Art Appreciation Midterm

In art, value refers to the

lightness and darkness of surfaces

A material and its accompanying technique is called

medium

Judging the quality or value of art necessarily involves

subjectivity

What distinguishes Botero's The Horse from Giacometti's Man Pointing?

Botero creates a horse whose bulging form does not interact with the surrounding space.

Who was responsible for the bombing of the Spanish town of Guernica?

Germany

How did Eadweard Muybridge capture the animated motion of The Horse in Motion?

He lined up still cameras that photographed the horse as it ran by.

Why is the figure-ground relationship important to the way that we perceive art?

It allows us to organize and analyze the images that we see.

How did Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre's process differ from that of the early camera obscura?

It was made using a metal plate on which the image was fixed.

In The Letter, Mary Cassatt's use of three plates to create the colored areas of the print most notably demonstrates the influence of

Japanese woodblock prints

Many Viewers had the opportunity to see Guernica because it was

Many Viewers had the opportunity to see Guernica because it was

Where did the potter's wheel first develop?

Mesopotamia and China

In Awakening Slave, how does Michelangelo achieve the smooth quality of human flesh?

Michelangelo carved the sculpture from marble and polished the surface.

What is one reason that Echelman's choice of netting for Her Secret is Patience contributes to the viewer's understanding and enjoyment of the work?

Netting is flexible and responds gracefully to the winds in Phoenix, so the work harmonizes with the city and forces of nature.

What distinguishes proportion from scale?

Proportion is the size relationship of parts to a whole.

How is Rene Magritte's La Trahison des Images an example of representational art

The subject is a pipe

How do specialists decide if art is great?

They look for innovation, contextual meanings, and personal expression.

Between the first state and the final state of the print of the cat shown in the video, there is

a huge transformation

All of the following are features of the film's title sequence except

a rolling list that credits all of the film's actors, technicians, and creative personnel.

The Battleship Potempkin is based upon

actual historical events

Cold Open's artwork for Portlandia demonstrates which function of graphic design?

advertising

The study of how and why artworks are considered beautiful is called

aesthetics

Before the nineteenth century, artists used the camera obscura to

aid in observation and drawing

Fantasia is an example of

an animated movie

In traditional cameras, a chemically treated plate or film is used as

an image sensor

Which of the following is a characteristic of organic shapes?

an irregular outline

What feature of Torii Kiyotada's An Actor of the Ichikawa Clan suggests swift and violent motion?

angular lines

In Jenny Holzer's estimation, typesetting and programming have much in common including the need to be all of the following EXCEPT

applying paint

Which principle of design is achieved by symmetry or asymmetry?

balance

Which concept varies considerably across cultures?

beauty

Encaustic is an ancient painting medium in which the pigments are suspended in

beeswax

Tempera paint uses egg yolk as a

binder

Which type of film prioritizes international distribution over character development and social commentary?

blockbusters

How do artists achieve the range of tonal qualities necessary to distinguish various textures, masses, shapes, and objects in engravings?

by varying the density of fine lines

The ancient Chinese art of beautiful handwriting is called

calligraphy

The traditional Chinese watercolor technique reflects the belief that painting derives from the art of

calligraphy

A full-sized drawing made as a guide for a work in another medium is called a

cartoon

In painting, pigment most notably provides

color

Which technique uses parallel curved lines to suggest spatial volume?

contour hatching

The juxtaposition of strongly dissimilar elements is referred to as

contrast

Experimenting is a characteristic trait of

creativity

In the Amida Buddha, the abstraction in the hands, chest, and face

dates the sculpture to the twelfth century

Diego Rivera illustrated other industries in Detroit, including

defense and medicine

The illusion of a third-dimension on a picture plane is called

depth

Henri Matisse's photographs of the progress for the painting Large Reclining Nude exemplify the

design process

Pablo Picasso's studies for his painting Guernica exemplify how preliminary sketches can help

develop the design for a complex composition

Which principle of design produces paths that guide the viewer's eye through a work of art?

directional forces

A digital photograph challenges the inherent truthfulness of the photographic medium because it can be

easily altered with computer programs

Which of the following is a method used by artists to draw attention to a specific area of a work of art?

emphasis

In art essays, the three types of art criticism are used as a method of

evaluation

Regarding Impressionist painting, the drastic shift from negative contemporary responses to their high value in today's society demonstrates that

evaluations can change over time and across cultures

The gray tones of the painting

evoke a newspaper photograph.

