Jss1 third term Fine Arts past questions and answers

Question: What is the term for a printmaking technique where the image is carved into a block of wood?

A) Etching

B) Lithography

C) Woodcut

D) Serigraphy

Answer: C) Woodcut

Question: Who is known for his use of light and color in paintings such as “Water Lilies” and “Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies”?

A) Claude Monet

B) Pierre-Auguste Renoir

C) Edgar Degas

D) Georges Seurat

Answer: A) Claude Monet

Question: In sculpture, what term refers to the process of shaping a form by adding material, such as clay or wax?

A) Carving

B) Casting

C) Modeling

D) Assembling

Answer: C) Modeling

Question: Which artist is known for his mobiles, kinetic sculptures that move with air currents, and his “Bird in Space” series?

A) Alexander Calder

B) Alberto Giacometti

C) Constantin Brâncuși

D) Henry Moore

Answer: A) Alexander Calder

Question: What is the term for a painting technique where small, distinct dots of color are applied to create a larger image?

A) Pointillism

B) Sfumato

C) Tenebrism

D) Chiaroscuro

Answer: A) Pointillism

Question: Which artistic movement, characterized by distorted and dreamlike imagery, was influenced by Freudian psychology?

A) Surrealism

B) Abstract Expressionism

C) Cubism

D) Fauvism

Answer: A) Surrealism

Question: What is the term for the illusion of three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface in a painting?

A) Foreshortening

B) Tenebrism

C) Chiaroscuro

D) Perspective

Answer: D) Perspective

Question: Who is known for his large, colorful paintings of Campbell’s soup cans and Marilyn Monroe?

A) Jackson Pollock

B) Andy Warhol

C) Roy Lichtenstein

D) Jasper Johns

Answer: B) Andy Warhol

Question: In pottery, what is the term for the process of baking clay at high temperatures to harden it?

A) Glazing

B) Firing

C) Wedging

D) Slipping

Answer: B) Firing

Question: Who is associated with the art movement known for depicting scenes of everyday life, often with a touch of humor and satire?

A) Thomas Gainsborough

B) William Hogarth

C) Jan van Eyck

D) Hieronymus Bosch

Answer: B) William Hogarth

Question: What term describes a style of art characterized by simplified shapes, bold colors, and exaggerated forms?

A) Cubism

B) Fauvism

C) Abstract Expressionism

D) Pop Art

Answer: B) Fauvism

Question: Which art movement sought to express the emotional and spiritual aspects of art through color and form?

A) Symbolism

B) Romanticism

C) Baroque

D) Rococo

Answer: A) Symbolism

Question: What is the term for a painting technique that uses shades of a single color, creating a monochromatic effect?

A) Tonalism

B) Grisaille

C) Sfumato

D) Chiaroscuro

Answer: A) Tonalism

Question: Who is known for his use of readymades, everyday objects elevated to the status of art, such as “Bicycle Wheel”?

A) Yves Klein

B) Marcel Duchamp

C) Claes Oldenburg

D) Man Ray

Answer: B) Marcel Duchamp

Question: What term describes a technique where an artist creates a work by applying pigment onto wet plaster?

A) Fresco

B) Grisaille

C) Tempera

D) Encaustic

Answer: A) Fresco

Question: Who is known for his use of everyday objects in sculpture, such as “Three Standard Stoppages” and “Fountain”?

A) Jean Arp

B) Marcel Duchamp

C) Constantin Brâncuși

D) Alberto Giacometti

Answer: B) Marcel Duchamp

Question: What is the term for a painting or drawing that represents outdoor scenes such as landscapes or cityscapes?

A) Still life

B) Portrait

C) Landscape

D) Genre painting

Answer: C) Landscape

Question: Who is known for his large-scale installations involving environmental elements, such as “The Weather Project”?

A) Anish Kapoor

B) Christo and Jeanne-Claude

C) Olafur Eliasson

D) Richard Serra

Answer: C) Olafur Eliasson

Question: What term describes the effect of light and shade in a painting, emphasizing the gradual transition between light and dark areas?

A) Chiaroscuro

B) Sfumato

C) Tenebrism

D) Grisaille

Answer: A) Chiaroscuro

Question: Who is known for his use of vibrant colors and swirling, expressive brushstrokes in paintings such as “Starry Night”?

A) Vincent van Gogh

B) Paul Cézanne

C) Gustav Klimt

D) Édouard Manet

Answer: A) Vincent van Gogh