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Naturalistic Art:

A form of representational art that faithfully records light and shadow, color, and space. First communion, Pablo Picasso

When discussing the size, shape, material, color, and composition of a work of art, we are discussing its

Form

Linear Perspective

Forms seem to get smaller as they recede from us. Parallel lines converge on the horizon line where they disappear.

Vanishing Point

In linear perspective, the point on the horizon where parallel lines appear to converge

Chiaroscuro

In painting and drawing, artists often use the the technique of___ to describe the way shadows and light define.

photograph; print

Jeff Wall's A sudden Gust of Wind is a _____that refers to a _________.

The artist and audience

Our modern ideas about art carry with them ideas about

Squared grid

The ancient Egyptians developed a standard set of proportions used to create images of the "correct" or "perfect"

The circle and square

The ancient Roman Architect Vitruvius associated the perfected male form with the perfect

Cool Colors

The colors on the blue-green side.

Warm Colors

The colors on the red-orange side.

Line

Which of the visual elements can best be described as " the path of a moving point"?

A royal altar to the hand

Which word of art uses hierarchical scale?

Installation art:

Work of art meant to be entered, explored, and experienced by the viewer.

Outsider Art:

Work of artwork created by a nonprofessional artist. Ex: Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations

Secondary colors cannot be mixed from primaries.

f

The "vanishing point" is the level at which paintings are hung on the wall.

f

The term "atmospheric perspective" can best be applied to marble sculptures.

f

cartoon

in fresco paintings, a drawing called a _____is transfered to the prepared surface prior to applying the pigment

binder

in oil painting, linseed oil acts as a

white

in the additive process of mixing red light, greenl ight and blue light combine to produce ____light

secondary

mixing two primary colors produces a ____color

to become aware of the process of looking itself

the nature of perception suggest that the most important key to looking at art is

oil paint

which of the followingis a example ofa nonaqueous medium

a royal altar to the hand

which workof art uses hierarchical scale

line

whicho f the visual elements can best be described as "the path of a moving point"

In the additive process of color mixing, red light, green light, and blue light combine to produce ________ light.

white

seemed to calm and relax violent children in studies of color's effects upon the mind and body

"Passive Pink" refers to the color that

They still debate the works iconography

After much study of the Arnolfini Double Portrait, experts agree that

Installation

Ann Hamilton's Mantle is an example of

installation

Ann Hamilton's Mantle is an example of

Conceptual unity

Annette Messager's Mes Voeux and Joseph Cornell's The Hotel Eden both demonstrate the use of:

Wheel of Fortune was created by

Audrey Flack.

The 10th-century copper sculpture illustrated in this chapter is the work of an artist performing the role of "giving tangible form to the unknown." The unknown, in this case, is the physical form of the deity

Shiva.

Actual/Tactile Texture

Textures we experience through the sense of touch.

Color Wheel

The arrangement of colors in a circle.

Which statement is NOT true regarding James Hamilton's Throne of the Third Heaven... body of work?

The artist intended the work to be viewed by everyone as a message of redemption.

Refraction

The bending of a ray of light, for example, when it passes through a prism.

Edward Hopper gas

The here and now.

Tombs

The pyramids of Giza in Egypt where built as

Palette

The range of colors used by an artist, or a surface used for mixing paints.

All of these

Theo Van Gogh was Vincent Van Gogh's

Stippling

Tiny dots (create values)

3D Space

Visual depth.

primer

afterb uilding canvas and before painting it, a painter generally applies a coat of

A rainbow is the result of reflection of light from a still surface.

f

During the Renaissance in Western Europe, ________ came to be regarded as the more elevated of the arts:

painting, sculpture, and architecture

Jan van Eyck

the first artist to understand and exploit oil painting was

tombs

the pyramids at Giza in Egypt were built as

encaustic and fresco

2 ancient painting media that are still used today

Implied Light

2D light that doesn't actually exist, it's an illusion.

Shade

A color darker than the hue's normal value.

Informal balance

Another term for asymmetrical balance is

Fisherman's Cottage on the Cliffs at Varengeville was painted by

Claude Monet.

The subject matter of Edward Hopper's Gas

Depict aspects of everyday life

Chiaroscuro

Italian for "light-dark". In 2D, non representational art, the technique of using values to record light and shadow, especially as they provide information about 3D form.

