Chapter 3: Themes of Art
What piece depicts the history of populations often left out of major history books?
Great Wall of Los Angeles
The Egyptian pyramids guaranteed which of the following?
Continued cycle of a prosperous society Prosperity for the land and its people Safe passage to the afterlife for the pharaoh
In what ways does The Garden of Earthly Delights demonstrate Bosch's unique innovation?
Depictions of otherworldly plants and animals Imaginative interpretations of textual sources Landscapes filled with unknown plants
Frank Henderson's ledger art, like Off to War, allowed him to do what?
Document the collective memory of his culture
Despite not knowing who are in the portraits, Boltanski's Altar to the Chases High School evokes what event?
Holocaust
What type of subject matter is portrayed in the theme of the natural world?
Humans and their connection with nature
How did Frank Henderson prevent the loss of Arapaho nomadic culture when they are forced onto reservations?
Images normally recorded on animal skins were recorded in ledgers.
William Hogarth used his print The Harlot's Progress to do what?
Influence how society viewed prostitutes
The creation of the Egyptian pyramids tells us what about the political power of pharaohs?
Power is divinely given through the gods.
Where did Henri Rousseau draw inspiration for his vibrant jungle scenes?
Reading materials, local museums, and zoos
Meta Warrick Fuller's pieces were often about what subject?
Reconnecting African-Americans to their lost ancestors
Piranesi used his imagination and what other source to create his print series Il Carceri (The Prison)?
Roman justice systems
How does Robert Raushenberg depict everyday life in New York with Windward?
Seemingly random images that relate through the viewer's own understanding
Why is art used in the sacred realm?
To give tangible form to unknown beings and ideas
In many cultures, the presence of halos around a figure's head indicates ______.
holiness
The use of columns and arches in the Great Mosque allows for what kind of space?
Open space for large groups to worship
Wang Jian gives the viewer an aerial view in White Clouds over Xiao and Xiang for what purpose?
He wants the viewer to travel through the landscape mentally.
Frida Kahlo's Self-Portrait with Monkeys allowed her to express what?
Her personal life experiences
Friar Bernadino de Sahagun used what to document the daily lives of native peoples in Central America?
Local artists to create the images for his book
Meta Warrick Fuller tries to depict what in Talking Skull?
The desire to reclaim and communicate with ancestors
How is Robert Rauschenberg's Windward able to communicate the location depicted?
Use of symbols shared by a specific society and culture
What is significant about the raised hoof of the horse Marcus Aurelius rides?
A fallen enemy was originally located beneath.
What makes the Transcendent Buddhas recognizable from other buddhas?
Clothing worn
Roman emperors did what to demonstrate their political power visually?
Commissioned statues in their likeness to be distributed
Which descriptions show how Meta Warrick Fuller's Talking Skull is relatable to the human experience?
Skulls are associated with the human body. It shows a visual step in the cycle of life. It is a visual manifestation of death.
The work Court Ladies Preparing Newly Woven Silk gives viewers a glimpse into what aspect of daily life?
The domestic duties of court ladies
The disjointed images in Robert Rauschenberg's Windward is reminiscent of what?
The energy associated with New York
What important characteristic is missing from Jeff Wall's A sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai)?
The mountain that is central to Hokusai's Ejiri in Suruga Province.
Why was Liberty Leading the People returned to Delacroix?
There was fear that it would provoke an uprising.
How is iconoclasm dangerous to populations with low literacy?
These populations rely on images to read.
Why do artists rely on stories for subject matter?
They offer a culture's collective memory that is relatable.
The bodhisattvas in the Transcendent Buddhas gives tangible form to what?
Enlightened beings assisting others in reaching nirvana
What is significant about Judith Baca's use of a drainage canal for Great Wall of Los Angeles?
Although public, it received little attention just as the history of certain populations in the area.
In what ways does Thomas Cole's The Oxbow indicate human presence in the landscape?
An artist at work in the landscape Shapes of the crop fields
What kind of art was created to provide space for people to worship?
Architecture
How did Spiral Jetty creator Robert Smithson think artists could impact the natural world?
Artists could shape the landscape like a geological force.
How did Eugène Delacroix change the role of the artist in politics?
Artists had the ability disagree with those in power.
Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People supported a revolution in which country?
France
Pablo Picasso's Guernica depicts what 20th-century event?
German bombing of a small Spanish city
Art that expresses the sacred realm deals with what kind of subject matter?
Gods, goddesses, and the spiritual world
Which of the following was created for a large group to worship in?
Great Mosque
Why does William Hogarth use iconography in The Harlot's Progress?
It assists viewers in understanding the narrative.
Why is art important in connecting humans to the spiritual world?
It creates a tangible idea of an unknown world that can be interacted with emotionally.
How does Johannes Vermeer's painting Woman Holding a Balance depict the theme of the human experience?
It deals with issues of temptation and self-knowledge.
Why is the statue of Marcus Aurelius a political piece of art?
It depicts the emperor as he wanted to be portrayed.
What is one reason art can be its own theme?
It is created for visual pleasure.
What Christian idea does Johannes Vermeer's painting Woman Holding a Balance represent?
Last Judgment
What is significant about this model?
It serves as one of the earliest depictions of daily life in ancient Egypt.
Why is Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty considered part of the Great Salt Lake landscape?
It used the surrounding materials to create a permanent presence.
What made Piranesi's Il Carceri (The Prison) unique during its time?
It was created during a time when rationale and science influenced art.
Why would Self-Portrait with Monkeys give Frida Kahlo a sense of existence?
It was her way of validating her existence despite her crippling pain.
What makes art made from surrounding natural materials unique?
It's created with the understanding it will change appearance. It almost always leaves behind evidence of its existence.
In Thomas Cole's The Oxbow, who is the one figure depicted in the landscape?
The artist
What does the term iconoclasm mean?
The destruction of religious imagery due to idolatry
