Art Final
What is the correct use of the term abstract in art?
Abstract art distorts and exaggerates natural objects.
An aptitude for Spatial Reasoning would be most useful to:
An artist
Creativity is found in most human endeavors, across cultures. Why do artists choose to express themselves in visual forms?
Because imagery communicates beyond mere words.
How does visually attractive, aesthetically oriented art "lift us above the stream of life?"
By absorbing us in contemplation
Children begin life as eager learners. How do parents and teachers destroy, by the age of twelve, their creative impulse?
By making them afraid to experiment
How can a viewer understand the context of a work of art?
By studying the history of the time period in which it was created
Which of the following is characteristic of Fine art?
Fine art tends to requires formal training.
Which of the following are characteristic of folk art?
Folk artists work within an unchanging tradition.
What is the fundamental component of creativity for both scientists and artists?
Intrinsic motivation
What is the purpose of the Taj Majal in Agra, India?
It was art for commemoration.
What was the fundamental purpose of Francisco Goya's etchings titled The Disasters of War?
It was art for commentary.
What is meant by the artist Robert Irwin's statement, "seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees"?
Naming things prevents us from experiencing the uniqueness of visual form.
How do children, before the age of six, depict the world?
Symbolically
What aspects do we consider when we describe the form of a work of art?
The medium and composition
Briefly describe the look of a painting executed in a style called trompe l'oeil, pronounced "tromp loy".
The painting's subject looks real.
What is iconography? For example, in a work such as The Virgin of Carmel, what carries the deepest level of meaning?
The symbolism of the work
What do traditional fine arts have in common with more recent media such as photography, film and television?
They tell stories and communicate information.
What is the primary function of the 19th Century Mende Mask from Sierra Leone?
To inspire young women to virtuous conduct.
Why did the Belgian surrealist painter Magritte do a painting of a pipe and beneath it write "This is not a pipe"?
To remind the viewer that it was a painting
For Leonardo da Vinci, what was the relation of beauty and ugliness?
Ugliness was a variation of beauty.