Fine arts NABTEB exam past questions and answers

Fine arts NABTEB exam past questions and answers

Question: Who is considered the father of modern sculpture?

a) Michelangelo

b) Auguste Rodin

c) Pablo Picasso

d) Leonardo da Vinci

Answer: b) Auguste Rodin

Question: Which art movement is known for its use of dreamlike scenes and strange, symbolic elements?

a) Cubism

b) Surrealism

c) Impressionism

d) Abstract Expressionism

Answer: b) Surrealism

Question: Who painted the famous work "Starry Night"?

a) Vincent van Gogh

b) Claude Monet

c) Salvador Dalí

d) Edvard Munch

Answer: a) Vincent van Gogh

Question: The term "chiaroscuro" is often associated with which artistic technique?

a) Pointillism

b) Tenebrism

c) Fauvism

d) Surrealism

Answer: b) Tenebrism

Question: Which color theory suggests that colors opposite each other on the color wheel create contrast and harmony?

a) Analogous

b) Monochromatic

c) Complementary

d) Triadic

Answer: c) Complementary

Question: Who is known for his mobile sculptures that move in response to air currents?

a) Alexander Calder

b) Jackson Pollock

c) Wassily Kandinsky

d) Henri Matisse

Answer: a) Alexander Calder

Question: What art movement emphasized geometric forms and primary colors?

a) Abstract Expressionism

b) Pop Art

c) De Stijl

d) Art Nouveau

Answer: c) De Stijl

Question: Which Renaissance artist is famous for his detailed anatomical drawings?

a) Raphael

b) Leonardo da Vinci

c) Donatello

d) Titian

Answer: b) Leonardo da Vinci

Question: Who is known for co-founding the Cubist movement along with Pablo Picasso?

a) Marc Chagall

b) Salvador Dalí

c) Georges Braque

d) Juan Gris

Answer: c) Georges Braque

Question: In sculpture, what term describes the method of carving away material to create a form?

a) Additive

b) Subtractive

c) Constructive

d) Abstract

Answer: b) Subtractive

Question: The painting technique "sfumato" is closely associated with which artist?

a) Titian

b) Michelangelo

c) Leonardo da Vinci

d) Caravaggio

Answer: c) Leonardo da Vinci

Question: Who is known for his large-scale, outdoor environmental artworks made from natural materials?

a) Christo and Jeanne-Claude

b) Yayoi Kusama

c) Damien Hirst

d) Banksy

Answer: a) Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Question: Which art movement emerged as a reaction against the industrialization and urbanization of the late 19th century?

a) Romanticism

b) Realism

c) Impressionism

d) Arts and Crafts Movement

Answer: d) Arts and Crafts Movement

Question: What is the term for a work of art assembled from objects and materials that are not traditionally artistic?

a) Collage

b) Assemblage

c) Mosaic

d) Fresco

Answer: b) Assemblage

Question: Which artist is known for his bold, graphic depictions of Campbell's soup cans?

a) Andy Warhol

b) Roy Lichtenstein

c) Jasper Johns

d) Claes Oldenburg

Answer: a) Andy Warhol

Question: Who is often credited with developing the technique of pointillism?

a) Georges Seurat

b) Henri Matisse

c) Paul Cézanne

d) Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Answer: a) Georges Seurat

Question: The "Fountain," a urinal turned artwork, is associated with which artistic movement?

a) Dada

b) Pop Art

c) Surrealism

d) Abstract Expressionism

Answer: a) Dada

Question: Which art movement sought to express emotional experience rather than physical reality?

a) Realism

b) Abstract Expressionism

c) Romanticism

d) Fauvism

Answer: b) Abstract Expressionism

Question: Who is considered a pioneer of Op Art, known for creating optical illusions through geometric patterns?

a) Bridget Riley

b) Yves Klein

c) Frank Stella

d) Kazimir Malevich

Answer: a) Bridget Riley

Question: Which Renaissance artist is known for his masterpieces "David" and "Pieta"?

a) Titian

b) Donatello

c) Leonardo da Vinci

d) Michelangelo

Answer: d) Michelangelo