Art Appreciation Module 1 Exam Review

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What easy to understand device do artists often use in commentary?

Subject matter

In representational art, objects are called

Subjects

Artists use implied lines to

Suggest visual connection

Which of the following is an example of how public commemoration aids memory and conveys the significance and value of life?

Taj Mahal

What media has largely replaced paintings for storytelling for today's mass audiences?

Television and film

In art, the tactile qualities of surfaces and the visual representation of those qualities are known as

Texture

In Her Secret is Patience, Janet Echelman used a cactus flower formed by netting and colored light to symbolize

The desert city of Phoenix

A material and its accompanying technique is called a

medium

When a work of art shows no reference to the natural world of images, it is

nonrepresentational

What detail of The Virgin of Carmel Saving Souls in Purgatory exemplifies Christian iconography?

The subjects, including God, Mary, and the Angels

Which of the following is an example of a figurative work of art?

Alana's Grandma

What is a characteristic of an organic shape?

An irregular outline

Asymmetrical balance is a feature of

Edgar Degas' Jockeys Before the Race

In two-dimensional art, the area where the viewer's eye, ground plane, and horizon line converge is known as the

Eye level

Which type of art focuses on human subjects?

Figurative

Which of the following activities would best be described as "seeing"?

Finding recognizable images in the clouds

In Edward Weston's "Pepper #30," the texture, light, and shape of the pepper represents its

Form

Comparing works with same subject is one way to better understand the relationship of

Form and content

Which artist emphasized the natural rhythms present in flowers?

Georgia O'keefe

What is one way Paul Cezanne implies depth in Still Life with Apples?

He uses vertical placement to make the lemon appear closer than the apples to the viewer

In artwork, beauty found in something close to perfection defines

Idealism

One characteristic of ancient Greek art is

Idealism

The Abstraction of a Cow series represents Theo van Doesburg's

Interest in simplification

What is one advantage of a well-designed object?

It can enrich our daily lives

Why did Frank Lloyd Wright use the hollyhock flower to embellish Alice Barnsdall's house?

It was the owner's favorite flower

In art, value refers to the

Light and darkness of surfaces

What are two modes of visual awareness?

Looking and Seeing

What is one reason that Echelman's choice of netting for "Her Secret is Patience" contributes to the viewer's understanding and enjoyment of the work?

Netting is flexible and responds gracefully to the winds in Phoenix so the work harmonizes with the city and force of nature

The Philadelphia Wireman's Untitled (Watch Face) is classified as outsider art because it is created

without awareness of conventional styles

How is content different than form?

Content is meaning expressed by work

Which of the following is a modern example of the human urge to embellish everyday things?

cell-phone cases

The dominant shapes in a picture plane are called

figures

In an artwork, the total effect of the combined visual qualities is known as the

form

Art is a good method of communicating information, ideas, and opinions because it

makes visual statements a wide range people can understand

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's sculptures, such as Shuttlecocks, communicate that the viewer's interpretation of artwork is greatly affected by

scale

Architects are most concerned with the qualities of

space

Which principle of design is achieved by symmetry or asymmetry

Balance

The ancient Chinese Art of beautiful handwriting is called

Calligraphy

Which of the following is an example of nonrepresentational art?

Carmen Herra's "Yellow and Black"

Carrie Mae Weem's "Man Reading Newspaper" from "The Kitchen Table Series" is an example of art for

Communication

The illusion of a third-dimension on a picture plane is called

Depth

Henri Mattisse's photographs of the progress of for the paintings "Large Reclining Nude" exemplify the

Design Process

Why was Maya Lin's Vietnam War Memorial initially controversial?

People felt it was too different from traditional war memorials

Artforms that influence action and opinion are

Persuasive

What distinguishes proportion from scale?

Proportion is the size of parts to a whole

Which of the following types of art depicts recognizable objects from the natural world?

Representational Art

The style of the U.S. Supreme Court building is based on architecture from what period?

Roman Republic

Frida Kahlo's "The Broken Column" is an example of art used for

Self-Expression

What is one way Georgia O'Keefe's paintings of flowers like Jack-in-the-Pulpit No.V altered our perception of Flowers?

She abstracted the form and eliminated details

What is one reason that Frida Kahlo's self portraits are considered so expressive?

She shared the lifelong pain and emotional distress she suffered

Why is Alma Thomas' White Spring Roses Sing an example of abstract art?

Thomas simplifies the forms of roses into geometric shapes

What is the purpose of abstraction in art?

To emphasize or reveal certain qualities of an object

The appearance of similarity in a work of art is called

Unity

The green seat-backs in Jacob Lawrence's "Going Home" demonstrate that repetition can also achieve

Unity

What distinguishes atmospheric perspective from linear perspective?

Variations of light and color achieve spatial depth

What feature in the Saint-Chapelle induces feelings of wonder that facilitate religious experience?

Walls of stained glass that tell Biblical stories

How did an intent way of seeing affect Edward Weston's artwork?

Weston's sensitivity to form influenced how he photographed the pepper

The number 5

What element creates unity in I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold?

Architects and designers visually improve the basic structure of shelters with

embellishment

The subjective nature of seeing means that people will

perceive and interpret art differently


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