What influenced Kyle Cooper's title sequence?

experimental films from the 1970's and 1980's.

Solidifying clay in a kiln is a process known as

firing

Which theories focus attention on the composition of an artwork and how earlier artworks may have influenced it?

formal

A sculpture that is meant to be viewed from all sides is

freestanding

Which design discipline is characterized by the use of words and pictures to improve visual communication?

graphic design

A difference between modern black-and-white chemical photography and early photography is

he use of film rather than a glass plate.

In Saltire Compton, how does Rashaad Newsome combine the iconography of hip-hop culture and heraldry

he uses photographs of jewelry to suggest "bling" and the saltire motif to recall family crests

Chris Jordan's photograph from the series Midway: Message from the Gyre is a commentary on the

human impact on the environment

All of the following features emphasize Louis X's royal patronage of the stained-glass windows except this

in the rose window, Hebrew Kings wear the ermine robes of French Kings

The medium that transforms an entire space into an artwork is called

installation

Raphael's The School of Athens creates the illusion of three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface through the use of

linear perspective

Which of the following is a characteristic of early cinema?

live music

An identifying mark based on letterforms combined with pictorial elements is called a

logo

Processes of automobile manufacture represented in the mural panel include the

manufacture of eight-cylinder engines, including steel production, making molds and blocks, and drilling valve holes.

Which of the following techniques is used to create an additive sculpture?

modeling

Artists distinguish between the individual prints in an edition by

numbering

What type of line forms the imaginary landscape in Martín Ramírez's Untitled?

parallel curving lines and dash marks

An all-over design created by the repetitive ordering of visual elements is known as a

pattern

The camera obscura cannot

permanently fix an image onto a surface

What was the first common use for photography?

portraiture

A simple small sketch made for larger and more complex work is known as a

preparatory drawing

At various stages in the printmaking process, artists check on the developing image by making

proofs

In the ancient world, what was the function of most of the monumental art?

public commemoration

The process of aligning the impressions of blocks or plates on the same sheet of paper is known as

registration

4 types of printmaking

relief, intaglio, screenprinting, and stencil

Initially, photography was not accepted as an artform because it

required a mechanical device

Frida Kahlo's The Broken Column is an example of art used for

self-expression

Architects are most concerned with the qualities of

space

All of the following features of the film were innovations in cinema except

spoken dialog

In representational art, object are called

subjects

Artists use implied lines to

suggest visual connections

The peak of technical development of stained glass occurred during

the Middle Ages

Kiki Smith's "poor man's aquatint technique" enables fine precise detail

the addition of texture

In Her Secret Is Patience, Janet Echelman used a cactus flower formed by netting and colored light to symbolize

the desert city of Phoenix

One of the major themes of the stained-glass windows in the north transept of Chartres Cathedral is

the royal genealogy of Jesus

What aspect of the Charioteer exemplifies idealism?

the youthful perfection and dignity

Shaping clay on a rapidly turning wheel is called

throwing

What is the purpose of a primer?

to create an uniform surface

What is the purpose of the nonrepresentational composition of pure color and form in Wassily Kandinsky's Composition VI?

to express the emotional stirrings of the soul

What is the purpose of an aperture?

to regulate the amount of light that strikes the film

The Taj Mahal was intended to function as a

tomb

The rough quality or surface grain of paper that creates a sense of texture in a drawing is called

tooth

The programing for Jenny Holzer's works include all of the following EXCEPT

typesetting

Which of the following refers to the art of designing letterforms and composing material from letterforms?

typography

In Going Home, Jacob Lawrence uses abstract figures and objects and color themes to

unify the composition

The appearance of similarity in a work of art is called

unity

Whether or not a work of art appeals to personal artistic taste depends on

value-based assumptions

Which technical innovation in cinema relies on the use of headsets and hand-held devices?

virtual reality

A translucent quality that is appropriate for depictions of water, light, atmosphere, and weather is one reason that artists use

watercolor