Art Appreciation TEST 1 (chp. 1-3)
f
In the painting "white clouds over Xiao and Xiang" by Wang Jian, the painter's primary concern is topographical accuracy.
Arnolfini Double Portrait
Jan Van Eyck
photograph
Jeff Wall's "A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai)" is a _________ that refers to a woodcut.
f
Juan de Valdes Leal created the painting known as "Wheel of Fortune"
t
Kandinsky believed that the role of art in a materialistic society was to be a channel for the spirit.
t
Laurel leaves traditionally crown those who have become famous for their achievements, especially artistic achievements.
t
Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" dazzled his contemporaries because the portrait was almost miraculously lifelike.
Neanderthals
Lion Panel
Romans
The _______ often created equestrian statues of their emperors.
f
Thematic subject of the stone and gravel garden at Ryoan-ji Temple in Kyoto is "Storytelling".
t
Theo Van Gogh was Vincent Van Gogh's brother, art dealer, and financial supporter.
f
Thomas Cole left England for France to become an Impressionist.
t
Van Gogh's paintings are of high value because his work had a major influence on subsequent artists and paintings allow the viewer to feel a connection with the artist himself
Florence
Verrocchio's statue of the biblical hero David was commissioned by the Medici family, who were powerful leaders of the city of _________.
Maya Lin
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Vincent Van Gogh's
We owe our access to ________________ thoughts and feelings about many of his paintings to the many letters he wrote to friends and family.
Edward Hopper
_____________ had a gift for depicting empty places and lonely moments, through the use of 20th century American scenes.
Meta Warrick Fuller
_________________ a female African-American sculptor who used her mastery of the conservative, academic style of her era to help African Americans take pride in their African heritage.
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according to the author, Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" dazzled his contemporaries because the sitter was a wealthy woman.
t
according to the author, a work of art may fall into more than one theme
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according to the author, the impulse to create art comes from basic human interests in creating order and structure, exploring aesthetic possibilities, and constructing images and forms that carry meaning.
t
aesthetics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the feelings aroused in us by sensory experiences, such as sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell
t
after much study of the "Arnolfini Double Portrait", experts agree that experts still debate the work's iconography.
artist creates - public accepts mastor and apprentice - patron court artist - nobility artist - no audience
categorize 4 artists and audience relationships
art created according to the belief that the essence of art resides in a motivating idea and that any physical realization or recording of this idea is secondary.
conceptual art
what is happening in the world around the artist
content
what a work of art is about.
context
t
during the 18th century, beauty and art were discussed together because both were felt to provide pleasure
the physical appearance of a work of art
form
t
in a work of art, form includes all visual aspects of the work that can be isolated and described.
t
in order to make his sculptures of human forms, Duane Hanson makes molds directly from the models' bodies.
t
the subject matter of both Edward Hopper's "Gas" and Robert Rauschenberg's "Windward" depict aspects of everyday life
f
the term for extreme optical fidelity is abstract
t
the terms Fold Art, Naive Art, Intuitive Art, and Outsider Art, all describe work done by nonprofessionals
t
the word for extreme optical fidelity is trompe l'oeil.
t
those who study the iconography of an artwork must relate the work to the era and culture in which it was created to understand as much as it is possible to know about the work.
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to discover why the sculptor of the Amida Nyorai depicted its subject with elongated earlobes, specific hand gestures, and a bun atop his head requires the use of enlightenment.
A composition consisting of 3 panels side by side. 2 panels can close like shutters over the central one.
triptych
french for "fool the eye". extreme optical fidelity
trompe l'oeil
Latin for "vanity"
vanitas
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Cleopatra was the patron who commissioned The Great Pyramids at Giza, in Egypt to serve as the Great Library of Alexandria.
Andrea del Verrochio
David
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 __________.
f
"Fisherman's Cottage on the Cliffs at Varengeville" was painted by Pablo Picasso
f
"The Scream" is best-known work of the bizarrely inventive Hieronymus Bosch
Pablo Picasso
Seated Woman Holding a Fan
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A painting in three panel sections, such as that done by Hieronymus Bosch, is known as a triptych.
f
according to the author one of the tasks for artists is to help us see the world in the same way that we see it
Thomas Cole
19th century American painters employed the American landscape as a subject. One such artist was _____________ who focused on an area of the Connecticut River to create "The Oxbow".
observer
According to the author, the most important meaning of an artwork is what it means to the ________.
the branch of philosophy concerned with the feelings created by sensory experiences.
Aesthetics
seeing
After _______ a park bench through Haas' eyes, we find ourselves more attentive to the world around us.
Paleolithic
All of these methods: animal fats and pigments mixed together, the use of reed brushes, and powdered pigments blown through hollow reeds used by _________ painters.
Starry Night
Although Vincent Van Gogh suffered emotionally throughout his life, he was able to give his emotions tangible form in works such as __________.
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Ann Hamilton's "Mantle" is an example of painting.
t
Artist Frida Kahlo is well-known for her self-portraits.
Titian
Assumption
Rebecca Purdum
Chin Up
craft
During the Middle Ages the term "art" was used roughly in the same sense as "_______".
Renaissance
During the __________ in Western Europe, painting, sculpture, and architecture, came to be regarded as the more elevated of the arts.
French
Eugene Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the People" expressed the artists support for the _______ Revolution of 1830.
