AQA A-Level Art and Design: critical and contextual studies quiz quiz

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Description and analysis mean exactly the same thing and are wholly interchangeable in an essay

Analysis is always far shorter than a piece of description, since it merely summarises the whole work quite briefly

Description states what is there; analysis explains how the formal elements and context create effects and meaning

Description uses colour while analysis only ever uses tone and nothing else at all

Frame, mount, label, protective glass, stand and display plinth

Brush, canvas, easel, palette, turpentine and a mixing knife

Title, date, medium, dimensions, provenance and the current owner

Line, tone, colour, shape, form, texture, pattern and composition

When, where, why and for whom the work was made

The current auction price and insurance value of the artwork

The overall floor size of the gallery where it hangs

The total number of visitors who view it each year

The complete lifetime output of one single artist working entirely alone in a studio

A tendency or style shared by a group of artists over a period, driven by common ideas or aims

The careful physical transport and crating of artworks between different galleries and museums

A particular type of expressive brushstroke

Galleries are always free to enter, so they cost nothing for a student to visit at all

Printed and screen reproductions are illegal to use as evidence in any A-Level coursework

You experience scale, surface and presence and record your own genuine response

Galleries give you all the ready-made answers for the examination

Encyclopaedic recall of every art movement, artist and dated work in the whole Western canon

None at all, since art history is never relevant to studio practice

Only the Italian Renaissance and nothing else from any other period

A working map of relevant movements, enough to place artists and choose sources purposefully

Correct terms prove understanding of techniques and effects, where vague phrases show none

It simply makes the writing longer and helps you reach the expected coursework word count target

It is needed only because there are separate marks awarded purely for accurate spelling

It impresses the other students and teachers who read your sketchbook work

The artist's full date of birth and the place where they were born and trained

A takeaway stating what you will try in your own work because of it

A neat handwritten signature at the very bottom of the page

A long list of other artists working in the same period or movement

Only contemporary digital art made within the last few years by living artists

Only traditional oil paintings produced on stretched canvas in a studio

A wide range including art, craft and design from many cultures and periods

Only well-known artists from one single country and its national tradition