art official midterm

Greek sculptor, Polykleitos Doryphorus, 450 - 440 BCE, is a good example of ______________. a) 2 D balance b) nude balance c) actual balance d) actual imbalance

actual balance

British artist, Rachel Whiteread's Holocaust Memorial in Vienna, is an example of _____________. a) implied mass b) antiques c) landscape d) actual mass

actual mass

American Artist and Glass sculptor Dale Chihuly's Fioridi Como, located in Las Vegas' Bellagio Hotel, is a 70-foot-long ceiling piece is an example of ____________. a) Art for the environment b) modules d) glass molds c) hotel art

art for the enviroment

Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso's painting Les Demoiselle's D'Avignon, 1907, _____________. a) began the start of Africa style. b) began the start of Cubism. c) began the styles of Pop art. d) began the start of Primitive art.

began the start of Cubism.

American sculptor, Judy Chicago's Dinner Party, conceptually _________. a) celebrates famous women in history b) honors women who won the nobel prize c) emphasized ideal craftsmanship d) the American Revolution

celebrates famous women in history

African American artist, Palmer Hayden's Midsummer Nights in Harlem, 1936 ___________________. a) celebrates the Harlem Renaissance movement b) doesn't use unity and variety c) celebrates country life d) references a dark historical period

celebrates the harlem renaissance movement

From the Italian for "light-dark" , what term is sometimes used in place of the word modeling? a) chiaroscuro b) fresco c) mandala d) mezzatint

chiaroscuro

In La Source drawing, Prud'hon's nude figure is modeled with the use of _____________. a) sunshine b) chiaroscuro c) folk art d) unity and variety

chiaroscuro

French artist Henri Matisse, and African American artist Romare Bearden both utilize ________ to create order and harmony in their versions of the Piano Lesson. a) mathematics and science b) content and form c) color, shape and repetition d) symbolism

color, shape and repetition

American painter, Roy Lichtenstein's Forget It, Forget Me! , is an example of Pop Art that has the visual appearance of a ______________. a)magazine art b) ink drawing 1960s c) hair styles d) comic strip

comic strip

____________colors are opposite of each other on the color wheel. a) Bright b) Complimentary c) Dark d) Analogous

complimentary

Located in Istanbul, Turkey, the Hagia Sophia was built as a Christian Church in 532 -537 CE but was converted to an Islamic Mosque in 1453 and now serves as a museum. Its ____________ is especially wondrous, appearing to float on light streaming through its row of windows. a) facade b) Roman trusses c) dome ceiling d) symbolism

dome ceiling

Dutch Postimpressionistic artist Vincent Van Gogh, used _________ in his painting, The Night Cafe. a) hue mixture b) loud color c) expressive color d) strange color

expressive color

Northern Renaissance artist, Hieronymous Bosch's painting, The Garden of Earthly Delights, is known for its ___________. a) religious style b) fantastical style c) modern style d) nasty style

fantastical style

Marc Chagall's self-portrait I and the Village can best be described as a depiction of ________________. a)fantasy b) war c) chaos d) reality

fantasy

The United States Capitol Building in Washington D.C. is an example of ______________. a) pictorial balance b) asymmetrical balance c) western line balance d) formal and symmetrical balance

formal and symmetrical balance

In Emily Mary Osborne's Nameless and Friendless, _________ visually connect and lead the viewer's eye around the composition. a) horizontal lines b) vertical lines c) curvilinear lines d) gestures and glances

gestures and glances

What mathematical device was used to create the proportions of The Parthenon in Athens Greece? a) Golden mean b) the root of all man c) rectangular box method d) silver rectangle

golden mean

Italian artist, Bronzino's painting Venus, Cupid and Folly and Time 1546, is an example of _________. a) iconography b) self-expression c) outsider art d) original sin

iconography

_____________ is the study of the themes and symbols in the visual arts: the figures and images that lend works their underlying meanings. a) Surrealism b) Humanism c) Iconography d) Style

iconography

The focal point of Italian artist, Sandro Botticelli Birth of Venus is created with ________________. a) atmospheric perspective b) oil paint c) decoration d) implied and psychological lines

implied and psychological lines

In works with _________, the lines are completed by the viewer. a) outline b) actual line c) implied line d) curved line

implied line

Sculpture capable of actual motion is described by the term: a) equilibrium b) kinetic c) objective d) implied movement

kinetic

American sculptor Alexander Calder is known for his mobiles, which are excellent examples of ______________. a) implied motion b) kinetic sculpture c) mechanical sculpture d) motorized sculpture

kinetic sculpture

In art, a _____________is usually defined as a moving dot and is both the simplest and most complex of the visual elements. a) line b) mass c) space d) shape

line

The 16th-century Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci produced what is perhaps the most famous painting in the history of Western art. This painting is known as __________. a) Grande Odalisque b) Mona Lisa c) Judith Holofernes

mona lisa

Art that makes no reference to reality is called? a) subjective b) non-objective c) Cubism d) abstract

non objective

Atmospheric perspective is a ____________ means for producing the illusion of depth. a) graphic b) uses lines c) non-linear texture gradient d) fuzzy art

non-linear texture gradient

Ghanian sculptor, El Anatsui, Between Earth and Heaven from 2006, uses __________. a) non-traditional materials b) amazing textures c) soft textures d) soft weaving

non-traditional materials

French, Impressionistic painter Claude Monet was trying to capture the effect of ______________ in his Haystack at Sunset Near Giverny a) local color b) fresco painting c) optical color d) cafter image

optical color

Mexican and German artist, Frida Kahlo is best known for her extremely realistic and often anguished ______________. still-life a) landscapes b) self-portraits c) genre scenes

self portraits

African American artist, Bette Saar's The Liberation of Aunt Jemima makes reference to a _______________. a) stereotype b) cook d) icon c) commercial

stereotype

____________ refers to a distinctive handling of elements and media associated with the work of an individual artist, a school or movement, or a specific culture or period. a) Form b) Style c) Content d) Creativity

style

French painter, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, painting The Grande Odalisque, 1814, was painted for what audience? a) the camera b) the female viewer c) the exotic viewer d) the male viewer

the male viewer

African American artist Faith Ringgold's Tar Beach, 1968, _______________. a) tells the story of a family vacation b) is not hand painted c) the story of her childhood in Harlem. d) is political

the story of her childhood in Harlem