Art Appreciation Final

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An example of a liquid medium in drawing is

Ink

Which of the following concepts conceives of a space and everything in it as a work of art

Installation art

________ is a pattern or patterns formed by intricately interwoven ribbons or bands

Interlace

The Lumière brothers

Invented the first workable motion-picture projector.

Andy Warhol's film Empire

Is a film about watching time pass

Forging

Is when metal is shaped by hammer blows

The ancient Olmecs of Mesoamerica prized ________ for its translucence, which they associated with rainwater

Jade

In his work, Six Colorful Inside Jobs, the painter _________ explores the role of work in art and how work itself may constitute art

John Baldassari

In his work, Six Colorful Inside Jobs, the painter _________ explores the role of work in art and how work itself may constitute art

John Baldessari

The use of atmospheric perspective is a prominent aspect of which work

Lake George by John Frederick Kensett

Giorgione's painting The Tempest paved the way for future

Landscape paintings

A designer's blueprint for books and magazines and other works in print is called

Layout

No society that we know of has lived without some form of art. The impulse to make and respond to art appears to be as deeply ingrained as the ability to

Learn language

Which of the following is NOT one of the techniques of intaglio printing

Linocut

The printing technique invented by a German playwright in search of an inexpensive means of publishing his plays is

Lithography.

Cassidy Curtis's Graffiti Archaeology is organized by ________ to effectively display its subject

Location and time

A ________ is often the first and key element in creating a complete corporate identity

Logo

The sculptor of the panel The Story of Jacob and Esau, and Donatello's teacher, is

Lorenzo Ghiberti

The ________ process dates back to the 3rd millennium B.C.E.

Lost-wax

Painting is the primary medium used by all of the following artists EXCEPT

Louise Bourgeois

One of the most celebrated 19th-century artists, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, created posters for the famous dance hall called

The Moulin Rouge

A work of art that uses a tragic Roman tale to arouse feelings of patriotism, self-sacrifice, and civic virtues in its viewers is

The Oath of the Horatti

Although Vincent van Gogh suffered emotionally throughout his life, he was able to give his emotions tangible form in works such as

The Starry Night

The most famous of Maya Lin's works is

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial

What separates the art object from the craft object

There is no definite line.

What purpose is served by the carved figures that adorn the entryways at Chartres Cathedral

They serve as reminders that one is entering a sacred space.

Although bronze was the favored material for freestanding sculpture in Greece, most bronze statues have not survived because

They were melted down to make weapons and other objects.

Which is NOT a task for artists, according to the text

To help see the world as we want to

Which is NOT a task for artists, according to the text

To help us see the world in the same way that we see it

What is the key difference between the process of lost-wax casting as practiced in ancient times and that same process today

Today, multiples can be created from the process

The pyramids at Giza in Egypt were built as

Tombs

The cross-shaped floor plan of a church is formed by the combined shapes of the nave and the

Transept

Watercolor's primary characteristic is its

Transparency.

________ organization, as seen in Masaccio's Trinity with the Virgin, St. John the Evangelist, and Donors, was a popular device among Renaissance artists of Italy

Triangular

Pablo Picasso's Girl Before a Mirror explores the traditional theme of

Vanitas

In Neo-Platonic thought, the Biblical character of Eve was identified with

Venus

The major axis of a central-plan church, such as the church of San Vitale in Ravenna, is

Vertical

The most famous of Maya Lin's works is

Vietnam veterans memorial

Which artists intentionally used their work to shape the public's view of prominent figures

Vigee-Lebrun and David

The Dada movement was formed as a reaction to

WWI

During the 18th century, beauty and art were discussed together because both

Were felt to provide pleasure

Leonardo da Vinci was a skilled

all of the above; engineer, inventor, painter, and architect

Theo van Gogh was Vincent van Gogh's

all of the following: art dealer, Brother, financial supporter, and emotional supporter.

If Fauvism's mission was to liberate color from its descriptive role, Cubism's initial aim was

all of these

Which of the following is an American artist

all of these

According to the author, the impulse to create art comes from basic human interests in

all of these. (exploring aesthetic possibilities, creating order and structure, constructing images and forms that carry meaning)

Dada collage artist Hannah Höch used "found" photographs to express

all of these: artistic composition; the overwhelming experience of the mechanized city; and disgust with a civilization that allowed the slaughter of World War I.

