intro to art quiz ch.1-6
In his image Monkey Puzzle, Keith Haring creates a bold and dynamic effect by using
Complementary colors
Which artist wanted viewers to see the natural rhythms present in a flower?
Georgia O'Keeffe
Which of the following is used to describe an elevated awareness of beauty in the viewer?
aesthetics
Which of the following media used today is most similar to drawing media used by prehistoric people?
charcoal
Two-dimensional artists create the illusion of volume with light by using
chiaroscuro
The juxtaposition of strongly dissimilar elements is referred to as
contrast
Yong Soon Min's Dwelling is an assemblage that attempts to express the artist's
feelings of a divided self.
In an artwork, the total effect of the combined visual qualities is known as the
form
Which theories focus attention on the composition of an artwork and how earlier artworks may have influenced it?
formal theories
The symbolic meaning of visual signs and imagery in a work of art is known as
iconography
The purity or saturation of a color is its
intensity
In art, the term "value" refers to the
lightness and darkness of surfaces.
Raphael's The School of Athens provides the viewer with the illusion of the three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional surface by the use of
linear perspective
Alexander Calder's mobiles are examples of "kinetic art," because they
move in space.
Background shapes are referred to as
negative shapes
When a work of art shows no reference to the natural world of images, it is called
nonrepresentational
Figurative art is a type of
representational art
Ogata Korin's Cranes exemplifies the principle of
rhythm and repetition
Chaz Maviyane-Davies's Global Warning is an example of art as a vehicle for
social cause
When the two sides of a composition correspond to one another in size, shape, and placement of form, the work has
symmetrical balance
The Taj Mahal was intended to function as a
tomb
The appearance of oneness in a work of art is
unity
A mixed-media artwork is made
with different materials
