Chapter 11 Study questions

____ 40. Chuck Close is a painter known for making highly idealized figurative paintings based on classical notions of ideal beauty.

FALSE

____ 42. A full-body portrait is always a life-size depiction of an individual.

FALSE

____ 44. In Medieval Europe human nature was held in high esteem and images of the body symbolized the purity of God's divine realm.

FALSE

____ 41. Nancy Burson achieved a grainy fuzzy look in her photographic series Faces by using a cheap plastic camera.

TRUE

____ 43. Polykleitos invented and applied a system of mathematical proportions called the Canon for the depiction of Greek figures.

TRUE

____ 45. Italian Renaissance artists were strongly influenced by Hellenistic and Roman sculptures that were being excavated in central Italy.

TRUE

____ 46. Many late nineteenth century European artists were strongly influenced by Japanese prints and paintings.

TRUE

____ 47. Ritual tattooing was often used on the eastern islands of the South Pacific as part of initiation rites that prepared an individual for adulthood.

TRUE

____ 19. The Egyptian ____ style was a new aesthetic which rejected the rigid abstract style of the past for a more flowing elegant naturalistic approach. a. Amarna b. Nefertiti c. Classical d. Akhenaten

a. Amarna

____ 22. ____ is known for the use of stop motion photography to document the physical movement of humans and animals. a. Eadweard Muybridge b. Cindy Sherman c. Frida Kahlo d. Bill Viola

a. Eadweard Muybridge

____ 29. ____ was known for using self portraits to comment on the factors shaping her life including her ancestry and her chronic pain. a. Frida Kahlo b. Cindy Sherman c. Nancy Burson d. Sue Coe

a. Frida Kahlo

____ 3. In Pollock's Lucifer the style of painting called ____ involved the motion of the artist's entire body. a. action painting b. pointillist painting c. active painting d. aggressive painting

a. action painting

____ 26. The first attribute of a specific portrait is usually ____ features rather than the broadly stylized features evident in generic figures. a. individualized b. abstracted c. idealized d. Elegant

a. individualized

____ 5. Chuck Close uses ____ to convey importance in his portraits. a. scale b. color c. contour lines d. Texture

a. scale

____ 12. Doryphoros translates to ____. a. spear-bearer b. warrior c. man with a weapon d. godlike defender

a. spear-bearer

____ 4. Van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet featured ____ to show the artist's state of mind. a. thick paint b. soft pastel colors c. lack of forms d. Tears

a. thick paint

____ 30. ____ photographs reflect socially prescribed roles and explore the nature of stereotypes. a. Edward Weston's b. Cindy Sherman's c. Frida Kahlo's d. Eadweard Muybridge's

b. Cindy Sherman's

____ 23. The publication of ____ theories of repression and neurosis influenced many artists of the late nineteenth century. a. Michelangelo Buonarroti's b. Sigmund Freud's c. Jin Soo Kim's d. Okakura Tenshin's

b. Sigmund Freud's

____ 25. A successful portrait in art is usually considered someone's likeness not only in face but also in ____. a. duality b. character c. idealism d. Naturalism

b. character

____ 18. Eadweard Muybridge's photos of human bodies revealed his ____ attitude towards the human body. a. wondrous b. detached c. medieval d. Renaissance

b. detached

____ 11. According to Protagoras man is the ____ of all things. a. beginning b. measure c. best d. Spirit

b. measure

____ 34. In the nineteenth century new technologies such as ____ changed the understanding of the human body and the way art was made. a. computers b. photography c. psychoanalysis d. Advertising

b. photography

____ 14. Traditional African sculpture portrays the frontal view as ____. a. coinciding with the profile view b. symmetrical c. asymmetrical d. the same as the back view

b. symmetrical

____ 6. Nancy Burson's Faces are portraits of children with ____. a. their siblings b. unusual faces c. high intelligence d. loving families

b. unusual faces

____ 28. The Dutch artist ____ made at least sixty-two self-portraits often identifiable by the subject matter and his palette of earth tones dull reds and luminous yellows. a. Jan Van Eyck b. Peter Paul Rubens c. Rembrandt van Rijn d. Jan Vermeer

c. Rembrandt van Rijn

____ 16. Laocoön and His Sons revealed ____ Greek attitudes about the body during the Hellenistic period. a. the same b. completely different c. changing d. Immutable

c. changing

____ 10. A Yakshi is a representation of ____. a. holiness b. sinfulness c. fertility d. Maternity

c. fertility

____ 2. The Study for the Portrait of Okakura Tenshin showed the Japanese characteristics of ____. a. linear perspective b. color perspective c. flat shapes and contour lines d. soft colors and dotted lines

c. flat shapes and contour lines

____ 13. The Doryphoros is idealized in several ways including ____. a. its size b. its emotional intensity c. its restrained emotions d. its clothing

c. its restrained emotions

____ 20. Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet was a vehicle for commentary about ____. a. the benefits of homeopathic medicine b. the political agenda of the bourgeoisie c. the suffering inherent in modern urban life d. the simple joys of rural life

c. the suffering inherent in modern urban life

____ 9. Frida Kahlo's many self-portraits show her face as ____. a. changeable b. emotionally sunny c. unemotional d. forever young

c. unemotional

____ 21. A(n) ____ pose depicts a figure standing naturally with one foot forward and one leg bearing most of the figure's weight. a. chiaroscuro b. idealized c. alla prima d. Contrapposto

d. Contrapposto

____ 32. In ____ Greece figures were often depicted in theatrical poses as though they were on stage in front of an audience. a. Archaic b. Imperial c. Classical d. Hellenistic

d. Hellenistic

____ 31. A(n) ____ figure such as Doryphoros is often used to represent ideas about the essence of humanity rather than depicting a specific individual. a. abstracted b. naturalistic c. stylized d. Idealized

d. Idealized

____ 8. Rembrandt's portraits reveal that The Netherlands encouraged ____. a. spirituality b. sophistication c. social acceptance d. Individualism

d. Individualism

____ 15. Many African sculptures considered the head and ____ as most important. a. feet b. shoulders c. headdress d. Neck

d. Neck

____ 1. Viola's series titled The Passions is based on ____ paintings of figures in sorrow ecstasy or astonishment. a. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist b. Modern and Postmodern c. Byzantine and Gothic d. Renaissance and Baroque

d. Renaissance and Baroque

____ 7. Lucian Freud's Leigh under the Skylight is a portrait of ____. a. a woman b. a goddess c. everyman d. a unique man

d. a unique man

____ 24. In Marina Abramovic's performance piece The Artist Is Present the artist's body and the ____ are the art piece. a. musical performance b. video footage c. backup dancers d. actions of the audience

d. actions of the audience

____ 27. Double Mask from the Ejagham People of the Cross River area of Cameroon was worn during rituals that promoted ____. a. education for young boys b. initiation rites for hunters c. initiation rites for warriors d. group cohesion

d. group cohesion

____ 33. During the Renaissance the ____ as an ideal form became popular again. a. nude b. church c. still-life d. Landscape

a. nude

____ 17. Medieval Christians felt the ____ was more important than the ____. a. body/soul b. soul/body c. mind/soul d. soul/mind

b. soul/body