Canvas is best described as which of the following?
• Which term describes a heat-resistant oven used to fire ceramics?
• The Bridge at Argenteuil relates to which art movement?
• Which type of perspective gives artists realistic dimensions when painting?
• Which term is described as a rounded vault forming the roof of a building?
• Which of the following best defines a pediment in architecture?
• In traditional printmaking, which process involves incising lines into a metal plate with a burin?
• What is the painting technique called that uses watercolor on wet plaster and was favored before oil paints?
• Frederick Douglass – The photograph Frederick Douglass was created around which year?
• Which description defines the wet-plate process?
• What is a woodcut?
• Which statement best describes a live performance?
• What term describes the colored, see-through panels commonly used in religious buildings?
• What is a solid background in relief sculpture?
• Rocca di cristallo refers to:
• Which term refers to the metal surface engraved with dots for stipple engraving?
• The automobile was revolutionizing industries of which sectors?
• Why is Prussian blue considered the first synthetic pigment of the modern era?
• Which device predates photography and projects an image when exposed to light?
• Which artwork is from the early 15th century in China?
• Stained glass in Gothic architecture is colored using which materials?
• Which relief is shallower and does not emerge with as much definition from the background plane?
• Which art movement emphasizes geometric forms and multiple perspectives?
• Bridge at ____________ is by Claude Monet.
• What is a horizon line?
• Which term describes painting outdoors?
• Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes was painted by which artist?
• Which sculpture, completed by Michelangelo and regarded as a Renaissance masterwork, depicts a biblical king?
• What is a lithograph?
• Coffers are which of the following?
• Which structure, designed by Filippo Brunelleschi and completed in the 15th century, forms the dome of Florence Cathedral?
• Abstract Expressionism is best described as which of the following?
• Folding ___________ made painting en plein air easier for artists.
• Which architectural term describes a semicircular space above a doorway or window?
• The Chauvet Cave paintings are dated to approximately which period?
• The Bridge at Argenteuil was painted by which artist and in what year?
• Which term means painting pigment directly on unfired porcelain before glazing?
• In photography, a positive is defined as?
• Who developed a mechanical printing press?
• In Gothic architecture, what is the term for a slender, pointed window?
• Which painting by Vincent van Gogh from 1888 uses color to express the inner life of a subject rather than simply copying reality?
• Relief in sculpture refers to which description?
• Which term refers to the ancient practice of preserving a body after death by embalming and wrapping?
• Abbot Suger is best described as which of the following?
• Which painting technique involves applying pigments to wet plaster?
• What is impasto?
• High Gothic refers to which description?
• Claude Monet painted a bridge in which city?
• Which textile substrate has historically been used as a surface for oil painting?
• What is a colonnade?
• Which family commissioned a clear glass beaker in 1495 that survives today?
• A design carved into wood for printmaking is called what?
• A latent image is defined as?
• Which term describes the strong contrast of light and dark in painting?
• Which is an example of underglaze painting processes?
• The Hagia Sophia is located in which city?
• The dragon kiln is used to:
• What is a guild?
• Porcelain was made with ashes from animal remains?
• Which medium involves coloring with chalky sticks that produce soft lines on textured paper?
• Which term refers to applying color to unfired porcelain before glazing and firing?
• What is a portico?
• Which painting technique uses pigments bound with a drying oil?
• The main characteristic of encaustic is:
• What is gesso?
• Which term refers to a person's facial features or expression?
• Physiognomy refers to what?
• Which term describes naturalistic painted portraits attached to mummified bodies in Roman Fayum?
• Oil painting refers to the technique of painting with pigments mixed with oil.
• Last name of the French artist who painted portraits, such as A Girl with a Kitten, in pastels.
• The four horsemen of the apocalypse is located in which country?
• Which term is a white paint mixture used as a ground for painting?
• What is contrapposto?
• In printmaking, which technique uses a carved design on wood to transfer ink to paper?
• The Italian ________ from 1720 was an early painting showcasing Prussian blue.
• Stonehenge is located in which English county?
• A two-dimensional design carved into wood for printmaking is called what?
• Stained glass is best described as what?
• By 1980, what percent of American households owned cars?
• Which term describes a circular stained-glass window with decorative motifs?
• What is a porcelain vessel?
• Cubism is an art movement that which of the following?
• The Fayum Portraits are naturalistic portraits associated with which ancient civilization?
• The circular structure often covered by a dome is called a what?
• What were manillas?
• Last name of the photographer who created plant cyanotypes using Prussian blue.
• Camera obscura is which of the following?
• Encaustic painting uses colored pigments mixed with which medium?
• Which statement best describes performance art?
• Which invention allowed explorers to cross the ocean more easily?
• Melencolia I is a work by which artist and circa what year?
• The collapsible metal tube for carrying paint was invented by which person?
• In Gothic architecture, which term describes a slender, pointed window?
• Fresco is a painting done on which surface?
• The Great Ziggurat of Ur is located in which country?
• The burial mask of King Tutankhamun is located in which country?
• The Behaim beaer is dated around which year?
• Dragon kiln is a traditional Chinese kiln used for what purpose?
• Which artifact from the source materials was used as currency in West Africa and melted to make Benin bronzes?
• The main characteristic of Cubism is:
• Which term best describes a silhouette produced from a sitter's profile?
• What is Impressionist color theory?
• Which innovation is credited to American painter John Goffe Rand?
• What is stipple engraving?
• Which term refers to a two-panel artwork commonly used for devotional settings?
• Which of the following is true about the 1980s US car ownership?
