Revel test 1
What is one way that Rashaad Newsome creates an iconographical "mash up" in Saltire Compton?
He combined references from hip hoppers with traditional motifs associated with heraldry.
What technique did Alê Abreu use to create texture in his digital work?
He incorporated hand and digital drawing.
How did van Gogh create texture in his paintings?
He used thick paint to show obvious brushstrokes.
What is one reason that Abraham Cruzvillegas used junk materials gathered from his neighborhood to make Autoconstruccíon Suites?
He wanted the materials to represent the way that his family gradually built their house.
What is one reason that much Greek sculpture is idealized?
Idealization communicated dignity, simplicity, and calm grandeur.
What is one advantage of a well-designed object?
It can enrich our daily lives.
Why is line a primary means of visual communication?
It is a basic means of recording and documenting ideas.
What makes Man Pointing an open form?
It is a thin, linear form with outstretched arms.
Which best describes the role of time in Christian Marclay's installation The Clock?
It presents multiple clips in real time.
Why did Rodney McMillian represent the Supreme Court building with collapsed columns, a missing pediment, and paint looking like fake blue marble?
It was a protest against his perception that the Supreme Court justices were backing away from their commitment to civil rights.
Why did Frank Lloyd Wright use the hollyhock flower to embellish Alice Barnsdall's house?
It was the owner's favorite flower.
What is one reason that contemporary artists use artificial light as a medium?
Light can radiate into the viewer's space.
Why does Carrie Mae Weems think men and women worldwide will empathize with The Kitchen Table series and a story anchored around a black woman?
Men and women worldwide can see themselves in it and relate to relationship problems.
Why was Maya Lin's Vietnam War Memorial initially controversial?
People felt it was too different from traditional war monuments.
The style of the U.S. Supreme Court building is based on architecture from what period?
Roman Republican
What is one reason that Frida Kahlo's self-portraits are considered so expressive?
She shared the lifelong pain and emotional distress that she suffered.
What mystic tradition informed Shirazeh Houshiary's work Ancient Light? Shira
Sufi
Why do many public buildings employ symmetrical balance in their designs?
Symmetrical balance suggests stability and permanence.
Why does the fish shape in The Rarely Glimpsed Junkfish function as negative space?
The artist left the space blank and used ink and charcoal on the background.
Why is Nuestro Pueblo (Our Town) an example of outsider art?
The artist worked independently of any tradition or style.
What statement best describes Janet Echelman's Her Secret Is Patience?
The formal elements and iconography together reinforce the content.
Which of the following factors makes the Cameroon Chief's Stool an example of abstract art?
The proportions of the figures are exaggerated.
What is the function of retablo paintings in Mexico and the American Southwest?
They are a way to give thanks to God.
What embellishment factor appears in both Hollyhock House and Yoruba resist-dyed cloth?
They both have a central motif.
Why do children often become less creative as they get older?
They come to doubt their creativity.
What is the reason for the inclusion of mudfish and leopards in the plaque showing the Oba holding leopards?
They demonstrate the king's kinship with the gods of water and his rule over nature.
Which of the following is a trait of creative artists?
They make connections across seemingly unrelated fields.
What is one way that ancient Egyptian artists clarified visual space in their paintings?
They portrayed objects from easily identifiable angles.
What is one way that traditional Chinese painters created atmospheric perspective?
They used light washes of ink and color on paper to suggest distant mountains.
Why is it possible for a small yellow form to balance a large blue form?
Warm colors appear heavier than cool colors.
What is one factor common to both Eva Zeisel's work and Yoruba indigo-dyed cloth?
Women are responsible for the designs.
Why have most trained artists historically been male?
Women were denied apprenticeships.
Which of the following best expresses slow, rhythmic movement?
a gently curving line
Titan's Bacchus and Ariadne is based on
a mythological story
What is one factor that influences Eva Zeisel in all her designs?
a playful search for beauty
What effect might best be achieved by a sculpture with closed form?
a sense of overwhelming power
Overlapping objects on a two-dimensional plane is one way to
achieve depth on a flat surface.
Viewers may have a strong response to Meret Oppenheim's Object because of its
actual texture.
Which of the following first inspired Georgia O'Keeffe's series of paintings based on flowers?
an interest in the shapes and colors of nature
Who was the Philadelphia Wireman?
an unknown artist who made sculptures from refuse and other objects
Which color scheme did Jennifer Bartlett use in Path?
analogous
What is kinetic art?
art that moves
What technique is used in Asher Brown Durand's Kindred Spirits to create a sense of three-dimensional space?
atmospheric perspective
What design principle does Damien Hirst's Posterity—The Holy Place perfectly exemplify?
balance
Daniel Chester French wanted spotlights installed above his sculpture of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in order to
change the sculpture's expressive impact.