Robert Smithson - spiral jetty

Natural world

Audrey Flack

The Wheel of Fortune was created by

Pablo Picasso's Guernica was a protest against

The bombing of a civilian population

All these answers are correct

What term describes work by nonprofessionals

When discussing the size, shape, material, color, and composition of a work of art, we are discussing its

form

Radiocarbon testing indicates that the earliest images made by humans date back to

the Paleolithic Period.

Pablo Picasso painted Guernica in 1937 for

the Spanish Pavilion of the Paris World's Fair.

metal point

the predecessor of the graphite pencil, especially popular during the renaissance is

Horizon Line

A dividing line that delineates the ground from sky.

Stylized Art:

A form of representational art that conforms to a present style or convection. Ex: Harthor and Sety, Detail of pillar from tomb of Sety

Placement/Position

Arrangement of objects.

Secondary

Mixing two primary colors produces a _____ color.

Jeff Wall's A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai) is a ________ that refers to a ________.

Photograph; print

Pointillism

Points of pure color applied to a support and allowing the viewer's eyes to mix or blend those colors.

The best-known work of the bizarrely inventive Hieronymus Bosch is

The Garden of Earthly Delights

________ is the best-known work of the bizarrely inventive Hieronymus Bosch.

The Garden of Earthly Delights

Iconoclasm

The destroying of religious arts figures. ex: protestants destroying catholic church

Area

The extent of space.

Simultaneous Contrast

The perceptual phenomenon whereby complementary colors appear most brilliant when side by side.

Value

The relative lightness or darkness of a hue, or of a neutral varying from white to black.

all of these: simple, pure, and timeless.

The sculptor Constantin Brancusi spent his life searching for forms that were

Cimabue's Madonna Enthroned and Rathnasambhava, the Transcendent Buddha of the South are similar in all these ways EXCEPT:

They share the same iconography

Triadic Color Harmony

Three colors equally spaced apart on the color wheel.

Content:

What a work of art is about or its subject matter.

a work of art may fall into more thn one theme

according to the author, can a work a art have more thatn one theme

Artists who use tiny dots in varying concentrations to indicate light and shadow are using the __________ drawing technique.

stippling

trompe l'oeil

the term for extreme optical fidelity

proportional

the use of scale to indicate relative importance is known as____scale

transperency

watercolor's primary characteristic is its

What are the tasks of artists?

1. They create places for human experience 2. extraordinary versions of ordinary objects, 3. record and commemorate, 4. give tangible form to the unknown, 5. give tangible form to feelings and ideas 6. refresh our vision to help us see the world in new ways.

Values

A black and white photograph of a scene eliminates the hues and intensifies of the scenes color

Tint

A color lighter that the hue's normal value.

Context:

A work of art is closely associated to the life of its creator; the tradition it grows from and responds to; the audience it was made for; and the society in which it circulated.

The field of philosophy called aesthetics asks the question

All these answers are correct.

Theo van Gogh was Vincent van Gogh's

All these answers are correct.

Van Gogh's paintings are of high value because

All these answers are correct.

What term describes work done by nonprofessionals?

All these answers are correct.

Whereas the Christian image by Cimabue depicts the central figure surrounded by angels, the Buddhist image in this chapter shows the central figure surrounded by enlightened beings known as:

Bodhisattvas

Which of the following was designed as a place of worship or meditation?

Both Sainte-Chapelle and the Great Mosque at Córdoba

Aesthetics:

Branch of philosophy dealing with feelings aroused by the sensory experiences of sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell.

What term(s) describe artwork done by nonprofessionals?

Brut (raw art), outsider art, folk art, naive art

hatching

Charles White Untitled illustrates the technique of

Hatching

Charles White's Untitled illustrates the technique of

they share the same iconography

Cimabue's Madonna Enthroned and Rathnasambhava, the Transcendent Buddha of the south are similar in all these except

They share the same iconography

Cimabues Madonna enthroned and Rathnasambhava, the transcendent Buddha of the south are similar in all these

Scale

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen created shock value through use of:

All these answers are correct

Context is a factor that ties that bind a work of art to the

Secondary Colors

Created by combining two primaries. Green, orange, purple.

Tertiary Colors

Creating by combing a primary and adjacent secondary. Ex. blue-green.

Model

Creating the illusion of a 3D object on a 2D surface by using highlights and shadows

Outline

Defines a 2D shape.