The following characteristics are all typical of Italian Baroque art EXCEPT

classical simplicity

Although the chemical composition of ________ changes when exposed to extreme heat, ________ doesn't change chemically when its pliability is altered by heat

clay/glass

The Renaissance artists from Venice, such as Giovanni Bellini, Titian, and Giorgione, were especially known for their mastery of

color and light

The development of ________ in the 19th century introduced the widespread use of color in posters

color lithography

A new art form known as "installation"

creates an environment for the viewer to enter and experience

Duccio and Giotto were two artists whose innovations in ________ greatly influenced Renaissance painting styles

creating figures and setting with an increased naturalism

Anselm Kiefer was one of the most prominent Neo-Expressionists. His work

dealt directly with the trauma of germany's past

The subject matter of Edward Hopper's Gas

depict aspects of everyday life.

The 20th-century master of the fresco technique who created the work Mixtec Culture is

diego rivera

In a two-dimensional work with asymmetrical balance, the appearance of balance is achieved by

distributing visual weight accordingly.

Romantic art stresses

drama, unbridled emotions, and complex compositions

In Baroque architecture, wall surfaces often protrude into the viewer's space. In Baroque painting, this same effect is created through the use of

dramatic lighting

Built for the World's Fair in 1889, the ________ was an early experiment in iron construction

eiffel tower

"All art is basically Paleolithic or Neolithic

either the urge to smear soot and grease on cave walls or pile stone on stone" was said by:Anthony caro

Drawing attention to an area by contrasting dark and light is one way of demonstrating

emphasis and subordination.

Two ancient painting media that are still in use today are

encaustic and fresco.

Although we know almost nothing about the culture that created them, the abstract ________ of the Cycladic culture appear extremely sophisticated for five-thousand-year-old works

female nude figures

Fallingwater (the Kaufmann House in Mill Run, Pennsylvania) is a prime example of the "organic" architecture of

frank lloyd wright

In 1878, Eadweard Muybridge photographed a galloping horse and discovered that

galloping horses occasionally have all four hooves off the ground.

The Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian styles are known as the

greek order

The following is true about Rembrandt EXCEPT

he achieved and maintained financial success throughout his life.

In Egyptian art, the convention of representing social importance by size—for example, where the pharaoh is shown much larger than his subjects—is known as

hierarchical scale

The Indian sculpture Durga Fighting the Buffalo Demon is an example of

high-relief sculpture.

When a large hall is built using post-and-lintel construction methods, the resulting "virtual forest of columns" is called a

hypostyle hall.

The Baroque painting Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes depicts a story from

the bible

Pablo Picasso's Guernica was a protest against

the bombing of a civilian population

Pablo Picasso's Guernica was a protest against

the bombing of a civilian population.

A major difference between the work of a "pure" or "straight" photographer, such as Alfred Stieglitz, and the work of a documentary photographer, such as Dorothea Lange, is

the different intentions of each photographer

What destroyed the Roman colonies of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 C.E.

the eruption of a volcano

________ helped shape the Neoclassical style

the excavations of ancient pompeii and herculaneum

Vanitas paintings meditate on

the fleeting nature of earthly life and happiness.

The Tree of Jesse is a work from

the golden age of stained glass.

The Parthenon and the Modulor were both designed according to a ratio known as

the golden section.

A major influence upon European culture of the 19th century, one that gave rise to an expanding middle class, was

the industrial revolution

The Arts and Crafts movement came about as a reaction to

the industrial revolution

The first national art museum opened in 1793. This museum, still in operation today, is

the louvre in paris

We owe our access to Vincent van Gogh's thoughts and feelings about many of his paintings to

the many letters he wrote to friends and relatives.

Theories regarding the purpose of Stonehenge include all listed EXCEPT

the megalith configuration represented an astrological calendar.

In the painting White Clouds over Xiao and Xiang by Wang Jian

the painter's inscription situates him in a centuries-old tradition of painterly

Which 15th-century invention led to the decrease in the practice of illumination by hand

the printing press

Jasper Johns chose familiar images for his subject matter so that he could then concentrate on all of the following EXCEPT

the psychological use of color

The two basic families of structural systems in architecture are

the shell and the skeleton-and-skin

In weaving, the set of fibers that is held taut on a loom or frame is called the

the warp.

