art appreciation final
The word "renaissance" means what?
"rebirth"
To better understand the statue Amida Buddha, what does the protuberance or ushnisha on top of the figure's head represent?
enlightenment
What type of statues were common in Classical Rome?
equestrian
What subject matter informs the abstract artworks of the Cycladic culture?
female nude figures
What feature is an important aspect of Gothic architecture?
flying buttresses
If our attention is drawn to a proportionately small, clearly defined part of an artwork, this is known as a what?
focal point
What is the most common product of woodworking art?
furniture
Which two traits are often linked with creativity?
generating ideas and analyzing ideas
Paintings depicting scenes of everyday life are known as ________ paintings.
genre
The National Parks Preserve Wildlife poster was designed according to what feature?
golden rectangles
For encaustic, the medium or binder is made of
hot wax
In Byzantine art, a(n) ______Blank is a specific kind of image, either a portrait of a sacred person or a portrayal of a sacred event.
icon
As they copied important texts, medieval monks often created ______Blank, illustrations and decorations that embellished the words.
illuminations
Sculpture that is freestanding and completely finished on all sides is called
in the round.
What is an example of a liquid medium?
ink
What genre conceives of a space and everything in it as a work of art?
installation
What aspect of media design has been introduced by the digital revolution?
interactivity
Art that physically moves is called ________ art.
kinetic
What term is used to describe how text and images appear on a page?
layout
Which visual element can best be described as "the path of a moving point"?
line
The most common medium for oil paint is
linseed oil
A ________ is often the first and key element in creating a complete corporate identity.
logo
What term is used to describe sculpture in which figures project only slightly from the background?
low relief
The substance that holds the pigments together without dissolving them is the
medium
What types of works are humorous and sometimes harsh doctoring digital images with supplementary text?
memes
Which medium involves drawing with a fine wire onto a coated surface?
metalpoint
The most celebrated frescoes of the 20th century were from
mexico
What method of sculpture illustrates the additive process?
modeling
Byzantine churches, such as San Vitale, had much of their interiors decorated with
mosaics
Diego Rivera is known for his:
murals
Art that does not refer to or represent the world outside itself, creating meaning and expressive power from the elements of art itself, is:
nonrepresentational
In his work, Cottage among Trees, what medium does Rembrandt use to create a rich and varied drawing?
pen brush ink
Menkaure, Khafre, and Khufu are the names of
pharaohs
What technique uses dots of color to create a specific optical effect?
pointillism
The secret of ____________Blank was discovered and perfected in China, and for hundreds of years potters elsewhere failed to duplicate it.
porcelain
Before painting on a canvas or panel, an artist generally applies a(n) ______Blank to improve adhesion of paints.
primer
What invention made it possible to devise a notice that could be reproduced in large numbers and distributed widely?
printing press
Copyright refers to the legal right to publish, reproduce, or perform a work (a painting, a play, a song) of original intellectual:
property
This term refers to size relationships between two or more items considered as a unit, or between parts of a whole.
proportion
The organization of visual elements in two-dimensional art is called
composition
What artist is especially known for a theatrical treatment of light and shadow, as seen in the magnificent Supper at Emmaus?
Caravaggio
______________ involves identifying, describing, and interpreting subject matter in art.
Iconography
Among the following artists, whose innovation was it to create group portraits in the setting of an activity, rather than posing the subjects formally?
Rembrandt
What aspect of Christianity required a fundamental change in the architecture of religious buildings?
congregational worship
Alexsandr Rodchenko worked in the ______Blank style, his works marked by abstraction and geometric shapes that emphasized the formal elements of line, color, and texture.
constructivist
Georges Seurat used what medium in his pointillist work, Woman Walking with a Parasol (study for La Grande Jatte)?
conte crayon
The brief but celebrated art period known as the High Renaissance lasted for how long?
a bit before 1500 to about 1520
Unlike their Greek and Roman predecessors, Byzantine artists preferred what type of aesthetic?
a flattened, abstracted style of art
Oil paint applied in very thin translucent layers is called
a glaze
What is the term for the personal, social, cultural, and historical setting in which a work of art was created, received, and interpreted?
context
What term is used to describe the pose used by Greek artists that expresses the potential for motion inherent in a standing human?
contrapposto
What early writing system, marked by wedge-shaped marks, was used in Mesopotamia?
cuneiform
Iconoclasm means the ________ of images
destruction
What characteristics of the Baroque style can be seen in Peter Paul Rubens's Presentation of the Portrait of Marie de' Medici?
dramatic play of light and shadow
Drawing attention to an area by contrasting dark and light is one way of demonstrating
emphasis and subordination.
