Sample Questions for Sheltered History of Graphic Design

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Module 5: The Arts and Crafts Movement and Art Nouveau
Terminal Objective:
Identify given graphic design artifacts from the Arts and Crafts Movement and Art
Nouveau periods.

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1) Identify the designer of this Art Nouveau print who is famous for his
work from Paris cafes
and cabarets:
A) William Caslon
B) William Morris
C) Maxfield Parrish
D) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Feedback:
D) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec correct
A) William Caslon incorrect: William Caslon was a British 18th century type
designer.
B) William Morris incorrect: William Morris is the founder of the Arts and Crafts
Movement
C) Maxfield Parrish incorrect: Maxfield Parish is a fine art painter and
illustrator from the early 20th century.

Jill Ballard

2) Identify three descriptions for this book spread from The Works of
Geoffrey Chaucer.

A) rubrication
B) Claude Garamond
C) Medieval Influence
D) trompe l'oeil
E) Art Nouveau period
F) horror vacuii
G) Ukiyo-e
H) William Morris

Feedback:
C) Medieval Influence correct: one of three correct answers.
F) horror vacuii correct: one of three correct answers.
H) William Morris correct: one of three correct answers.
A) rubrication incorrect: rubrication is the term for hand-drawn designs in
illuminated manuscripts and very early printed books, before illustrations
could be printed.
B) Claude Garamond incorrect: Claude Garamond was a 17th century typeface
designer.
D) trompe l'oeil incorrect: trompe l'oeil is the French word meaning to fool the
eye, used as a description for realistic illustration.
E) Art Nouveau period incorrect: The Art Nouveau period is the French based art
and design movement from 1890 to 1910.
G) Ukiyo-e incorrect: Ukiyo-e is the Japanese style that influenced the Art
Nouveau style.

Jill Ballard

3) Aubrey Beardsley, known as the Enfant Terrible, illustrated this Art

Nouveau style book with influences from the Arts and Crafts Movement.
Choose the correct title for the book:

A) Le Morte DArthur
B) Tres Riche
Heures du Duc
de Berry
C) The Nurenberg
Chronicle
D) The Book of Kells

Feedback:
A) Le Morte DArthur correct
B) Tres Riche Heures du Duc de Berry incorrect: The Tres Riche Heures is an
illuminated manuscript commissioned by the Duc de Berry in the early 15 th
century.
C) The Nurenberg Chronicle incorrect: The Nurenberg Chronicle is an early
German printed book from the late 15th century.
D) The Book of Kells incorrect: The Book of Kells is an Irish illuminated
manuscript from the 9th century.

Jill Ballard

4) Identify the designer(s) of this Art Nouveau advertising poster:

A) Jules Cheret
B) Alphonse Mucha
C) Peter Behrens
D) The Four Macs

Feedback:
B) Alphonse Mucha correct
A) Jules Cheret incorrect: Jules Cheret is another Art Nouveau graphic
designer.
C) Peter Behrens incorrect: Peter Behrens is an architect and graphic
designer whose work spans several decades from the Art Nouveau
period through the Bauhaus.
D) The Four Macs incorrect: The Four Macs were a group of graphic
designer who made up the Glasgow School.

Jill Ballard

5) He was known as the father of womens liberation because he

introduced a new view of women in advertising, showing expression
and independence. Identify this designer who made the Palais de Glace
poster:
A) William Morris
B) Maxfield Parish
C) Albrecht Durer
D) Jules Cheret

Feedback:
D) Jules Cheret correct
A) William Morris incorrect: William Morris is the founder of the Arts and
Crafts Movement.
B) Maxfield Parish incorrect: Maxfield Parish is a fine art painter and
illustrator from the early 20th century.
C) Albrecht Durer incorrect: Albrecht Durer was a famous Renaissance
painter and wood-cut illustrator.

Jill Ballard

6) The Glasgow Schools style connected elements from Arts & Crafts and Art
Nouveau styles, but made their forms more abstract than French Art Nouveau
forms. Who designed this Glasgow School poster?
A) Geoffrey Tory
B) William Morris
C) Rudolf Koch
D) The Four Macs

Feedback:
D) The Four Macs correct
A) Geoffroy Tory incorrect: Geoffroy Tory was a French Renaissance
designer who engraved elaborate printable illustrated capital letters.
B) William Morris incorrect: William Morris is the founder of the Arts and
Crafts Movement.
C) Rudolf Koch incorrect: Rudolf Koch was a German type designer during
the Art Nouveau period.

Jill Ballard