Iconoclasm means the ________ of images based on religious beliefs.

Destruction

Implied

Doesn't actually exist.

art collectors

Dorothy and Herbert Vogel are

art collectors.

Dorothy and Herbert Vogel are

Were felt to provide pleasure

During the 18th century, beauty and art were discussed together because both

Motion

During the 20th Century, which of the following became a recognized element of art

Painting, sculpture, and architecture

During the Renaissance in Western Europe, ____ came to be regarded as the more elevated of arts.

make the drawing easier to copy

Edgar Degas drew a grid over his study of a dancer in order to

formalist, Marxist, feminist, psychoanalytic

Edouard MAnet's A bar at the Folies-Bergere invites us to consider points of view in it subject and compostion. Interpertations of this painting include _____approaches

Know the social functions of art (What Do Artists Do?) from Chapter 1 and examples of each.

Example: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial or Stonehenge "Creates a place for some human purpose" Example: Kente Cloth "Crete extraordinary versions of ordinary things" Example: Emperor Jahagir Resiving his Sons Khusrau"Record and commemorate" Example: Shiva as Lord of Dance "Give tangible form to unknown" Example: Starry Night "Give tangible form to feelings and ideas" Example: Torn Poster "Refresh our vision and help us to see the world in new ways

Claude MOnet

Fisherman's Cottage on the Cliffs at Varengeville was painted by

Contour

Gives us 3D shaping of an object.

destruction

Iconoclasm means the ____ of images based on the religious beliefs

Iconography:

Identifying, describing, and interpreting subject. Knowledge of a specific time, belief, or culture can help us understand meanings that might have been missed.

Heironymus Bosch gardens of early delights

Invention/fantasy

Vanitas

Latin word for "vanity" refers to the fleeting. Nature of earthly life and happiness.

Restricted Palette

Limited to a few colors and their mixtures.

Seven Visual Elements

Line Shape and Mass Pattern and Texture Light Color Time and Motion Space

Three Types of Perspective

Linear Atmospheric Isometric

All these answers are correct

Lines are used in art to indicate

Implied Lines

Lines that do not exist, but the viewer perceives.

Atmospheric Perspective

Looking at broad, receding landscapes.

Isometric Perspective

Looking down from above.

Volume

Mass or Quantity.

Four Color Harmonies

Monochromatic Complementary Analogous Triadic

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No society that we know of has lived without some form of art. The impulse and respond of art appears to have the ability to.

Monochromatic Color Harmony

One color plus shades/tints.

All these answers are correct

One common issue facing those who work to conserve work of art is

________ is the name for a standard subject in Christian art, that of Mary, the mother of Jesus, holding her son after he was taken down from the cross.

Pietà

Two Ways to Create Depth without using a Form of Perspective

Placement/Position Overlapping

Paleolithic Period

Radiocarbon testing indicates that the earliest images made by humans date back to

the Paleolithic Period.

Radiocarbon testing indicates that the earliest images made by humans date back to

Triangle

Raphael's The Madonna of the Meadows is composed using the implied shape of a

Conceptual

Rather than depend solely upon visual unity, an artist will sometimes create ____ unity the ideas.

creates large scale drawings with enormous physical presence

Raymond Pettibon

both are norepresentational is style

Rebecca Purdum's chin up and KAndinsky's swinging have what in common

Primary Colors

Red, Yellow, Blue. Cannot be dividing into two or more colors. Base Colors.

Disinterested contemplation:

Refers to looking beyond the actual, partial, and personal in search of beauty and pleasure

During the ________ the term "art" was used roughly in the same sense as "craft."

Renaissance

All these answers are correct

Representational art with an approach to naturalism covers

The range of this artist's work makes him difficult to categorize. In addition to paintings, prints, and combination pieces, he has done extensive set and costume design for Merce Cunningham and others, as well as graphic design for magazines and books.

Robert Rauschenberg

an earthwork

Robert Smithson's THe Spiral Jetty is an example of

The ________ often created equestrian statues of their emperors and one of the finest examples features a bearded Marcus Aurelius:

Romans

The ________ often created equestrian statues of their emperors.

Romans

Geometric

Shapes and masses that approximate the regular, names shapes and volumes of geometry.

Organic

Shapes and masses that evoke the living forms of nature.

