Module 2

Artemisia Gentileschi worked during this stylistic and historical period.

Baroque

This American painter used small abstract motifs to create a huge self-portrait.

Chuck Close

Feminist analysis of Grande Odalisque by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres considers the role of women in nineteenth century France but not viewers perspectives on gender

False

Horizontal and vertical lines draw out notice because they appear visually active than diagonal lines.

False

Martin Puryear sculpture CFAO places emphasis on a large white area of the work that mimics a mask design of the _ tribe in Gabon, West Africa

Fang

The composition of this photographer work Fading Away appears to conform to a proportional ratio called the Golden Section.

Henry Peach Robinson

The seventeenth century huqqa base was created by an islamic artist or artists in __

India

The African American sculptor Martin Puryear was influenced by the time he spent in Africa as a member of the __

Peace Corps

This sixteenth-century Flemish artist designed the work Hunters in the Snow using rhythms and subsidiary rhythms that lead the viewer's eye through the work.

Pieter Bruegel

Both biographical and historical analysis are important for understanding the meaning of Velázquez's Las Meninas.

True

What is the name of any side of a building that is intended to be looked at?

a facade

Which of the following are acceptable resources for studying art?

a museum website

Memento mori refers to

a symbol of mortality

In Dieric Bouts work The Coronation of the Virgin Mary, the artist focuses the viewers attention on the Virgin Mary- even though the Holy Trinity is present by __

all of the other answers

What is the difference between analysis and critique

analysis refers to the appearance or meaning of the artwork itself

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen collaborated to create Mistos, a larger than life sculpture of this everyday item

book of matches

Artichoke Halved is a photography that uses this point of view to capture unique characteristics of a natural object

close up

The three kinds of unity are:

compositional, conceptual, gestalt

Any of the ________ of art can help focus our interest on specific areas of a work of art.

elements

An artwork can have only one focal point.

false

Formal analysis can be done on paintings but not on sculptures

false

Robert Mapplethorpe created traditional gendered roles for men and women to connect modern photography with painters from the past

false

Joseph Cornell created boxes that contain compositions of ________ objects.

found

This proportional system uses a ratio of 1:1.618.

golden section

Romare Bearden work The Dove uses an underlying _ reflecting the city streets to create a sense of order

grid

The ancient Greek sculptor who created the bronze known as Poseidon used for this part of the body as a standard unit for proportional measurement in the work

head

This type of scale is common in the relief sculpture of ancient Egypt, where it was used to indicate social importance.

hierarchical

The rhythmic movement of the cattle and the plowmen in Plowing in the Nivernais: The Dressing of the Vines suggests struggle and the natural ebb and flow of nature by using __ rhythm

irregular

The atmosphere of Edward Hoppers Nighthawks created by the lack of people on the street, the absence of street lights and the somber mood of the customers in the diner is one of ___

loneliness

The kind of scale used for objects that appear larger than they are in real life is called ________ scale.

monumental

The recurrence of a single element in a work of art is called

pattern

The design of Taj Mahal and gardens uses both _ and _ symmetry

radial and bilateral

When Robert Rauschenberg, in his work Monogram, chose to use a variety of non-traditional art materials and techniques instead of those accepted by the art world, he made a conscious effort to ________ the established art world.

rebel against

In his figural portraits, Robert Lostutter uses this kind of scale to create an intimate viewing experience.

small scale

An interior design that uses only straight lines might lack the visual interest of a more varied composition.

true

There is rhythm in an artwork when it has at least this many points of reference.

two

What principle of art did Katsushika Hokusai employ in "The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa" in order to bring harmony to what could otherwise be a very chaotic scene?

unity

An artist creates an artwork made up of many different shapes, all in varying shades of blue. This artwork uses the following principles of art:

unity and variety

In the Indian painting featuring the Mughal Emperor Babur in his garden (1.8.8), the garden is punctuated by a specific feature that points to the four cardinal directions. What is this feature?

water