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    Visual Art Vocabulary

    This quiz will test your knowledge of introductory vocabulary pertaining to visual art. These terms will be helpful as you write papers or plan oral presentations.

    1

    Choose the word that best describes this painting.

    2

    True or false? Art that is abstract may also be representational.

    3

    True or false? Non-representational and non-objective are synonyms.

    4

    This word is a synonym for naturalistic.

    5

    Background information that connects an artwork to the outside world is called...

    6

    Choose the word that best describes this painting.

    7

    The use of symbolism in an artwork is called...

    8

    Subject matter is defined as...

    9

    Choose the word that best describes this painting.

    10

    Choose the words that best describe this painting.