Cross Hatching

Single and Across lines (create values)

Hatching

Single lines (create values)

Sassetta St. Francis giving mantle to poor

Stories/histories

Order and authority

Symmetrical balance, as used by Georgia O'Keeffe, expresses:

Visual Texture

Textures that are created to look lie something other than a flat painted surface.

Hue

The "family name" of a color, independent of its particular value or saturation.

Shiva

The 10th century copper sculpture illustrated in this chapter is the work on an artist performing the role of "giving tar unknown". The unknown in this case physical form of the deity

Shiva.

The 10th-century copper sculpture illustrated in this chapter is the work of an artist performing the role of "giving tangible form to the unknown." The unknown, in this case, is the physical form of the deity

Position and over lap

The 18th century Indian painting of Maharana Amar Singh and others watching musicians and acrobats utilizes the cues for implying depth on a flat surface. They are

Which of the following is an example of a theme in art?

The Natural World

Nineteenth-century American painters employed the American landscape as a subject. One such artist was Thomas Cole who focused on an area of the Connecticut River to create

The Oxbow.

Eugene Delacroix' painting, Liberty Leading the People, was created in support of:

The Revolution of 1830

Implied Space

The illusion of depth on a 2D surface.

Ground

The information that is perceived as secondary in a 2D image.

a. sensitivity. c. playfulness. d. analytical skill. e. organizational skill.

The list of traits that creative people seem to possess, given in this chapter, include all of the following

Picture Plane

The literal surface of a painting imagined as a window.

Vietman Veterans Memorial

The most famous of Maya Lin's works is

the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

The most famous of Maya Lin's works is

to become aware of the process of looking itself.

The nature of perception suggests that the most important key to looking at art is

In the painting White Clouds over Xiao and Xiang by Wang Jian,

The painter's inscription situates him in a centuries-old tradition of painterly and poetic meditations

Movement

The suggestion of motion in a work of art.

Visual characteristic

The term style is used to categorize a work of art is

Symmetry

The thirteen- diety Jnanadakini Mandala uses ____ to suggest that there is a hidden order to the universe.

The Rocky Mountains, Landers Peak by Albert Bierstadt

The use of atmospheric perspective is a prominent aspect of which work?

Hierarchical

The use of scale to indicate relative importance is known as ____ scale.

According to the author, one way to begin looking at art is to consider broad areas of meaning reflected in the art of many cultures throughout history. These areas of meaning are known as:

Themes

all of the following: a. art dealer. b. brother. c. financial supporter. d. emotional supporter.

Theo van Gogh was Vincent van Gogh's

Analogous Color Harmony

Three colors adjacent to one another.

all of the following: a. movement. b. expressiveness. c. technology. d. humor.

Tim Hawkinson's work of art, pictured in this chapter, incorporates

Overlapping

To cover and extend beyond.

Iconography

To discover why the sculpture of the Amida Nyorai depicted the subject with elongated, specific hand gestures head requires the use of

Complementary Color Harmony

Two colors directly across from each other on the color wheel. (simultaneous contrast)

Abstract Art:

Uses the appearances of the world only as starting point. Certain points are selected, then exaggerated. Seated Woman Holding a Fan, Pablo Picasso

All these answers are correct

Van Gogh's paintings are high of value because

his work had a major infulence on the subsequent artist there are a limited numberl of his paintings he plays a roll in western art history his paintings allow the viewer to feel a connection with teh artist himself

Van Gogh's paintings are of high value because

Audrey Flack

Wheel of Fortune was created by

Form

When discussing size, shape, material, color, and composition of a work of art, we are discussing its

animal fats and pigments mixed together, the use of reed brushes, and the pwder pigment blown through hollow reeds

Which are methods used by prehistoric painters

silk, papyrus, fired clay, cave walls

_______is among the materials besides paper that have provided support for drawings

Coosje van Bruggen

_____collaborated with Cleas Oldenburg to create the sculpture Plantoir

Gouache

_____is watercolor that has been made opaque by adding inert white pigment to it

values

a blacka-nd -white photograph of a scene eleiminates the hues and intensities oft he scenes colors but captures the____of the colors

Megaliths:

a large stone that forms a prehistoric monument (e.g., a menhir) or part of one (e.g., a stone circle or chamber tomb) "Stonehenge"

repetition

a necessary feature in pattern

dissolves in something other than water

a nonaqueous paint is one that

Pieta:

a picture or sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of Jesus Christ on her lap or in her arms.

