Australian Culture MCQs

Australian Visual Art Techniques MCQs with Answer

Which Australian art technique involves the application of small dots to create an image?

A) Stippling
B) Sgraffito
C) Pointillism
D) Scumbling
Answer: C) Pointillism
Which technique involves using natural materials such as leaves, feathers, and bark to create artworks?

A) Assemblage
B) Collage
C) Found objects
D) Earthworks
Answer: D) Earthworks
Who is known for creating Aboriginal art using traditional dot painting techniques?

A) Sidney Nolan
B) Emily Kame Kngwarreye
C) Brett Whiteley
D) Tom Roberts
Answer: B) Emily Kame Kngwarreye
Which technique involves scraping or incising a surface to reveal layers underneath?

A) Sgraffito
B) Frottage
C) Monoprinting
D) Decalcomania
Answer: A) Sgraffito
The use of ochre pigments is often associated with which Indigenous Australian art technique?

A) X-ray art
B) Bark painting
C) Sand painting
D) Rock art
Answer: B) Bark painting
Which technique involves applying paint thinly to create a translucent or veiled effect?

A) Impasto
B) Glazing
C) Fumage
D) Chiaroscuro
Answer: B) Glazing
Which Australian artist is known for his/her use of the “drip painting” technique?

A) Arthur Boyd
B) Margaret Preston
C) Albert Namatjira
D) Jackson Pollock
Answer: D) Jackson Pollock
Which technique involves cutting shapes out of paper and arranging them to create an image?

A) Stencil art
B) Papier-mâché
C) Linocut
D) Mosaic
Answer: A) Stencil art
The use of cross-hatching is a characteristic of which Australian art movement?

A) Impressionism
B) Modernism
C) Post-Impressionism
D) Indigenous art
Answer: D) Indigenous art
Which technique involves applying layers of paint and then removing some to reveal underlying colors?

A) Decollage
B) Frottage
C) Sfumato
D) Sgraffito
Answer: D) Sgraffito
Who is known for their use of encaustic painting, which involves using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added?

A) Rosalie Gascoigne
B) Fred Williams
C) Grace Cossington Smith
D) Del Kathryn Barton
Answer: D) Del Kathryn Barton
Which technique involves the use of found objects or materials to create sculptures or installations?

A) Encaustic
B) Collage
C) Earthworks
D) Assemblage
Answer: D) Assemblage
Which Australian artist is associated with the “Heidelberg School” and the use of plein air painting?

A) John Brack
B) Fred Williams
C) Tom Roberts
D) Margaret Olley
Answer: C) Tom Roberts
Which technique involves melting colored wax and applying it to a surface, usually wood?

A) Batik
B) Encaustic
C) Fresco
D) Tempera
Answer: B) Encaustic
Who is known for their use of linocut printmaking technique in Australian art?

A) Margaret Preston
B) Sidney Nolan
C) Grace Cossington Smith
D) Arthur Streeton
Answer: A) Margaret Preston
Which technique involves the use of melted beeswax as a resist before applying dye or paint?

A) Batik
B) Fresco
C) Tempera
D) Sgraffito
Answer: A) Batik
Which Australian artist is known for their use of “scumbling” to create atmospheric effects in landscapes?

A) Fred Williams
B) Brett Whiteley
C) John Olsen
D) Jeffrey Smart
Answer: A) Fred Williams
Which technique involves scratching into a surface covered with plaster to reveal the underlying layer?

A) Frottage
B) Sgraffito
C) Batik
D) Encaustic
Answer: B) Sgraffito
Who is known for their use of the “trompe-l’œil” technique in Australian art?

A) Jeffrey Smart
B) Howard Arkley
C) Grace Cossington Smith
D) Margaret Preston
Answer: A) Jeffrey Smart
Which technique involves creating art directly onto a wall or ceiling surface?