What color grouping produces the strongest contrasts when used side by side?
complementary
What issue does Chris Jordan address in the series Midway: Message from the Gyre?
consequences to the albatrosses in their nesting ground as a result of ingesting plastic waste
What detail of Jenny Holzer's Untitled emphasizes her use of implied motion?
controlled lighting on the extended helix of light boards
Beauty is defined according to
different ideals that vary across cultures.
Which creators rely most on light primary colors in their work?
digital
What tends to distinguishes art in our society today?
emphasis on individual achievement and self-expression
Which of the following is a visual media where the impression of time can be compressed, expanded, run backward, and rewound?
film
What design problem is presented by the subject matter in Lavinia Fontana's Noli Me Tangere?
foregrounding the standing and prostrate figures
In art terms, volume refers to
form enclosing space.
How did many people in the Middle Ages learn about bible stories?
from stained-glass windows in churches
What is one factor that Sauce Boat with Ladle and Conoid Chair have in common?
functionality
The most common man-made shapes are
geometric
Even if we do not understand the text, what element of visual delight can ancient Chinese calligraphy demonstrate?
graceful arrangements of harmonious forms
What kind of line does Edward Hopper use in New York Movie to divide theatre space from lobby space?
hard line, soft line
One characteristic of beauty in many seventeenth-century landscape paintings is
harmonious balanced proportions.
The more variety in a work of art, the more the artist
has to introduce orderly elements
Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that studies
how and why artworks are beautiful.
What was the struggle for Romare Bearden in the work Prevalence of Ritual: Tidings. 1967?
how effectively he communicated and his need for creative expression
Which of the following is characteristic of a highly saturated painting?
intense use of color
The Abstraction of a Cow series represents Theo van Doesburg's
interest in simplification.
When experiencing the work You and I, Horizontal (III), viewers can
interrupt the lines and alter them at will.
Which aspect of Constantin Brancusi's The Kiss best demonstrates its abstraction?
its geometric form
What is one element that reinforces the power and grandeur of the Supreme Court?
its massive size
Which of the following is always a characteristic of line?
length always predominates over height or depth
What concept of time did Italian fifteenth-century narrative paintings demonstrate?
linear
In a painting, a simulated texture
looks like the real thing being represented.
In the contemporary world, where are we most accustomed to find idealized standards for beauty?
magazine ads
What is one way that an artist can imply mass in a two-dimensional figure?
make it large enough to occupy most of the picture plane
In paintings such as Composition VI, Wassily Kandinsky likened the emotional impact of colors and lines to
music.
The most vibrant color sensations in modern four-color printing come from
placing tiny drops of pure hues next to each other.
Most people are conditioned to see objects and figures as
positive space
What was the intended function for embellished Yoruba resist-dyed (adire eleko) cloth?
practical clothing
One way that architects can increase the perception of space in a structure is by
raising the ceiling height.
One way that Jacob Lawrence created unity in Going Home was by
repeating the use of red in a variety of shapes.
What is one factor common to Ancient Light and Sun Tunnels?
representation of contemporary spirituality
In traditional Eskimo societies of Southwest Alaska, masks are often associated with
ritual and spiritual transformation.
What is a two-dimensional or implied two-dimensional area defined by line or changes in color called?
shape
Sainte-Chapelle originally functioned as a
storehouse for precious relics.
Keith Sonnier's use of light in works like Motordom forces an increased awareness of the
surrounding space.
The arrangement of tubes in Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels creates a viewing experience much like a
telescope.
What media has largely replaced paintings for storytelling for today's mass audiences?
television and film
Most artists want a balance of unity and variety because
that combination usually yields the most interesting compositions.
Chiaroscuro is a technique used to create
the illusion of rounded forms
In Benin, the use of brass casting is reserved for
the royal family.
Which specific iconographic element communicates hope in The Virgin of Carmel Saving Souls in Purgatory?
the scapulars
What distinguishes visual creativity from other creative practices?
the use of images
When mixing pigments, white is added to produce a
tint
Why was the Taj Mahal built?
to commemorate the death of a royal wife
What was Wassily Kandinsky's goal for paintings such as Composition VI?
to infect viewers with emotions he felt while creating them
What did Andrea di Leone use to organize his composition Tobit Burying the Dead?
triangular implied lines
One way that John McCracken achieved unity with the work Untitled was
using the same unvarying color throughout the piece.
When does art fulfill an expressive function?
when it conveys information about an artist's personality
When is a vanishing point necessary in a painting?
when using linear perspective
What distinguishes a form from a shape?
A form appears to be three-dimensional.
What distinguishes Paul Cézanne's treatment of space in his Still Life with Apples from Raphael's in The School of Athens?
Cézanne calls attention to the flatness of his canvas
