Art Appreciation Quiz 2
_____ refers to characteristics that we recognize as constant, recurring, or coherent.
Style
According to the author, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa dazzled his contemporaries because:
The portrait was almost miraculously lifelike.
Ann Hamilton's Mantle is an example of:
Installation
The _______ in David speaks to the strength and heroic nature of the idealized man.
Content
________ is what a work of art is about.
Content
Michelangelo's use of marble in David contributes to the _____ of the work.
Form
When discussing the size, shape, material, color, and composition of a work of art, we are discussing its:
Form
___________ is the way a work of art looks.
Form
Identify whether the description is Iconography or not: A candle burning.
Iconography
Identify whether the description is Iconography or not: A circle.
Iconography
Identify whether the description is Iconography or not: A lotus flower.
Iconography
Identify whether the description is Iconography or not: Wedding rings.
Iconography
During the __________ the term "art" was used roughly in the same sense as "craft."
Middle Ages
Identify whether the description is Iconography or not: A dark blue color.
Not Iconography
Identify whether the description is Iconography or not: The form of the work.
Not Iconography
Identify whether the description is Iconography or not: The work's medium.
Not Iconography
During the Renaissance in Western Europe, ________ came to be regarded as the more elevated of the arts.
Painting, sculpture, & architecture.
The highly realistic portrayal of a young man in Michelangelo's David can be considered the work's _________.
Subject Matter
__________ is the object or event upon which a work of art is based.
Subject Matter