Pablo Picasso
First Communion
t
Frida Kahlo began to paint while recovering from a streetcar accident.
t
Hokusai once dipped a rooster's feet in red paint and allowed it to run across the painting he was creating.
image breaking or destruction
Iconoclasm
breaking
Iconoclasm means the ______ of images based on religious beliefs.
subject matter
Iconography involves identifying, describing, and interpreting the ____________ in a work of art.
naturalistic
If a work of art is faithful to our visual experience, its style is _________.
t
Maya Lin is recognized as both an architect and sculptor
very large stones
Megaliths
Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa
Henri Matisse
Music Lesson
Katsushika Hokusai
One of the most delightfully eccentric figures in the history of art is the Japanese painter and woodcut designer known as _____________.
artist audience
Our modern ideas about art carry with them ideas about the _______ and the ________.
f
Pablo Picasso painted "Guernica" in 1987 for a celebration honoring General Francisco Franco
bombing
Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" was a protest against the ________ of a civilian population.
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Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" was a protest against the atomic bomb.
Ernest Haas
Peeling Paint on Iron Bench, Kyoto
Henri Matisse
Piano Lesson
t
Picasso was noted for his experimentation in various styles, media, and techniques.
Franco
Picasso's "Guernica" was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York until General _______ died in 1975.
Giovanni Bellini
Pieta
Paleolithic
Radiocarbon testing indicates that the earliest images made by humans date back to the __________ Period.
t
Rathnasambhava was one of the Five Transcendent Buddha, who usually were depicted in the elegant clothing of Indian princes.
nonrepresentational
Rebecca Purdum's "Chin Up" and Vasily Kandinsky's "Swinging" both are _____________ in style.
concrete
Religious images help viewers to direct their thoughts toward spiritual matters by giving ______ form to abstract ideas.
t
Robert Rauschenberg created window displays for New York stores such as Tiffany's
earthwork
Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty" is an example of an _________.
t
Sainte-Chapelle served as a private chapel for the French king and his court.
t
Sainte-Chapelle, the Great Mosque at Cordoba, and the Buddhas in Bamiyan, Afghanistan was designed as a place of worship or meditation.
Indian Sculptor
Shiva Nataraja
Vincent Van Gogh
Starry Night
Neolithics in England
Stonehenge
t
Stonehenge was created by Neolithic peoples in England
Shiva Nataraja
The 10th century bronze 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 _________.
f
The Chauvet cave was discovered in 1493 by the conquistadors
afterlife
The Egyptians imagined the _______ as resembling earthly life in every detail.
Stonehenge
The famous Neolithic structure in England, made of megaliths that once formed several concentric circles, is called ___________.
context
The life of the artist, the traditions a work grows from and responds to, the audience it was made for, and the society in which it appears connect a work of art to the larger world of human culture and are known as the ________ of the work.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The most famous of Maya Lin's works is the __________.
t
The nature of perception suggests that the most important key to looking at art is to become aware of the process of looking itself
subject matter
The objects or events that a work depicts are known as ____________.
tombs
The pyramids at Giza in Egypt were built as _______.
Robert Rauschenberg
The range of _______________'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.
pure
The sculptor Constantin Brancusi spent his life searching for forms that were simple, ________, and timeless.
visual
The term style is used to categorize a work of art by its _______ characteristics.
style
When the author uses the term _______, he identifies it as constant, recurring, and coherent.
Pieta
______ 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.
Vanitas
_________ paintings meditate on the fleeting nature of earthly life and happiness.
Iconography
__________ is the term that relates to a study of the symbols and story in a work of art
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a megalith is defined as a very large tree
t
a number of "vanitas" paintings from the 17th century relate to the brief nature of human life and beauty
f
a representation of a god, such as the Hindu god Shiva, fulfills the artistic function of recording and commemorating.
descriptive of art in which the forms of the visual world are purposefully simplified, fragmented, or distorted.
abstract
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an artist can never change his style.
t
art and nature is an example of a "theme" in art.
t
artist Andrea Verrochio is associated with Renaissance sculpture.
an art form in which an entire room or similar space is treated as a work of art to be entered and experienced.
installation
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landscape is the most highly regarded subject in traditional Chinese painting.
allowed artists to explore abstract nonrepresentational art new form of art (photography) portrait photography becomes more popular than portrait painting
list 3 ways the development of photography has changed art and artists.
The sacred realm politics and the social order stories and histories looking outward: the here and now looking inward: the human experience invention and fantasy the natural world art and art
list the 8 themes of art
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most artists who paint in an abstract or nonrepresentational style do so because they cannot draw well
artwork portraying the visible world that emphasizes the objective observation and accurate imitation of appearances.
naturalistic
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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 learn language.
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non-objective art closely resembles identifiable objects in the real world.
art that doesn't represent or otherwise refer to the visible world outside itself
nonrepresentational
f
only visual artists display all of the traits of creativity
t
our eyes and brains cannot receive and process all of the information in our environment, but must be selective.
art that depicts forms in the natural world
representational
focusing on the visual information we need for the task at hand.
selective perception
characteristics that we can identify as constant, recurring, or coherent.
style
descriptive of representational art in which methods for depicting forms have become standardized and can be repeated without further observation.
stylized
the objects or events depicted in a work of art
subject matter
create places for human purpose create extraordinary out of ordinary record and commemorate give tangible form to the unknown give tangible form to feelings and ideas providing a new way of seeing the world
what are the 6 roles of the artist?
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when discussing the size, shape, material, color, and composition of a work of art, we are discussing its theme.
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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 pharaohs.
