Test Your Knowledge About Art Terms

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1.

What is a building, sculpture or structure especially built to remember and honor a person or event?
- A.
  
  Gateway
- B.
  
  Statue
- C.
  
  Monument
- D.
  
  Church
2.

Which is the style in which an artist represents a subject as it appears in the natural world?
- A.
  
  Futurism
- B.
  
  Impressionism
- C.
  
  Naturalism
- D.
  
  Modernism
3.

What is the word for an upright pillar or post often used to bear weight?
- A.
  
  Foundation
- B.
  
  Pole
- C.
  
  Column
- D.
  
  Stick
4.

What is a design made of tiny pieces of colored stone, glass, tile or paper stuck to a surface?
- A.
  
  Pattern
- B.
  
  Motif
- C.
  
  Mosaic
- D.
  
  Decoration
5.

What is the term for a line neither vertical nor horizontal but having a slanted direction?
- A.
  
  Turned
- B.
  
  Tilted
- C.
  
  Diagonal
- D.
  
  Bent
6.

What is an image given back by a reflecting surface, such as a mirror or still water, called?
- A.
  
  Refraction
- B.
  
  Incidence
- C.
  
  Reflection
- D.
  
  Absorption
7.

What is a craftsman or a skilled manual worker called?
- A.
  
  Actor
- B.
  
  Painter
- C.
  
  Artisan
- D.
  
  Sculptor
8.

What is the word that denotes something made to enclose a picture or a mirror?
- A.
  
  Frame
- B.
  
  Cover
- C.
  
  Border
- D.
  
  Casing
9.

What is a small figure usually with a cloth body and hollow head that is manipulated by hand called?
- A.
  
  Scarecrow
- B.
  
  Puppet
- C.
  
  Automaton
- D.
  
  Statue
10.

What is the name of the egg-like two-dimensional shape that looks like a stretched circle?
- A.
  
  Sphere
- B.
  
  Ovoid
- C.
  
  Oblong
- D.
  
  Oval
11.

What word means allowing light to pass through so objects can be clearly seen from the other side?
- A.
  
  Transparent
- B.
  
  Opaque
- C.
  
  Backlit
- D.
  
  Silhouette
12.

What is a three-dimensional form of a person or animal sculpted, carved, modeled, or cast called?
- A.
  
  Figurine
- B.
  
  Figure
- C.
  
  Model
- D.
  
  Statue
13.

What is the name given to the protective transparent finish applied in a liquid state to a surface?
- A.
  
  Varnish
- B.
  
  Layer
- C.
  
  Spread
- D.
  
  Cover
14.

What is the interlacing of long, thin materials such as yarn or thread to make cloth called?
- A.
  
  Macrame
- B.
  
  Sewing
- C.
  
  Knitting
- D.
  
  Weaving
15.

What is a quick drawing that loosely captures appearance or action of a place or situation called?
- A.
  
  Sculpture
- B.
  
  Sketch
- C.
  
  Painting
- D.
  
  Art
16.

What is a picture of a scene at sea or a scene largely including a portion of the sea called?
- A.
  
  Landscape
- B.
  
  Seascape
- C.
  
  Mountainscape
- D.
  
  Riverscape
17.

What the surface quality or "feel" of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. called?
- A.
  
  Texture
- B.
  
  Touch
- C.
  
  Feeling
- D.
  
  Sensation
18.

What is a group of artists whose style demonstrates a common origin or influence called?
- A.
  
  Palette
- B.
  
  Club
- C.
  
  Objet D'Art
- D.
  
  School
19.

What is a three-dimensional form shaped like a ball and circular from all points of view called?
- A.
  
  Cone
- B.
  
  Cylinder
- C.
  
  Cube
- D.
  
  Sphere
20.

What is a portrait an artist makes using himself or herself as its subject called?
- A.
  
  Self-Portrait
- B.
  
  Face Portrait
- C.
  
  Reflected Portrait
- D.
  
  Own Portrait