According to the author,

a work of art may fall into more than one theme.

the portrait was almost miraculously lifelike

according to the author, Leonardo da Vinci MOna Lisa dazzled his contemporarient because

experts still debatet he work's iconograpy

after much study of the Arnolfini Double Portrait, experts agree that

Which of the following was designed as a place of worship or meditation?

all of these: Sainte-Chapelle, the Great Mosque at Córdoba, and the Buddhas in Bamiyan, Afghanistan

The sculptor Constantin Brancusi spent his life searching for forms that were

all of these: simple, pure, and timeless.

self-potrait

artist Frida Kahlo is well known for her

picasso

because this 20th century artist dated most of his drawings over the course of hisl ife, we have nearly a complete visual record of his mind at work

Whereas the Christian image by Cimabue depicts the central figure surrounded by angels, the Buddhist image in this chapter shows the central figure surrounded by

bodhisattvas

acrylic

by the 1950's , this new paint would challenge oils as the principal painting medium

the effects of light, the work of earlier restorers, changing levels of heat and humidity, pollution

common issues facing those who work to conserve works of art

Colors which appear oppisite each other on the color wheel are known as ___________.

complementary

jacob lawrence

considered oneof the leading figures in teh 20th century american art. the painter____studied as the harlem Art Workshop and wason e of many prominant artist to work for the WPA during the Great depression

science, engineering, art, math

de VINci used drawings to explore in

The subject matter of Edward Hopper's Gas

depict aspects of everyday life.

Philosophers determined that the pleasure of art was an intellectual pleasure and was perceived through:

disinterested contemplation

motion

during the 20th century, which of the following became a recognized element of art

middle ages

during the _______________the term "art" ws used roughly in the same sense as "craft"

Atmospheric perspective is never used in Chinese paintings and drawings.

f

Geometric shapes and masses look more natural than man made.

f

Isometric perceptive is only used by architects.

f

Mixing 2 primary colors produces a triad color.

f

Monochromatic harmonies are composed of any three colors equidistant from each other on the color wheel.

f

Raphael's the Madonna of the Meadows is composed using the implied shape of a circle.

f

________________ relates to the visual information surrounding a shape that we detach and focus on.

ground

Parallel lines receding into the distance, in linear perspective, seem to converge at a vanishing point which is located on the ___________.

horizon line

Frida Kahlo self portrait with monkeys

human experience. - Mexican with two pet monkeys and 2 wild ones. she painted only her own reality

Johannes Vermeer: woman holding a balance

human experience. meaning: shining pearls = temptation. mirror = self knowledge. pregnancy = renewal of life.

To discover why the sculptor of the Amida Nyorai depicted the subject with elongated earlobes, specific hand gestures, and a bun atop his head requires the use of

iconography.

naturalistic

if a work of art is faithful to our visual experience. its style is

distributing visual weight accordingly

in a two-deminional work witha summetrical balance, the appearance is achieved by

foreshortening

in albercht durer's woodcut The Draftsman Drawing a Reclining Nudethe, draftsmani s using a devicet o help him achieve the effects of

encourage ou active participation in a work help communicate a works mood lead our eyes around a work help communicate a works menaing

in art, the design principle of balance functions to

wet plaster

in buon fresco, or true fresco pigment ism ixed with water and applied to

Ann Hamilton's Mantle is an example of

installation

Iconography

involves identifying, describing, and interpreting subjsect matter in art

Theme

is a broad idea or a message conveyed by a work, such as a performance, a painting, a motion picture, or a video game. This message is usually about life, society or human nature.

___________ perceptive is the viewpoint from above and parallel lines do not converge in the distance.

isometric

Andy Warhol's images created from celebrities are portrayed through mass produced:

multiple silkscreen images.

