Create. Imagine, Play: Quiz 3

According to experts from the Tate Gallery, the term abstraction can be applied to art that is

-based an object, figure or landscape, where forms have been simplified -based an object, figure or landscape, where forms have been schematised -"pure abstraction" called concrete art -art that uses forms, such as geometric shapes or gestural marks, which have no source at all in an external visual reality

Pseudo-Naturalistic Stage, Age of Reasoning

Ages 11-14; critically aware of own shortcomings in art; closer to correct proportions; cartooning popular; facial expressions vary for meaning

The period of decision

Ages 14-16

Scribbling Stage

Ages 2-4; starts out as being done for purely kinesthetic pleasure; relates marks to things they know; images are assigned meaning

Preschematic Stage

Ages 4-7; emerging human form; head and torso with arms attached; images placed haphazardly in space; colors of choice (not realistic), one symbol may represent many ideas

Schematic Stage

Ages 7-9; form of the concept/person is repeated; establishment of a baseline; very little or no overlapping for depth; X-ray drawings

Gang Stage: Dawning Realism

Ages 9-12; disappearance of a baseline; objects overlap for depth; less exaggerated disproportion of the human form; greater awareness of clothing details; self-conscious of own drawings

The definition of the term "schema" is

All of these answers (except none of these...)

According to S. Dennis (1991), the relationship between drawing and working memory performance is a function of age. When thinking about what and why children draw, what is the significance of this relationship?

Children draw what they know, not what they see

Based on the work of Anna Mary Robertson Moses (Grandma Moses), art development stops by the time that an individual is in their early 20's.

False

The Lowenfeld art development stages model is being used to help us analyze children's art development because

It is a historical reference

The midterm paper, Personal Art Timeline & Essay , is due

October 11

According to Lowenfeld, the Gang or Dawning Realism Stage is also known as

The Golden Age Child Art

According to Piaget in Chapter 14 of "Cognitive and Psychological Factors in Children's Learning and Creative Development," his theory of constructivism refers to...

The self-constructed nature of knowledge

Who said this about how to define abstraction? "...the possibility of considering as object or group of objects under one viewpoint while disregarding all other properties of the object. The essence of abstraction consists of singling out one feature, which, in contrast to other properties, is considered to be particularly important."(Root-Bernstein & Root-Bernstein (1999). Sparks of genius, pp. 72-73)

a physicist

Although this U-shaped decline in creativity can occur at any point, generally it occurs around the ages of

ages 8-11

In art, this term refers to creating art without conscious thought, accessing material from the unconscious mind as part of the creative process.

automatism

Children at the preschematic development stage draw how they think or feel about and object- which leads to exaggeration, but also fosters

creativity and imagination

According to Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (based his on socialcultural theory), nothing is beyond our reach. We can become experts in any field, no matter what our abilities, as long as we have the support we need.

false

In analyzing a child's work of art, we can accurately interpret an child's meaning by just looking at the drawing and images produced.

false

Lowenfeld's stages of art development are absolutes and cannot be skipped or reversed.

false

In Lowenfeld's stages, which of the following in NOT a sub-stage of the scribbling stage?

imitation

What impacts the development of art abilities? Besides maturation and natural skill development, what other factors influence this development. Mark all the apply.

milieu, heart, culture, memory, practice

At what stage has a child's thinking changes from pure kinesthetic thinking in terms of motion to an imaginative thinking in terms of pictures?

named scribbling

In examining the development of creativity in young people, educational psychologists have documented a "U-shaped decline" in creativity. Although can occur at any point, generally it occurs around the ages of 8-11 (3-6 grades). What is NOT one of the main reasons given for this slump?

none of these

Lowenfeld's Scribbling Stage is most closely aligned with Piaget's

sensorimotor stage

Clements and Wachowiak's use 5 metaphors to talk about the factors or intrapersonal aspects that influence or guide the art learning process. Which one of these is not a factor/metaphor they used?

soul