Gothic cathedrals are known especially for

their stained glass windows

Cimabue's Madonna Enthroned and Rathnasambhava, the Transcendent Buddha of the South are similar in all these ways EXCEPT

they share the same iconography.

The nature of perception suggests that the most important key to looking at art is

to become aware of the process of looking itself.

One of the most effective and easiest ways for a company to change its image is

to redesign its logo

the term action painting refers to the fact that this new type of painting

traced the actions of the painter

Artists like Peter Campus became interested in video because

video signals could be electronically manipulated into interesting images

The term style is used to categorize a work of art by its

visual characteristics

In his painting ________, the artist Duccio pioneered the use of architecture to define space and direct movement

Christ Entering Jerusalem

In sculpture, what is the most popular modeling material

Clay

Sculptors will often create a "sketch" out of ________ to test ideas before proceeding to their medium of choice

Clay

The walled, upward extension of the nave that is pierced with windows is called the

Clerestory

Romans could watch gladiators fight to the death, along with other sporting events, at the

Colosseum

The organization of visual elements in two-dimensional art is called

Composition.

Which graphic design team developed the familiar set of symbols used today to communicate information across language barriers to international travelers

Cook and Shanosky

Paul Cézanne's emphasis on structure in painting was a direct influence in the development of

Cubism

Three major cultures that preceded the Greeks in and around the Aegean Sea were the ________ cultures

Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean

the artistic recycling of existing images is an aspect of

Postmodernism

After building a canvas and before painting it, a painter generally applies a coat of

Primer.

Serigraphy means, literally

"silk writing."

Artist Frida Kahlo is well-known for her

Self-portraits

________ is the best-known work of the bizarrely inventive Hieronymus Bosch

The Garden of Earthly Delights

A prime example of art from the Hellenistic era is

The Laocoön Group.

In printmaking, a plate or block will be canceled so that

no more prints can be made from it.

In 1525, with the advent of moveable type, ________ created a unified alphabet that could be mass-produced

Albrecht Dürer

The style used by Georges Seurat in Café-concert is

Pointilism

The earliest known printed book contains the earliest surviving woodcut image. The book was made in the 9th century C.E. in

China.

The earliest-known woodcut was made in

China.

The ________ are credited with the invention of paper around 105 C.E.

Chinese

What is pigment in paint

A powdered color

By the 1950s, this new synthetic paint would challenge oils as the principal painting medium. What is it

Acyrlic

The Egyptians imagined the ________ as resembling earthly life in every detail

Afterlife

________ was a photographer who became dissatisfied with pictorialism and promoted the idea that photography should be true to its own nature rather than trying to imitate painting

Alfred steiglitz

________ is/are among the materials besides paper that have provided support for drawings

All of These; Papyrus ,Cave Walls ,silk ,Fired clay

The chances that a work of art from ancient times will be found or preserved are greatly increased if

All of the above

Gianlorenzo Bernini was

All of the above; A sculptor, An architect, A dramatist, A composer

Although symbols convey information and embody ideas

All of these

Which of the following was designed as a place of worship or meditation

All of these

What term describes work done by nonprofessionals

All of these answers are correct; Folk art, Naïve art, Intuitive art, Outsider art

Van Gogh's paintings are of high value because

All of these answers are correct; There are a limited number of his paintings, but his work had a major influence on subsequent artists. It has been noted that his paintings allow the viewer to feel a connection with the artist himself.

The field of philosophy called aesthetics asks the question

All of these answers are correct; What is art, Can we apply our concept of art to art of the past, Can we apply our concept of art to art of different cultures, Is there one correct standard for judging art.

Representational art with an approach to naturalism covers

All of these answers are correct; fabric drapes over bodies, recording effects of light and shadow on form, and inner structure of bodies.

Van Gogh's paintings are of high value because

All of these answers are correct; he plays a large role in Western art history. There are a limited number of his paintings, but his work had a major influence on subsequent artists. It has been noted that his paintings allow the viewer to feel a connection with the artist himself.

Context is a factor of ties that bind a work of art to the

All of these answers are correct; life of its creator, tradition it grows from and to which it responds, audience for which it was made, and the society in which it was circulated.

