Art Appreciation Final Exam
Objects which are intended to stimulate a sense of beauty in the viewer are thought to be.......rather then functional.
Aesthetic
Impasto is
All of the above
On the color wheel, colors next to each other are known as?
Analogous
What does animism depict in representational art?
Animals
List one role of an artist found in text
Artist make functional objects and structures more pleasurable and elevate them with meaning.
The artisit's relation to the public quite often depends on ?
Artist trying to portray something
This type of line is considered to be the most dynamic and suggestive of movement
Diagonal
What is a word that is used to describe an artists attempt to draw our eyes to one area of composition?
Emphasis
The starry night by Vincent van Gogh indicates the power of the artists......?.....line
Expressive
Found near Willendorf, Austria, the Venus of Willendorf is most likely a:
Fertility doll
In art, a two dimensional area is usually refereed to as shape. A three dimensional area is?
Mass
Florence became a cultural center of the Renaissance, in a large part due to:
Meddici family
Neolithic culture developed quickly in the world's fertile valleys. By the year 4000 B.C. E., urban societies had developed in:
Mesopotamia Egypt
The symbolic hand gestures that refer to the specific states of mind or events in life of buddha are called?
Mudra
The subject of this painting by French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominque Ingres is
Odalesque
One of the prime subjects of neoclassical art is?
Ordinary existence
Pattern results from?
Our recognition of any formal element that repeats itself.
. The Acropolis in Athens, begun in 480 B.C. E. was inspired by the leadership of:
Pericles
Two artist's associated with cubism
Picasso and Braque
To evaluate a work of art properly we must deal with it in the context of?
Society
The word neolithic means?
Stone age
The Votive figures represent worshippers from the complex society of
Sumer
What objects form the dominant focal point in David's Oath of the Horatii?
Swords and outstretched arms
The purpose of an aesthetic object is?
To stimulate a sense of beauty.
Aesthetics is defined as the urge to respond.....
To what we find beautiful
Repetition often implies monotony, yet is also creates a sense of?
Unity
The relative level of lightness and darkness is refered to as?
Value
When ink is diluted with water and applied in broad flat areas, the result is called a?
Wash
What was used on Egyptian scrolls?
water color
When each side of composition is exactly the same it is called?
Absolute Balance
The two artists that were concerned with post impressionism are
Seurat and Cezanne
Andy Warhol created many art works useing this commercial process
Silk Screen
In a work of art, "content" refers to?
A message communicated
According to Sayre the process of "seeing" is
Both physical and mental
What is the preparatory drawing for a fresco ?
Cartoon
The Great Hall of Bulls is located in southern France at:
Cheuvet Cave
Artist of the Renaissance found their chief source of inspiration in:
Classic art of Greek and Rome.
Which of the following is not a quality of texture?
Content
On the color wheel blues and greens are usually thought of as?
Cool Colors
An artist who rejected modern society and painted images of "primitive" island culture.
Gauguin
The Nike of Samothrace is an excellent example of
Helenistic Realism
The Palette of King Narmer illustrates the sizing of figures as determined by social rank. This type of compositional organization is called:
Hieraarchic Seate
Jan Van Eyck's painting "The marriage of Giovanni Arnolfi" depicts mamy objects that have meaning. The use or study of these objects is called?
Iconography
In Romanticism, regardless of the subject matter, paintings revealed the artist's.....?
Individuality
On Newtons color wheel, color that lie directly between a secondary and a primary is called?
Intermediate
Michelangelo's "David" came under attack at first viewing because?
It symbolized the hand of God
What was Van Gogh most enthusiastic about?
Japanese Prints
Printing process in which the printing surface is completely flat.
Lithography
Seurat's technique for applying color in small dots is called?
Pointillism
In work of art, visual rhythm is a result of
Recognition
What are the three primary colors?
Red, Yellow and Green
A common rubber stamp is an example of the print making process of?
Relief
Naturalistic or figurative art is sometimes used to describe?
Representation
Albert Bierstadt "Rocky Mountains" illustrates a type of art called ____ art
Representational art
The 19th century style of art that attempted to express all feelings and passion is called?
Romantic
Gericault's famous raft of the Medusa helped fuel
Romanticism
Manet's Dejeuner sur l'herbe was rejected from the annual salon exhibition in Paris in 1863. Where was it exhibited?
Salon of Refuses