Jss1 second term Fine Arts past questions and answers

Question: What is the term for a painting technique where the artist applies thick layers of paint to create texture?

A) Glazing

B) Impasto

C) Sfumato

D) Tenebrism

Answer: B) Impasto

Question: Who is known for his geometric, abstract paintings, often featuring primary colors and simple forms?

A) Wassily Kandinsky

B) Jackson Pollock

C) Piet Mondrian

D) Georgia O’Keeffe

Answer: C) Piet Mondrian

Question: In which art movement did artists use optical illusions and geometric shapes to create mesmerizing effects?

A) Op Art

B) Cubism

C) Surrealism

D) Fauvism

Answer: A) Op Art

Question: What term refers to a work of art created by assembling and combining various found objects?

A) Collage

B) Assemblage

C) Montage

D) Diorama

Answer: B) Assemblage

Question: Who is known for his series of paintings depicting water lilies and Japanese-style bridges?

A) Claude Monet

B) Pierre-Auguste Renoir

C) Edgar Degas

D) Georges Seurat

Answer: A) Claude Monet

Question: What is the term for a sculpture in which figures and objects are carved to project slightly from the background?

A) Bas-relief

B) High relief

C) Sunken relief

D) Abstract relief

Answer: A) Bas-relief

Question: Which artist is associated with the “drip painting” technique, involving the dripping of paint onto a canvas?

A) Mark Rothko

B) Jackson Pollock

C) Willem de Kooning

D) Franz Kline

Answer: B) Jackson Pollock

Question: What is the art style characterized by distorted and exaggerated depictions of the human figure?

A) Cubism

B) Expressionism

C) Minimalism

D) Rococo

Answer: B) Expressionism

Question: Which ancient civilization is known for its intricate pottery decorated with black figures on a red background?

A) Egyptian

B) Greek

C) Roman

D) Mesopotamian

Answer: B) Greek

Question: Who is recognized for his surreal and dreamlike paintings, including “The Elephants” and “The Son of Man”?

A) René Magritte

B) Max Ernst

C) Salvador Dalí

D) Joan Miró

Answer: A) René Magritte

Question: What technique involves creating a design by scratching through a layer of ink or paint to reveal the layer beneath?

A) Etching

B) Sgraffito

C) Lithography

D) Linocut

Answer: B) Sgraffito

Question: Which art movement rejected traditional representation, focusing on geometric shapes and primary colors?

A) Fauvism

B) Abstract Expressionism

C) Suprematism

D) Cubism

Answer: C) Suprematism

Question: What term describes a work of art created to express the artist’s emotions rather than depict external reality?

A) Abstract

B) Realism

C) Non-objective

D) Abstract Expressionism

Answer: D) Abstract Expressionism

Question: Who is known for his “readymades,” everyday objects presented as art, such as “Fountain”?

A) Marcel Duchamp

B) Yves Klein

C) Andy Warhol

D) Jasper Johns

Answer: A) Marcel Duchamp

Question: In printmaking, what is the term for the process of incising a design onto a metal plate with acid?

A) Drypoint

B) Etching

C) Aquatint

D) Mezzotint

Answer: B) Etching

Question: Which art movement sought to depict everyday scenes and people in a realistic and unidealized manner?

A) Romanticism

B) Realism

C) Impressionism

D) Baroque

Answer: B) Realism

Question: What is the term for a style of art that emerged in the 1960s, characterized by bold colors and stark geometric shapes?

A) Abstract Expressionism

B) Pop Art

C) Minimalism

D) Post-Impressionism

Answer: B) Pop Art

Question: Who is known for his large-scale environmental artworks, such as “The Lightning Field” in New Mexico?

A) Robert Smithson

B) Richard Serra

C) Christo and Jeanne-Claude

D) Maya Lin

Answer: A) Robert Smithson

Question: What technique involves cutting and pasting photographs or images to create a new composition?

A) Surrealism

B) Photomontage

C) Pointillism

D) Tonalism

Answer: B) Photomontage

Question: Who is recognized for his use of repetition and mass production in artworks, such as the iconic Brillo Boxes?

A) Claes Oldenburg

B) Roy Lichtenstein

C) Andy Warhol

D) Jeff Koons

Answer: C) Andy Warhol