Art appreciation

Where was the 1917 un-juried exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists held?

New York

__________ is the visual beat or tempo within a work of art.

Rhythm

Chartres Cathedral, begun during the ________________ period and then continued in Gothic style, reflects the transition from the early to the mature Gothic style

Romanesque

In what Roman city is the Pantheon located?

Rome

The purity of a color is its ______________, which is often described as a color's brightness.

Saturation

Art expresses the __________________ in which it was produced

culture

The illusion of space can be created in a 2-dimensional work of art using a variety of methods, such as more complex techniques like linear perspective and simple techniques like _____________________.

overlapping

The _______________ plant grows abundantly along the Nile River in Egypt. It became an important element in the development of a paper-like substance that was used to make scrolls in Ancient Egypt.

papyrus

Chartres became a major ____________ because it housed a piece of linen believed to have been worn by the Virgin Mary when she gave birth to Jesus.

pilgrimage site

For the 1917 exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists, Marcel Duchamp __________________________________

purchased an existing urinal from a plumbing supply store and titled it "Fountain."

As a result of their belief in the eternal life of the soul, the ancient Egyptians built _________________________ to protect the remains of the dead.

pyramid tombs

When King Louis IX acquired the crown of thorns worn by Christ, he built a glorious cathedral to house this holy relic. Because of this fact, the cathedral is often referred to as a ________________.

reliquary

Cave art from the Paleolithic era provides us with some of our earliest examples of _______________ art.

representational

While the entrance to the Pantheon is a traditional portico or square porch with columns, the Pantheon's inventive element is the 142 foot tall ____________ capped by a dome.

rotunda

Baroque art is characterized by energy, intense emotions, and dramatic light. Because of these qualities, Baroque Art is often described as ____________________.

theatrical

How many coffins were found inside the stone sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun?

three

Raphael uses a __________________ composition to create balance and stability in his painting, Madonna of the Meadow.

triangular

Paleolithic artists included hand prints in their cave paintings.

true

The figures in The Calling of St. Matthew are painted wearing contemporary clothing of the Italian Baroque.

true

What term describes the 3-dimensional element of art that has volume (length, width, and height)?

Form

In The Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci uses _______________ linear perspective to direct the viewer's eyes to the most important figure in the narrative composition.

1-point

In _____________, Pablo Picasso began his monumental work titled Guernica.

1937

Using carbon dating of the charcoal on the cave walls at Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc, historians believe the paintings were created over ____________ years ago.

30,000

___________ is the artist who created multiple pictures of Campbell's Soup cans.

Andy Warhol

In 1991, the year Untitled (L.A.) was created, Gonzalez-Torres' partner Ross Laycock died of complications from:

AIDs

In what Greek city is the Parthenon located?

Athens

Artemisia Gentileschi admired the art of Caravaggio. She even repeated some of the same subjects such as _________________________.

Beheading of Holefernes

Stonehenge was constructed using 2 different stones; a locally sourced sandstone and bluestone. Which stone surprised archaeologists because the people who built Stonehenge would have to carry the stones from very far away?

Bluestone

The interior of Saint Nicholas is painted with religious imagery in the ________________ style.

Byzantine

Time is the use of __________ as an element of art, important in performance art, kinetic art, and video art.

Change

In what French city is the Gothic Cathedral of our Lady located?

Chartres

Who was the Roman Emperor who moved the capital of the Roman Empire to the Eastern city of Byzantium?

Constantine

__________________ lines define the edge of objects, or where differing areas meet.

Contour

The architect of Saint Nicholas Antiochan Orthodox Church in Springdale, Arkansas, is __________________.

Marlon Blackwell

Who created the painting The Calling of St. Matthew in 1599?

Michelangelo da Caravaggio

Following the example of other Minimalist artists, Gonzalez-Torres placed his sculpture "Untitled (L.A.)" ______________________ instead of using a pedestal.

Directly on the floor

The Thorncrown Chapel designed by E. Fay Jones is located in ______________, Arkansas.

Eureka Springs

Many of our ideas about artists come from the 20th century, when artists began working more independently, creating works of art that were personal or ________________ in nature.

Expressive

One of the most remarkable facts about Stonehenge is that it is the only structure of stones from the Neolithic Period in Britain, Ireland, and France.

False

Since the oculus is the only direct light source of the rotunda, the architects of the Pantheon created glass doors to help further illuminate the cathedral.

False

The 4 minarets that flank the Taj Mahal are used in their traditional role as a tall tower where a man calls Muslims to prayer.

False

The Egyptian pyramids have a triangular base with triangular sides.

False

The plans of Sainte-Chapelle and Thorncrown Chapel are similar in that they embody the cross shape of many Gothic cathedrals.

False

The potter's wheel was not available as a technology to the Ancient Greeks. Greek artists had to rely on hand-building techniques to construct amazingly symmetrical designs.

False

The sculptural elements located in the pediment of the Parthenon were made of polished marble so that the white stone would shine from a distance?

False

The tomb of King Tutankhamun is very important to scholars because King Tutankhamun was a ruler that made profound changes to Ancient Egyptian society.

False

When Maya Lin was awarded the commission to design the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C., she was only 30 years old.

False

in contrast to Caravaggio's painting of Judith Beheading Holofernes, Gentileschi paints Judith as a timid and meek woman.

False

Pablo Picasso objected to the political faction ruled by _____________.

General Franco

The Ancient Sumerian text, __________________, tells the story of a hero in mourning who sets out to find eternal life in order to escape death.