If a work of art is faithful to our visual experience, its style is

naturalistic

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no society that we know for has lived without some form of art. the impulse to make and respoend to art appears to be as deeply ingrained as the abilty to

Neolithic:

of, relating to, or denoting the later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed

Romans

often created equestrian statues of the emperors

an almost infinite range of consistency a subtle blending of colors the pa\pplication of layers of paint on top of one another the painting to be reworked indefinitely

one of the advantages of oil paintings is that is drives slowly. this allows for

In art, shapes that suggest forms found in nature are called ___________ shapes.

organic

the artist and the audience

our modern ideas about art carry with them ideas about

In drawing, the outer boundaries of 2D forms are defined by________, while the outer boundaries perceived among 3D forms are defined by__________.

outlines, contour lines

The 18th century Indian painting Maharana Amar Singh and others watching musicians and acrobats utilizes the two most basic visual cues for implying depth on a flat surface. They are position and ___________.

overlapping

During the Renaissance in Western Europe, ________ came to be regarded as the more elevated of the arts.

painting, sculpture, and architecture

During the Renaissance these works were separated into a different category from craft and became known as the fine arts.

painting, sculpture, architecture, music and poetry

The term _____________ refers to the board on which artists mix colors or the artist's range of color.

palette

In a 2D art form, the actual flat surface on which the work is executed is called the _________.

picture plane

collages

pisacco and braque, working side-by-side, glued bits of paper and other objects onto canvas to create

The shapes we perceive as figures, we call ____________ shapes.

positive

_____________ describes the process of sunlight being broken up into a spectrum or rainbow band.

refraction

A necessary feature of a pattern is _______.

repetition

No society that we know of has lived without some form of art. The impulse to make and respond to art appears to be as deeply ingrained as the ability to

reproduce

Cimabue madonna enthroned

sacred realms

A hue darker that the hue's normal value is called a ______.

shade

Christian Boltanski - altar to chases high school

stories/histories

A drawing using only lines or dots can indicate shadows.

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Implied lines guide a viewer's eyes around a work of art.

t

pigment

the coloring material in vertually al drawing media in known as

the use of differnet binders

the difference inthe color and consistency of different types of crayons and pastels is due to

wire

the metalpoint, lines are drawn witha silver____onto a suface coated with preliminary coating of paint

Stonehenge

the most famous Neolithic structure in England, made of megaliths that once formed several concentric circles, is called

pointillism

the style used by Georges Seurat in Cafe'-concert is

at the exact center of the picture, justbe hind the headoft he figure Jesus, andt on the horizon line

the vanishing point in Leonardo da vinci's the Last Supper

Sacred realm, politics and social order, stories and histories, the here and now, the human experience, invention and fantasy, art and nature, art and art

themes of art

Cimabue's Madonna Enthroned and Rathnasambhava, the Transcendent Buddha of the South are similar in all these ways EXCEPT

they share the same iconography.

After much study of the Arnolfini Double Portrait, experts agree that

they still debate the work's iconography.

movement, expressiveness, technology, humor

tim harkinson's work of art, incorperates

The pyramids at Giza in Egypt were built as

tombs

Any three color equally distant from each other on the color wheel form a_______ harmony.

triadic

Raphael's The Madonna of the Meadows is composed using the implied shape of a _____.

triangle

The oldest drawings and paintings found the Chavet cave:

used natural pigments and charcoal.

A black and white photograph of a scene eliminates the hues and intensities of the scene's colors, but captures the ______ of the colors.

value

The ______________ in Leonardo Da Vinci's the Last Supper is at the exact center of the picture, just behind the head of the figure of Jesus, and on the horizon line.

vanishing point

the nib

what part of the pen convey the ink to the drawing surface

form

when discussing the size, shape, material, color, and compostiion of a work of art we are discussing its

bodhisattvas

whereas the christian image by Cimabue depicits the central figure surraounded by angels,t he buddhist image in this cha[ter shows central figure surrounded by

Anthony Caro

"All art is basically Paleolithic or Neolithic: either the urge to smear soot and grease on cave walls or pile stone on stone" was said by

Seemed to calm and relax violent children in studies of colors effects upon the mind and body

"Passive pink" refers to the color that

8 Themes of Art

1) politics/social order 2)stories/histories 3)human experience 4)invention/fantasy 5)natural world 6)art & art 7)here and now 8)sacred realms

Direction

A line that guides the eyes.

Repetition

A necessary feature of pattern is

what is means to the viewer

According to the author the most important meaning of an artwork is

all of these: creating order and structure; exploring aesthetic possibilities; and constructing images and forms that carry meaning.

According to the author, the impulse to create art comes from basic human interests in

what it means to the viewer.

According to the author, the most important meaning of an artwork is

The Egyptians imagined the ________ as resembling earthly life in every detail

Afterlife

Anthony Caro

All art is basically Paleothic or Neolithic: either the urge to smear soot and grease on cave walls or pile stone on.

