Themes in Visual Culture (ART-2140-90)

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Eleonora di Toledo

Agnolo Bronzino

S.A.C.R.E.D

Ai Weiwei

7. Who is the artist of the Untitled Film Stills series?

Cindy Sherman

10. The form of the goddess's figure in The Birth of Venus was based on ________.

Classical Greek sculptures

Which emperor created a colossal statue of himself to be placed in a basilica in the center of Rome?

Constantine

Fine Arts

Creative art, especially visual art, whose products are to be appreciated primarily or solely for their imaginative, aesthetic, or intellectual content.

Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two figures)

David Hockney

5. Menkaure and His Wife, Queen Khamerernebty was made by sculptors from which culture?

Egyptian

Old Man's Cloth

El Anatsui

Abstraction

Freedom from representational qualities in art

19. What is the medium of The Hip Hop Project (25)?

Fujiflex print

Adele Bloch-Bauer

Gustav Klimt

15. The decapitation of Holofernes, which is the subject of an oil painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, happened because:

Holofernes was cruel and violent to Judith's people

25. Which artwork did Catherine Opie make?

"Mellissa & Lake, Durham, North Carolina"

How many Olmec colossal heads have been discovered?

17

5. What is the date of Frida Kahlo's The Two Fridas?

1939

3. The date of Willem de Kooning's painting Woman I is:

1950-1952 ce

17. Which artwork did Carrie Mae Weems make?

You Became a Scientific Profile

8. What is the subject matter of Myron's Discus Thrower?

a Greek athlete

When conducting a formal analysis of a work of art, you would probably want to consider the artists use of: A. Color B. Texture C. Emphasis D. Scale E. All of the other answers

E. All of the other answers

10. What movement influenced the Untitled Film Stills series?

Feminism

Niagara Falls

Frederic Edwin Church

23. What is the medium of the sphinx of Hatshepsut (4.10.11)?

granite

33 Who is the artist of Branded?

Jenny Saville

8. In the Untitled Film Stills series the artist, Cindy Sherman, wanted to explore various aspects of her own personality. T/F

true

Graphic design

The art or skill of combining text and pictures in advertisements, magazines, or books.

Context

The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.

Isabella d' Este

Titian

20. Which of the following nudes was made first and served as an influence on the others?

Titian, Venus of Urbino

7. Ancient Greek notions of beauty were based upon the combination of an underlying canon of mathematical proportions with the finely honed physiques possessed by male athletes. T/F

True

3. Who is the artist of Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe?

Vincent Van Gogh

22. Who was Hatshepsut?

an Egyptian

31. What does the body of the figure represented in Alberto Giacometti's Man Pointing look like?

an abstraction based on the artist's creative choices

What material was used to make the Olmec colossal heads?

basalt

34. Why does the figure in Branded look like it does?

because it confronts, even exaggerates, the imperfections of reality

6. Why did the artist of The Two Fridas paint two of herself?

because she wanted to depict distinct aspects of her identity

18. What is the medium of Yasumasa Morimura's Portrait (Futago)?

color photograph

1. The Woman from Willendorf is made from which medium?

limestone

16. When and where was the artist of Olympia working?

nineteenth-century France

2. What is believed to be the purpose of the Woman from Willendorf?

none of the other answers

9. What was the inspiration for Cindy Sherman's Untitled Film Stills series?

none of the other answers

21. What is the medium of Yves Klein's Anthropométries de l'époque bleue?

performance

4. Willem de Kooning intended his painting Woman I to ________.

refer to images of women made throughout the history of art

24. What did the artist of Loving Care do to create the work?

she dipped her head in a bucket of dye and mopped the floor with her hair

11. The sculpture of a head, which probably represents a king of Ife (4.9.6), was made using which medium?

terra-cotta

4. Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe conveys ________.

the agitation of the artist's internal reality through its representation of his physical appearance

