Test 1- humanities

What was unusual about Roy Stryker's definition of patriotism?

it means challenging authority

M.C. Escher, hand with reflecting globe

lithography

atmospheric or aerial perspective

the technique of creating an illusion of depth by depicting distant objects as paler, less detailed, and usually bluer than near objects

text

the things we are looking at ) listening to or reading.) ex: if looking at a painting that is the text.

subtext

the underlying meaning of literary work

composition

the way the elements of art are arranged. the arrangement of forms placed in foreground/background. what frames it in photo.

printmaking

to create or print multiple of the same image. uses a block, screen, stamp, or plate.

The first job Roy Stryker gave to Gordon Parks was

to eat lunch and review a movie

Kehinde Wiley is shown during a photo shoot in his studio, sitting on a white horse and painting a large canvas

true

Kehinde Wiley often goes to China to paint.

true

pictures

two-dimensional media. may be representational or non-representational

chiaroscuro

use of strong contrasts between light and dark. the use of contrast of light to achieve a sense of volume in modeling 3 dimensional. objects and figures.

oil painting

uses indeed oil as binder

Among the documentary photographers employed by the government, which one was considered a "pure" documentary photographer?

walker Evans

Who was the first photographer fired by Roy Stryker?

walker Evans

In order to find models for his paintings, Kehinde Wiley

walks the streets

abstract

draw things in the visual world in a different way.

Albrecht Durer, Praying hands

drawing

pictoralism

early style of photography which south to mimic paintings to get people to think it was art. they staged and combined images to get the final image. done in 1850.

artist unknown, portrait of a boy

encaustic painting

Albrecht durer, adam and eve

engraving (intaglio)

Albrecht durer, melancholia

engraving (intaglio)

the different types of intaglio

engraving, etching, drypoint, and aquatint

form

the representation of solids in space

According to the gallery owner where Wiley's finished works are exhibited, the large pieces sell for

$250,000

jerry Uelsmann, magritte's touchstone

( suppose to be vertical, rock on top not side to side.) photogrpah

Goya, executions of the third of may

1808, oil painting

What percent of the U.S. workforce were unemployed in 1933?

25%

Before the Great Depression, what percent of the U.S. population lived in rural areas?

44

Before the Great Depression, what percent of rural U.S. homesteads had NO indoor plumbing?

80

Before the Great Depression, what percent of U.S. rural homesteads had NO electricity?

95

Which writer and photographer collaborated to produce the book "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men?"

Agee and evans

Which FSA photographer said, "If you come close to the truth, there are consequences?"

Dorothea Lange

Which FSA photographer's work was to help bridge the gap between rural and urban America?

Marion post

What event marked the transition of the documentary photographic project to pure propaganda under the auspices of the O.W.I?

U.S. entry into World War II

An example which might confirm the new propaganda goals for the photographers under the O.W.I would be

all of the above: Dorothea Lange's instructions to photograph the happy and calm face of Japanese Americans being relocated, gordon parks resignation after being forbidden to photography the first black fighter pilots.

the assumption of the virgin by Peter Paul ruben

all of the above: light and shadow, color, composition

still life

a collection of inanimate objects arranged together in a specific way.

Kehinde Wiley's paintings are produced with the assistance and expertise of many professionals, including all of the following EXCEPT

a dance coach

contour line

a line which defines a form or edge. like a corner of a building.

screen printing

a method of creating an image on paper, fabric, or some other object by pressing ink through a screen with areas blocked off by a stencil.

encaustic

a painting media which binds the coloring with wax. they created some of the oldest portraits in the world.

Wiley's works reference which of the following?

all of the above: paintings in the Louvre, haute couture or high fashion, "voguing"

The image below is in the medium of printmaking. Specifically, it is a type of intaglio called engraving. In intaglio the lines carved or etched into a plate are inked and the surface wiped clean before printing. The piece is "Adam and Eve." This is an example of a ________________subject.

all of the above: religious, genre, portrait

scale

the size of the painting

encaustic painting

a painting with wax

palette

a range of colors. ex: primary, blues, brights, dulls. also a board an artist holds to mix paint

relief sculpture

a sculpture technique where the sculptured elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material. a sculpture which is raised off a flat surface.

conventions

a set of standards for the form and content. a way in which something is usually done. a set of expectations about how things operate and appeal to our senses(the length of a pop song). may vary with time, place, and culture (ex: the length of a persons hair).

sacred

a type of art that uses religion and motifs that intend to uplift the mind and spirit. can involve ritual and cultic practices.

non-objective

doesn't represent the natural world or abstract anything in the visual world.

