Art 1301 SLO Test #1

What is an organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts?

Gestalt

Art that is based on natural appearances but departs significantly from them and becomes distorted is called

Abstract Art

What is the placement or arrangement of visual elements or ingredients in a work of art, as distinct from the subject. It can also be thought of as the organization of the elements of art according to the principles of art?

Composition

What is the process or technique of laying on paint or pigment thickly so that it stands out from a surface? Van Gogh used this technique in his paintings.

Impasto

Art in which it is the artist's intention to present again or represent a particular subject, especially pertaining to realistic portrayal of subject matter.

Representational Art

Which of the following is used to describe an elevated awareness of beauty in the viewer?

aesthetics

What is an artistic form or medium usually created on a defined substrate that consists of three-dimensional elements projecting out of or from the substrate? It is similar to a collage, a two-dimensional medium

assemblage

Two-dimensional artists create the illusion of volume with light by using what method? This can be seen in this painting by Rembrandt.

chiaroscuro

The symbolic meaning of visual signs and imagery in a work of art is known as

iconography

The term used to describe the "fool-the-eye" realism of William Harnett's painting A Smoke Backstage is

trompe l'oeil