ART 111 Quiz 2

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Works of art that are "nonobjective--"

resemble no object in the real world

Rene Magritte writes leci n'est pas une pipe (this is not a pipe) under his very representational painting of a pipe. If it's not a pipe, what is it? a. A realistic representation of a pipe b. merely a painting c. An image of a pipe d. All answers are correct

All answers are correct

In the Arnolfini "wedding" portrait the touching of hands represents

an agreement to wed

Beatriz Milhazes's Carambola is based on

the square

T/F In Islamic culture, the chief form of art is calligraphy.

true

T/F In the Arnolfini "wedding" portrait, the dog represents fidelity or faithfulness.

true

What is the difference between "subject" and "content?"

Subject is the image/content is meaning.

What does it mean when we refer to works of art being "representational?"

They resemble things in the real world

The symbolic hand gestures that refer to specific states of mind or events in the life of Buddha are called

mudras

The title of Willem de Kooning's North Atlantic Light refers to

the feeling of light in the painting


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