Essential Questions Common Assessment Intermediate Art
1. Which term best describes this painting?
2. Which term best describes this painting?
3. Which term best describes this sculpture?
4. These charts represent changes in _______.
5. These charts represent changes in _______.
6. These swatches are all examples of the same _________.
7. What technique does Leonardo da Vinci use to show depth in this painting?
Identify these color schemes
11. What style of art is this painting?
12. What common still life theme is represented in this art work? Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund/National Gallery of Art
13. What style of art is this painting?
14. What did the artist use to create emphasis in this painting? Michael H/ Digital Vision/ Getty Images
15. What compositional device does the artist use to suggest movement in this painting?
16. What type of balance is demonstrated in this painting?
Which stage of critique does the following statement belong in? A variety of lines, shapes and colors create a random rhythm across the surface of Jackson Pollack’s painting. Color, line, and texture unify the surface and balance the painting asymmetrically. There is no emphasis. 17.
Which stage of critique does the following statement belong in? The Mona Lisa is “… the best known, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world” according to art critic John Lichfield, in part because of her faint smile and the eyes that follow the viewer. The Mona Lisa is valued as representing an ideal woman versus an actual woman or a connection between humanity and nature. 18.
Which stage of critique does the following statement belong in? In Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”, the circular shapes of bright yellows, whites, and oranges float above the darker shapes of the ground. There is an energetic texture in the sky of shapes and colors. A deep sense of space is created using foreground, middle ground and background. 19.
Which stage of critique does the following statement belong in? Persistence of Memory is described by the artist, Salvador Dali, as one of his “hand-painted dream photographs.” The face floating in the upper portion represents Dali himself. The ants represent destruction and decay while the melting clocks show that man’s concept of time is insignificant in the universe. 20.
21. What technique has the artist used to create emphasis in this painting?
Identify these color schemes
What layer has the artist completed?