art appreciation chapter 1

What do the vanitas paintings of Audrey Flack and Juan de Valdes illustrate?

Artists provide clues to the interpretation of their work.

Although the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was created to commemorate an event, what other purpose does it serve?

As a gathering place for humans

Suggested by the nature of perception, what is the key to looking at art?

Being aware of what may be influencing what we are looking at

What reference does Doris Salcedo uses for Shibboleth?

Biblical references to affiliations

The ability to switch back and forth between generating ideas and analyzing ideas is a key to the what process?

CREATIVE

How can creativity be cultivated?

Through training and focusing on the task

What does a statue of Shiva represent?

Time works in a circle

What is the reason artists in our society create spaces for humans?

To allow for interaction in and around the space.

Art spaces designed for humans have what kind of purpose?

To bring them together in commonality of interest

Why do artists create art?

To get reacquainted with seeing old concepts in a new way To make obscure ideas into visual objects A couple of reasons why artists create is to make obscure ideas visible and reacquaint viewers to new ways of looking at old concepts.

For what reason would an artist create this statue of Shiva?

To give visible form to a divine being

For what reason would an artist create a work based on historical events?

To help remind the viewer of the event

The ability to make images is uniquely ______.

human

Who created the early images found during the Paleolithic era?

humans

For special events, artists are often called on to do what?

Create a work that honors the event

Because prehistoric cave art is not easily accessible, experts believe the images were drawn for what reason?

Create meaningful images and form

Vincent van Gogh believed painting would do what for him?

Cure him of his ailments

Which are reasons early man may have created art?

Desire to create meaningful order. Desire to communicate. Explore the limits of the raw materials used.

Creativity allows an artist to do what with a theme or concept?

Expand on an idea to create new ideas

What did painting allow Vincent van Gogh to do?

Express his feelings and ideas

True or false: One can only be born with creativity, cultivating it is impossible.

False

By creating a simple design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, what does Maya Lin allow the viewer to do?

Focus and contemplate the names on the wall

What theory is based on perceiving incomplete information as a whole?

Gestalt

Recent theories suspect cave paintings had what purpose?

Magical properties with connections to the spiritual realm

When artists create works based off of their imagination, what are they trying to do?

Make the unknown visable

What event is being commemorated?

Reconciliation of father and son

What are some of the traits creative people tend to possess? Laziness

Sensitivity Originality Flexibility

How does Maya Lin label herself?

She avoids labeling

Everyday objects that are designed to be distinguished from objects of the same design will do what?

Stand out

What kind of perception and interpretation causes viewers to have different perspectives on the same work of art?

Subjective

What idea did Vincent van Gogh want to come out of The Starry Night?

The afterlife existed on the stars.

What pushes artists to create works of art?

The need to contribute ideas or objects to society.

What makes the kente an extraordinary version of an ordinary object?

The patterns signify status.

Which are reasons why artists create works of art?

To turn an ordinary object into something unexpected To express their feelings visually to the public To commemorate a special event

Every profession uses creativity, but artists specialize in what type of creativity?

Visual

What does producing a text alongside the work Kandors Full Set, by Mike Kelley, allow viewers to do?

Witness a slice of the creative process that produced the work

How does an artist refresh our view of an everyday object or event?

by using it in an unexpected way.

For what reason would an artist create a work based on historical events?

to help remind the viewer of the event.

Stonehenge is an example of the human impulse to create art for what purpose?

to structure and order the ideas of humans The structure lacks images. More than likely it was created to order the ideas of humans related to funerary rituals.