Exam 2
Which of these art forms are capable of expressing actual time and motion?
-bioart -performance -film
What does rhythm do in an artwork?
-gives structure to the experience of looking -guides our eyes from one point to another
Which of these themes does Jillian Mayer explore in I Am Your Grandma?
-using technology to deal with identity -legacy leaving -attachments made to people we have never met such as distant or long-dead relatives -genealogy
Which style of art from the 1960s is particularly associated with exploiting the physiology of seeing in order to create optical effects such as the illusion of movement?
Op Art
Ancient Greek notions of beauty were based upon the combination of an underlying canon of mathematical proportions with the finely honed physiques of male athletes. T/F
True
Which type of earlier artwork served as a model for the goddess's figure in Botticelli's painting The Birth of Venus?
classical Greek sculpture
What is the name for the principle of art that involves drawing attention to particular content?
emphasis
a ziggurat is a tomb
false
What is the name for the center of interest or activity in a work of art, often employed to draw the viewer's attention to the most important element in it?
focal point
What type of motion is featured in Gianlorenzo Bernini's sculpture Apollo and Daphne?
implied
What did Anthopometries de l'epoque bleue by Yves Klein introduce for the first time?
living brushes
What is the name for a design when it is used as a unit within a pattern, like the plants on the side of this pot?
motif
What is the name for the principle of art that involves an arrangement of predictably repeated art elements?
pattern
In which of these art forms foes the body and its actions become the artwork?
performance
Which of the following is a central theme in ORLAN's work?
the impossibility of physical perfection
The Taj Mahal is a
tomb