AHS 100 CH1-7+
By the late fourteenth century, the African kingdom of Benin had developed tremendous refinement in the art of?
brass casting
The material most often associated with the process of "casting" is?
bronze.
How does Pat Steir use line to express pleasure in The Brueghel Series: A Vanitas of Style?
by combining a variety of styles
Case of Bottles by the California Funk artist Robert Arneson illustrates the modeling sculptural process in which medium?
clay
The sculptural material most commonly associated with "modeling" or additive processes is?
clay
Ellsworth Kelly's Brier exhibits which type of lines?
contour
The Greek Kouros illustrates the idea of shifting or counter positioning weight around the axis of the spine in figurative sculpture. This pose is called?
contrapposto
The Chinese symbols within a red square on Hung Liu's Relic 12 represents the
creation goddess
How does Rembrandt create shadow in The Three Crosses?
denser line
The area where line almost disappears in Rembrandt van Rijn's The Three Crosses represents
divine light
One of the basic signatures of contemporary abstract painting is the
dripping line
Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels are generally referred to as?
earthworks
Pliable clay is made to hold its form permanently through the process of?
firing it.
Maidens and Stewards, a Parthenon fragment of the Panathenaic Procession, illustrates what ancient sculptural convention?
frieze
Allan Kaprow created "assemblages of events performed or perceived in more than one time and place." He called these?
happenings
Auguste Rodin's The Burghers of Calais is a remarkable example of which type of sculpture?
in-the-round
The primary function of an outline is to
indicate a dimensional shape
Ancient Egyptian stone funerary figures, such as King Menkaure, were carved to bear the spirit of the deceased into the eternity of the afterlife, known as the?
ka.
For Vincent van Gogh, the figure of The Sower represents
longing for the infinite
The Egyptian limestone carving, Senwosret I led by Atum to Amun-Re, is an example of
low relief sculpture
Greek figurative sculpture was greatly influenced by Egyptian sculpture. What did the Greeks add?
naturalism
In Vincent van Gogh's The Sower, the line showing the circular shape of the sun would best be considered a(n)
outline
In his view, Matthew Ritchie uses straight lines because they
represent a wound or direction
Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Socrates orients line so as to emphasize
stability
Wood and stone carvings are examples of?
subtractive sculpture
The function of contour lines is to
suggest a dimensional form
What visual devices create the contrasting symbolic relationship between reality and utopia in Wenda Gu's united nations-china monument: temple of heaven?
the cursive writing and the table
What distinguishes Eugene Delacroix's approach to painting from that of Jacques-Louis David?
the emotional emphasis of his work
The Yoruba Display Piece produced for an oba, or king, is meant to reflect the king's power and ?
the power of the community's women
One of the complex aspects of wood carving that a sculptor must pay attention to is?
the wood's grain
How are the lines of Vincent van Gogh's The Sower similar to Eugene Delacroix's Study for the Death of Sardanapalus?
they emphasize movement
How does Hung Liu use drips in her painting?
to achieve a sense of liberation
reception, extraction, inference
According to Sayre what are the three steps in the process of "seeing"?
Einsteins Theories
According to Sayre, our notion of space has changed abruptly and even become "fluid" since the beginning of the twentieth century due to
They should educate the public about the value of art.
According to the National Endowment for the Arts what activist role should artists take?
They are both positive forms that contain negative space.
Although created for different purposes, Barbara Hepworth's Two Figures and the African feast-making spoon share a similar trait. What is it?
the shapes, forms, and bright colors of Brazilian culture
Beatriz Milhazes' Carambola is based on
The Tomb of Emperor Qin Shihuangdi shows an extraordinary grouping of what type of work?
Ceramics
political symbolism.
Considered a masterpiece of Renaissance art, Michelangelo's David came under attack upon first viewing due to its
Motion Pictures
Etienne-Jules Marey was a pioneer in the then burgeoning art of what?
Contingent is a typical work by the artist?
Eva Hesse.
They have little context in which to view the work.
Historically, why do many people receive new and innovative work with reservation?
controlled
How can we describe Sol LeWitt's use of line in Wall Drawing No. 681 C?
All were initially misunderstood by the public.
How is Maya Ying Lin's Vietnam Memorial similar to works by Edouard Manet and Marcel Duchamp?
drawn structural lines and uncontrolled drip lines
Hung Liu's paintings, such as Three Fujins, rely on contrasts between two very important elements
What creates a sense not only of enclosure and connection, but also movement and direction?
Implied Line
modernity
In 1863, Edouard Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe was rejected by the public due to its
implied line
In Giacometti's Man Pointing, our eye is directed down his right arm and past his pointed finger to some imagined point of interest beyond. This is an example of which formal element?
His interests were in things other than pure verisimilitude.
In Harmony in Red (The Red Room), Henri Matisse deliberately intended to violate the laws of perspective. Why?
simple black outlines and ironic messages
In House, how does Jaune Quick-to-See Smith evoke the simplicity of traditional Native American lifestyles that have disappeared?
foreshortening
In The Dead Christ, Andrea Mantegna utilizes what technique in order to adjust the distortion created by the point of view?
what the work expresses or means.
