ART-111-803 Final Ex Qz Qs
The Hudson River School painted _____________.
American landscapes
The Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy, is from this period.
Byzantine
When were the first successful photographs made using a camera?
Early 1800s
Which painting was included in the first Salon des Refuses (Salon of the Rejected)?
Edouard Manet's Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass)
The visionary artist James Hampton was in what line of work in Washington, D.C.?
He was a janitor
Who repeatedly painted studies of the mountain he had seen throughout his childhood and later observed from his studio window?
Paul Cezanne
Realism was partly inspired and fueled by the invention of ___________________________.
Photography
Films such as Amelie combine realistic and fantastical elements in order to:
Point out the magical qualities in ordinary life
Who developed a canon of harmonious proportions to be used for the portrayal of the ideal human body in sculpture?
Polykleitos
_____________________ refers specifically to writers and artists in France who were concerned about achieving social change after the Revolution of 1848.
Realism
The artist ______________________ is known for her appropriation of famous paintings, sculptures and photographs from the past.
Sherrie Levine
One of the first popular films to use synchronized sound
Singing in the Rain
The effect created when we see two or more repeated images in quick succession in such a way that they visually fuse together is called
Stroboscopic motion
painters of what style were inspired by the use of emotionally charged and often dreamlike images
Symbolism
Giorgio Vasari wrote which of the following texts?
The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
T/F - American artist Xenobia Bailey created work for The Cosby Show, Elle magazine and other films
True
T/F - Bulls were often shown in the art of the Babylonians and Minoans.
True
T/F - En plein air is the French term for "in the open air".
True
T/F - Iconoclasm is the destruction of images.
True
T/F - In the Middle Ages, pilgrimages were integral to the practice of Christianity, Islam and Judaism.
True
T/F - Kandinsky often used musical terms to title his paintings, referencing the work of contemporary composers whose music he admired.
True
T/F - Photography provided another, much less laborious and less expensive way to record a likeness or an event in a very realistic manner.
True
T/F - Pop art embraced everyday subject matter in their work.
True
T/F - The earliest surviving paintings in the world are found in caves.
True
One of the first popular films to use color imagery was
Wizard of Oz
What role did photography play for the artist Edgar Degas?
he used it along with other mediums
Andy Warhol used commercial processes to create many of his works because ________.
he wanted his work to have a depersonalized and mass-produced quality
The mechanics of the camera are very similar to those of
human eye
The American Scene was __________________.
inspired by the harsh realities of the Great Depression
The overall composition and the facial expressions in Pontormo's Deposition create an atmosphere of ____________________.
instability, chaos, and disorder
Which of the following statements best relates to Max Ernst's Surrealism and Painting?
it can be liberating when the imagination wanders in the mysterious realm of creativity
A major benefit of the daguerreotype process
it creates very detailed images
Using puppets, dolls, or models to create scenes in a movie is called
stop-motion animation
The small pieces of glass that make up mosaics are called ___________________.
tesserae
The presence of a bishop in Fragonard's The Swing could suggest:
the Church's lack of action against immoral behavior
The Arnolfini Portrait is part of which period in art?
the Northern Renaissance
The Eadweard Muybridge's experiments with motion showed
the camera can capture what the human eye cannot see
What aspects of Edouard Manet's Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) discomfited many viewers when it was first exhibited?
the nude women seated next to men dressed in contemporary clothing
Jacques-Louis David's painting The Oath of the Horatii is about:
the sacrifices of an ancient Roman family
When did the development of digital cameras begin to change the path of photography?
1980s
Joseph Kosuth's One and Three Chairs consists of ________.
3 things a chair could be
Dionysus was the ancient Greek god of
All of the above
Georges Melies's film A Trip to the Moon is known for being:
All of the above
Masaccio used which of the following elements and principles in Tribute Money?
All of the above
Which of the following are qualities of most Impressionist artists and their paintings?
All of the above
Paul Cezanne used _______________ in his work Mont Sainte-Victoire.
Atmospheric Perspective
Donatello's David is made in what medium?
Bronze
Which of the cultures did not have a written language
Cycladic
Camille Claudel's sculpture The Waltz received some criticism for being too _____________________.