28. What is so revolutionary about Walking Man?

the artist presented a rough representation

16. Which of the following movements influenced the filmmaker Spike Lee?

the civil rights movement

14. Which type of beauty does Kaigetsudo Dohan's painting Beautiful Woman represent?

the physical beauty of a young geisha's

14. To what does the title of Do Women Have to Be Naked to Get into the Met. Museum? refer?

the unfair treatment

25. The key component of Spencer Tunick's installation at Zócalo, Mexico City, is ________.

thousands of nude bodies

The colossal statue of Constantine the Great departs completely from statues of earlier Roman emperors. T/F

true

The sculpture Chibinda Ilunga, made by the Chokwe people of Central Africa, depicts a king as a powerful hunter. T/F

true

The term iconic refers to something that has become famous and has widely recognizable characteristics. T/F

true

35. The artist ORLAN is known for her ________.

unconventional performances

17. What was the artist of Olympia trying to do?

update a classical subject for his own time

32. How were Icarus and Blue Nude II made?

using painted paper cutouts

27. Auguste Rodin made which of the following artworks?

walking man

Jean-Antoine Houdon's sculpture of George Washington was made from:

white marble

The Journey of the Sun God Re

• Painted on the coffin of Egyptian Nespawershefi • Sun god Re in the underworld at night • Reflects importance of rivers in Egypt • Refers to Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife

Non-objective

Influenced by personal feeling or opinions in considering and representing facts

23. Who is the artist of Loving Care?

Janine Antoni

Rabbit

Jeff Koons Although it was his idea it was put together by a team of builders that he created.

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Johannes Vermeer

Infinity

José de Rivera

11. Who is the artist of The Dinner Party?

Judy Chicago

Mona Lisa

Leonardo da Vinci

White vertical water

Louise Nevelson

Rembrandt, Self-Portrait

Made on Copper it was stolen from the Swedish National Museum

equastrian

Marcus Aurelius

Virgin of Guadalupe

Miguel Gonzalez

1. What is the medium of Self-Portrait with Saskia in the Scene of the Prodigal Son in the Tavern?

Oil on canvas

The oldest museum in America

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts founded in 1805

Representation

Relating to or characterized by representation

9. Who is the artist of The Birth of Venus?

Sandro Botticelli

Watts Tower

Simon Rodia originally named it Nuestro Pueblo

What event is portrayed in the elaborately carved lintel showing the Maya ruler Shield Jaguar and his wife Lady Xoc (4.6.6)?

a bloodletting ritual

6. Which of the following was used to make the sculpture Menkaure and His Wife, Queen Khamerernebty?

a canon of proportions

15. Titian's Venus of Urbino shows ________.

a classical goddess represented as both modest and inviting

22. Anthropométries de l'époque bleue introduced which of the following for the very first time?

a musical accompaniment to the presentation of art

12. The layout of The Dinner Party alludes to:

all of the other answers

19. Which of the following issues are raised by Yasumasa Morimura's Portrait (Futago)?

all of the other answers

2. Why did Rembrandt make so many self-portraits?

all of the other answers

24. What is the subject of Catherine Opie's Domestic series?

all of the other answers

29. Which of the following artistic tendencies and formal concerns did the artist of Recumbent Figure incorporate into his sculpture?

all of the other answers

In The Armada Portrait, it is suggested that Queen Elizabeth is:

all of the other answers

What does the Justinian mosaic in the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna demonstrate?

all of the other answers

20. What was the artist of The Hip Hop Project (25) trying to do?

effectively become a part of a number of different communities

21. Nikki S. Lee made a self-portrait that suggests that identity is always clear-cut. T/F

false

36. The artist ORLAN was thee first person ever to undergo plastic surgery.

false

Napoleon Crossing the Alps depicts the moment before Emperor Napoleon was to meet the military general Hannibal in Rome. T/F

false

Such Maya rituals as bloodletting were only enacted on slaves. T/F

false

The giant portrait that hangs over Tiananmen depicts one of the founders of ancient China. T/F

false

13. What kind of artworks do the Guerrilla Girls make?

feminist posters and pamphlets

30. What is the medium of Henry Moore's Recumbent Figure?

green horton stone

The Stela of Hammurabi:

has an entire law code written on it

26. Spencer Tunick considers his artworks to be ________.

installations

18. What is true of "You Became a Scientific Profile"?

it challenges negative ideas of race, gender, and class


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