A) Graffiti art
B) Fresco
C) Decollage
D) Papier-mâché
Answer: B) Fresco
Which Australian artist is known for their use of assemblage techniques in creating sculptures?

A) Brett Whiteley
B) Rosalie Gascoigne
C) Sidney Nolan
D) Fiona Hall
Answer: B) Rosalie Gascoigne
Which technique involves the use of high contrast between light and dark to create a sense of depth?

A) Tenebrism
B) Chiaroscuro
C) Sfumato
D) Pointillism
Answer: B) Chiaroscuro
Who is known for their use of the “frottage” technique in Australian art?

A) Arthur Boyd
B) Margaret Preston
C) Brett Whiteley
D) John Olsen
Answer: C) Brett Whiteley
Which technique involves scraping or rubbing a pencil or crayon over a textured surface to create patterns?

A) Sgraffito
B) Frottage
C) Batik
D) Linocut
Answer: B) Frottage
Who is known for their use of the “stippling” technique in Australian art?

A) Fred Williams
B) Arthur Streeton
C) Margaret Preston
D) John Brack
Answer: D) John Brack
Which technique involves creating art by burning designs onto a surface?

A) Pyrography
B) Decalcomania
C) Earthworks
D) Collage
Answer: A) Pyrography
Who is known for their use of the “sgraffito” technique in Australian art?

A) Brett Whiteley
B) Sidney Nolan
C) Margaret Olley
D) Grace Cossington Smith
Answer: D) Grace Cossington Smith
Which technique involves painting on wet plaster?

A) Tempera
B) Fresco
C) Batik
D) Encaustic
Answer: B) Fresco
Who is known for their use of the “decollage” technique in Australian art?

A) John Brack
B) Sidney Nolan
C) Howard Arkley
D) Arthur Boyd
Answer: C) Howard Arkley
Which technique involves applying paint thickly onto a surface to create texture?

A) Glazing
B) Impasto
C) Scumbling
D) Sgraffito
Answer: B) Impasto
Who is known for their use of the “sfumato” technique in Australian art?

A) Sidney Nolan
B) Margaret Olley
C) Brett Whiteley
D) Leonardo da Vinci
Answer: D) Leonardo da Vinci
Which technique involves creating artwork by tearing or cutting paper and gluing it onto a surface?

A) Collage
B) Decoupage
C) Mosaic
D) Frottage
Answer: A) Collage
Who is known for their use of the “chiaroscuro” technique in Australian art?

A) Tom Roberts
B) Grace Cossington Smith
C) Brett Whiteley
D) Caravaggio
Answer: B) Grace Cossington Smith
Which technique involves the use of wax-resist dyeing on fabric?

A) Batik
B) Sgraffito
C) Frottage
D) Decollage
Answer: A) Batik
Who is known for their use of the “tempera” technique in Australian art?

A) Sidney Nolan
B) Margaret Olley
C) John Brack
D) Arthur Streeton
Answer: D) Arthur Streeton
Which technique involves applying layers of paint to create a collage-like effect?

A) Sgraffito
B) Assemblage
C) Decoupage
D) Scumbling
Answer: C) Decoupage
Who is known for their use of the “encaustic” technique in Australian art?

A) Margaret Preston
B) Sidney Nolan
C) Rosalie Gascoigne
D) Del Kathryn Barton
Answer: A) Margaret Preston
Which technique involves creating art by pressing an object into wet paint to create an impression?

A) Sgraffito
B) Frottage
C) Monoprinting
D) Decalcomania
Answer: C) Monoprinting
Who is known for their use of the “decoupage” technique in Australian art?

A) Sidney Nolan
B) Grace Cossington Smith
C) Brett Whiteley
D) Margaret Preston
Answer: D) Margaret Preston
Which technique involves transferring an image from one surface to another by pressing them together?

A) Decalcomania
B) Sgraffito
C) Frottage
D) Monoprinting
Answer: A) Decalcomania

 

 

 

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