Art 120 CH 3
What group brought attention to institutions' lack of women and minority artists being featured?
Guerrilla Girls
William Hogarth used his print The Harlot's Progress to do what?
Influence how society viewed prostitutes
Friar Bernadino de Sahagun used what to document the daily lives of native peoples in Central America?
Local artists to create the images for his book
The work Court Ladies Preparing Newly Woven Silk gives viewers a glimpse into what aspect of daily life?
The domestic duties of court ladies
The disjointed images in Robert Rauschenberg's Windward is reminiscent of what? Multiple choice question.
The energy associated with New York
How did political art change for the modern era?
Artists chose the message they wished to create.
How did Spiral Jetty creator Robert Smithson think artists could impact the natural world?
Artists could shape the landscape like a geological force.
Roman emperors did what to demonstrate their political power visually?
Commissioned statues in their likeness to be distributed
What piece depicts the history of populations often left out of major history books?
Great Wall of Los Angeles
How does Thomas Cole portray man's relationship with nature in The Oxbow?
The human activities near the river revel the coexistence of man and nature.
In Thomas Cole's The Oxbow, who is the one figure depicted in the landscape?
the artist
What kind of art was created to provide space for people to worship?
Architecture
How are sacred works of art recognizable to different societies and cultures?
-Certain motifs are used in similar ways, such as halos. -Precious materials are used to create the pieces.
What makes art made from surrounding natural materials unique?
-It almost always leaves behind evidence of its existence. -It's created with the understanding it will change appearance.
The Egyptian pyramids guaranteed which of the following?
-Prosperity for the land and its people -Continued cycle of a prosperous society -Safe passage to the afterlife for the pharaoh
In what ways does Thomas Cole's The Oxbow indicate human presence in the landscape?
-Shapes of the crop fields -An artist at work in the landscape
Which descriptions show how Meta Warrick Fuller's Talking Skull is relatable to the human experience?
-Skulls are associated with the human body. -It shows a visual step in the cycle of life. -It is a visual manifestation of death.
For what reasons was the Sainte-Chapelle commissioned in 1239 by the French king Louis IX?
-To be a private chapel for the king and his court -To house his important collection of religious relics
What is significant about Judith Baca's use of a drainage canal for Great Wall of Los Angeles?
Although public, it received little attention just as the history of certain populations in the area.
Look at this image: *Man sitting criss cross, red out lines, people standing behind him* The bodhisattvas in the Transcendent Buddhas gives tangible form to what?
Enlightened beings assisting others in reaching nirvana
What kind of subject matter falls under the theme of the Here and Now?
Everyday life of common people
Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People supported a revolution in which country?
France
Art that expresses the sacred realm deals with what kind of subject matter?
Gods, goddesses, and the spiritual world
Frida Kahlo's Self-Portrait with Monkeys allowed her to express what?
Her personal life experiences
Why does William Hogarth use iconography in The Harlot's Progress?
It assists viewers in understanding the narrative.
Why is art important in connecting humans to the spiritual world?
It creates a tangible idea of an unknown world that can be interacted with emotionally.
Look at this image: *statue of man riding on a horse and pointing* Why is the statue of Marcus Aurelius a political piece of art?
It depicts the emperor as he wanted to be portrayed.
Look at this image: *native people and different colored cows* What is significant about this model?
It serves as one of the earliest depictions of daily life in ancient Egypt.
Why would Self-Portrait with Monkeys give Frida Kahlo a sense of existence?
It was her way of validating her existence despite her crippling pain.
What Christian idea does Johannes Vermeer's painting Woman Holding a Balance represent?
Last Judgment
Which statement best describes the artistic theme of the Here and Now?
Mundane subjects can be used to create art.
Where did Henri Rousseau draw inspiration for his vibrant jungle scenes?
Reading materials, local museums, and zoos
Meta Warrick Fuller's pieces were often about what subject?
Reconnecting African-Americans to their lost ancestors
What does the term iconoclasm mean?
The destruction of religious imagery due to idolatry
Piranesi used his imagination and what other source to create his print series Il Carceri (The Prison)?
Roman justice systems
How does Robert Raushenberg depict everyday life in New York with Windward?
Seemingly random images that relate through the viewer's own understanding
What does Judith Baca's piece Great Wall of Los Angeles document?
The unknown history of Los Angeles
Wang Jian's White Clouds over Xiao and Xiang is more concerned with what?
The viewer's experience
To understand Jeff Wall's A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai), the viewer must be familiar with what?
The work of art that inspired it
Why was Liberty Leading the People returned to Delacroix?
There was fear that it would provoke an uprising.
How is iconoclasm dangerous to populations with low literacy?
These populations rely on images to read.
Why do artists rely on stories for subject matter?
They offer a culture's collective memory that is relatable.
How is Robert Rauschenberg's Windward able to communicate the location depicted?
Use of symbols shared by a specific society and culture
Look at this image: *Man sitting criss cross, red out lines, people standing behind him* What makes the Transcendent Buddhas recognizable from other buddhas?
clothing worn