Leonardo da Vinci used drawings to explore ideas in

All of these are correct; Mathematics, Engineering, Art, Science

Wood is not very durable because

All of these are the case; cold and heat distort it, water rots it, and insects can eat it away.

One of the advantages of oil painting is that it dries very slowly. This allows for

All of these; a subtle blending of colors, the painting to be reworked indefinitely, the application of layers of paint on top of one another, and an almost infinite range of consistencies

Theo van Gogh was Vincent van Gogh's

All of these; art dealer, brother, financial supporter, emotional supporter

Unlike Baroque art from Catholic countries, Dutch Baroque art focused upon

All of these; community, business life, family

The carving method

All of these; more aggressive than modeling, more direct than casting, and is a subtractive process.

Relief sculpture is

All of these; not meant to be viewed in the round, not finished on all sides, and is often used to decorate architecture.

The oldest drawings and paintings found in the Chavet cave

All of these; not meant to embellish their habits, establish connection with beasts, use natural pigments and charcoal, created a connection with beasts depicted

Industrial art as discussed by Gustav Stickley in The Craftsman

All of these; preceded the field of design, set about to design objects that could be machine produced, and encouraged cooperation between artists and manufacturers.

The sculptor Constantin Brancusi spent his life searching for forms that were

All of these; simple, pure, and timeless

One common issue facing those who work to conserve works of art is

All of these; the effect of light, the work of earlier restorers, changing levels of heat and humidity, pollution.

Architects of Romanesque churches began installing ________ around the apse, which allowed the overflow of pilgrims to circulate freely around the interior of the church

Ambulatories

Under the reign of ________, a new, more naturalistic style of Egyptian art developed

Amenhotep IV

A dome is generated by rotating ________ 360 degrees about a vertical central axis

An arch

The term postmodern was first used in reference to a certain style in

Architecture

Who were the Limbourgs

Artist brothers

________ is a sculptural process of bringing together individual pieces, segments, or objects to form a sculpture

Assemblage

Wheel of Fortune was created by

Audrey Flack

The most common way to shape a hollow glass vessel is by

Blowing

Whereas the Christian image by Cimabue depicts the central figure surrounded by angels, the Buddhist image in this chapter shows the central figure surrounded by

Bodhisattvas

Whereas the Christian image by Cimabue depicts the central figure surrounded by angels, the Buddhist image in this chapter shows the central figure surrounded by

Bodhisattvas.

Artists working in the Early Renaissance period included

Botticelli, Donatello, and Ghiberti.

A ________ is a horizontal form supported at only one end

Cantilever

In fresco painting, a drawing called a ________ is transferred to the prepared surface prior to applying the pigment

Cartoon

The subtractive process involves

Carving.

The supervision by one individual or group over the artistic expression of another individual or group is known as

Censorship

The Palace Chapel at Aachen was built for ________ as his personal place of worship

Charlemagne

In painting and drawing, artists often use the technique of ________ to describe the way shadows and light define the shape of forms.

Chiaroscuro

Iconoclasm means the ________ of images based on religious beliefs

Destruction

Which of the following was court painter to King Philip IV

Diego Velazquez

The list of traits that creative people seem to possess, given in this chapter, includes all of the following EXCEPT

Efficiency

The mummy of Artemidoros, from Fayum, shows the influence of the ________ culture(s)

Egyptian, Greek, and Roman

One of Queen Marie-Antoinette's favorite portrait painters was

Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun

The technique in which colored yarns are sewn to an existing woven background is called

Embroidery

The painting technique used in the first century in Egypt, Greece, and Rome that involves the use of wax is

Encaustic.

To compensate for the natural visual distortion in which tall columns appear to bend inward, the Greeks gave them a slight bulge, which is known as

Entasis

What nationality was Peter Paul Rubens

Flemish

Paintings depicting scenes of everyday life are known as ________ paintings

Genre

Pointillism is a technique developed by

Georges Seurat

In oil painting, thin veils of translucent color applied over a layer of opaque paint are known as

Glazes

Soaring open spaces, pointed arches, ribbed vaulting, flying buttresses, and stained glass windows are characteristic of

Gothic cathedrals.

