Art Appreciation test 1 - b

Jan van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami depicts many objects that have symbolic meaning. The use or study of these symbols is called:

iconography

In 1863, Edouard Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe was rejected by the public due to its

modernity

We can clearly see the artistic impulse to "give form to the immaterial," to represent hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, and personal feelings in:

religious art

The terms naturalistic or realistic art are sometimes used to describe

representational art

Which of these statements best defines visual literacy?

the ability to recognize, understand, and communicate the meaning of visual images

In Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, Manet intentionally rejects traditional painting techniques for what purpose?

to call attention to his modernity and break with the past

In a work of art, "content" refers to

what the work expresses or means

Objects that are intended to stimulate a sense of beauty in the viewer are thought to be _______ rather than functional.

aesthetic