Art Midterm
Iconographic analysis interprets objects and figures in an artwork as
signs or symbols
When you add white pigment to another color pigment you are doing what to the color?
tinting
_____________ volume is a space that is enclosed by materials that are not entirely solid
Open
Both biographical and historical analysis are important for understand the meaning of Velazquez's Las Meninas
True
If an artist created a painting that uses predominantly blue, and orange the color harmony is complimentary
True
In hierarchical scale important figures or holy figures to be drawn, painted or sculpted larger than other figures in the images.
True
Isometric perspective uses diagonal parallels and has been used in China for over one thousand years.
True
One mode of analysis involves considering political, economical r religious aspects of a work of art.
True
Thomas Struth's photograph Museo del Prado 7 is
a portrait of art appreciation
Which of these elements helps to create space in art?
all of the above
Abstraction refers to the highly rendered forms, sometimes considered to "fool the eye" because they look so much like the "real" world
False
Atmospheric perspective is used to model form and show the 3-D quality in figure paintings.
False
Expressive color is a color approach in which artists never uses random color choices based not on visual observation but instead on the emotional needs
False
Linear perspective is most effectively used for rendering irregular and natural forms rather than man-made forms.
False
Picasso was an inventive artist who never used artworks from the past for inspiration.
False
Vertical and horizontal structures are a Western convention for representing female forms
False
When art artist uses shifts in color, lower contrast and detail based on the effects of light and air in the landscape it is called
atmospheric perspective
Creating visual weight and counterweight is part of an artist's use of the element of _____________ in creating a work of art.
balance
Disparate visual elements can be linked together with a common idea. This is _____________ unity.
conceptual
Shepard Fairey uses which of the following concepts as a strong component of his graphically painted images
contrasting negative and positive shape
What is the method of value depiction where an artist uses a series of parallel lines?
cross hatching
Psychological analysis of Nighthawks by the artist Edward Hopper tells us that the painter was
expressive loneliness
Forms such as pyramids, which tend to be precise and regular, are known as _____________ forms.
geometric
The German word that refers to something in which the whole seems greater than the sum of its parts is
gestalt
The type of line which is the most calm or placid is which of the following?
horizontal
Lines that create a sense of movement and direction are called
implied lines
A color's brightness of dullness is called
intensity or saturation
A three-dimensional surface that is designed to be viewed from only one direction is known as a
relief
If we can recognize the objects or people in a work of art, it is
representational
The exaggerated use of contrasting light vs dark colors to play up the dramatic qualities of a given scene can be used most effectively for which of the listen purposes?
to create emphasis
The tools of formal analysis help us to
understand how an artwork was made
An artwork can be described as non-objective if its subject matter is
unrecognizable
The elements of art form the basic ________ of art
vocabulary
Which color would be considered an analogous color to yellow?
yellow-orange
This painter creates images of historical Chinese women to explore their "social captivity" and subjugation in oil, employing drips and line to suggest power and control vs. freedom.
Hung Liu
The range of colors that an artist has preferred to use in a work is referred to as the
palette
A work of art is the product of interrelationships between various art elements and
principles