Art Appreciation Test 1

Jackson Pollock's work is an example of

Abstract expressionism

Objects that are intended to stimulate a sense of beauty in the viewer are thought to be _______ rather than functional

Aesthetic

Which of the following is used to describe an elevated awareness of beauty in the viewer?

Aesthetics

Critics who examine the environmental influences on a work of art, such as the economic system, cultural values, and politics, use

Contextual theories

Frida Kahlo painted The Two Fridas shortly after she was divorced from which famous Mexican painter?

Diego Rivera

One of Frida Kahlo's sketchbooks contain the image of a monster that represents some of the pain and hardship that she endured. What did she call this monster?

El Horrendo 'Ojosauro' primitivo

What kind of artworks do the Guerrilla Girls make?

Feminist posters and pamphlets

Some believe that the sculpture Woman of Willendorf was associated with

Fertility

In Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait, the dog symbolize in our culture

Fidelity and loyalty

Which theories focus attention on the composition of an artwork and how earlier artworks may have influenced it?

Formal theories

How did Vincent van Gogh die?

He committed suicide RIP my mans

In what way is Frida Kahlo's face iconic?

Her eyebrows

Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait depicts many objects that have symbolic meaning. The use or study of these symbols is called

Iconography

The stained-glass window from Gothic Cathedral is an excellent example of the use of

Iconography

The symbolic meaning of visual signs and imagery in a work of art is known as

Iconography

Conceptual art emphasizes ________.

Ideas behind the artwork over its realization

Vincent van Gogh used thick swirls of paint in his work Starry Night. This technique is called

Impasto

What makes Frida Kahlo's work a part of Surrealism movement?

Includes unexpected, illogical, and fantastic elements that reflect a logic that makes sense only in dreams

One could be classified as an outsider artist because of his

Inexperience or lack of formal education/training

What is believed to be the purpose of the Woman from Willendorf?

It's a fertility statue used to help women with fertility

In 1863, Edouard Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) was rejected by the public due to its

Its flatness and disregard for perspective (Nudity and structure)

In a work of art, "content" refers to

Its meaning

The goddess Tlazolteotl was responsible for ________.

Life and death

The line created by the vein in Frida Kahlo's The Two Fridas makes reference to what personal aspect of her life?

Lineage

James Hampton's The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly was made using ________.

Random trash and gold/silver foil

We can clearly see the artistic impulse to "give form to the immaterial," to represent hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, and personal feelings in

Religious art

Figurative art is a type of

Representational art

The terms naturalistic or realistic art are sometimes used to describe

Representational art

What creates the various degrees between representational and non-objective?

Representational- depicts the appearance of things Non-objective- presents visual forms with no specific references anything outside themselves, non-figurative

Jazz provided a notable influence on the work of

Romare Bearden

The believes that all people are creative, but artists possess qualities that most don't. Which of the following best describes these qualities?

Artists are critical thinkers, meaning they question assumptions and explore new direction

Romare Bearden's work is an example of

Assemblage/photomontage

The sculpture of the goddess Tlazolteotl giving birth to the maize god was made by which culture?

Aztec

The eleventh-century bronze sculpture of Shiva Nataraja (Lord of the Dance)was madein ________.What is Shiva Nataraja responsible for doing?

Bringing to life the endless of cycle of birth and rebirth, stamping out evil and ignorance, balancing contradictory qualities like creation and destruction, dancing the world into existence

Which of the following historical references can be seen in Frida Kahlo's The Broken Column?

Catholic martyr St. Sebastian, Greek temple column

The form of the goddess's figure in The Birth of Venus was based on ________.

Classical Greek sculptures; a sculpture Botticelli had 'owned' of Venus

The symbolic hand gestures that refer to specific states of mind or events in the life of Buddha are called

Mudra

In his Obey campaign poster Shepard Fairey used a striking contrast between positive and ________ shapes to attract the attention of the public.

Negative

When a work of art shows no reference to the natural world of images, it is called

Non-representational

Viewers were shocked by Edouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), because of the

Nude woman

The Mexican painter Frida Kahlo suffered from a disabling back injury but was able to continue working through periods of pain using what medium?

Sketching in her diary

Francisco Goya's Disasters of War is an example of art as a vehicle for

Social change?

The term "vanitas" in art includes references to ________.

The fleeting nature of life

What aspects of Edouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) discomforted many viewers when it was first exhibited?

The lack of modesty or the showing of nudity. It also had 'uncomfortable' proportions.

Rene Magritte's This is Not a Pipe asks us to consider__________.

The meaning that's hidden right in front of us

To what does the title of Do Women Have to Be Naked to Get into the Met. Museum? refer?

The unfair treatment of women in art institutions

The term used to describe the "fool-the-eye" realism of William Harnett's painting A Smoke Back stage is

Trompe l'oeil

James Hampton is considered a ________.

Visionary artist

In Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait, the woman is wearing a green dress to symbolize

Wealth and possibly fertility