• Which of the following best defines a rotunda?
• What is relief printing?
• Which term refers to the facing of impact-resistant material protecting a structure?
• A triangular gable placed above the lintel of a doorframe is called what?
• The full name of the person who invented the collapsible metal tube to carry paint.
• What is a glaze?
• Which artwork is a late Renaissance print by Albrecht Dürer?
• Which term is a design made by small dots engraved on a metal surface?
• Which term describes a porch with a roof supported by columns?
• What is a physiognotrace?
• What is oil paint?
• Encaustic is a technique where colored pigments are mixed with which medium?
• Which architectural feature consists of sunken panels used to reduce the weight of a dome or ceiling?
• Meaning "to knead or paste," this effect was characteristic of many paintings made by Impressionists.
• Porcelain is defined as?
• Which term is a dark outline or shape visible against a lighter background?
• Complementary colors are defined as colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. Which option states this correctly?
• Bone china is which of the following?
• Which material is used to make fine porcelain?
• This artistic style relied on innovations made in oil-based paint.
• The Fayum portraits originate from which region during the Roman period?
• Which term describes an art movement that breaks down the picture plane and rejects illusionism?
• Famous works of lost-wax casting from Africa are known as what?
• Which statement about underglaze painting is supported by the material?
• Which painting by Pablo Picasso, created in 1907, is noted for its radical approach to form and space?
• What term means 'eye' in Latin and refers to a circular opening in a dome?
• Penn Station, Interior – Who photographed it and when?
• Ashlar masonry is best described as which of the following?
• Which group is responsible for fitting glass into windows and doors?
• Which sculpture, completed in 1504 by Michelangelo, is renowned as a Renaissance masterwork depicting a standing biblical figure?
• Which glassmaking process was guarded as a secret by Venetian artisans?
• Which of the following is NOT a component of paint?
• Rocca di cristallo is an Italian term for what?
• The Bridge at Argenteuil – Which artist created it, and in what year?
• What is the meaning of Enlightenment?
• Which pigment is identified as the first synthetic pigment of the modern era?
• Which painting medium is a painting on wet plaster integrated into a wall?
• Daoism envisions what kind of energy flowing through the universe?
• Who is Giorgio Vasari?
• What is a daguerreotype?
• Which term refers to the technique of building with rectangular cut stones laid in regular, even courses?
• Which ornamental late Baroque style with excess decoration?
• Which term denotes a circular building often covered by a dome?
• The Benin plaque with oba is associated with which ethnic group and what is its approximate date?
• Which term refers to a facing of impact-resistant material that protects a structure?
• The South Rose Window of Chartres Cathedral is associated with which country and time frame?
• The South Rose Window of Chartres Cathedral is located in which country?
• Paint is typically composed of which three materials?
• Which surname belonged to the French pastel artist who painted A Girl with a Kitten?
• Linear perspective in painting is used to achieve which outcome?
• The artwork dated probably around 1945 is which of the following?
• Which material revolutionized construction and is widely used in enduring structures?
• What is a zoopraxiscope?
• The daguerreotype is described as which of the following?
• Which movement is described as exuberant and decorative in seventeenth-century Europe?
• Which statement correctly describes kaolin clay?
• Which adjective does NOT describe Rococo-style portraits?
• Which material is a white paint mixture used to prime a canvas?
• The work titled Moses Williams was created circa 1803 by which two artists?
• What are orthogonals in linear perspective?
• Which term describes forms that emerge significantly from the background in relief sculpture?
• In what years was the Colosseum constructed?
• What is linear perspective?
• Where is the Chauvet Cave located?
• Rock shelter paintings are dated to which broad period?
• Lost-wax casting is described as:
• What is pastel?
• Engraving is a technique for embellishing which surfaces?
• Which term describes the process of returning art objects to their country of origin after periods of war or historic seizures?
• What is a dome?
• Phrenology is best described as?
• Which statement defines neoclassicism?
• Cristallo glass is best defined as the first perfectly clear glass, invented in Venice in the fifteenth century. Which option captures this definition?
• Tourism spurred the growth of what types of facilities?
• The Fayum Portraits are naturalistic portraits on wood panels from which ancient civilization?
• Precisionism is best described as?
• What is a kiln?
• What is an oculus?
• Relief can be high or low — this describes which sculptural method?
• En plein air refers to which practice?
• Which Renaissance-era figure is known as both a painter and biographer of artists?
• What is mummification?
• What is a pantograph?
• Which painting technique involves watercolor painting on wet lime plaster integrated into a building?
• Persepolis, the Persian palace, is located in which country?
• Mummy with an Inserted Panel Portrait of a Youth derives from which culture and period?
• Self potrait in a straw hat – Who painted it and in what year?
• What is the ancient Egyptian practice of preserving bodies for the afterlife called?
• Which practice involved wrapping a body for preservation in ancient Egypt?
• In which city is the Mona Lisa located?
• The Palette of King Narmer is associated with which civilization?
• Which material is described as a revolutionary building material used for many modern structures?
• The Hagia Sophia is located in which city?
• What is a kiln?
• Which term describes a vessel made of unfired porcelain?
• Which term refers to the process of fusing colored glass layers together?
• In what year was Gutenberg's printing press invented?
• Which artwork is dated 1221-30?
• The purpose of a colonnade is to:
• Which term describes an early form of photography replaced by the wet-plate process?
• Jar with Dragon originates from which country and period?
• Engraving is best described as which practice?
• Self potrait in a straw hat – which artist created it?
• Where is the Mona Lisa located?
• Who are glaziers?