Art Appreciation Midterm Exam

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Additive

A color created by mixing light

Subtractive

A color created by mixing paints or inks

Secondary

A color created by mixing two primaries

Cool

A color ranging from green to violet on the color wheel

Triadic

A color scheme using three colors equidistant from each other on the color wheel

Primary

A color that can't be created by mixing

Expressive

A curved line

Shape

A flat area created by line, color or value. Can be positive or negative

Contrast

A large difference between two things: for example, rough and smooth or white and black

Line

A mark with length and direction, created by a point that moves across a surface

Proportion

A relative difference in size

Motion

A sense of action or implied movement in static works or art

Negative

A shape adjacent to a more significant object or form

Form

A shape or three-dimensional volume that has or gives the illusion of having weight, density or bulk

Positive

A shape that defines an actual object

Point

A singularity in space

Plane

A surface area in space

Weight

A visual effect created by the placement of elements in certain areas in a composition

Artistic roles include: - Enhancing our surroundings - Spirit, myth and fantasy - Description - Narrative - All the above

All the above

How did George Eastman's invention of the hand held camera and its use of roll film advance photography for everyone?

Allowed for easy access at an affordable price

Value

An element of art that refers to the lightness or darkness of a color

Analagous

Another name for related colors. Found next to each other on the color wheel

Name two historical learning models used in art education - Scholarships - Apprenticeships - Trial and error - Art school degree programs

Apprenticeships, Art school degree program

In terms of community, what kind of art does it represent?

Art as a social activity

Symmetrical

Balance using mirror image (or near mirror image) arrangements in a composition

Structural

Based on language, communication and preconceived ideas

Split Compliment

Color scheme using three colors, two of which are on both sides of the first color's complement on the color wheel

Warm

Colors ranging from yellow to red on the color wheel

Complimentary

Colors that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel. When mixed together, they make a neutral gray or brown

Rhythm

Complex syncopated visual effect

List the four levels of meaning you may find in a work of art. - Context - Medium - Structural - Subject - Formal - Iconography

Context, Subject, Formal, Iconography

Artistic categories include Fine Art, Popular Culture and ______.

Craft

What is burning?

Creating darker areas in a photograph by allowing more light onto the exposed print

Support networks for artists include: - Critics - Galleries - Material suppliers - Museums

Critics, Galleries, Material suppliers, Museums

Color

Element of art produced when a wavelength of light strikes an object and reflects back to the eyes

Cultural styles often change within short periods of time.

False

Ideas of 'good' and 'bad' art are not based on cultural information and beliefs

False

The photographic process has no role to play in scientific research

False

Perspective

Geometrical pictorial construct using a single vanishing point to give the illusion of receding space on a two-dimensional surface

Vanitas painting is defined by:

Issues of morality and impermanence

What is dodging?

Lightening areas of the image

Implied

Line created by the visual connection between two or more areas

Content is defined as:

Meaning derived from a work of art

Feminist

Meaning derived through issues of gender bias--now extended to underrepresented groups

Ideological

Meaning derived through relationships between art and structures of power including political and social issues

Formalist

Meaning is inherent in materials and process

Psychoanalytic

Meaning rests on personal expression

Deconstructive

More than one meaning attached to a work of art. Used to remove stereotypes to uncover understanding

Name the three common artistic styles - Naturalistic - Non-objective - Sculpture - Abstract - Bas relief

Naturalistic, Non-objective, Abstract

Photojournalism--translating news stories through photographic images--is defined by three elements: What are they? - Objectivity - Narrative - Composition - Color - Timelessness - Framing

Objectivity, Narrative, Timelessness

Form is defined as:

Physical and visible characteristics of a work of art

Scale

Relative size of an object or form with another

Which of the following are characteristics of straight photography? - Small cameras are used - Images are manipulated heavily in the darkroom - Black and white photography is primarily used - Little manipulation in the darkroom - Big cameras are used - Images from the everyday - Images are carefully staged

Small cameras are used, Little manipulation in the darkroom, Images from the everyday

Which of the following is not an artistic medium? - Painting - Photography - Sculpture - Style

Style

Pattern

Symmetrical arrangement of a repeated shape or form

Texture

The element of art that refers to the surface quality or feel of an object

Space

The empty or open area between, around, above, below and within objects

Emphasis

The focal point in a composition

Principles

The means by which the elements in a work are arranged

Saturation

The purity or intensity of a color

Golden Ratio

The relationship between the natural generation of organic systems and their ultimate form. This relationship is both

Variety

The use of diverse elements and principles in a composition

Monochrome

The use of variations of a single hue

Figure/ground relationship

The visual reaction between a mark and the surface it's created on

Unity

The visual sense that all parts of the composition work together

Definitions of art vary between different cultures.

True

Some artists don't actually make their own work.

True

The objective level focuses on the work's physical characteristics only.

True

Repetition

Two or more like elements or forms within a composition

Spectrum

Visible bands of the sequence of colors

Asymmetric

Visual balance of compositional elements that are offset from each other

Radial

Visual balance using a circular composition of the main elements and principles

Equiluminance

Visual effect when two colors are next to each other and share the same intensity

Which sentence best describes the zone system?

Visualization of a photograph before it's taken, and the correct light calibration for the shot that translates the subject into zones of white, grays and black

Digital cameras and editing software let artists explore fabricated set-ups that bend our sense of what is real. What is the term used to describe an image like Skoglund's?

staged reality

In painting, a glaze is a ______.

thin layer of color

Traditional Chinese painting uses:

water-based inks and pigment

A subjective level of looking at art involves:

emotional reactions

Painting mediums are extremely versatile because they ______. - can take a lot of manipulation - can be applied to different surfaces - offer diverse effects depending on the chosen paint type - all of the above

all of the above

How does the aperture in a camera function?

it regulates the amount of light directed onto the film

One traditional role of drawing is to:

make a sketch for a larger composition

Name four examples of dry pigment drawing materials - wax - pencil - chalk - ink - charcoal - pastel

pencil, chalk, charcoal, pastel

The three basic ingredients of paint are:

pigment, binder and solvent


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