ART 2140-90: Module 1
Fine Art
Refers to a work of art (traditionally a painting, drawing, carved sculpture, and sometimes a print) made with skill and creative imagination to be pleasing or beautiful to look at
Louise Nevelson's work While Vertical Water is made of:
25 painted and square wooden sections
Graphic design
A commercial art, the essence of which is communication
Allan Houser's work Reverie is:
Abstract and representational
Niagara Falls was a popular subject for North American artists in the second half of the nineteenth century, because it symbolized:
America's territorial expansion and ambitions
Representational
Depicting objects or people so we can recognize them
Non-objective
Depicting subject matter that is unrecognizable
In her portrait by Titian, Isabella d'Este wears a turban, embroidered clothes, and a white ermine stole to:
Display her money and taste
Why do we presume that the head of a woman from Benin (0.0.22) was made for someone wealthy?
It was made from rare ivory
Girl with a Pearl Earring was painted by Dutch artist:
Johannes Vermeer
The pose, facial expression, and landscape background of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa communicate to the viewer a mood of:
Mystery
The work now known as the Watts Tower was in fact given a different title by its creator. That title was:
Nuestro Pueblo (Spanish for "our town")
In Japan, ceramic tea bowls were appreciated because:
Of their shape, subtle colors, and irregular surface; as well as the fact that they formed part of a ritual that had social and spiritual significance
The oldest museum in America is:
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts founded in 1805
The ancient Egyptian depiction of the of the journey of the Sun god Re (0.0.1) was painted on:
Plastered and painted wood
The equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius is recognizable as a man on a horse. This is called a/an ( ) artwork
Representational
David Hockney emphasized the figure of Peter Schlesinger in his artwork Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two figures), using:
Scale, color, and implied line
Abstraction
The degree to which one image is altered, simplified, or distorted from an easily recognizable subject
T/F: Agnolo Bronzino's painting of Eleonora di Toledo is categorized as fine art
True
T/F: Artist Ai Weiwei was arrested by Chinese government officials in 2011, just 3 years after he had been involved in designing the stadium for the Beijing Olympics
True
T/F: The city of Los Angeles originally disapproved of Simon Rodia's Watts Towers:
True
T/F: The original painting of the Virgin of Guadalupe is housed in a basilica at the base of Tepeyac hill, Mexico, but many people keep their own image of her at home or in their vehicle:
True
T/F: The rarity of an artwork, and its value, are often closely related
True
T/F: The self-portrait of the Dutch artist Rembrandt stolen from the Swedish National Museum was one of many that the artist painted on copper
True
T/F: Titian's portrait of Isabella d'Este does not portray Isabella as she really looked
True
José de Rivera's sculpture Infinity can be described as non-objective because its subject matter is:
Unrecognizable
Agnolo Bronzino's portrait of Eleonora di Toledo and her son Giovanni conveys a sense of:
Wealth and Power
Context
When the work was made, where it was made, etc.
Gustav Klimt's portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer was typical of his portraits of the wives and sisters of:
Austrian Businessmen
The Medium of Marc Quinn's Self is:
Blood, stainless steel, persper, and refrigeration equipment
El Anatsui's artworks reference both:
Colonial Africa and modern consumerism
When conducting a formal analysis of a work of art, you would probably want to consider that artist's use of:
Color, texture, emphasis, and scale
Gustav Klimt's portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer was famous party because it was:
Controversial
The ancient Egyptian artist who painted The Journey of the Sun God Re (0.0.1) chose his subject because:
Art was a way to express profound religious ideas and to invoke beliefs in a happy life after death
T/F: A graphic designer usually intends to please one individual patron
False
T/F: Leonardo da Vinci was an artist who rigidly stuck to traditional methods and rules of art
False
T/F: Louise Nevelson's work White Vertical Water is a realistic depiction of fish in a river
False
T/F: When artists are censored it usually stops them from producing any further work
False
Even though Jeff Koons did not make the sculpture Rabbit with his own hands, it is considered his work because:
He had the idea and designed it