Elements of Art quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which color do far hills usually fade toward in paintings?

   Answer: Blue

   Why: The more air lies between you and a hill, the more scattered light it adds to what you see, so far hills look paler and bluer.

2. 2 Medium

   What color splits the face in Matisse's 1905 portrait of his wife?

   Answer: Green

   Why: That green line marks where light turns to shadow, so a bold color does the job that soft graded shading did in older portraits.

3. 3 Hard

   What forms the chair caning in Picasso's 1912 collage?

   Answer: Printed oilcloth

   Why: The oval canvas is edged with real rope, so a true texture runs right around the printed fake one.

4. 4 Easy

   Where did Jackson Pollock put his canvas to drip paint?

   Answer: On the floor

   Why: Instead of brushing, Pollock poured and flicked enamel paint straight from the can, from sticks and stiff brushes, and even from a turkey baster.

5. 5 Medium

   What gives Van Gogh's brushstrokes their raised ridges?

   Answer: Impasto

   Why: Thick impasto also let Rembrandt pick out folds of cloth and jewels in his paintings.

6. 6 Hard

   How did Holbein hide a skull in The Ambassadors?

   Answer: Anamorphosis

   Why: Seen straight on, it is a grey smear across the floor, and only from a sharp side angle does it turn into a human skull.