Lesson T4.1.2

T4.1.2 Major art and design movements up to the present day Quiz: KS3 Art & Design, Unit 4

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Lesson T4.1.2, Major art and design movements up to the present day: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Art & Design (National Curriculum), Unit 4: History of art, craft, design and architecture, written with Revision Ninja.

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  1. Which movement is known for painting outdoors to capture the effects of light?

    • Bauhaus, which united craft, art and industrial design in its workshops in Germany
    • Surrealism, whose painters explored dreams and the unconscious in strange images
    • Impressionism, whose painters often worked outdoors to record changing light and colour
    • Cubism, whose painters broke objects into geometric planes seen from many viewpoints

  2. Which artist painted many versions of water lilies in a garden in Giverny?

    • Claude Monet, who painted many versions of water lilies in his garden in Giverny
    • Andy Warhol, who made screen prints of soup cans and celebrities in New York
    • Salvador Dali, who painted melting clocks and dream-like scenes in the 1930s
    • Pablo Picasso, who painted Guernica and co-founded Cubism in Paris in 1907

  3. Which movement is associated with Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque?

    • Impressionism, which captured the effects of light and colour on outdoor scenes
    • Pop art, which drew on comics, adverts and everyday consumer products of the time
    • Cubism, which showed objects broken into planes from several viewpoints together
    • Art Nouveau, which used flowing curves inspired by plants and natural forms

  4. What is a key feature of Cubist paintings?

    • Bright, flat colours taken from comic strips and advertising posters on the walls
    • Smooth, realistic surfaces with shadows that follow a single light source closely
    • Soft, blurred outlines that suggest the rapid movement of a passing train outdoors
    • Objects shown from several viewpoints at the same time, broken into planes

  5. Which movement is associated with dream-like images by Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte?

    • Minimalism, which reduced art to simple forms, plain colours and little decoration
    • Bauhaus, which united craft, art and industrial design in workshops in Germany
    • Surrealism, which explored dreams and the unconscious through unexpected images
    • Neoclassicism, which revived the balanced forms and themes of ancient Greece and Rome

  6. Which artist is associated with drip paintings made in the 1940s and 1950s?

    • Jackson Pollock, who poured and dripped paint onto canvas laid out on the floor
    • Henri Matisse, who cut out painted paper shapes and arranged them into bold designs
    • Vincent van Gogh, who painted thick swirling brushstrokes in the late nineteenth century
    • Leonardo da Vinci, who painted the Last Supper on a wall in Milan in the 1490s

  7. Which movement drew on mass culture, advertising and comics, with Andy Warhol as a key figure?

    • Gothic art, which used stained glass and pointed arches in great cathedrals
    • Ancient Egyptian art, which used profile figures and hieroglyphs in tomb paintings
    • Pop art, which drew on mass culture, advertising, comics and everyday consumer goods
    • Byzantine art, which used gold mosaics and formal religious icons in churches

  8. What did the Bauhaus school in Germany aim to unite?

    • Art, craft and industrial design, so that well-made objects could be produced
    • Painting and music, so that artists could perform their work to live audiences
    • Sculpture and mosaic, so that ancient temples could be decorated with new work
    • Architecture and stained glass, so that medieval churches could be restored

  9. Which decorative style of the 1920s and 1930s is known for bold geometric forms?

    • Byzantine, which used gold mosaics and formal religious images in churches
    • Art Deco, which used bold geometric shapes and streamlined forms in design
    • Romanesque, which used round arches and thick walls in medieval buildings
    • Mannerism, which used elongated figures and unusual poses in Renaissance art

  10. What is Op art known for?

    • Realistic portraits with soft shadows painted in oil on a stretched canvas frame
    • Large marble sculptures carved in ancient Rome and Athens for public squares
    • Optical effects created by patterns that seem to move or vibrate in front of the eye
    • Mosaics made from gold tesserae set into a church wall in a Byzantine city

  11. Which British artist is known for black and white op art works that create optical movement?

    • Henri Matisse, who made bold cut-out designs with flat areas of strong colour
    • Claude Monet, who painted water lilies and landscapes in the late nineteenth century
    • Jan van Eyck, who painted detailed oil portraits in fifteenth-century Flanders
    • Bridget Riley, who made black and white op art paintings with vibrating patterns

  12. What is a characteristic of Minimalism?

    • Dream images with melting clocks and unusual combinations of objects in a landscape
    • Gold backgrounds and religious mosaics that cover the walls of a church building
    • Simple forms, plain colours and little or no decoration in the finished work
    • Dense, detailed scenes packed with many figures and elaborate ornament on every surface

  13. Which movement is associated with the expressive, bold paintings of Vincent van Gogh?

    • Byzantine art, which used gold mosaics and formal religious icons in churches
    • Post-Impressionism, which used bold colour and expressive brushwork for emotion
    • Ancient Egyptian art, which used profile figures and hieroglyphs in tomb paintings
    • Gothic art, which used stained glass and pointed arches in great cathedrals

  14. What did Abstract Expressionism emphasise?

    • Photorealistic portraits made with the help of a camera and a lens in a studio
    • Detailed scenes of medieval battles and royal ceremonies painted on church walls
    • Expressive gesture and the act of painting, often with little or no recognisable subject
    • Accurate copies of ancient statues from museums, made by hand in plaster in studios

  15. Which movement developed in Italy in the early twentieth century and celebrated speed and machines?

    • Futurism, which was founded in Italy in 1909 and celebrated speed and technology
    • Romanticism, which stressed emotion, nature and the imagination in art and poetry
    • Rococo, which was an elegant style of decoration popular in eighteenth-century Europe
    • Impressionism, which captured the effects of light and colour on outdoor scenes

  16. Which architect designed the Bauhaus building in Dessau?

    • Gustav Klimt, who painted gold-decorated works and was a leader of the Vienna Secession
    • Auguste Rodin, who sculpted The Thinker and The Kiss in Paris in the 1880s
    • Antoni Gaudi, who designed the Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona in the 1900s
    • Walter Gropius, who founded the Bauhaus school and designed its building in Dessau

  17. Which art form developed in cities in the late twentieth century as public art on walls?

    • Baroque art, which used dramatic light and movement in churches and palaces
    • Renaissance art, which used linear perspective and classical themes in paintings
    • Street art, including graffiti and murals, which appeared in city streets and walls
    • Byzantine art, which used gold mosaics and formal religious icons in churches

  18. Which movement uses natural materials in landscapes, such as spirals of earth and rock?

    • Gothic art, which used stained glass and pointed arches in great cathedrals
    • Land art, where works such as Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty are made outdoors
    • Pop art, which drew on mass culture, advertising and comics in cities
    • Mannerism, which used elongated figures and unusual poses in Renaissance art

  19. Which movement is associated with Italian artists who celebrated speed and machines in 1909?

    • Rococo, which was an elegant decorative style popular in eighteenth-century courts
    • Futurism, which celebrated speed, technology and the energy of modern life
    • Neoclassicism, which revived the balanced forms of ancient Greece and Rome
    • Romanticism, which stressed emotion, nature and the power of the imagination

  20. Which artist made large cut-paper designs, called cut-outs, in the 1940s and 1950s?

    • Albrecht Durer, who made detailed woodcut prints and engravings in the 1500s
    • Henri Matisse, who cut painted paper into shapes to make bold designs
    • Canaletto, who painted detailed views of Venice in the 1700s
    • Claude Monet, who painted water lilies and haystacks outdoors

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