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CIC 2026
Consell Interuniversitari de Catalunya governing authority
Generalitat de Catalunya
90 Mins
Official examination duration
CIC PAU Regulations
EUR 110.00+ access phase (EUR 41.30 exam right + EUR 68.70 access phase; plus EUR 13.80 per admission exercise, Generalitat de Catalunya 2026)
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Min 4.0
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100
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Catalonia PAU Art Foundations (CIC) assesses 2º Bachillerato students on art history, visual language, iconography, artistic techniques, architecture, sculpture, painting, and design evolution.
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1Which Paleolithic cave site in northern Spain is world-famous for its polychrome ceiling paintings of bison executed with natural mineral pigments and charcoal?
A.Altamira
B.Lascaux
C.Chauvet
D.El Castillo
Explanation: Altamira Cave in Cantabria, northern Spain, is celebrated for its Magdalenian polychrome cave paintings, particularly the ceiling depicting red ochre and charcoal bison. The artists utilized natural rock protuberances to create three-dimensional relief effects on the painted figures.
2What is the primary iconographic interpretation of Upper Paleolithic female statuettes, such as the Venus of Willendorf?
A.Portraits of individual tribal leaders
B.Symbols of fertility, abundance, and mother goddess cults
C.Commemorative grave markers for deceased ancestors
D.Toys created for child education
Explanation: Upper Paleolithic female figurines feature exaggerated abdominal, hip, and breast proportions alongside facial abstraction. Art historians interpret them as symbolic talismans associated with fertility, successful childbirth, and communal abundance.
3Which megalithic structural arrangement consists of two vertical stone posts supporting a horizontal stone lintel, as seen at Stonehenge?
A.Corbelled arch
B.Cantilever beam
C.Post-and-lintel (trabeated) system
D.Flying buttress
Explanation: The post-and-lintel (or trabeated) structural system uses upright vertical supports (posts) to hold up a horizontal cross-beam (lintel). It represents the foundational architectural construction method of antiquity, seen in Neolithic megaliths and Greek temples.
4What defining visual convention characterized ancient Egyptian relief carving and wall painting across two millennia?
A.Empirical linear perspective with a central vanishing point
B.Chiaroscuro modeling of volume with dramatic directional light
C.Dynamic diagonal compositions expressing athletic motion
D.Composite profile view featuring head and legs in profile with shoulders and eye shown frontally
Explanation: Ancient Egyptian two-dimensional art followed a strict canon of proportions using a composite (conceptual) view. The head, waist, and limbs were rendered in profile while the eye and shoulders were depicted frontally to present each anatomical part from its most recognizable angle.
5Which Classical Greek architectural order is characterized by plain circular capitals, fluted column shafts without bases, and a frieze of alternating triglyphs and metopes?
A.Doric order
B.Ionic order
C.Corinthian order
D.Tuscan order
Explanation: The Doric order is the earliest and most sturdy Classical Greek order. Columns rest directly on the stylobate without a decorative base, topped by a simple cushion-like capital and an entablature featuring alternating three-grooved triglyphs and sculpted metopes.
6What sculptural stance, perfected during the Greek High Classical period and exemplified by Polykleitos's Doryphoros, creates naturalistic body balance by resting weight on one engaged leg while the other remains relaxed?
A.Hieratic frontal posture
B.Contrapposto
C.S-curve (Praxitelean curve)
D.Chiasmus tilt
Explanation: Contrapposto (counterpose) is the weight-shift stance where the weight rests on one engaged leg (the load-bearing leg), causing the hips and shoulders to tilt in opposite directions. This innovation liberated Classical sculpture from rigid Egyptian frontality.
7Which optical refinement was employed by architects Iktinos and Kallikrates in constructing the Parthenon to correct visual illusions of sagging?
A.Direct vertical alignment without tapering
B.Convex curvature of walls
C.Entasis (slight convex swelling of column shafts)
D.Lowering the central stylobate elevation
Explanation: Entasis is the subtle convex swelling applied to column shafts about one-third of the way up. It prevents the optical illusion of columns appearing concave or pinched in the middle when viewed from a distance against open sky.
8How does Hellenistic Greek sculpture, such as the Laocoön and His Sons, differ stylistically from High Classical sculpture?
A.It returns to rigid, stylized Egyptian frontality
B.It focuses exclusively on quiet harmony and serene detachment
C.It eliminates diagonal lines in favor of strict horizontal axes
D.It emphasizes dramatic emotional intensity, dynamic movement, and theatrical realism
Explanation: Hellenistic sculpture (323–31 BCE) departed from the calm, restrained idealism of High Classical art by capturing intense emotion, anguish, theatrical gestures, complex diagonal twisting, and physical suffering.
9What revolutionary construction material enabled Roman architects to erect vast un-columned interior spaces, such as the grand dome of the Pantheon?
A.Opus caementicium (Roman pozzolana concrete)
B.Cut ashlar marble blocks without mortar
C.Sun-dried mud bricks reinforced with straw
D.Wrought iron skeletal framing covered in terracotta
Explanation: Roman concrete (*opus caementicium*), made with hydraulic volcanic ash (pozzolana), lime, and aggregate, allowed Romans to pour monolithic vaults and domes. The Pantheon's dome lightened progressively toward its oculus by substituting heavy basalt aggregate with lightweight pumice.
10Which architectural structural element allowed Roman engineers to build monumental aqueducts like the Pont du Gard and multi-story arches like the Colosseum?
A.Post-and-lintel wood beams
B.True semicircular arch and barrel vaulting
C.Corbelled stone vaults
D.Steel-reinforced concrete pillars
Explanation: The true semicircular arch distributes weight downward and outward onto piers via voussoirs and a central keystone. Extending the arch produces barrel vaults, enabling multi-tiered open arcades and monumental engineering works.
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