art

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

aesthetics

The balance of Jockey's Before the Race, by Edgar Degas, is

asymmetrical

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

contextual

The juxtaposition of strongly dissimilar elements is referred to as______.

contrast

Which of the following is the result of the process of arranging, selecting, and ordering?

design

____ art theories focus attention on the composition of the work and how earlier works may have influenced it.

formal

Drawing is considered the _____ of all other media.

foundation

Shape refers to the expanse within the outline of a two-dimensional area or within the outer boundaries of a three-dimensional object. The wide variety of shapes can be grouped into two general categories:

geometric and organic

Value in the sense of art refers to

lightness and darkness of surfaces

Raphael's, The School of Athens, provides the viewer with the illusion of the three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional surface by the use of

linear perspective

In the art world, a ____ is a particular material, along with its accompanying technique.

medium

Art made with a combination of materials, such as photomontage, is referred to as ______.

mixed media

_____refers to size relationships between parts of a whole.

proportion

Figurative art is a type of _____ art.

representational

Architects are primarily concerned with the qualities of

space

In _____ balance, the two sides of a composition on either side of an imaginary vertical dividing line correspond to one another in size, shape, and placement of form.

symmetrical

_____ is the appearance or condition of oneness in a work of art.

unity

_____, the artist who made Rocket to the Moon, paid tribute to the richness of the African American experience through photomontage.

Romare Bearden

The first century sculpture, Augustus of Prima Porta, and the fourteenth century painting, Effects of Good Government in the City, exemplify which function of art?

art for persuasion

Any kind of movement or structure of dominant and subordinate elements in sequence in a work of art refers to

rhythm

The term used to describe the "fool-the-eye" realism of William Harnett's Painting, A Smoke Backstage, is

trompe l'oiel

Chiaroscuro is the technique used by two-dimensional artist to create the illusion of volume with light and shading techniques.

true

The Tree at Jesse, in Chartres Cathedral in France, illustrates the genealogy of Christ and is an example of Art for Commemoration

False

Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. V reflects the typical style and content of its artist,

Georgia O'keefe

__________ made detailed drawings of a reclining male nude as studies for his finished work on the Sistine Chapel Ceiling.

Michaelangelo

To create Guernica, a monumental painting depicting the horrors of war, this artist made many preliminary sketches.

Pablo Picasso

The drawing, Carpenter, was made at the beginning of this artist's career, yet it reveals his careful observation and attention to detail. The artist of this drawing is _______.

Vincent van Gogh

The original meaning of the term _____ is a type of preparatory drawing that is full-sized drawing made as a guide for a larger work in another medium.

cartoon

Which of the following refers to the symbolic meaning of visual signs and imagery in a work of art?

iconography

______ is the term for the purity or saturation of a color.

intensity

Identify the most prominent musical influence on Romare Bearden's art.

jazz

When a work of art, such as Theo van Doesburg's Composition (The Cow), shows no reference to the natural world of images, it is called_____.

nonrepresentational

Sabatino "Simon" Rodia, the artist who created Nuestro Pueblo (Our Town; commonly known as the Watts Towers), did not have any professional art training. This type of artist is commonly known as a folk or _____ artist.

outsider

Pastel, charcoal, conte crayon, and ____ are types of dry drawing media.

pencil

Claus Oldenburg's and Coosje van Bruggen's art, as seen in Shuttlecocks, affects us immediately through its_______

scale

Global Warming, the graphic design poster by Chaz Maviyane-DAvies, presents an issue of concern for the artist as well as the global population. This work is an example of art as a vehicle for ______.

social causes

To evaluate a work of art properly, we must deal with it in the context of

the society that produced it

Large Reclining Nude is the final result of Matisse's long process of planning and rearranging the design of the composition.

true

Ogata Korin's Cranes is a good example of the principle of rhythm and repetition.

true

The term "art criticism" refers to making judgments of art, both favorable and unfavorable.

true