Living With Art- Chapter 3 (Themes of Art)

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According to Egyptian belief systems, what happens in the afterlife?

Life continues as usual.

The work Court Ladies Preparing Newly Woven Silk gives viewers a glimpse into what aspect of daily life?

The domestic duties of court ladies

The disjointed images in Robert Rauschenberg's Windward is reminiscent of what?

The energy associated with New York

How did Spiral Jetty creator Robert Smithson think artists could impact the natural world?

Artists could shape the landscape like a geological force.

What makes the Transcendent Buddhas recognizable from other buddhas?

Clothing worn

What kind of art was created to provide space for people to worship?

Architecture

The Egyptian pyramids guaranteed which of the following?

- Safe passage to the afterlife for the pharaoh - Prosperity for the land and its people - Continued cycle of a prosperous society

In what ways does Thomas Cole's The Oxbow indicate human presence in the landscape?

- Shapes of the crop fields - An artist at work in the landscape

For what reasons was the Sainte-Chapelle was commissioned in 1239 by the French king Louis IX?

- To be a private chapel for the king and his court - To house his important collection of religious relics

What is significant about the raised hoof of the horse Marcus Aurelius rides?

A fallen enemy was originally located beneath.

What is significant about Judith Baca's use of a drainage canal for Great Wall of Los Angeles?

Although public, it received little attention just as the history of certain populations in the area.

The bodhisattvas in the Transcendent Buddhas gives tangible form to what?

Enlightened beings assisting others in reaching nirvana

Wang Jian gives the viewer an aerial view in White Clouds over Xiao and Xiang for what purpose?

He wants the viewer to travel through the landscape mentally.

Despite not knowing who are in the portraits, Boltanski's Altar to the Chases High School evokes what event?

Holocaust

Why does William Hogarth use iconography in The Harlot's Progress?

It assists viewers in understanding the narrative.

How does Johannes Vermeer's painting Woman Holding a Balance depict the theme of the human experience?

It deals with issues of temptation and self-knowledge.

Why is Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty considered part of the Great Salt Lake landscape?

It used the surrounding materials to create a permanent presence.

What made Piranesi's Il Carceri (The Prison) unique during its time?

It was created during a time when rationale and science influenced art.

What Christian idea does Johannes Vermeer's painting Woman Holding a Balance represent?

Last Judgment

Meta Warrick Fuller's pieces were often about what subject?

Reconnecting African-Americans to their lost ancestors

Piranesi used his imagination and what other source to create his print series Il Carceri (The Prison)?

Roman justice systems

What implies to the viewer that Robert Rauschenberg is using New York as his subject in the work Windward?

Statue of Liberty

Meta Warrick Fuller tries to depict what in Talking Skull?

The desire to reclaim and communicate with ancestors

What important characteristic is missing from Jeff Wall's A sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai)?

The mountain that is central to Hokusai's Ejiri in Suruga Province.

To understand Jeff Wall's A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai), the viewer must be familiar with what?

The work of art that inspired it

Why do artists rely on stories for subject matter?

They offer a culture's collective memory that is relatable.

In many cultures, the presence of halos around a figure's head indicates ______.

holiness


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