ART 120 Ch. 3

Look at this image. What is significant about the raised hoof of the horse Marcus Aurelius rides?

A fallen enemy was originally located beneath.

What philosophical field asks questions about the nature of art and its audiences?

Aesthetics

By creating a simple design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, what does Maya Lin allow the viewer to do?

Focus and contemplate the names on the wall

How did the attitudes of artists change toward producing objects during the 20th century?

Focus shifted from the final product to the process of making.

What can affect the content of a piece despite the objects used?

Form

The use of columns and arches in the Great Mosque allows for what kind of space?

Open space for large groups to worship

What did Marcel Duchamp's Fountain do?

Proposed questions about art and the artist's role

Where did Henri Rousseau draw inspiration for his vibrant jungle scenes?

Reading materials, local museums, and zoos

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

Reconnecting African-Americans to their lost ancestors

What is the technique that best describes the foundation on which Western art was built from the Renaissance to the 20th century?

Representational

How can meaning be found for works that are difficult to interpret?

Research

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

Roman justice systems

What makes the Mona Lisa so valuable to current society?

The hype created when it was stolen and recovered

Proposed questions about art and the artist's role

- Artists lived in residence and were paid a monthly salary. - Artists worked collaboratively, featuring their best talents to create each image.

Which are reasons early man may have created art?

- Explore the limits of the raw materials used - Desire to communicate - Desire to create meaningful order

The Egyptian pyramids guaranteed which of the following?

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

Which are aspects of form?

- Shape - Color

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

Which are reasons for why artists create?

- To get reacquainted with seeing old concepts in a new way - To make obscure ideas into visual objects

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

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

In what ways does nonobjective art differ from abstract art?

- Visual elements are central to what is represented. - It avoids depicting a visual relationship to the visible world.

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

Architecture

Which philosophy best describes the attitude towards beauty in art during the 18th century?

Beautiful art should provide pleasure to the viewer.

Suggested by the nature of perception, what is the key to looking at art?

Being aware of what may be influencing what we are looking at

For special events, artists are often called on to do what?

Create a work that honors the event

Admiring an object based on its formal qualities rather than its functionality is known as what kind of contemplation?

Disinterested

Look at this image. Cabbage Leaf is considered beautiful through what intellectual pleasure?

Disinterested contemplation

What is a key characteristic of nonrepresentational art?

Emphasis on formal qualities

True or false: All representational art is naturalistic.

False

True or false: One can only be born with creativity, cultivating it is impossible.

False

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.

Who created the early images found during the Paleolithic era?

Humans

What is iconography?

Identifying, describing, and interpreting an image

How did Frank Henderson prevent the loss of Arapaho nomadic culture when they are forced onto reservations?

Images normally recorded on animal skins were recorded in ledgers.

Kara Walker's piece A Subtlety was created for a specific place, making it what kind of art?

Installation

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

It assists viewers in understanding the narrative.

Why is art important in connecting humans to the spiritual world?

It creates a tangible idea of an unknown world that can be interacted with emotionally.

Look at this image. Why is the statue of Marcus Aurelius a political piece of art?

It depicts the emperor as he wanted to be portrayed.

Why is meaning important for art?

It distinguishes itself it from other works that require the same skills.

What is one reason art can be its own theme?

It is created for visual pleasure.

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

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

Look at this image. According to Egyptian belief systems, what happens in the afterlife?

Life continues as usual.

By creating precious items from the blocks of lard and chocolate, Janine Antoni causes the viewer to do what?

Link the cultural expectations of the items to their raw form

When we focus on the visual information we need in daily life and relegate the remaining information to the background, what are we practicing?

Selective perception

How does Maya Lin label herself?

She avoids labeling.

According to one theory, what distinguishes artists from other "skillful makers"?

Style

What is the term that categorizes art by its appearance?

Style

Which statement best describes the performance of Joseph Beuys' How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare?

The artist has a spiritual role that required participation in social and political change.

What makes Janine Antoni's Gnaw unique compared to other sculptural pieces?

The artist uses her mouth instead of tools to cut away materials.

Meta Warrick Fuller tries to depict what in Talking Skull?

The desire to reclaim and communicate with ancestors

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 Hamzanama is an example of a work of art commissioned for what purpose?

The enjoyment of a royal patron and his court

How does Thomas Cole portray man's relationship with nature in The Oxbow?

The human activities near the river revel the coexistence of man and nature.

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.

How do museums influence the way a work of art is seen?

The original setting is removed, changing the meaning of a piece.

Why do artists rely on stories for subject matter?

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

How can creativity be cultivated?

Through training and focusing on the task

Andrea del Verrocchio's David was ______ by Piero de' Medici, one of wealthiest and most influential men in 15th-century Florence.

commissioned

Analyzing an artist's journals and letters for biographic details that impact our understanding of a work of art is an example of establishing ______.

context

Understanding a work of art based on who made it, the society that interacted with it, and its original function is known as ______.

context

The structural composition of a work of art is known as ______.

form

The ability to make images is uniquely ______.

human

The identification, description, and interpretation of background information related to the subject matter of a work of art is known as ______.

iconography

Representational art that records the true texture, color and actual lighting of materials is known as ______.

naturalistic

Beauty and art were discussed together during the 18th century because both were believed to provide ______.

pleasure

Art that presents the visual world in such a way that we recognize its likeness is described as ______.

representational

Art that seeks to present the world as it appears in nature is known as ______.

representational

When a set of traits or style is associated with a particular group of artists, the group is known as ______.

school