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Chapter 7 – Other Formal Elements
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the artists below created a work titled Pietà?
a) Leonardo da Vinci
b) Joan Snyder
c) Michelangelo
d) Manuel Neri
2. The systematic and repetitive use of the same motif or design creates a pattern on the
pages of the Lindisfarne Gospels, illustrates that pattern is an especially important
_______ tool.
a) decorative
b) religious
c) media
d) None of the above.
3. Because Gianlorenzo Bernini’s David tells a story—of David slaying Goliath—it is
said to have a _______ sequence.
a) plastic
b) narrative
c) frozen
d) linear
4. (Slide: Max Ernst’s Forest and Dove) (fig. 163)
Max Ernst’s Forest and Dove uses a process called _______ to create a variety of textural
effects.
a) frottage
b) trompe l’oeil
c) femmage
d) impasto
5. What is the subject matter of Isidro Escamilla’s Virgin of Guadalupe?
a) it depicts the Virgin Mary after the crucifixion of Jesus
b) it depicts the Virgin Mary just before the birth of Jesus
c) it depicts the Virgin Mary after the ascension of Jesus
d) it narrates a story of a miraculous vision of the Virgin Mary at Tepayac, once a site
of an Aztec temple
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6. What was the inspiration for Grace Ndiritu’s Still Life: White Textiles?
a) traditional Yoruban rituals
b) an exhibition of work by Henri Matisse in 2005 in London
c) erotic puppet shows
d) the action paintings of Jackson Pollock
7. Early manuscripts such as the Lindisfarne Gospels (p. 128) were said to be ______
because they were elaborately illustrated and decorated.
a) reflective of the power of the church
b) exhibiting beautiful human figurative drawing skills
c) an early example of aerial perspective
d) illuminated
8. A friend of Claude Monet described his great paintings of Water Lilies, Morning:
Willows in the Musée de l’Orangerie (pp. 132-133) as demonstrating _______ motion.
a) Brownian
b) kinetic
c) mechanized
d) religious
9. Hans Namuth’s photos (p. 134-135) teach us that Jackson Pollock longed to be
involved in:
a) the poetry of Robert Frost.
b) impressionist masterpieces.
c) the process of painting.
d) the mechanized world.
10. Because of its application to crafts, folk art, and women’s work, _______ is
associated with the beautifying of utilitarian objects.
a) femmage
b) frottage
c) decorative pattern
d) temporal art
11. Some works of art are created precisely to give us the illusion or sensation of
movement. This style of art is called:
a) Dada.
b) Op Art.
c) animal style.
d) decorative art.
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12. Which of the following is not an aspect of texture (pp. 124-127)?
a) tactility
b) surface quality
c) content
d) impasto
13. In what way can a large-scale work be considered a “temporal” art form?
a) it takes time to make it
b) the spectator moves through time and space to view it
c) it endures time
d) it is not temporal
14. Alexander Calder’s “mobiles,” like Untitled (p. 123), move when air currents move
through them, making them _____________.
a) patterned
b) abstract
c) kinetic
d) optical illusions
15. Thick paint applied to a canvas, like on Robert Ryman’s Long, creates actual texture
known as _______.
a) glazing
b) impasto
c) pattern
d) frottage
16. The Kente cloths of the Asante and Ewe societies of Ghana provide a perfect example
of which art element?
a) time and motion
b) visual texture
c) pattern
d) atmospheric perspective
17. Which is the most obvious difference between Bernini and Michelangelo’s David?
a) Michelangelo’s is a much better piece of art
b) Bernini’s David is caught in the midst of action, coiled and ready to launch his
stone
c) they are carved from different materials
d) Michelangelo’s has much more action
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Short Answer Questions
18. The surface quality of a work is referred to as its _______.
19. Explain the two ways to define “Action Painting.”
20. What is the primary element of temporal artworks?
21. Define the term impasto.
22. What is the function or use of African kente cloths?
Essay Questions
23. Consider the work of Bill Viola. What are the different ways that time is experienced
in his Room for St. John of the Cross?
24. Explain the aims and goals of Jackson Pollock. What is significant about his work?
25. Explain how Roni Horn explores both time and motion in her photographic
installation This Is Me, This Is You.