In a work of art, "content" refers to
Which of these statements is NOT true about the Qing Dynasty masterpiece Yu the Great Taming the Waters?
It is carved into the largest piece of marble ever quarried.
How does "assemblage" primarily differ from other sculptural processes?
It utilizes "found" objects.
Which of these processes best describes the one used by Rodin in sculpting The Burghers of Calais?
It was cast in several pieces and then welded together
it reiterates the rationality of Socrates' actions
Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Socrates is set up in a system of right angles on a grid structure. How does this affect the content of the piece?
iconography.
Jan van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami depicts many objects that have symbolic meaning. The use or study of these symbols is called:
The Japanese style of "superflat" takes inspiration from
Japanese prints
his proclivity for things seen but not examined
Jasper Johns chose to paint his image of the American flag to express:
one point linear perspectives
Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is based on what specific type of perspective?
create value by hatching and cross-hatching
Line can be used to delineate edges of form in space, imply movement, and
was controversial at first because of its non-traditional style.
Maya Ying Lin's Memorial in Washington, D.C.
aesthetic
Objects that are intended to stimulate a sense of beauty in the viewer are thought to be _______ rather than functional.
Unique expressives lines
Pat Steir's series The Drawing Lesson Part 1, Line # 1 is about various artists'
Self-Sufficient
Renzo Piano's Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center is an example of "green architecture." Such buildings are praised for their:
artist are critical thinkers, meaning they question assumptions and explore new directions
Sayre states that he believes that all people are creative, but artists possess qualities that most don't. Which of the following best describes these qualities?
Which artist writes instructions allowing placement and arrangement of lines to be determined by museum staff?
Sol LeWitt
Expressive line
The Starry Night, by Vincent van Gogh, indicates the power of the artist's
Civil Rights movement in the 1960s.
The imagery in Faith Ringgold's God Bless America was inspired by the:
a composition
The organization of visual elements in an artwork is called
Mundra
The symbolic hand gestures that refer to specific states of mind or events in the life of Buddha are called
Representational Art
The terms naturalistic or realistic art are sometimes used to describe
What do Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty and the Great Serpent Mound have in common?
They are both earthwork
What do Vincent van Gogh & Sol LeWitt's lines have in common?
They are recognizably their own
Titian uses which implied shapes in Assumption and Consecration of the Virgin to link the separate horizontal realms of his composition?
Triangles
Which artist described his work as "almost a cry of anguish?"
Vincent van Gogh
religious art
We can clearly see the artistic impulse to "give form to the immaterial," to represent hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, and personal feelings in:
Natural materials found on site
What is generally the preferred medium of Andy Goldsworthy
It is a sublime representation of the mountain range that can be seen to encompass the spirit and character of the American West
What is the content of Albert Bierstadt's Rocky Mountains?
it pursued wrongdoers at night and punished them when nails were driven into it
What is the function of the nsiki nkonde figure?
It represents the power of the imagination to transform an everyday object into a symbolically charged container of social good.
What is the metaphorical significance of the carved sculpture, Feast Making Spoon, from the Ivory Coast
it depicts a Muslim woman in a black chador, a rifle dividing, and Farsi text inscribed over her face
What is the subject matter of Shirin Neshat's Rebellious Silence?
African masks he saw at a Paris museum
What might have affected Pablo Picasso's severe style of representation seen in The Women of Avignon?
socio-cultural issues
What motivates artists like Krzysztof Wodiczko, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, and Suzanne Lacy?
during the Renaissance in Italy
When and where was linear perspective first codified (studied, organized, and written down)?
in both depending on how you look at it
Where is the negative space in the Rubin vase?
At Jesus's Head
Where is the vanishing point in The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci?
Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase
Which artwork was described as "an explosion in a shingle factory"?
architects look to continue to use building techniques and materials that have been in use since the Industrial Revolution in the West
Which of these is not a principle of "green architecture"?
the ability to recognize, understand, and communicate the meaning of visual images
Which of these statements best defines visual literacy?
Richard Serra
Which sculptor eventually saw his controversial work destroyed?
ledger drawings.
While in prison, Howling Wolf made many drawings called
Depicting a human is thought to be competing with the "creator
Why are images of humans traditionally banned in Islamic art?
It mimics binocular visions
Why is the stereoscope such an effective means of describing "real" space?
Richard Serra's The Matter of Time is?
a series of installations
When a sculpture is created by building up the form with a material such as clay, the process is called?
additive.
A sculptural space that you can actually enter is referred to as?
an environment.
What helps contribute to the violence seen in Cheri Samba's Calvary?
angular line
What is the source of Chinese artist Hung Liu's painting of women?
archival photographs
In Sky Cathedral the artist Louise Nevelson has combined found materials to create a sculpture. What is this process called?
assemblage