Art Appreciation Chapter 3
Meta Warrick Fuller's pieces were often about what subject?
Reconnecting African-Americans with their lost ancestors
Piranesi used his imagination and what other source to create his print series II Carceri (The Prison)?
Roman justice systems
The use of columns and arches in the Great Mosque allows for what kind of space?
Open space for large groups to worship
What makes art made from surrounding natural materials unique?
- It's created with the understanding it will change appearance. - It almost always leaves behind evidence of its existence.
The Egyptian Pyramids guaranteed which of the following?
- Prosperity for the land - Safe passage to the afterlife for the Pharaoh - Continued cycle of a prosperous society
For what reasons was the Sainte-Chapelle commissioned in 1239 by the French King Louis IX?
- To house his important collection of religious relics - to be a private chapel for the ing and his court
In what ways does The Garden of Earthly Delights demonstrate Bosch's unique innovation?
-Landscapes filled with unknown plants -Depictions of otherworldly plants and animals -Imaginative interpretations of textual sources
What is significant about the raised hoof of the horse Marcus Aurelius rides?
A fallen enemy was originally located beneath
The bodhisattvas in the Transcendent Buddahs gives tangible form to what?
Enlightened beings assisting others in reaching nirvana
Christian Boltanski draws upon the _______ to create his work _______.
Holocaust; Altar to the Chases High School
What aspect is NOT similar between Cimabue's Madonna Enthroned and Rathnasambhava, the Transcendent Buddha of the South Compositional structure A sacred theme Identical iconography Symbolic hand gestures
Identical iconography
How did Frank Henderson prevent the loss of Arapaho nomadic culture when they are forced onto reservations
Images normally recorded on animal skins were recorded in ledgers
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.
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 is one reason art can be its own theme?
It is created for visual pleasure.
Why is Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty considered part of the Great Salt Lake landscape?
It used the surrounding materials to create a permanent presence.
What Christian idea does Johannes Vermeer's painting Woman Holding a Balance represent?
Last Judgement
According to Egyptian belief systems, what happens in the afterlife?
Life continues as usual
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 ________ often created equestrian statues of their emperors.
Romans
For what genre is artist Frida Kahlo well-known?
Self-portraits
What was the subject matter of Thomas Cole's work, The Oxbow?
The American landscape in the nineteenth century
What work of fantasy is by the bizarrely inventive Hieronymus Bosch?
The Garden of Earthly Delights
What space served as tombs, helping rulers to become fully diving upon death?
The Great Pyramids Giza, Egypt
What was Pablo Picasso's Guernica a protest against?
The bombing of a civilian population
The disjointed images in Robert Rauschenberg's Windward is reminiscent of what?
The energy associated with New York City
Which of the following is an example of a theme in art? Mural and tapestry Renaissance Painting The natural world
The natural world
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 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
Iconoclasm means the ________ of images based on religious beliefs.
destruction
In many cultures, the presence of halos around a figures head indicates _______.
holiness
Jeff Wall's A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai) is a ________ that refers to a ________.
photograph; print