Which is NOT one of the four basic printmaking processes

Gouache

________ is watercolor that has been made opaque by adding inert white pigment to it

Gouache

Which of the following media is the most common of all drawing media

Graphite pencil

The mosaic Christ as the Sun exemplifies early Christian artists' appropriation of ________ iconography

Greek and Roman

Which of the following artists was a Realist

Gustave Courbet

One of the most delightfully eccentric figures in the history of art is the Japanese painter and woodcut designer known as

Hokusai.

Christian Boltanski draws upon the _______ to create his work _______

Holocaust; Altar to the Chases High School

King Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered in 1922 by

Howard Carter

An image created to accompany words is called

Illustration

The manufacture of oil paint in tubes made it possible for 19th-century European artists to make painting a portable activity. The spontaneity and directness of painting outdoors is evident in works by ________ artists

Impressionist

One of the names most closely associated with Performance art is ___________, who is known for the multimedia work Stories from the Nerve Bible

Marina Abramovic

The predecessor of the graphite pencil, especially popular during the Renaissance, is

Metalpoint

Which of the following printing techniques is especially capable of producing subtle shades of gray

Mezzotint

Pope Julius II employed which two Italian Renaissance artists to paint frescoes for him

Michelangelo and Raphael

Except in the case of ________, identical multiple impressions are printed to create editions in printmaking

Monotypes

During the 20th century, which of the following became a recognized element of art

Motion

The ________ is the walkway directly in front of a church that serves as the entry porch

Narthex

The bronze head of an Akkadian ruler is a rare example of ________ in ancient art

Naturalism

A true arch was developed by ________ architects long before the Romans came up with the idea

Neo-Babylonian

Which of the following is an example of a nonaqueous medium

Oil paint

In art, shapes that suggest forms found in nature are called ________ shapes

Organic

In drawing, the outer boundaries of two-dimensional forms are defined by ________, while the outer boundaries perceived among three-dimensional forms are defined by ________

Outlines, contour lines

Radiocarbon testing indicates that the earliest images made by humans date back to

Paleolithic era

Chris Ofili created Prince among Thieves with Flowers using ________ as his medium

Pencil

The creation of a photographic body of work around an event, place, or culture is known as

Photojournalism

The painting The Harvesters, which formed part of a cycle depicting the months of the year, was painted by __________, a 16th-century Netherland painter

Pieter Brugel the Elder

The coloring material in virtually all drawing media is known as

Pigment

What are the two main differences between prints and most other forms of art

Prints are made using an indirect process and this process results in multiples of the same image.

________ is most famous for his design of the geodesic dome

R. Buckminster Fuller

Marcel Duchamp created a new art form in which the artist makes nothing, but merely labels an object as art. He called this art form

Ready-mades

The first art movement to be born in the 19th century was ___________, which arose as a reaction against Neoclassicism and Romanticism

Realism

The word renaissance means

Rebirth

Printing impressions on top of one another from separate blocks in order to achieve full-color woodcut prints requires careful alignment of the paper, known as

Registration

A rubber stamp creates what type of print

Relief

Among the following artists, whose innovation was it to create group portraits in the setting of an activity, rather than posing the subjects formally

Rembrandt

Pen and ink was the favorite sketching medium of ________, one of the greatest draftsmen of the 17th century

Rembrandt

If a work of art is faithful to our visual experience, its style is

Representational

A Neo-Dada artist who made art from "found" materials and images and named his new art form "combine paintings" is

Robert Rauschenberg

The range of ________'s work makes him difficult to categorize. In addition to paintings, prints, and combination pieces, he has done extensive set and costume design for Merce Cunningham and others, as well as graphic design for magazines and books

Robert Rauschenberg

The Abbey Church of Saint-Foy is one of the earliest ________ churches ever built

Romanesque

The art and architecture of the high Middle Ages is generally divided into two periods, the ________ and the ________

Romanesque and Gothic

The ________ often created equestrian statues of their emperors

Romans

The principal ingredient of glass is

Sand.

