Art Appreciation with Ms. Geary
Name two historical learning models used in art education
Art school programs and apprenticeships
The definition of __________________ sculpture is an additive process using found objects or materials combined to create the desired form.
Construction/Assemblage
Ideas of 'good' and 'bad' art are not based on cultural information and beliefs
False
These are the 3 basic types of critique you can use to analyze meaning in a work of art:
Formal, Contextual, and Expressive
identifies and interprets the symbolic meanings of objects and elements in artworks.
Iconography
Vanitas painting is defined by:
Issues of mortality and impermanence
Content is defined as:
Meaning derived from a work of art
Form is defined as:
Physical and visible characteristics of a work of art
Which of the following is not an artistic medium?
Style
When using ______________ analysis, one considers the state of the artist's mind when creating an artwork.
psychological
The terra cotta army, discovered in 1974 and numbering more than 8,000 soldiers, were created to guard which Emperor in his afterlife?
qin shi huang
How does the aperture in a camera function
regulates light
sculpture has a surface raised from a solid backing material.
relief
Systematic arrangement of a repeated shape or form is called
repatition
is achieved by opposing, contrasting, or diversifying the elements to add individualism and interest.
rhythm
is two or more like elements or forms within a composition
rhythm
Two types of loads (gravitational forces) exert themselves on every architectural form. What are they?
sheer and compression
One traditional role of drawing is to
sketch a bigger drawing
The empty or open area between, around, above, below and within objects is called _______________.
space
This paint's main characteristic is that it has egg as a binder.
tempera
This element of art that refers to the surface quality or feel of an object, or how something looks as if it might feel.
texture
In painting, a glaze is a
thin layer of color
War memorials act as a remembrance for
those who died in war
Colors ranging from yellow to red on the color wheel are warm; colors ranging from blue to green are cool.
true
Definitions of art vary between different cultures.
true
The objective level focuses on the work's physical characteristics only.
true
True/False. Some artists don't actually make their own work.
true
True/False. Wood carving is a good example of subtractive sculpture.
true
True/False: One of the basic functions of architecture is to provide shelter.
true
True/False: Screenprinting is a planographic process.
true
True/False: You can use a variety of different types of analysis when looking at a piece of artwork in order to understand it.
true
is the result of bringing the elements and principles of art into an appropriate ratio between harmony and variety to give a sense of oneness.
unity
is an element of art that refers to the lightness or darkness of a color or of an object.
value
The use of diverse elements and principles in a composition is ___________
variety
Traditional Chinese painting uses:
water based ink
True/False: Drawing only uses dry media.
false
True/False: The only difference between vine charcoal and compressed charcoal is the name.
false
A designed unit or pattern that is repeated often enough in the total composition to make it a significant or dominant feature is
motif
These colors are directly opposite each other on the color wheel. When mixed together, they make a neutral gray or brown.
complementary
This analysis studies the atmosphere and ideas, often from a particular time and culture, that an artwork reflects. It can consider the artwork in relation to the religious, biographical, or social background in which it was made.
contextual
A large difference between two things: for example, rough and smooth or white and black.
contrast
How did George Eastman's invention of the hand held camera and its use of roll film advance photography for everyone?
easy access at afordable price
A subjective level of looking at art involves:
emotional reactions
The focal point in a composition is known as __
emphasis
When an artist needs to create a large-scale work of art, s/he hires:
fabricators and technicians
Artworks that give identity to the human experience are relatively modern and isolated to a few cultures
false
Cultural styles often change within short periods of time.
false
True/False. A freestanding sculpture can only be seen from one side.
false
True/False. In the Middle Ages, artists traditionally learned their craft through textbooks.
false
True/False: Peace can be represented in art and images only by using the peace symbol.
false
This analysis considers the role of women in an artwork as its subjects, creators, patrons, and viewers.
feminist
The visual relationship between a mark and the surface it's created on; this can also describe the relationship between the positive and negative spaces of an image.
figure/ground
The collective symbol of a nation is represented in its
flag
A shape or three-dimensional volume that has or gives the illusion of having weight, density or bulk is ___________.
form
In this type of analysis, the meaning is inherent in materials and process.
formalist
This critique style expands the considerations raised by feminist analysis to explore ways in which an artwork reflects experience based on a person's gender.
gender studies
Which of these cultures participates in a collaborative and social artwork known as the Totem?
haida
Modern skyscrapers of glass and steel characterize which architectural style?
international
nstallation artworks are defined by:
a single or multiple objects often using various mediums that take up entire spaces
When a work of art is not made by an individual artist, but by many people, this is called art as ________________. The Pyramids at Giza are a famous example of this.
a social activity
The two processes involved with three-dimensional works of art are:
addative and subtractive
Artistic roles include:
all of the above
In the Australian Aboriginal tradition, what does Dreamtime represent?
all of the above
Painting mediums are extremely versatile because they
all of the above
The German teaching and learning center for modern industrial and architectural design was calle
bauhaus
This type of analysis takes into account whether the artist's personal experiences and opinions may have affected the making or meaning of the artwork.
biographical
Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" depicts a scene from a war using what main color scheme?
black white grey
An extension or overhang without exterior bracing is called:
cantilever
This additive process uses liquid material poured into a mold, which then solidifies as it cools.
casting
A medium that uses found objects or images such as newspapers, illustrations, or photographs and incorporates them into new images is known as
collage
The element of art produced when a wavelength of light strikes an object and reflects back to the eyes.
color
A mark created by a point that moves across a surface, usually created by a drawing tool of some type.
line
Both additive and subtractive process where a soft material is successively built up and taken away to create a desired form is called _
modeling
Which of these is NOT required to become an artist?
money
A sense of action or implied movement in static works or art is ___________
motion
Architecture from the lost city of Machu Picchu reflects the form of the surrounding
mountains
Kinetic sculpture is different from other forms because they:
move by way of ambient airflow or machanical means
Calabashes - dried and hollowed out gourds that serve as receptacles - contain complex imagery that vary from one culture to another in which part of the world?
nigeria
Three-dimensional works that incorporate the artist themselves (sometimes the artist is the work) are called
performance art
is a relative difference in size in parts or elements in an image.
perspective
The three basic ingredients of paint are
pigment, binder and solvent
The means by which the elements in a work are arranged :
principle
What does the carved figure of Lammasu signify?
protection and power