Open Palette

All colors are permitted to be used.

Representational art with an approach to naturalism covers:

All of these answers are correct.

Context is a factor of ties that bind a work of art to the

All these answers are correct.

The Starry Night

Although Vincent Van Gogh suffered emotionally throughout his life, he was able to give his emotions tangible from.

The Starry Night.

Although Vincent van Gogh suffered emotionally throughout his life, he was able to give his emotions tangible form in works such as

Afterimage

An image that persists after the visual stimulus that first produced it has ceased.

"All art is basically Paleolithic or Neolithic: either the urge to smear soot and grease on cave walls or pile stone on stone" was said by

Anthony Caro.

Pattern

Any decorative, repetitive motif or design.

Jeff Wall a sudden gust of wind

Art & art. - Reflects Hokusai: "edgier in...province" with photographs depicting modern life.

Representational Art:

Art that represents the visible world so that a likeness can be recognized. Ex: First communion, Pablo Picasso

Kinetic Art

Art the incorporates real or apparent movement.

Visual

Artist can portray ____ textures that are created to look like something often than a flat painted surface.

Claude Monet

Fishermans Cottage on the Cliffs at Varengeville was painted by

Trompe l'oeil:

French for "fool the eye" lifelike art. House painter III, Duane Hanson

Although this artist survived a devastating streetcar accident, she suffered crippling pain for the remainder of her life. She often painted self-portraits as though to affirm that she still existed:

Frida Kahlo

Symmetrical balance

Georgia O'Keeffe's painting Deers Skull with Pedermal is a prime example of:

Three Techniques for Creating Values using Linear Mode

Hatching Cross-Hatching Stippling

All of these answers correct

Henry Ossawa Tanner The Banjo Lesson creates emphasis through:

size and placement of the figures directional linesof sightl eading to a focal point cantrasting values of dark skin against a pale background elimination of detail and bright colors in the background

Henry Ossawa Tanner's THe Banjo Lesson creates emphasis through

Robert Rauschenberg - windward

Here & Now - visual impact of life was too great for 1 picture. created collage of conceptually similar images

Van Gogh's paintings are of high value because:

His work had a major influence on subsequent artists There are a limited number of his paintings He plays a large role in Western art history His paintings allow the viewer to feel with the artist himself

Meta Warrick Fuller's poignant sculpture draws upon the_________ to create __________.

History of slavery; Talking Skull

One of the most delightfully eccentric figures in the history of art is the Japanese painter and woodcut designer known as:

Hokusai

Christian Boltanski draws upon the _______ to create his work _______.

Holocaust; Altar to the Chases High School

Three types of Directional Lines and What Movement they Suggest

Horizontal-Passive, No Movement Vertical- Potential For Movement Diagonal- Movement

Naturalistic

If a work of art is faithful to our visual experience, it's style is

Figure

In 2D images, the relationship between a shape we perceive as dominant.

Foreshortening

In Albrecht Durer's woodcut The Draftman Drawing a Reclining Nude, the draftsman is using a device to help him

Along the vertical axis down the center of the composition

In a two dimensional work of art is balanced symmetrically, the implied center of gravity is:

Disturbing visual weight accordingly

In a two dimensional work with asymmetrical balance, the appearance of balance is achieved by

Organic

In art, shapes that suggest forms found in nature are called ___ shapes.

All of these answers correct

In art, the design principle of balance functions to:

Outlines, contour lines

In drawing, the outer boundaries of two dimensional forms are defined by ____

White

In the additive process of color mixing, red light, green light, and blue light, combine to produce ____ light.

Pieta

Is the name for a standard subject in Christan art, that of Mary, the mother of Jesus, holding her son after the cross

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No society that we know of has lived without some form of art. The impulse to make and respond to art appears to be as deeply ingrained as the ability to

The Spanish pavilion Paris world fair

Pablo Picasso painted Guernica in 1937 for

Vanitas

Pablo Picassos Girl before a mirror explores the traditional theme of:

Paleothic Period

Radiocarbon testing indicates that the earliest images made by humans back to the.

Romans

The ____ often created equestrian statues of their emperors

Pablo Picasso painted Guernica in 1937 for:

The Spanish Pavilion of the Paris World's Fair

Although Vincent van Gogh suffered emotionally throughout his life, he was able to give his emotions tangible form in works such as

The Starry Night.

