Ch. 1-3
Which of the following installations is an example of kinetic art?
Alexander Calder's mobile in the National Gallery
Which of the following is a characteristic of organic shapes?
An irregular outline
What feature of Torii Kiyotada's An Actor of the Ichikawa Clan suggests swift and violent motion?
Angular Lines
Utilitarian objects can bring pleasure into our daily lives through __________.
Artful design
What distinguishes Botero's The Horse from Giacometti's Man Pointing?
Botero creates a horse whose bulging form does not interact with the surrounding space.
In his Self-Portrait, François Bonvin gives his figure volume through the use of __________.
Chiaroscuro
How is content different than form?
Content is the meaning expressed by the artwork
Eva Zeisel's Sauce Boat with Ladle is an example of an everyday object enhanced by its __________.
Design
Architects and designers visually improve the basic structure of shelters with __________.
Embellishment
Functionality is the purpose of __________.
George Nakashima's Conoid Chair
Which artist emphasized the natural rhythms present in flowers?
Georgia O'Keeffe
One characteristic of ancient Greek art is __________.
Idealism
The purity or saturation of a color is its __________.
Intensity
In art, value refers to the __________.
Lightness and darkness of surfaces
Raphael's The School of Athens creates the illusion of three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface through the use of __________.
Linear perspectives
How does Paula Modersohn-Becker imply mass in her painting Mother and Child?
She uses shading to imply fully rounded bodies
What detail of The Virgin of Carmel Saving Souls in Purgatory exemplifies Christian iconography?
The subjects, including God, Mary, and Angels
Why is Alma Thomas' White Spring Roses Sing an example of abstract art?
Thomas simplifies the forms of roses into geometrical shapes
What is the purpose of the nonrepresentational composition of pure color and form in Wassily Kandinsky's Composition VI?
To express the emotional stirrings of the soul
How did an intent way of seeing affect Edward Weston's artwork?
Weston's sensitivity to form influenced how he photographed the pepper.
What is the purpose of abstraction in art?
emphasize or reveal certain qualities
Which characteristic of aesthetics is demonstrated by Peter Behrens' porcelain plate?
harmony
Chris Jordan's photograph from the series Midway: Message from the Gyre is a commentary on the __________.
human impact on the environment
In a work of art, the symbolic meaning of imagery is called __________.
iconography
Which of the following reveals cultural information in a work of art?
iconography
The principal visual element in Gego's Reticulárea (Environment) is __________.
line
What are two modes of visual awareness?
looking and seeing
The subjective nature of seeing means that people will __________.
perceive and interpret art differently
The use of art to communicate a governing power can best be seen in __________.
the Benin Plaque Showing the Oba Holding Leopards
Frank Lloyd Wright embellished the structure of the Hollyhock House by __________.
using repeating bands of abstracted hollyhock flowers
