Art Appreciation
Which art, Italian Renaissance or Baroque, has more in common with the Northern Renaissance, in the treatment of light and space?
Baroque
Daumier's Gargantua and Posada's Calavera show a more expected use of verism in the modern world, focusing on...
Criticizing the powerful, to champion the common person and achieve social change
Both Allston's and Margaret Bourke-White's works were made during the Great Depression; what do they share in common? A) Both use implied lines to create dominating triangular shape B) Both place an emphasis on technology and innovation C) Both place an emphasis on American can-do spirit despite the Depression D) All of these answers are correct.
D) All of these answers are correct.
The picture above shows a male Chiwara, made by the Bamana in Mali. The Chiwara is traditionally presented in pairs of male and female in order to...
Ensure fertility and agricultural success.
The sculpture of Hindu goddess Parvati shows the most expected style for religious art, in that...
Everything looks very idealized
This hanging scroll shows traditional Eastern attitudes toward line and drawing, in that...
Expressive contour lines dominate
Above: Toshusai Sharaku's color woodblock print, Onjii Otani III, 1794. True or False: Whether ink on paper, or a woodblock print like Sharaku's here, traditional Asian art media allowed a lot of room for artist error.
False
Kasemir Malevich's The Woodcutter, 1912, reflects the Russian artist's culture, as well as his personal views as an artist. Let's consider Malevich's personal views as an artist. True or False: Malevich chose an illusionistic style to make sure the viewer could easily understand the artist's message.
False
This question, and the next few questions, address Michelangelo's David, c. 1500, marble. First, true or false: This is an example of low relief sculpture.
False
True or False: Andy Warhol used the screen printing technique as precisely as possible, with perfect registration, to show how carefully the movie industry treated Marilyn Monroe, as seen in this silkscreen print.
False
True or False: Mermaids appear in Medieval art, so Waterhouse's painting shows a typical Medieval European style.
False
True or False: The Japanese tea room presents a simplified environment so that more tea ceremony participants can fit in the room and create a festive atmosphere.
False
True or False: The lines in this Chinese lattice design are overall organic in shape, because they are wavy.
False
Consider the use of space in the Paleolithic woolly mammoth sculpture and Chuck Close's Fanny/Fingerpainting. Which of the following statements is true?
Fanny is stippled with the artist's fingertips, to show how small, humble gestures, like people, can be grand.
Marc's The Yellow Cow, 1911, shows...
How abstraction can be used to provoke an emotional response.
Carriera's drawing shows traditional Western attitudes toward line and drawing , in that...
It is drawn with as much naturalistic detail as possible.
This pastel drawing on paper, Portrait of Opera Singer Faustina Bordoni Hasse, was drawn by Rosalba Carriera in the 1730s. The portrait represents the kind of art approved by the art academies in Europe. What is typical about this drawing?
It looks as illusionistic and detailed as possible, like a painting.
How does Charles Allston's mural echo the message of Jefferson's Neoclassicism?
It speaks of equal opportunity to work towards a better future
Daumier's work is an example of _____________, the medium commonly used for printing pictures in newspapers (before the technology existed to print photos in the paper).
Lithography
The style of Waterhouse's The Mermaid is best described as...
Naturalistic (it looks like you could reach out and touch her)
Michelangelo's Pieta (c. 1500) differs from Sittow's Northern Renaissance painting in that Michelango's sculpture...
Shows a calm, beautiful image emphasizing unity.
Duchamp made his Fountain by...
Signing a store-bought urinal
Pictured above, this Chiwara,made by the Bamana people of Mali, shows why traditional African art is often misunderstood by Western viewers, even today. From the Bamana perspective, what's missing is...
The context--how, where, and why it is worn.
How does Michelangelo's Creation of Adam on the Sistine Chapel reflect Italian Renaissance cultural values
The figures are illusionistic, so the viewer can see the figures' power and beautyhable
In order for an installation like Kara Walker's to work, ....
