Lesson 3.1.5

3.1.5 Land art Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Art & Design, Unit 3

20 questions

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The 20 questions

  1. Which term describes art created specifically for a natural or man-made location?

    • digital montage
    • mixed media
    • land art
    • printmaking
  2. Which material is listed for land art?

    • projection screens
    • gouache
    • natural resources
    • linoleum
  3. Which land art technique is listed alongside natural resources and found objects?

    • digital casting
    • relief printing
    • surface etching
    • constructing formations
  4. Which environmental land art method is named directly in the specification?

    • bronze casting
    • canvas stretching
    • digital post-production
    • manipulation of environmental elements
  5. What does land art aim to create, according to the specification?

    • digital archives
    • permanent structures
    • atmosphere and ideas
    • commercial products
  6. What does the term 'site-specific' mean in land art?

    • mass produced online
    • made in a gallery
    • created for one location
    • drawn from memory
  7. Land art may use or accentuate which two environments?

    • digital or virtual
    • gallery or museum
    • domestic or studio
    • natural or man-made
  8. Arranging fallen leaves into a spiral pattern on a beach is an example of what?

    • natural resources
    • synthetic plastics
    • found electronics
    • cast bronze
  9. Lining up found objects along a fence to interact with wind demonstrates what?

    • digital painting
    • environmental manipulation
    • intaglio printing
    • canvas stretching
  10. Cutting a large line into a mown field does what to the landscape?

    • replaces the environment
    • conceals the site
    • destroys the artwork
    • accentuates the landscape
  11. Setting up clay forms in a car park is an example of responding to what?

    • marine ecosystem
    • alpine wilderness
    • man-made environment
    • subterranean cave
  12. Weather changing outdoor artwork over time contributes to its what?

    • commercial value
    • pigment stability
    • structural permanence
    • atmosphere
  13. Using shadows and tide lines in beach artwork is an example of what?

    • digital rendering
    • relief carving
    • environmental manipulation
    • studio modelling
  14. What term describes artwork created specifically for a chosen natural location?

    • Still life
    • Portraiture
    • Abstract
    • Site-specific
  15. Why might rain altering an outdoor land art installation be acceptable?

    • synthetic paint is waterproof
    • natural change has meaning
    • the artwork is ruined
    • it requires immediate repair
  16. Land art typically uses outdoor environments, whereas traditional installations use what?

    • coastal mudflats
    • mountain ridges
    • controlled environments
    • wild ecosystems
  17. Why do artists photograph transient land art before it disappears?

    • to enlarge the scale
    • to record the work
    • to prevent weathering
    • to sell the mud
  18. What defines the manipulation of environmental elements in land art?

    • Altering existing site conditions
    • Carving indoor marble
    • Sketching in a book
    • Bringing in studio paints
  19. Must land art always be permanent?

    • Not necessarily
    • Strictly prohibited
    • Only in galleries
    • Always required
  20. What do found objects add to a land art piece?

    • Digital integration
    • Permanent structure
    • Context and meaning
    • Chemical stability

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