Art Appreciations Chapter 1-3

Iconography is often referred to as the story within a work of art. Define the term iconography (icons).

Iconography refers to describing images.

Duane Hanson did a work which uses extreme optical fidelity. What is the French word for "fool the eye"?

Trompe l'oeil

This work, by Jeff Wall, is a photograph that refers to a print.

A Sudden Gust of Wind

Mike Kelley did a work titled Kandors Full Set. What is Kandor?

A fictional city on the fictional planet Krypton

The art movement Surrealism grew out of Dada and fantasy art. Hieronymus Bosch did a "fantasy" triptych. Define the term triptych.

A triptych is a painting in three pieces.

Picasso used a representational style for his painting First Communion but the style of expression used for Seated Woman Holding a Fan is ____________?

Abstract

Which style of expression (representational, abstract, or nonobjective) does Louise Bourgeois use for her Woman with Packages? Name the style of expression.

Abstract

Which British artist from your book said "all art is basically Paleolithic or Neolithic? Define the terms Paleolithic and Neolithic.

Anothony Caro Paleolithic- the older stone age Neolithic- the newer stone age

Archeologists have formed some tentative conclusions about how the cave paintings were done. Describe these methods from the book

Charcoal, naturally tinted red and yellow clays (ochres), and a black mineral called manganese dioxide served as pigments. They were ground to a powder with stone mortars, then mixed with a liquid that bound them into paint-blood, animal fat, and calcium rich cave water were some of the binders used. Paint was applied to the cave walls with fingers and animal hair brushes, or sprayed from the mouth or through a hollow reed. Some images were engraved, or scratched, into the rock; others were drawn with a chunk of rock or charcoal held like a pencil.

Define the term context.

Context is a web of connections to a larger world of human connection.

In our society we tend to think of art as something created by special persons called artists. Most societies call on its art-makers to fulfill similar roles. List the six roles/tasks from your book.

Create place for some human purpose, record and commemorate, give tangible form to the unknown, give tangible form to feelings and ideas, refresh our vison and help us see the world in new ways, create extraordinary versions of ordinary objects

Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty is an example of land art also known as a

Earth Art

The term outsider has come into common use only recently. What other terms have been used over the past century to cauterize work by nonprofessionals (see power point lecture)?

Folk Art, Naïve Art, Primitive Art, Art Brute

Art is always about something. From culture to culture, from time to time the content can change. Explain the difference between the term form and content.

Form is the way a work of art looks, and content is what a work of art is about.

Eugene Delacroix painting Liberty Leading the People glorifies violence in the service of democracy but Pablo Picasso's painting Guernica was done for other reasons. What were those two reasons discusses in your book?

He was commissioned by his government to paint a mural for the Spanish Pavilion of the Paris World's Fair. After procrastinating, he finished the painting after the bombing reached Paris.

Who was Theo van Gogh and what role did he play in Vincent van Gogh's life

He was his brother. They wrote letters because they had a close emotional connection.

Van Gogh could have never imaged his work would eventually sell for millions of dollars. According to your book, why are his works so valuable today?

His work had a major influence on the next generations art.

The styles of expression- representational, abstract, and nonrepresentational- categorize art by how it relates to the appearance of the visible world. A term that helps us categorize art by its own appearance is style. Define the term style.

It refers to a characteristic or group of characteristics that we recognize as constant, recurring, or coherent.

Media (medium) refers to the material from which a work of art is made. For example-watercolor, oils, acrylic, stone, metal, etc. During the 18th century, beauty and art were discussed together because both were felt to provide pleasure. But is pleasure what we always feel in looking at art? Sadness might be more appropriate for Giovanni Bellini's painting Pietà. What does the term Pietà mean?

Italian for "pity" is pieta.

What is the most important and honored subject in Chinese painting tradition?

Landscape

Who did the work titled Fountain?

Marcel Duchamps

During this time in history the term "art" was used roughly in the same sense a "craft." Name this historical period.

Middle Ages

Henri Rousseau style is often considered naive meaning untrained in the arts. What new term, (see chapter two power point lecture), could also be used to describe this artist?

Outsider/Folk art

Who painted Fisherman's Cottage on the Cliffs at Varengeville? What media did he use?

Painted by Claude Monet with oil on canvas.

Radiocarbon testing indicates that the earliest images made by humans (ex: cave paintings) dates back to this time. What is that period in history called?

Paleolithic Era

Keeping in mind the three styles of expression discussed in chapter two- what style of expression does Thomas Cole use in The Oxbow?

Representational

Define the terms representational, abstract, and nonrepresentational. Consult your power point lecture for chapter two for interchangeable terms which mean the same as the three above. Check your course content folder for additional information regarding these three styles of expression.

Representational - Descriptive of a work of art that depicts forms in the natural world. So if the artist is painting a apple it looks like an apple Realism Figurative Naturalism Abstract - Abstract paintings feature shapes, line, and colors, like more realistic paintings, but sometimes don't represent objects in the real world at all. Stylized Nonrepresentational- reference to the natural world of images Nonfigurative

Where was Robert Rauschenberg born? How did he support himself when he moved to New York in 1950?

Robert Rauschenberg was born in Port Arthur, Tx. He supported himself in part by doing window displays for fashionable 5th avenue stores.

Define the term installation. Look in the glossary for a broader definition which will be introduced later in the book. Which work in this chapter is considered an installation?

Space is presented as a work of art.

In representational art artists often interpret art rather than duplicating art. The Kiss is a prime example of this artist's interpretation. Name the artist who created The Kiss.

The artist's name is Auguste Rodin

The Egyptians imagined he afterlife as resembling earthy life in every detail. Who were the pyramids built for? Which is the largest of the three pyramids in your book?

The pyramids were built for the Pharaohs. The largest of the three pyramids was Khufu.

Many theories have formed about why the Stonehenge was built and for what purpose. Recently archeological research has confirmed one theory. What is the theory and how did archeologists form this conclusion? In what era was the Stonehenge erected?

They think it is a grave yard. They found signs of people buried.; neolithic

When judging the success of a work of art we must consider the intent of the artist. The portrait of the Mona Lisa painter by Leonardo da Vinci looks miraculously lifelike. Andy Warhol, who is associated with pop art, also did a work of the Mono Lisa in which he portrays her as an endless celebrity. What did Warhol call his famous work of the Mona Lisa?

Thirty are Better Then One

What style of expression are Electric Prisms by Delaunay and Untitled by Donovan?

Vasily Kandinsky style of expression was nonobjective. Rebecca Purdum style of expression was nonrepresentational.

The Starry Night is one of this artists more famous work. Which artist created this work and what was the significance (meaning for the artist) of this work

Vencent van Gogh and the meaning is people get to a star and continue their life

Vanitas paintings meditate on the fleeting nature of earthly life and happiness. Audrey Flack, a modern day painter, did a vantais painting she titled

Wheel of fortune

Somewhere between representational and abstract lies stylized. Define the term stylized.

describes representational art that conforms to a preset style or set of conventions for depicting the world.

Define the term megaliths.Which work in this chapter is best associated with the term megaliths?

large stone; stonehenge

Iconoclasm means the destruction of images based on religious beliefs. It was coined to describe one side of a debate. How long did this debate last?

the debate raged for over a century in the Christian empire of Byzantine.

The ability to make images is uniquely human. 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 our ability to

to learn language