The gallery must collaborate with the artist, to determine placement and lighting
Kasemir Malevich's The Woodcutter, 1912, reflects the Russian artist's culture, as well as his personal views as an artist. Let's address Malevich's culture first. When he painted The Woodcutter, the Bolshevik Revolution was only a few years away; with it's analytical line vocabulary, the image of a woodcutter reflects the political idea that...
The strong, pure proletariat (working class) is the backbone of Russian society.
Tohaku's Pine Trees (late 1500s, ink on paper screens, 5 feet tall) presents Buddhist philosophy, in that...
The unpainted spaces allow the viewer to pause and focus, which Zen masters consider essential for Enlightenment.
What do "Merz" creator Kurt Schwitters and Arts and Crafts Movement artist Lucia Matthews have in common? A) Both use common materials that people would touch and see every day B) All of these answers are correct. C) Both reject the separation of "high" fine art and crafts D) Both avoid the Minimalist approach of clean, strictly geometric shapes
B) All of these answers are correct.
Which art, Italian Renaissance or Baroque, presents an emotional space, in your face, with hidden surprises?
Baroque
Like many artists of his generation, Romare Bearden was influenced by Picasso's art. From the options below, select one thing Bearden did not have in common with Picasso.
Bearden, like Picasso, used African masks to suggest savage, untamed impulses
Consider the intent of Abstract Expressionism and Suprematism. Which art movement aims to go beyond pictures, and provide a greater psychological/spiritual experience?
Both of these movements do, but in different ways
What do a 17th-century Dutch still-life painting and a coffin made by the Kane Kwei Workshop in Ghana have in common?
Both show the richness of a life well-lived.
Mary Cassatt's In the Loge, 1878, is possibly a self-portrait by the artist. Through line, light, and space, what does Cassatt say about herself in this painting?
Cassatt is bold, taking on the traditional male job of doing the looking, rather than being the object on view.
Minimalist artists like Robert Irwin (Nine Space, Nine Trees) want viewers to.....
Connect the simple forms in the art to forms in their environment
Kauffman's Neoclassical painting borrows from Classical art such as the Ara Pacis relief in that... A) The figures are idealized (poised, posed, and perfect) B) Vertical and horizontal lines dominate and the composition is unified with geometric shapes C) Goodness and rightness is emphasized D) All of these answers are correct.
D) All of these answers are correct.
Like Kauffman's painting, Jefferson's UVA campus is from the Neoclassical era, evidenced by... A) Its basis in Enlightenment ideas B) The design's emphasis on order, with a central, moral focus C) The design's emphasis on reason over frivolousness D) All of these answers are correct.
D) All of these answers are correct.
The earthwork Running Fence is non-objective, in that... A)The artwork has meaning through its placement, form, materials and color B)The strand of fabric isn't shaped like a nameable thing (like a face or a cat) C)The word "fence" is metaphorical—it's not a real fence like you'd buy at Lowes, nor a representation of a fence D)All of these answers are correct
D) All of these answers are correct.
The Kane Kwei Workshop in Ghana, Africa, continues to produce coffins in style of the late Kane Kwei. How do the Kane Kwei Workshop coffins relate to Ghana's funeral traditions?
Funerals in Ghana are joyous, with dancing and feasting, and the coffins are festive to fit that tradition.
Pablo Picasso's Guernica, 1937, is a massive work of art, painted entirely in black, white, and grays. Picasso chose this grand scale because...
He wanted to make an epic, emotionally-overwhelming image about the bombing of Guernica.
Match the name with the correct Description Henri Matisse Bahram Gur Sesshu Toyo Mary Cassatt Perugino
Henri Matisse - French art working ... Bahram Gur - King appearing in Persian miniture .. Sesshu Toyo - Japanese artist who painted ... Mary Cassatt - Impressionist artist inspired Perugino - Italian Renaissance artist ...
Mermaid sculpture, Church of St. Dionysius and St. Valentinus, Germany, c. 1400 CE. The mermaid is typical of Medieval European art, in that the sculpture....
Is abstract, to suggest the strange and dangerous creatures that are found in the sea
Jan Van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait, 1434, is a Northern Renaissance work. It reflects Northern Renaissance culture, in that, from the perspective of Van Eyck, the woman...
