ARTH 110 quiz 1

Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, 1907 was typical of his portraits of the wives and sisters of

Austrian businessmann

Why do we presume that the head of a woman from Benin was made for someone wealthy

Bc it was made from rare ivory

Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa communication to the viewer a mood of

Calm and introspective

Jeff koons did not make his sculpture rabbit with his own hands, it's consider his work bc

He designed it

The ancient Egyptian artist who painted the journey of the sun god re on a coffin chose his subject bc

It expressess belief in an after life

Girl with a Pearl Earring was painted by this dutch artist

Johannes Vermeer

Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, 1907 was famous bc

Looted by the nazis

The oldest title of the Watts Towers

Nuestro pueblo

In Japan ceramic tea bowls were appreciated bc

Of their shape,subtle colors, and irregular surface

The equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius is recognizable as a man on a horse

Representational

The medium of Marc quinn self is

The artist own blood

Head of a Woman from Benin shows influence of European trade routes as well as having local spiritual significant

True

Artist Wei Wei was arrested by Chinese government officials in 2001 just three years after he had been involved in the designing stadium for the Beijing Olympics

true

The oldest museum of the Pennsylvania academy of fine arts was found

1805

The ancient Egyptian who painted the journey of the sun god Re was painted on

A coffin

Allan Houser work reverie is

Abstract and representational

David Hockney emphasizes the figure of Peter Schlesinger in his artwork portrait of an artist

All of the above

Niagara falla was a popular subject for North American artist in the second half of the 19th century, bc it symbolized

All the above

Part of visual culture

All the above

When conducting a formal analysis of a work of art you would probably want to consider the artists use of

All the above

A graphic designer usually intends to please one individual patron

False

Jeff Koons make his sculpture rabbit himself

False

Leonardo da Vinci was an artist who rigidly stuck to traditional methods and rules of art

False

Louis nevelsons work white vertical water is a realistic depiction of fish in a river

False

The self portrait of the Dutch artist Rembrandt stoke from the Swedish national museum was one of many that the artist painted

False