Sculptor Claes Oldenburg tends to challenge viewers' idea of

Scale

The 10th-century bronze sculpture illustrated in this chapter is the work of an artist performing the role of "giving tangible form to the unknown." The unknown, in this case, is the physical form of the deity

Shiva

Ideas quickly jotted down for later development are called

Sketches

The goal of graphic design is to communicate a(n) _________ message to a group of people

Specific

The work Fractal.MGX was created using

Stereolithography

The famous Neolithic structure in England, made of megaliths that once formed several concentric circles, is called

Stonehenge

The most notable example of Neolithic architecture in Europe is

Stonehenge in England

Which art movement was directly influenced by Sigmund Freud's theories of the unconscious

Surrealism

The Thirteen-Diety Jnanadakini Mandala uses ________ to suggest that there is a hidden order to the universe

Symmetry

Because many European monarchs of the 17th and 18th centuries ruled with near-dictatorial power, this period is often referred to as

The Age of Kings

Which work of art tells the story of a man who was murdered in his bath

The death of Marat

According to historians, the Roman era began in 510 B.C.E. with

The founding of the Roman Republic

Which of the following is an example of a theme in art

The natural world

What part of the pen conveys the ink to the drawing surface

The nib

According to the author, graphic design as we know it today has its roots in two developments. They are

The printing press and the industrial revolution

The difference in the color and consistency of different types of crayons and pastels is due to

The use of different binders

In the additive process of color mixing, red light, green light, and blue light combine to produce ________ light

White

In metalpoint, lines are drawn with a silver ________ onto a surface coated with a preliminary coating of paint

Wire

A good example of the use of aquatint in creating areas of unmodulated, translucent color is the print

Woman Bathing by Mary Cassatt.

The ancient symbol from Chinese philosophy that embodies a worldview of mutual interdependence is the ________ symbol

Yin yang

In oil painting, linseed oil acts as

a binder.

A daguerreotype was an early photographic method created using a

a copper plate covered with silver iodine

How did Impressionism get its name

a critic used the term to describe the movement after seeing the painting impression sunrise and it caught on

Unlike their Greek and Roman predecessors, Byzantine artists preferred

a flattened, abstracted style of art

The Isenheim Altarpiece, with its gruesome details of Christ's flesh wounds, originally hung in

a hospital for patients with skin disease.

Photorealism refers to

a movement in painting that explores the way a camera sees

The term Post-Impressionism refers to

a neutral term describing the varied directions of a few artists who both accepted and rejected some of the aims of impressionism

Minimalism, a trend that coexisted with Pop, emphasized a continuation of the exploration of nonrepresentation and the idea that a painting or sculpture is primarily

a physical object

The ancient Egyptians developed a standard set of proportions used to create images of the "correct" or "perfect" human, as have many cultures both ancient and modern. This set of proportions was created using

a squared grid.

According to the author

a work of art may fall into more than one theme.

Northern European Renaissance artists began using the system of linear perspective

about 75 years after it was first developed.

The vanishing point in Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is

all of these: at the exact center of the picture, just behind the head of the figure of Jesus, and on the horizon line.

Which are methods used by prehistoric painters

all of these; animal fats and pigments mixed together, the use of reed brushes, and powdered pigments blown through hollow reeds

The International style emphasizes

all of these; clean lines, geometric form, and avoidance of superficial decoration

According to the author, the impulse to create art comes from basic human interests in

all of these; constructing images and forms that carry meaning, creating order and structure, and exploring aesthetic possibilities.

The sculptor Constantin Brancusi spent his life searching for forms that were

all of these; simple, pure, and timeless.

In a two-dimensional work of art that is balanced symmetrically, the implied center of gravity is

along the vertical axis down the center of the composition.

In printmaking, where multiple images are made from the same original design, each individual print is called

an impression.

Casting is known as ________ method

an indirect

Because Christianity emphasized congregational worship, a fundamental change in the ________ was needed

architectural design of places of worship

Julie Mehretu's use of the rapidograph and translucent mylar intentionally evokes

architectural drafting

The transition from Romanesque to Gothic style can be seen in the ________ at Chartres Cathedral

architecture and sculpture

Early Conceptualists reacted to the burgeoning art market by

attempting to eliminate the art object

St. Teresa in Ecstasy is an excellent example of

baroque sculpture

Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

began as a graffiti artist

The additive process of sculpture includes

both assembling and modeling.

The Guerrilla Girls use posters and onsite appearances to

bring attention to gender inequalities in the art world

The technology of painting with oils was developed

by northern Europeans.