Cirque de Soleil

The famous Neolithic structure in England, made of megaliths that once formed several concentric circles, is called

All these answers are correct

The field of philosophy called aesthetics ask the question

All of these: at the exact center of the picture, just behind the head of the figure of Jesus

The vanishing point in Leonardo de Vinic's The Last Supper

Optical Color Mixture

The viewer's eyes will blend colors placed side by side.

Foreshortening

The visual phenomenon whereby an elongated object projecting toward or away from a viewer appear shorter than its actual length, as though compressed.

the fleeting nature of earthly life and happiness

Vanitas paintings meditate on

the fleeting nature of earthly life and happiness.

Vanitas paintings meditate on

the many letters he wrote to friends and relatives.

We owe our access to Vincent van Gogh's thoughts and feelings about many of his paintings to

Bodhisattvas

Whereas the Christan image by Cimabue depicts the central figure surrounded by angels, the Buddhist image in the central figure surrounded by

diego rivera

Which 20th century atist panted the fresco mixtec culture

all of these: animal fats and pigments mixed together, the use of reed brushes, and powdered pigments blown through hollow reeds

Which are methods used by prehistoric painters?

all of the above: a. to create places for some human purpose b. to create extraordinary versions of ordinary objects? c. to record and commemorate d. to give tangible form to the unknown

Which are tasks for artists, according to the text?

James Turrell

Which artist uses light itself as teh main material and whose work increases our awareness of light as a presence in the world

James Turrell

Which artist uses light itself as the main material and whose work increases our awareness of light as a presence?

to help us see the world in the same way they see it

Which is NOT a task for artist according to the text

In painting and drawing, artists often use the technique of ________ to describe the way shadows and light define the mass of forms.

chiaroscuro

__________ can best be described as the path traced by a moving point.

line

Eugene Delacroix liberty leading the people

politics/social order - glorifies violence in service of democracy

Pablo picasso: guernica

politics/social order - protest against spanish civil war after germany bombed guernica

michelangelo and raphael

pope jullius II employed with 2 itlaiian renaissance artist to paint fresco for him

conceptual

rather that depend solely upon visual unity,artist will sometimes create____ unity by unifying the ideas is a work of art

Analogous color harmonies are those in which the colors are close to ones another on the color wheel.

t

Foreshortening is the term fro the effect produced by applying the logic of linear perspective to every form that recedes into the distance, including people and animals.

t

Lines are sometimes used in art to indicate direction and movement.

t

Many of the sculptures of Calder can be classified as kinetic.

t

On the color wheel, yellow, red and blue are primary colors.

t

Texture can be either implied or actual.

t

The colors in a drawing or painting can be translated into values by black and white photography.

t

The common issue facing those who work to conserve works of art is: the effect of light, the work of earlier restorers, changing levels of heat and humidity, pollution.

t

Textures we experience through the sense of touch are called actual texture or _______ textures.

tactile

position and overlap

the 18th century Indian painting of Maharana Amar Singh and other watching musicians and the acrobats utilzes teh two most basic visual cues for implying depth on a flat surface. They are

diego rivera

the 20th century master of the fresco technique who created the work MIxtec Culture is

afterlife

the Egyptians imagined teh _____ as resembling earthly life in every detail.

symmetry

the Thirteen-Deity JNanadakini Mandala uses_____to suggest that there is a hidden orderin the universe

chinese

the _____are credited with the invention of paper around 5ce

a square grid

the ancient Egyptians developed a standard set of proportions used to create inages of the "correct" or "perfect" hman, as have many cultures both ancient aand modern. this set of proportions was created using

the golden section

the architect Le Corbusier designed the Modulor,a tool he used for calculating human proportions, based on

Our modern ideas about art carry with them ideas about

the artist and the audience.

simple, timeless and pure

the sculptor Constantin Brancusi spint his life searching for forms that were

During the 20th century, _______ became a recognized element of art.

time and motion

iconography

to discover why the sculptor of the AMida Nyorai depicts the subject with elongated earlobes, specific hand gestures and a bun atop his head requires the use of

Artists can portray ______ textures that are created to look like something other that a flat painted surface.

visual

The term style is used to categorize a work of art by its

visual characteristics.

During the 18th century, beauty and art were discussed together because both

were felt to provide pleasure.

powder color

what is pigmentin paint

According to the author, the most important meaning of an artwork is

what it means to the viewer.


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