Understanding Visual Art Unit 1 Test Smartbook

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Context Important

Important

Cultural or school?

Cultural

Built for rulers, _____were tombs to aid the buried in the afterlife.

The Pyramids

An example of an artist giving tangible form to feelings and ideas is ____________ .

The Starry Night

Place the following actions in the order that they would most likely happen as we perceive.

1. We see an object or event2. We become aware of our looking3. We ask questions4. We explore associations5. We interrogate our feelings

In looking at art, we bring our own ____ to the experience, causing us to interpret the work in a personal manner.

Associations

Determine which of the following characteristics are related to creativity by clicking and dragging each text description to the appropriate category:

Characteristic of creativity: Moments of insight Innovation Seek connections between seemingly unrelated ideas Intense focus Not characteristic of creativity: A fixed budget Avoidance of risks Is an inborn trait that cannot be learned

____________ is what a work of art is about.

Content

When we keep our eyes and minds wide open, using our own experiences to enhance life and work, we are developing our _____.

Creativity

Iconoclasm means the ________ of images based on religious beliefs.

Destruction

Has Themes of stories and histories

Does Not

____________ is the way a work of art looks.

Form

Pablo Picasso worked on in _____ response to the brutalities of the Spanish Civil War

Guernica

Has political or social themes

Has

Has themes of stories and histories

Has

Identify whether the descriptions could contribute to the iconography of a work by clicking and dragging each text description to the appropriate category:

Iconography A candle burning A lotus flower Wedding rings A circle Not Iconography The form of the work A work's internal organization A dark blue color

An example of an artist recording and commemorating is ____________ .

Jahangir Receives a Cup from Khusrau

An example of an artist creating an extraordinary version of an ordinary object is the ____________ .

Kente Cloth

Eugène Delacroix's _____ is an example of an artist who was free to express the social events of his day.

Liberty Leading the People

Context Important or not as important?

Not as important

Cultural or school?

School

Due to the immense amount of detail in our surroundings at any given moment, we use ________ in order to focus on important information, relegating everything else to the background.

Selective Perception

An example of an artist helping us to see the world in new ways is ____________ .

Shibboleth

An example of an artist giving tangible form to the unknown is ____________ .

Shiva Nataraja

____________ refers to characteristics that we recognize as constant, recurring, or coherent.

Style

Style not a style

Style Abstract Naturalistic Representational Historical NOT a Style Sculpture Content Color

____________ is the object or event upon which a work of art is based.

Subject Matter

Through visual perception, everyone's brain interprets a visual situation differently, creating a _____ viewing experience.

Subjective

Understanding the difference between subjectivity and objectivity is important in discussing art. Identify each description as either a subjective or an objective statement by clicking and dragging the text labels to the appropriate category:

Subjective: The painting is beautiful The house has a cozy feel to it Individual expression is the most important aspect of ant artwork Artists are more creative than other people The painting seems large Objective: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was completed in 1982 Van Gogh used many variations of the color blue in The Starry Night Van Gogh's Self Portrait measures 25.5 by 21.5 inches

Paintings from the 17th century that deal with the fleeting nature of earthly life and happiness are said to be in the ____ tradition.

Vanitas

An example of an artist creating a place for some human purpose is the ____________ .

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

The field of philosophy called aesthetics is concerned with what question?

What makes art beautiful

Has political or social themes

does not

has political or social themes

does not

Showing the ideal of philosopher-king, _____ is one of the finest examples of Roman works

the statue of Marcus Aurelius

Context not as important

unimportant


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