Art Appreciation Quiz 2

_____ refers to characteristics that we recognize as constant, recurring, or coherent.

Style

According to the author, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa dazzled his contemporaries because:

The portrait was almost miraculously lifelike.

Ann Hamilton's Mantle is an example of:

Installation

The _______ in David speaks to the strength and heroic nature of the idealized man.

Content

________ is what a work of art is about.

Content

Michelangelo's use of marble in David contributes to the _____ of the work.

Form

When discussing the size, shape, material, color, and composition of a work of art, we are discussing its:

Form

___________ is the way a work of art looks.

Form

Identify whether the description is Iconography or not: A candle burning.

Iconography

Identify whether the description is Iconography or not: A circle.

Iconography

Identify whether the description is Iconography or not: A lotus flower.

Iconography

Identify whether the description is Iconography or not: Wedding rings.

Iconography

During the __________ the term "art" was used roughly in the same sense as "craft."

Middle Ages

Identify whether the description is Iconography or not: A dark blue color.

Not Iconography

Identify whether the description is Iconography or not: The form of the work.

Not Iconography

Identify whether the description is Iconography or not: The work's medium.

Not Iconography

During the Renaissance in Western Europe, ________ came to be regarded as the more elevated of the arts.

Painting, sculpture, & architecture.

The highly realistic portrayal of a young man in Michelangelo's David can be considered the work's _________.

Subject Matter

__________ is the object or event upon which a work of art is based.

Subject Matter