ARH 2000 Chapter 2 review

Identify the meanings behind the iconography of this sculpture by dragging and placing labels at the appropriate places.

(Top to bottom) Hair: Enlightenment Ears: Cast aside earthly wealth Hands: Teaching Crossed-legged: Meditation

The ____________ in Venus speaks to the grace and femininity of the idealized woman.

content

Understanding a work of art based on who made it, the society that interacted with it, and its original function is known as ______.

context

____________ refers to characteristics that we recognize as constant, recurring, or coherent.

Style

How do museums influence the way a work of art is seen?

The original setting is removed, changing the meaning of a piece.

In art, what is form?

The physical appearance of a work

When a set of traits or style is associated with a particular group of artists, the group is known as ______.

school

____________ is what a work of art is about.

content

Nolleken's use of marble contributes to the ____________ of the work.

form

Representational art that records the true texture, color and actual lighting of materials is known as ______.

naturalistic

Why is the Buddha considered to have conventions of iconography?

Established styles have been passed down for centuries.

Context important or unimportant?

Important

Why is meaning important for art?

It distinguishes itself it from other works that require the same skills.

What was an important part of an artist's path in past eras?

Apprenticeships

Cultural or school?

Cultural

Kara Walker's A Subtlety is an example of a(n) ______.

installation

Art that does not refer to the world outside itself, creating meaning and expressive power from the elements of art itself, is called ______.

nonrepresentational

If a work of art is faithful to our visual experience, its style is said to be ______.

representational

What is term for the personal, social, cultural, and historical setting in which a work of art was created, received, and interpreted?

Context

Which statement is NOT true regarding James Hampton's Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly body of work?

The artist intended the work to be viewed by everyone as a message of redemption.

Aesthetic philosophers determined that the pleasure of art was an intellectual pleasure and was perceived through what practice?

A special kind of attention called disinterested contemplation

Louise Bourgeois's work, Woman with Packages, is an example of ______ art, which simplifies, fragments, or otherwise distorts forms of the visual world.

Abstract

Admiring an object based on its formal qualities rather than its functionality is known as what kind of contemplation?

Disinterested

What is a key characteristic of nonrepresentational art?

Emphasis on formal qualities

What can affect the content of a piece despite the objects used?

Form

____________ is the way a work of art looks.

Form

Identify the term that each statement best illustrates by clicking and dragging each text description to the appropriate category.

Form A painting in an oval frame Content A couple kissing Iconography A lotus flower in a Buddhist painting Context Pervasiveness of the internet

Identify the descriptions of Albert Bierstadt's The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak in terms of form, content, and subject matter by clicking and dragging the text to the appropriate category:

Form The work's rectangular shape Triangular shape of teepees Size difference between people and mountains Content American western landscape Pastoral, trees, animals, people, mountains Subject Matter Majestic nature and human community

______ helps describe why the sculptor of the Amida Buddha depicted the subject with elongated earlobes, specific hand gestures, and a bun atop his head.

Iconography

Identify whether the descriptions could contribute to the iconography of a work by clicking and dragging each text description to the appropriate category:

Iconography A candle burning A lotus flower Wedding rings A circle Not Iconography The form of the work A work's internal organization A dark blue color

By creating precious items from the blocks of lard and chocolate, Janine Antoni causes the viewer to do what?

Link the cultural expectations of the items to their raw form

What meaning can be inferred by the use of marble in Rodin's The Kiss?

Love is eternal.

What common feature of today's art world was absent from that of the Renaissance?

Museums

During the ________, there began to be a separation between "art" and "craft"; painting, sculpture, and architecture, came to be thought of as more elevated forms of art.

Renaissance

Cultural or school?

School

How can Kara Walker's use of space in her installation A Subtlety be characterized?

Social and historical questions were connected to the physical space. She used materials related to the history of the space. The public had access to a space in its unnatural state.

Identify whether or not each term can be considered a style by clicking and dragging each text description to the appropriate category:

Style Abstract Naturalistic Representational Historical NOT a Style Sculpture Content Color

____________ is the object or event upon which a work of art is based.

Subject matter

What quality of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa dazzled his contemporaries?

The miraculous lifelike portrait

During the eighteenth century, why were beauty and art discussed together?

They were both felt to provide pleasure.

In Navajo culture, what is the purpose of sand painting, ceremonially created by a hataali?

To call upon spirit powers to heal and bless someone who is ill

Context important or unimportant?

Unimportant

In what ways does nonobjective art differ from abstract art?

Visual elements are central to what is represented. It avoids depicting a visual relationship to the visible world.

The field of philosophy called aesthetics is concerned with what question?

What makes art beautiful?

The realistic portrayal of a goddess, removing her sandal while seated, can be considered the work's ____________ .

subject matter