Art Appreciation Test 1
Jackson Pollock's work is an example of
Abstract expressionism
Objects that are intended to stimulate a sense of beauty in the viewer are thought to be _______ rather than functional
Aesthetic
Which of the following is used to describe an elevated awareness of beauty in the viewer?
Aesthetics
Critics who examine the environmental influences on a work of art, such as the economic system, cultural values, and politics, use
Contextual theories
Frida Kahlo painted The Two Fridas shortly after she was divorced from which famous Mexican painter?
Diego Rivera
One of Frida Kahlo's sketchbooks contain the image of a monster that represents some of the pain and hardship that she endured. What did she call this monster?
El Horrendo 'Ojosauro' primitivo
What kind of artworks do the Guerrilla Girls make?
Feminist posters and pamphlets
Some believe that the sculpture Woman of Willendorf was associated with
Fertility
In Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait, the dog symbolize in our culture
Fidelity and loyalty
Which theories focus attention on the composition of an artwork and how earlier artworks may have influenced it?
Formal theories
How did Vincent van Gogh die?
He committed suicide RIP my mans
In what way is Frida Kahlo's face iconic?
Her eyebrows
Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait depicts many objects that have symbolic meaning. The use or study of these symbols is called
Iconography
The stained-glass window from Gothic Cathedral is an excellent example of the use of
Iconography
The symbolic meaning of visual signs and imagery in a work of art is known as
Iconography
Conceptual art emphasizes ________.
Ideas behind the artwork over its realization
Vincent van Gogh used thick swirls of paint in his work Starry Night. This technique is called
Impasto
What makes Frida Kahlo's work a part of Surrealism movement?
Includes unexpected, illogical, and fantastic elements that reflect a logic that makes sense only in dreams
One could be classified as an outsider artist because of his
Inexperience or lack of formal education/training
What is believed to be the purpose of the Woman from Willendorf?
It's a fertility statue used to help women with fertility
In 1863, Edouard Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) was rejected by the public due to its
Its flatness and disregard for perspective (Nudity and structure)
In a work of art, "content" refers to
Its meaning
The goddess Tlazolteotl was responsible for ________.
Life and death
The line created by the vein in Frida Kahlo's The Two Fridas makes reference to what personal aspect of her life?
Lineage
James Hampton's The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly was made using ________.
Random trash and gold/silver foil
We can clearly see the artistic impulse to "give form to the immaterial," to represent hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, and personal feelings in
Religious art
Figurative art is a type of
Representational art
The terms naturalistic or realistic art are sometimes used to describe
Representational art
What creates the various degrees between representational and non-objective?
Representational- depicts the appearance of things Non-objective- presents visual forms with no specific references anything outside themselves, non-figurative
Jazz provided a notable influence on the work of
Romare Bearden
The believes that all people are creative, but artists possess qualities that most don't. Which of the following best describes these qualities?
Artists are critical thinkers, meaning they question assumptions and explore new direction
Romare Bearden's work is an example of
Assemblage/photomontage
The sculpture of the goddess Tlazolteotl giving birth to the maize god was made by which culture?
Aztec
The eleventh-century bronze sculpture of Shiva Nataraja (Lord of the Dance)was madein ________.What is Shiva Nataraja responsible for doing?
Bringing to life the endless of cycle of birth and rebirth, stamping out evil and ignorance, balancing contradictory qualities like creation and destruction, dancing the world into existence
Which of the following historical references can be seen in Frida Kahlo's The Broken Column?
Catholic martyr St. Sebastian, Greek temple column
The form of the goddess's figure in The Birth of Venus was based on ________.
Classical Greek sculptures; a sculpture Botticelli had 'owned' of Venus
The symbolic hand gestures that refer to specific states of mind or events in the life of Buddha are called
Mudra
In his Obey campaign poster Shepard Fairey used a striking contrast between positive and ________ shapes to attract the attention of the public.
Negative
When a work of art shows no reference to the natural world of images, it is called
Non-representational
Viewers were shocked by Edouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), because of the
Nude woman
The Mexican painter Frida Kahlo suffered from a disabling back injury but was able to continue working through periods of pain using what medium?
Sketching in her diary
Francisco Goya's Disasters of War is an example of art as a vehicle for
Social change?
The term "vanitas" in art includes references to ________.
The fleeting nature of life
What aspects of Edouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) discomforted many viewers when it was first exhibited?
The lack of modesty or the showing of nudity. It also had 'uncomfortable' proportions.
Rene Magritte's This is Not a Pipe asks us to consider__________.
The meaning that's hidden right in front of us
To what does the title of Do Women Have to Be Naked to Get into the Met. Museum? refer?
The unfair treatment of women in art institutions
The term used to describe the "fool-the-eye" realism of William Harnett's painting A Smoke Back stage is
Trompe l'oeil
James Hampton is considered a ________.
Visionary artist
In Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait, the woman is wearing a green dress to symbolize
Wealth and possibly fertility