Gilgamesh

Why did Marcel Duchamp resign from the Society of Independent Artists in 1917?

He resigned in protest because he did not agree with the Society's rejection of the entry "Fountain."

How did Marcel Duchamp sign his sculpture, Fountain?

He signed it "R. Mutt, 1917."

After the fire of 1194, the design features of the rebuilt Chartres are typical of ______________ architecture.

High Gothic

Of the many books of the dead that had been written to be housed in Egyptian tombs, who was the author of the well preserved Book of the Dead that historians have learned so much information from?

Hunefer

____________ are a series of points that are connected by the viewer's eyes. The actual line is not literally present.

Implied lines

In what Turkish city is the former Byzantine cathedral Hagia Sophia located?

Istanbul

Emperor _____________ built the Hagia Sophia or the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom.

Justinian

_____________ shapes are irregular, asymmetrical, and often found in nature.

Organic

The regular and planned repetition of an element of design is ______________.

Pattern

The Athenian sculptor _____________________ skillfully carved the hard marble in such a way that the stone resembled the soft folds of drapery that fell over the bodies of these lifelike figures.

Phidias

In 2-dimensional works of art, the __________ space is called the figure while the negative space is called the ground.

Positive

Cuneiform the earliest form of writing was created by the Ancient ________________________.

Sumerians

In Young Hare, Albrecht Duerer masterfully uses this element of art to describe the animal's fur.

Texture

A satelite TV dish was used to create the dome for Saint Nicholas Antiochan Orthodox Church.

True

Artemisia Gentileschi is one of the most important female artists in history because she painted the same types of images that her male peers were painting.

True

As a way to include the viewer directly in the creation of Gonzalez-Torres' sculpture, viewers are encouraged to take and to eat a piece of the wrapped candy that makes up the green rectangle.

True

Having been dated at 43,900, the cave paintings in Sulawesi, Indonesia are more than 13,000 years older than the oldest known cave paintings in Europe.

True

In the 19th century and early 20th century, art historians chose the name Venus, the Roman goddess of beauty, to describe the small female figurines because they believed these stone carvings symbolized beauty and fertility.

True

Spanish military troops did not attack Guernica. Instead, the German Air Force was authorized to bomb the city.

True

The architects of the Parthenon purposefully distorted elements of the temple.

True

The cave paintings at Lascaux date from around 15,000 years ago.

True

The minarets positioned around the dome of Hagia Sophia were later additions to the Roman cathedral and were not an element of the original plan.

True

In Broadway Boogie Woogie, Mondrian creates ___________ by using a limited color palette and repeating hard edged shapes.

Unity

___________ both defines form and creates the illusion of light.

Value

Numerous carved figurines of females have from the paleolithic period have been found throughout Europe. The most famous figurine has been called the ________ of Willendorf or the Woman of Willendorf.

Venus

Picasso used these symbols of Spanish culture to mythologize the destruction of Guernica.

a bull and a horse

Scholars have suggested that Gentileschi was familiar with Galileo's research on parabolic trajectory because she painted such __________________.

accurate descriptions of natural light

Drawing is a process that artists use as a tool _________________________. to investigate a subject to explore new ideas to create a study for a larger work all of the above

all of the above

Whistler's Arrangement in Grey and Black, No.1, is a great example of this principle of design.

asymmetrical balance

The concept of the _________________ artist celebrates individuality and originality.

avant-garde

Art helps define our ideals of ________________ within our own time.

beauty

Paleolithic artists used many techniques and materials to create their representations on cave walls. To create the image of a handprint, it is theorized that the paleolithic artists ___________________________.

blew pigment and spit

The Calling of St. Matthew positions Christ out of the way. Christ is no longer in the ______________ of the composition as it was common during the Renaissance.

center

The colors opposite each other on the color wheel are ____________.

complementary

Roman architects were the first builders to use ____________. The Pantheon's dome is an example of this new technology for the Roman empire.

concrete

Caravaggio's style, especially his use of ____________________, influenced a new generation of artists during the Baroque period. Incorrect answer:

dramatic lighting

In The Swing, Fragonard ________________ the figure on the swing by placing her near the center and painting her dress in a contrasting color to the background.

emphasizes

After her death, many of Gentileschi's painting were falsely attributed to _________________.

her father

The male figure waving red fabric in Gericault's The Raft of Medusa is most likely _________________

hoping to catch the attention of a passing boat.

For the Byzantines, ________________ was a symbol of the presence of the spiritual world.

light

The High Gothic chapel, Sainte-Chapelle, exemplifies the Gothic concept of __________ as an expression of the divine.

light

Chiaroscuro is an Italian term used to describe the vivid use __________________ in artworks.

light and dark

Some of the animal images at the Chauvet cave include deer, owls, oxen, panthers, and ____________.

mammoths

The tombs at the burial pits of Ur contained not just the remains of people but also included precious objects such as jewelry, gold, valuable minerals, and ____________.

musical instruments

The term neolithic means ___________ stone age.

new

The artists at Lascaux used the earth pigment, _____________, which can create a range of yellows, oranges, and reds.

ochre

The term paleolithic means _________ stone age.

old

The Parthenon was built as a temple for the patron goddess of the city of Athens, Athena. In Greek mythology, Athena is the goddess of _______________

wisdom and war

The Ancient Sumerians built elevated temples or ______________ . They believed these buildings could be bridges between earth and heaven.

ziggurats

In the two paintings of shipwrecks by Turner and Gericault, the artists use the relationship of the waves to the boat or ________________ in order to carry their message.

​scale and proportion