Is ideally beautiful, with tiny hands, pale skin, and shaved hairline.
In Court Ladies Preparing Newly-Woven Silk, Emperor Huizong used oblique projection in order to...
Make sure you pay equal attention to every part of the hand scroll, just like the ladies pay attention to each step of the process.
Michelangelo's David, c. 1500, marble, echoes the art of the past, because....
Michelangelo was inspired by the illusionistic style and balanced stance of Greek and Roman sculpture.
Compared with the aku'aba figure shown in Question 1, the figure shown below is....
More abstract
Above: Raphaello da Sanzio (Raphael), School of Athens, Vatican Library, Rome, Italy, 1510-11. Fresco. Below: Hasegawa Tohaku, Pine Forest, late 1500s, Ink on paper screens, 5' tall. Tohaku's choice of medium (a drawing of ink on paper) is very different from Raphael's choice (fresco painting on a wall). What should we conclude from this difference?
Painting was considered a "high art" form in Renaissance Italy; drawing on paper was just for practice.
In Raphael's School of Athens, 1510-11, made for the Pope in Rome, Italy, the vanishing point meets at the Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle at center. This use of linear perspective suggests...
Plato and Aristotle are the most important figures in the painting, and their philosophies compliment the Pope's worldview.
The aku'aba figure is abstract in order to...
Suggest power and perfection through geometric shapes
Consider the different line vocabularies of Abstract Expressionism and Suprematism. Which art movement typically features clean, geometric lines?
Suprematism
The oversized and disproportionately-large head of the aku'aba figure suggest that...
The artwork is meant to be used to connect with the spirit world.
Which of the following statements about traditional Japanese screens like Pine Trees by Tohaku is untrue?
The imagery is simplified so you can look through it more quickly.
Michel Sittow's Pieta, c. 1500, is typical of the Northern Renaissance, in that...
The main figures appear veristic and vulnerable, so the viewer can relate.
How does Cassatt's painting (below) deviate (move away) from Italian Renaissance art?
The negative space is emphasized against pattern, like in traditional Asian art.
Perugino's Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter, 1482, is located in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, Rome. Perugino's use of space is typical of the Italian Renaissance, in that the location of the vanishing point is symbolically important. Where is the vanishing point, and how does that relate to the foreground figures of Jesus and Peter?
The vanishing point is at the door of the baptistery, suggesting that Peter's mission includes having people baptized.
Edvard Munch's The Scream, 1893, represents a thoroughly expressive line vocabulary. In what way is the painting expressive? a) All of these answers are correct. b) The lines are organic, without a predictable wave pattern. c) The concept is expressive, suggesting how life is beyond our control. d) The lines have a rough texture; the paint is sketchy, like a drawing.
a) All of these answers are correct.
Jacob Lawrence's Migration of the Negro series (1940-41) shows... a)The use of repeated shapes to suggest the rhythm of people on the move. b) The use of repeated colors to make the viewer's eye move through the image. c) the use of repeated patterns to create a visual "beat." d) All of these answers are correct.
d) All of these answers are correct.
Picasso's Guernica ... a) Uses verism to show the horrors of war b) Suggests the printed image with the use of black and white c) Uses abstraction to maximize emo-tional impact d) All of these answers are correct.
d) All of these answers are correct.
The quilt-makers of Gee's Bend, Alabama, are shown working on a non-objective design. To some, what they are doing is "craft," and to others, "art." What would make it their quilts "art"? a) The materials have meaning (made from aged, used clothing to show the plantation history of Gee's Bend). b) The lines of the quilts have meaning (analytical vocabulary shows stability of the community). c) The women working together reflects the culture of the Gee's Bend women. d) All of these answers are correct.
d) All of these answers are correct.
The decoration of the Paris metro (subway) stations, such as the one above (which is a copy in Washington, DC), was designed in the Art Nouveau style by Hector Guimard in the 1890s. Choose the best words/phrases to complete this sentence: The Art Nouveau movement emphasized the __________ lines of ___________ to suggest that, even in a city, there is ______________.
organic...nature...vibrant, flowing life.