ART 111 Midterm

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The recurrence of a single element in a work of art is called ___________

Pattern

This medium involves the human body and usually includes the artist.

Performance art

A work of art is the product of interrelationships between various art elements and

Principles

The relationship between the sizes of different parts of a work make up its ____________.

Proportions

A three-dimensional surface that is designed to be viewed from only one direction is known as a

Relief

If we can recognize the objects or people in a work of art, it is

Representational

When you add white pigment to another color pigment you are doing what to the color?

Tinting

The exaggerated use of contrasting light vs dark colors to play up the dramatic qualities of a given scene can be used most effectively for which of the listen purposes?

To create emphasis

In ancient Egypt this part of a human body was usedas a standard of measurements. Six of these equaled a cubit

A Palm

Thomas Struth's photograph Museo del Prado 7 is

A portrait of art appreciation

Which of these elements helps to create space in art?

A. Perspective B. Light C. Color D. All of the above

Shepard Fairey uses which of the following concepts as a strong component of his graphically painted images

Contrasting negative and positive shape

Isometric perspective uses diagonal parallels and has been used in China for over one thousand years.

True

One mode of analysis involves considering political, economical or religious aspects of a work of art

True

An artwork can be described as non-objective if its subject matter is

Unrecognizable

Which color would be considered an analogous color to yellow?

Yellow-orange

Psychological analysis of Nighthawks by the artist Edward Hopper tells us that the painter was

Expressive loneliness

Abstraction refers to the highly rendered forms, sometimes considered to "fool the eye" because they look so much like the "real" world

False

An artwork can have only one focal point

False

Linear perspective is most effectively used for rendering irregular and natural formsrather than man-made forms.

False

Lines that create a sense of movement and direction are called

Implied lines

If the action portrayed in the early film Fred Ott's Sneeze was not a sneeze, but a man simply wiping his nose, this would have an effect on the level of intensity in the movie. The movie would be ____.

Less intense

_____________ volume is a space that is enclosed by materials that are not entirely solid

An open

Iconographic analysis interprets objects and figures in an artwork as

Signs or symbols

The opposite of emphais is

Subordination

Both biographical and historical analysis are important for understand the meaning of Velazquez's Las Meninas

True

In hierarchical scale important figures or holy figures to be drawn, painted or sculpted larger than other figures in the images.

True

The rarity of an artwork, and its value, are often closely related.

True

Titan's portrait of Isabella d'Este does not portray Isabella as she really looked

True

The tools of formal analysis help us to

Understand how an artwork was made

When art artist uses shifts in color, lower contrast and detail based on the effects of light and air in the landscape it is called

Atmospheric Perspective

Creating visual weight and counterweight is part of an artist's use of the element of _____________ in creating a work of art.

Balance

What is the method of value depiction where an artist uses a series of parallel lines?

Cross hatching

Which of the following can create a pattern?

A. The warp and weft of woven cloth B. Fish scales C. Dried, cracked mud D. Stacks of cans

Forms such as pyramids, which tend to be precise and regular, are known as _____________ forms.

Geometric

The German word that refers to something in which the whole seems greater than the sum of its parts is

Gestalt

Even though Jeff Koons did not make the sculpture Rabbit with his own hands, it is considered his work becuase ____________

He designed it

The type of line which is the most calm or placid is which of the following?

Horizontal

This painter creates images of historical Chinese women to explore their "social captivity" and subjugation in oil, employing drips and line to suggest power and control vs. freedom.

Hung Liu


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