art official midterm
Greek sculptor, Polykleitos Doryphorus, 450 - 440 BCE, is a good example of ______________. a) 2 D balance b) nude balance c) actual balance d) actual imbalance
actual balance
British artist, Rachel Whiteread's Holocaust Memorial in Vienna, is an example of _____________. a) implied mass b) antiques c) landscape d) actual mass
actual mass
American Artist and Glass sculptor Dale Chihuly's Fioridi Como, located in Las Vegas' Bellagio Hotel, is a 70-foot-long ceiling piece is an example of ____________. a) Art for the environment b) modules d) glass molds c) hotel art
art for the enviroment
Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso's painting Les Demoiselle's D'Avignon, 1907, _____________. a) began the start of Africa style. b) began the start of Cubism. c) began the styles of Pop art. d) began the start of Primitive art.
began the start of Cubism.
American sculptor, Judy Chicago's Dinner Party, conceptually _________. a) celebrates famous women in history b) honors women who won the nobel prize c) emphasized ideal craftsmanship d) the American Revolution
celebrates famous women in history
African American artist, Palmer Hayden's Midsummer Nights in Harlem, 1936 ___________________. a) celebrates the Harlem Renaissance movement b) doesn't use unity and variety c) celebrates country life d) references a dark historical period
celebrates the harlem renaissance movement
From the Italian for "light-dark" , what term is sometimes used in place of the word modeling? a) chiaroscuro b) fresco c) mandala d) mezzatint
chiaroscuro
In La Source drawing, Prud'hon's nude figure is modeled with the use of _____________. a) sunshine b) chiaroscuro c) folk art d) unity and variety
chiaroscuro
French artist Henri Matisse, and African American artist Romare Bearden both utilize ________ to create order and harmony in their versions of the Piano Lesson. a) mathematics and science b) content and form c) color, shape and repetition d) symbolism
color, shape and repetition
American painter, Roy Lichtenstein's Forget It, Forget Me! , is an example of Pop Art that has the visual appearance of a ______________. a)magazine art b) ink drawing 1960s c) hair styles d) comic strip
comic strip
____________colors are opposite of each other on the color wheel. a) Bright b) Complimentary c) Dark d) Analogous
complimentary
Located in Istanbul, Turkey, the Hagia Sophia was built as a Christian Church in 532 -537 CE but was converted to an Islamic Mosque in 1453 and now serves as a museum. Its ____________ is especially wondrous, appearing to float on light streaming through its row of windows. a) facade b) Roman trusses c) dome ceiling d) symbolism
dome ceiling
Dutch Postimpressionistic artist Vincent Van Gogh, used _________ in his painting, The Night Cafe. a) hue mixture b) loud color c) expressive color d) strange color
expressive color
Northern Renaissance artist, Hieronymous Bosch's painting, The Garden of Earthly Delights, is known for its ___________. a) religious style b) fantastical style c) modern style d) nasty style
fantastical style
Marc Chagall's self-portrait I and the Village can best be described as a depiction of ________________. a)fantasy b) war c) chaos d) reality
fantasy
The United States Capitol Building in Washington D.C. is an example of ______________. a) pictorial balance b) asymmetrical balance c) western line balance d) formal and symmetrical balance
formal and symmetrical balance
In Emily Mary Osborne's Nameless and Friendless, _________ visually connect and lead the viewer's eye around the composition. a) horizontal lines b) vertical lines c) curvilinear lines d) gestures and glances
gestures and glances
What mathematical device was used to create the proportions of The Parthenon in Athens Greece? a) Golden mean b) the root of all man c) rectangular box method d) silver rectangle
golden mean
Italian artist, Bronzino's painting Venus, Cupid and Folly and Time 1546, is an example of _________. a) iconography b) self-expression c) outsider art d) original sin
iconography
_____________ is the study of the themes and symbols in the visual arts: the figures and images that lend works their underlying meanings. a) Surrealism b) Humanism c) Iconography d) Style
iconography
The focal point of Italian artist, Sandro Botticelli Birth of Venus is created with ________________. a) atmospheric perspective b) oil paint c) decoration d) implied and psychological lines
implied and psychological lines
In works with _________, the lines are completed by the viewer. a) outline b) actual line c) implied line d) curved line
implied line
Sculpture capable of actual motion is described by the term: a) equilibrium b) kinetic c) objective d) implied movement
kinetic
American sculptor Alexander Calder is known for his mobiles, which are excellent examples of ______________. a) implied motion b) kinetic sculpture c) mechanical sculpture d) motorized sculpture
kinetic sculpture
In art, a _____________is usually defined as a moving dot and is both the simplest and most complex of the visual elements. a) line b) mass c) space d) shape
line
The 16th-century Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci produced what is perhaps the most famous painting in the history of Western art. This painting is known as __________. a) Grande Odalisque b) Mona Lisa c) Judith Holofernes
mona lisa
Art that makes no reference to reality is called? a) subjective b) non-objective c) Cubism d) abstract
non objective
Atmospheric perspective is a ____________ means for producing the illusion of depth. a) graphic b) uses lines c) non-linear texture gradient d) fuzzy art
non-linear texture gradient
Ghanian sculptor, El Anatsui, Between Earth and Heaven from 2006, uses __________. a) non-traditional materials b) amazing textures c) soft textures d) soft weaving
non-traditional materials
French, Impressionistic painter Claude Monet was trying to capture the effect of ______________ in his Haystack at Sunset Near Giverny a) local color b) fresco painting c) optical color d) cafter image
optical color
Mexican and German artist, Frida Kahlo is best known for her extremely realistic and often anguished ______________. still-life a) landscapes b) self-portraits c) genre scenes
self portraits
African American artist, Bette Saar's The Liberation of Aunt Jemima makes reference to a _______________. a) stereotype b) cook d) icon c) commercial
stereotype
____________ refers to a distinctive handling of elements and media associated with the work of an individual artist, a school or movement, or a specific culture or period. a) Form b) Style c) Content d) Creativity
style
French painter, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, painting The Grande Odalisque, 1814, was painted for what audience? a) the camera b) the female viewer c) the exotic viewer d) the male viewer
the male viewer
African American artist Faith Ringgold's Tar Beach, 1968, _______________. a) tells the story of a family vacation b) is not hand painted c) the story of her childhood in Harlem. d) is political
the story of her childhood in Harlem