Arts Toolkit: Visual Arts Handout

Multiple-Choice Questions

Creating a Figure Painting

1. Realistic art
   1. attempts to portray the subject matter as it appears with no change.
   2. changes the image of a known object to a more simple shape.
   3. never portrays everyday life and objects.
   4. is created only with a camera.
   
   
2. Abstract art
   1. is the same as realistic art.
   2. features recognizable images that have been slightly changed.
   3. is popular only with landscape painting.
   4. is amateur art.
   
   
3. The painting of Ellis Wilson is best described as
   1. featuring European explorers in the vast American landscape.
   2. capturing the sweeping landscapes of his native Kentucky.
   3. using flat shapes, sharp contrasts, bright colors, and patterned backgrounds.
   4. depicting detailed portraits of U.S. presidents.
   
   
4. The purpose of the “balloon people” is to
   1. prepare for building a sculpture.
   2. draw a person as one big, shapeless mass like a balloon.
   3. use the balloon as a basis for figures in painting.
   4. create detailed facial expressions.
   
   
5. The contrast in Wilson’s work can be described as
   1. paying minimal attention to facial details to focus attention on faces.
   2. using patterned backgrounds to create an abstract design.
   3. using bright colors and dull colors to draw attention toward central figures.
   4. capturing scenes from everyday life in Haiti.

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