Degas's The Singer In Green is
a part of Degas's visual inventory. a 19th-century artwork. a pastel drawing. a dry-media drawing. All these answers are correct.
A work of art that is made in three panels is called
a triptych.
Among the most famous of all 19th-century posters are those created by
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was designed by
a young college student
During the Enlightenment, the branch of philosophy that examined the nature of art and beauty that came into being was:
aesthetics
Human actions and nature regularly damage and demolish art. In Utah at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument close to the Escalante River, someone tried to saw out a portion of what object with tremendous historical and spiritual value?
an ancient Native American petroglyph
An image of a sacred subject painted on a wood panel during the Byzantine era is referred to as
an icon.
During the European Renaissance, ideas from __________ were rekindled—such as perfect human proportions reflecting a divine order.
ancient Greece and Rome
The Renaissance pertains to a period of renewed fascination with which culture?
ancient Greek and Roman culture
What is the primary subject matter of the cave paintings at Chauvet?
animals
How does Charles Willson Peale's portray George Washington in the portrait George Washington at the Battle of Princeton?
as a hero and a common person
In a two-dimensional work with __________ balance, two sides do not match. It may seem to be balanced, though, by having visual weights in its two halves that are comparable.
asymmetrical
As a model for Christian churches, Roman architects used the standard ________ plan.
basilica
The Kingdom of Benin, which is now part of current-day Nigeria, wants what from the art world returned?
A group of bronze plaque sculptures looted by British soldiers
In 1525, with the advent of moveable type, ________Blank created a unified alphabet that could be mass-produced.
Albrecht Durer
What artist often blurred the line between commercial design and fine art?
Andy Warhol
What painter produced Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, whose subject is taken from the biblical story of Judith?
Artemisia Gentileschi
________Blank is a sculptural process of bringing together individual pieces, segments, or objects to form a sculpture.
Assemblage
Paper was invented in
China
______Blank was developed by ancient Greeks as a naturalistic pose for sculptures of the human figure.
Contrapposto
As a demonstration of how art affects our lives, a graphic designer in 1994 created a two-color logo for which transportation or shipping company that was so successful it has endured decades later? The logo is seen on packaging, planes, and trucks.
Federal Express
________ involves heating a chunk of metal over a fire, then beating and shaping it with hammers.
Forging
Who was the architect of the transformative Guggenheim Museum Bilbao?
Frank Gehry
What sculptor, famous for his work in the Cornaro Chapel, was also a painter, dramatist, and composer?
Gianlorenzo Bernini
Why is wood such a popular craft material?
It is abundant and relatively easy to work.
How does the Rococo style compare to that of the Baroque?
It is more playful and lighthearted.
The use of atmospheric perspective is a prominent aspect of which work?
Lake George by John Frederick Kensett
Which work is a prime example of art from the Hellenistic era?
Laocoön Group
The Palace of Versailles was home to what monarch?
Louis XIV of France
Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings from the St. Petersburg Album, from the early 17th century, features the __________Blank as the biggest and most significant figure in the painting.
Mughal emperor
A true arch was developed by ________Blank architects long before the Romans came up with the idea.
Neo-Babylonian
Marble sculptures from what ancient Greek structure were removed and sent to England in the hopes of preservation?