One of the ideas behind Postmodernism is pluralism, which proposes that art

can take many directions at the same time, all of them equally valid

Islamic cultures have focused a great deal of aesthetic attention on

carpets and rugs

In comparison to Baroque art, the style of Rococo

is more playful and lighthearted

Appropriation contends that the meaning of a work of art

is unstable and communal

Wood is a popular craft material because

it is abundant and relatively easy to work

Which of the following is made from the sap of a tree

lacquer

Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty is an example of

land art

All the following are features of Romanesque architecture EXCEPT

large windows of stained glass

One of the main differences between the intaglio and the relief printing processes is that with intaglio the ink ________ the surface of the printing plate

lies below

Stacking and piling is another term for

load bearing construction

The Palace of Versailles was home to

louis xiv

For some 200 years, many of the works of Judith Leyster were

mistakenly identified as the work of Frans Hals

Vasili Kandinsky became convinced that art should be free of representational subject matter when he

mistook an upside-down painting of his for an unfamiliar work of spectral beauty

Four basic methods for making a sculpture are

modeling, casting, carving, and assembling.

Designing for the Web adds the potential for ________ between a site and its visitor

motion and interactivity

The technique of sfumato involves the use of

multiple layers of glaze

Andy Warhol's images created from celebrities are portrayed through mass-produced

multiple silkscreen images

Andy Goldsworthy uses ________ materials to create sculptures that are ________

natural; ephemeral

The theme of the Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes comes from

none of the above

Symmetrical balance, as used by Georgia O'Keeffe, expresses

order and authority.

The Farm Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture

paid photographers to document the great depression

During the Renaissance in Western Europe, ________ came to be regarded as the more elevated of the arts

painting, sculpture, and architecture

Jeff Wall's A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai) is a ________ that refers to a ________

photograph; print

Built almost 2000 years ago, the ________ is an enduring testament to the Roman use of the arch

pont du Gard at Nimes

The 18th-century Indian painting of Maharana Amar Singh and others watching musicians and acrobats utilizes the two most basic visual cues for implying depth on a flat surface. They are

position and overlap.

The Byodo-in Temple in Kyoto, Japan, is an elegant example of

post and lintel architecture

The ________ first made it possible to devise a notice that could be reproduced in large numbers and distributed widely

printing press

Artists primarily used the camera obscura to

produce naturalistic drawings of the world.

One of Michelangelo's major achievements was

redesigning St. Peter's cathedral.

Edouard Manet "borrowed" the composition of his painting Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) from

renaissance works of art

Eugène Delacroix was a leading practitioner of the

romantic style

In their paintings, the Impressionists often focused on

scene of leisure involving the middle class

"Baker-Miller" refers to the color that

seemed to calm and relax violent children in studies of colors' effects upon the mind and body.

The Women series of paintings by Willem de Kooning caused a stir in the art world. They were

seen as shocking and brutal

Henri Matisse was told by Gustave Moreau, his teacher at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, "You were born to ________."

simplify painting

One of the effects of the Renaissance was to change the status of artists in Europe from

skilled crafts workers to intellectuals.

Because they lacked stone, the ancient Sumerians built their cities from

sun-dried brick

The sculpture Akhenaten and His Family is an example of the ________ technique

sunken relief

The ability of a material to span horizontal distances with a minimum of support is called

tensile strength

Fired clay is sometimes called

terra cotta

Allan Kaprow took art in a new direction with "happenings." His primary claim was that

that art was most like life itself

The use by artists of the camera obscura (literally dark room) began in

the Italian renaissance

Michelangelo, Raphael, and Botticelli were all commissioned to make art for

the Medici family.

All of the following cultures were Mesopotamian EXCEPT

the Minoan

Radiocarbon testing indicates that the earliest images made by humans date back to

the Paleolithic Period.

The movement that divided all of Europe into Protestant and Catholic camps is called

the Reformation.

Pablo Picasso painted Guernica in 1937 for

the Spanish Pavilion of the Paris World's Fair.

The earliest-known writing system from which a recorded language developed was the invention of

the Sumerians

Early examples of art photography often imitated

the aesthetics of painting

Using a steel framework with masonry sheathing, the ________, designed by Louis Sullivan, is thought by many to be the first genuinely modern building

wainwright building

The term New York School refers to a postwar art movement that

was a convenient way to lump together the abstract expressionists

Two factors that decide the success of any structural system are

weight and tensile strength

In buon fresco, or true fresco, pigment is mixed with water and applied to

wet plaster.

According to the author, the most important meaning of an artwork is

what it means to the viewer


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