Arth 110 Art Appreciation

According to the authors of the book Innovator's DNA, all of the following are traits that define creativity EXCEPT observing. criticizing. networking. experimenting.

Criticizing

What are the stages of creative and artistic development in children? What are some ways parents can both discourage and encourage their children's creativity?

Children begin exploring and inventing with their art, and using their imagination at a young age. As they get older, children begin draw things as a comparison to what they see in the world. Discouragement can come from harshly criticizing their work for not being realistic. Let them draw what their mind sees, not what the world is. One way for parents to encourage their children's creativity is to not give them coloring books, or make them be creative inside the lines. Instead encourage them to draw from their imagination.

All abstract works of art are nonrepresentational.

False

Constantin Brancusi created a sculpture titled The Kiss—a naturalistic, representational work of art that captures the sensual delight of that highly charged moment when lovers embrace. In contrast, Auguste Rodin's The Kiss is abstracted. It is a geometric sculpture that lacks the naturalism and sensuality of Brancusi's version of the same subject.

False

In Mexico and the American Southwest, retablo painting is a customary way of giving thanks to God when someone escapes from some danger or recovers from an illness. Yet, such paintings never depict the scene of salvation or a narrative of the events. In fact, most retablo paintings are nonrepresentational.

False

Outsider artists have little to no formal art education. Yet, despite this, outsider artists work within specific traditions of style, theme, and craftsmanship that reflect their unique cultural perspectives.

False

Spiritual and religious works of art such as The Virgin of Carmel Saving Souls in Purgatory and Amida Buddha are the only types of art that rely upon iconography- symbolic subjects and signs used to convey ideas important to particular cultures or religions.

False

In an artwork, the total effect of the combined visual qualities is known as the

Form

Differentiate between form and content in art.

Form is a description of what particular style of art that a piece is made in, and describes what media is used. Content is the idea, or feeling of emotion, or experience that is being portrayed.

Which artist wanted viewers to see the natural rhythms present in a flower?

Georgia O'Keeffe

Jazz provided a notable influence on the work of Ray Beldner. Romare Bearden. Edward Weston. Alexis Smith.

Romare Bearden.

Identify three traits or characteristics associated with creativity.

Three traits or characteristics associated with creativity are, associating, questioning, and observing.

Artists have the power to turn ordinary objects into extraordinary works of art. Edward Weston's Pepper #30 was created with a time exposure of over two hours to give the photograph of the pepper a quality of glowing light—a living presence that resembles a sensual embrace. In essence, Weston provides his viewers with an image that, on one hand, is mundane. Yet, viewers are also given a deeper look at the pepper—a view where they encounter astounding beauty and poignance in an ordinary object.

True

Romare Bearden's Rocket to the Moon is an example of

a photomontage.

Sabatino "Simon" Rodia could be classified as an outsider artist because of his

lack of awareness of art history.

When a work of art shows no reference to the natural world of images, it is called

nonrepresentational.

The term used to describe the "fool-the-eye" realism of William Harnett's painting A Smoke Backstage is

trompe l'oeil.