Chapter 4 - Tutorial Quiz

________ is the study of the themes and symbols in the visual arts-the figures and images that lend works their underlying meanings. a. Context b. Form c. Style d. Content e. Iconography

Iconography

The term ________ applies to art that departs significantly from the actual appearance of things. a. gestural b. representational c. iconographic d. expressionistic e. abstract

abstract

Some works of art can seem to be devoid of content other than the pencil marks or, perhaps, the swathes of paint we find on a sheet of paper or on a canvas. However, many such works are filled with levels of ________, some of which is perceived by some viewers more than by others. a. icons b. paint c. interest d. controversy e. content

content

Subject matter, elements and composition, and underlying or symbolic meanings are considered three levels of ________. a. style b. form c. expression d. content e. icons

content

The ________ of a work of art is everything that is contained in it. a. context b. form c. style d. content e. iconography

content

Monet and Renoir have more stylistic features in common with each other because of the influence of ________ on their styles. a. context b. icons c. their relationship d. form e. expression

context

A specialist in iconography is known as a(n) ________. a. viewer b. art critic c. artist d. art historian e. iconographer

iconographer

Pollock was using a technique from psychoanalysis to help his work become more expressive. This technique is called ________. a. automatic drawing b. psychic hotline c. psychic automatism d. recall therapy e. journaling

psychic automatism

Broadly speaking, ________ refers to the portrayal of people and things as they are seen by the eye or really thought to be, without idealization and without distortion. a. context b. expressionism c. stylization d. realism e. abstraction

realism

While photographers have pursued photography as an art form and strained against the bonds of representation, the impact of Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs is largely due to his unflinching ________. a. development of contrast b. rebellion against representation c. form d. realism e. insistence that only landscape can represent the human condition

realism

We think of most photographs as ________. a. stylized b. abstract c. nonobjective d. realistic e. expressionistic

realistic

The appropriation of the Jacques-Louis David image from the Death of Marat (Fig. 4-12) in Sandow Birk's Death of Manuel (Fig. 4-13) validates the historic significance of the 18th-century painting. Understanding the ________ between the two makes each more meaningful to the viewer. a. elements b. relationship c. style d. form e. authorship

relationship

The Mayan Amorous Couple (Fig. 4-1) and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's The Two Girlfriends (Fig. 4-3) are ________ but not realistic. a. idealized b. representational c. non-objective d. expressionist e. similar

representational

The term ________ is defined as art that portrays, however altered or distorted, things perceived in the visible world. a. existentialist art b. non-figurative art c. representational art d. abstract art e. non-objective art

representational art

Roy Lichtenstein's Forget It! Forget Me! (Fig. 4-2) has tell-tale attributes that connect the work to the United States in the decade of the ________. a. sixties b. seventies c. fifties d. nineties e. eighties

sixties

In the visual arts, ________ refers to a distinctive handling of elements and media associated with the work of an individual artist, a school or movement, or specific culture or time period. a. design b. content c. form d. iconography e. style

style

Expressionism is a modern art movement as well as a way of achieving a(n) ________. a. form b. context c. controversy d. emotional impact e. iconic status

emotional impact

Through the ages, a number of characteristic methods of ________ have developed that we refer to as style. a. brushstrokes b. expression c. design d. writing e. speaking

expression

In ________ art, the artists freely distort form and color in order to achieve a heightened emotional impact. a. distorted b. abstract c. realistic d. expressionistic e. representational

expressionistic

Styles in art are numerous, ever changing, and ever new. The vocabulary we use to discuss style, on the other hand, has been ________ for a long time. a. unabridged b. completely unchanged c. irrelevant d. fairly standard e. subject to fashion

fairly standard

The ________ of a work refers to its totality as a work of art. a. style b. form c. context d. elements e. design principles

form

A style of criticism that focuses on the elements and principle of design rather than historical or biographical features of the artwork is called ________. a. iconography b. existentialism c. formalist criticism d. contextualization e. evaluation

formalist criticism

________ has a strong influence on style. a. Art historians b. The viewer c. Art critics d. Context e. A major East-coast museum

Context

Twentieth-century proponents of ________ reduced natural forms into largely angular geometrical equivalents. a. Impressionism b. Pop Art c. Surrealism d. Cubism e. Postimpressionism

Cubism

________ art makes no reference whatsoever to nature or reality. a. Abstract b. Stylistic c. Nonobjective d. Contextual e. Expressionist

Nonobjective

What painting by Jacques-Louis David is possibly the most recognizable work of the 19th century? a. The Oath of Horatii (Fig. 4-14) b. The Death of Marat (Fig. 4-12) c. The Tempest (Fig. 4-5) d. We Don't Need Another Hero(Fig. 4-15) e. Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time (Fig. 4-16)

The Oath of Horatii (Fig. 4-14)