Erotic
T/F - All Islamic manuscripts include a page with a portrait of Allah.
False
We have found that many Roman houses in Pompeii had _________________ covering the walls.
Fresco Paintings
During the Neo-Classical period many Europeans participated in the ______________ Tour, which was a lengthy excursion to travel and visit ancient ruins, and be exposed to Classical and Renaissance culture.
Grand
Who made a Symbolist version of Judith with Holofernes's head?
Gustav Klimt
D.W. Giffith's film Birth of a Nation employed innovative techniques and was used as a propaganda tool by
Ku Klux Klan
Who called himself the Sun King?
Louis XIV
Dan Flavin's Untitled (1996) builds on ________.
Marcel Duchamp's concept of readymades
A niche in a mosque that is a wall oriented toward Mecca is called a ________________________.
Mihrab
Often defined as a movement that essentially broke with tradition.
Modernism
The Art Nouveau style is French for what?
New Art
Daguerreotypes are made on what?
Polished Metal Plates
Which of the following terms means "rebirth" and is used to describe an artistic movement characterized by renewed interest in the Classical world of Greece and Rome?
Renaissance
Monticello was built for ______________________.
Thomas Jefferson
The arist Tara Donovan has used ordinary objects, everyday objects such as _______________________ in her work.
all of the above
The structure of Romanesque churches recalls architectural elements from
ancient rome
Brunelleschi's design for the dome of Florence Cathedral was triumph over adversity because ___________________.
building such an enormous dome was a technological challenge
A lamassu is a
guardian beast
Design features of the Portland Public Services Building include:
none of the above
The protective goddesses of Upper and Lower Egypt are represented on the headdress of the mask of King Tutankhamum by
vulture and cobra
Expressionism focuses on:
what is felt rather than what is seen
Meaning of "Photograph"
writing with light
Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Decapitating Holofernes is part of which movement?
Baroque
A painting by which artist provoked the comment by a critic that gave the Impressionists their name?
Claude Monet
The Pantheon uses (mostly) which architectural order for its columns?
Corinthian Order
Hannah Hoch was part of a movement known as
Dada
Piet Mondrian was a founder of which movement?
De Stijl
Non-fiction films based on actual people, settings, and events are known as
Documentaries
Contemporary photographer Edward Burtynsky intends his Manufacturing series to make viewers think about human actions leading to
Impact on planet
Vincent van Gogh used thick swirls of paint in his work Starry Night. This technique is called __________________.
Impasto
The Great Sphinx is associated with which pharaoh's pyramid?
Khafre
What inspired Joseph Mallord William Turner to paint Slave Ship (3.7.15)?
a book
Marcel Duchamp's Bicycle Wheel is an example of:
a readymade
In Eugene Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People, Liberty is __________________________.
a symbol of freedom
A major benefit of the calotype process
calotypes are negatives that can be readily reproduced
The earliest examples of Christian art have been discovered in ___________________.
catacombs
The formal element mark Rothko focused most on was
color
Rococo architecture, such as Johann Balthasar Neumann's basilica of Vierzehnheiligen, preferred:
delicate pastel colors
Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Moulin de la Galette ____________________________.
depicts a new, urban, middle class enjoying their leisure time
Jackson Pollock made paintings by:
dripping paint onto a canvas on the floor
The term coined by Robert Smithson.
earthworks
The medium of Matthew Barney's Cremaster 5 is ________.
film
Which two Gothic architectural innovations allowed cathedral walls to be built higher than before?
flying buttress and rib vaults
An Archaic Greek sculpture portraying a nude male is called _________________.
kouros
What is the medium used for the depiction of Theodora and Attendants in the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy?
mosaic
In the center of the dome of the Pantheon there is a(n)
oculus
The Steerage by Alfred Stieglitz depicts
passengers on a steam ship
The representation of a thing, an idea, or an abstract quality, such as "freedom" as a person or in human form is known as _____________.
personification
It was possible to decipher hieroglyphs because of
rosetta stone
The painting of the Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel includes a _________________.
self-portrait of MIchelangelo as St. Bartholomew's flayed skin
Leonardo da Vinci invented a painting technique that consisted of applying a hazy or misty glaze over the painting. This technique was called ____________.
sfmuato