Parthenon
What substance allows drawing media to be shaped into sticks (for dry media) or suspended in fluid (for liquid media), and to adhere to the drawing surface
binder
What is the most common way to shape a hollow glass vessel?
blowing
What animal is repeatedly found in the art of ancient Mesopotamia?
bull
In 1970, Robert Smithson arranged rock and earth in the Great Salt Lake in Utah, for an earthwork entitled
Spiral Jetty
What is the most notable example of Neolithic architecture in Europe?
Stonehenge
Which theme is best represented by Frank Henderson's drawing Off to War?
Stories and histories
What painting, by the artist Giotto, shows his pioneering use of a "window" effect in painting?
The Raising of Lazarus
In fresco painting, a drawing called a ________Blank is transferred to the prepared surface prior to applying the pigment.
cartoon
The lost-wax process is what type of sculptural method?
casting
What are soft, finely textured stones that can be used for drawing?
chalk
In painting and drawing, artists often use the technique of ________Blank to describe the way shadows and light define the shape of forms.
chiaroscuro
In sculpture, what is the most popular modeling material?
clay
What material is added to graphite to produce pencils that range from very hard to very soft?
clay
Pueblo potter María Martínez used what method to create her striking blackware?
coiling
______ are broad areas of content reflected in the arts of many cultures.
Themes
During the Renaissance in Italy, what was the third exceptional artistic hub behind Rome and Florence?
Venice
What artwork illustrates a spiritual theme, serving as an image for worship?
Virgin and Child Enthroned, and Prophets (Santa Trinita Maestà)
A favored device employed by Renaissance artists of Italy—such as Masaccio with Trinity with the Virgin, St. John the Evangelist, and Donors and Raphael with The Madonna of the Meadows—was __________ organization.
pyramidal
The Codman Silver Dressing Table and Stool from 1899 best represents what theme of art?
reflecting on the self
what is a neccessary feature of a pattern?
repetition
If a work of art is faithful to our visual experience, its approach is said to be:
representational
The design principle that is based on repetition is called
rhythm
The principal ingredient of glass is
sand
St. Teresa in Ecstasy is a fine example of Bernini's talent in
sculpture
Mixing two primary colors produces a ________Blank color.
secondary
As with much Venetian Renaissance art, Titian's Venus of Urbino demonstrates what quality?
sensuality
In typography, what are the short cross-lines that end the principal strokes of individual letters?
serifs
Ideas quickly jotted down for later development are called:
sketches
The Life of Saint Nicholas is what type of work?
stained glass
The carving method is what type of sculptural process?
subtractive
_____________, such as directional arrows, convey information and embody ideas.
symbols
What principle is used in the Mandala of Jnanadakini to suggest that there is a logic and order to the universe?
symmetry
What object was the most treasured of medieval possessions for royal and noble households, as well as wealthy merchant families?
tapestries
What is another term used to describe fired clay?
terra cotta
Which of the following are not among the principles of design?
texture and color
What artwork from your textbook is an example of an artist creating an extraordinary version of an ordinary object?
the Balinese necklace
Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People commemorated
the French Revolution of 1830.
The Arts and Crafts movement came about as a reaction to what event?
the Industrial Revolution
What wealthy banking family in Italy commissioned the David sculpture, created about 1440?
the Medici
During the 16th century, Martin Luther began a movement known as __________ that would see Europe divided into Catholic countries and Protestant countries.
the Reformation
What event prompted Pablo Picasso to create the painting Guernica?
the devastation of a Spanish city by Nazi bombers
In art, what is form?
the physical appearance of a work
What 15th-century invention led to the gradual elimination of the practice of illumination by hand?
the printing press
During the twentieth century, ________ were added to the visual elements used by artists.
time and motion
According to the textbook, which one of the following is NOT a role typically played by art that makes artwork distinct?
to help us see the world in the same way we view it
How did the role of artists change from pre-Renaissance to after?
tradespeople to intellectuals
Raphael's The Madonna of the Meadows is composed using what implied shape?
triangle
A black-and-white photograph of a scene eliminates the hues and intensities of the scene's colors but captures the ________Blank of the colors.
values
What type of literacy better enables us to engage with the images we view from a critical and analytical perspective?
visual
In weaving, the set of fibers that is held taut on a loom or frame is called the:
warp