The image below is from San Vitale in Ravenna. It is made of hundreds of small pieces of glass, called tesserae, which are glued to the wall. The subject is the Byzantine emperor Justinian, flanked on each side by important leaders of the army and the church. The emperor carries the bowl for the bread used in the Christian practice of communion, also known as the Eucharist. The subject is

all of the above: religious, historical, and portrait

The image pictured below is an oil painting by Delacroix. It is called Liberty Leading the People. The woman in the center is the title character of the painting and she carries the French flag as she strides over the fallen soldiers and rebels. The figures around are different classes of Parisians who participated in a revolution. Some are middle class, as the man in the hat on the left. Some are poorer as the boy with the pistols.In the distance you can see the towers of Notre Dame cathedral. This type of subject may considered which of the following?

all of the above: symbolic, mythological, and historical

the largest body of the works of the FSA photographers

are housed in the library of congress

intaglio printing

areas below the surface of the plate receive the ink. different kinds include: engraving, etching, drypoint, and equating. opposite of relief.

abstract

art that does not attempt to represent external reality. achieves its effects by using shapes, forms, colors, and textures.

portrait

artistic representation of a person

aesthetic preference

aseptic judgments people make based on a number of factors. personal style

The painting below is by Albrecht Altdorfer. The most dramatic feature of the picture is the breadth and depth of the space. As the eye moves to the background color gets bluer and the image less crisp. This type of perspective is known as

atmospheric

Which FSA photographer was a socialist?

ben shahan

The image above is an oil painting by Paul Gauguin. It is called "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?" It tries to tell the story of human life. The palette of this work is dominated by

blue and yellow

fresco

buno fresco, fresco al secco, Italian for "fresh" painting on plaster. very durable kind of painting.

Kathe Kollwitz, self-portrait

charcoal drawing

which of the following is not an example of a pictorial media?

color

Hokusai, the great wave at kanagawa

color woodblock (relief print)

This oil painting by Claude Monet of the "Houses of Parliament" makes use of

complementary colors

documentary photography

create a social record, more than aesthetic pleasure. provides a record of the social and political conditions of human beings and the world we live in

Vincent Van Gogh's oil on canvas painting, The Starry Night is dominated by _________________ lines.

curvilinear

rembrandt, christ healing the sick

etching

Kehinde Wiley's interest in art began in Los Angeles when he was in his early twenties.

false

This is Goya's Executions of the Third of May, 1808, a large oil painting on canvas. The most dramatic elements of the picture take place in the________________

foreground

Michelangelo, the creation of Adam

fresco

Renoir's "Luncheon of the Boating Party" is an oil on canvas which depicts friends an acquaintances enjoying an afternoon near the water. This is a _________________ subject.

genre

corporate portraits

group portraits. everyone in the picture paid a part of the commission.

Gordon Park's first assignment was impossible for him to complete because

he was black

etching printing

intaglio process that uses acids rather than a burin or other tool to create the lines in the plate.

straight photography

made by Alfred Stieglitz. characterized by precision and technical facility in the dark room. photography that attempts to depict a scene/ subject in sharp focus and detail.

Arthur Rothstein created problems for the FSA when he

moved a cow skull

The painting below is "Orange and Yellow," an oil on canvas by Mark Rothko. This work might best be described as

non-objective

secular

not spiritual. relates to physical world not spiritual. opposite of religious or sacred

atmospheric or aerial perspective

objects in the distance are hazier, less colorful, and less contrast than those in the foreground. often has a color shift.

jackson pollack, one: number 31

oil and enamel paint

Albrecht altdorfer, the battle of issus

oil painting

Jan Van Eyck, Arnolfini Double Portrait

oil painting

Mary Cassatt, the child's bath

oil painting

Pablo Picasso, Guernica

oil painting

Pablo Picasso- Les demoiselles d'Avignon

oil painting

Paul Gauguin, where do we come from? what are we? and where are we going?

oil painting

Raphael, Alba Madonna

oil painting

Rembrandt, self-portrait,

oil painting

Rene Magritte, time transfixed

oil painting

kehinde wiley, the two sisters

oil painting

mark Rothko

oil painting

monet, house of parliament

oil painting

rene Magritte, son of man

oil painting

salvado Dali, the persistence of memory

oil painting

relief printing

oldest type of printing. earliest uses involved decorating clothing and as stamps for clay seals. began around 15th century. printing from raised images, like letterpress. lettering was done backwards.

linear perspective

parallel lines appear to recede into the distance as railroad tracks.

This double-portrait by the artist Kehinde Wiley is in the medium of painting, specifically it is an oil on canvas. Apart from the lifelike painting of the figures, the signature element of the picture is its use of _____________________

pattern

Dorothea Lange, migrant mother

photograph

Gordon parks, American gothic

photograph

Henry peach Robinson, fading away

photograph

Edward Weston, pepper no. 30

photograph (straight photography)

Ansel Adams, monolith, the face of half dome

photograph, straight photograph

The image below is "Migrant Mother" by Dorothea Lange. The medium of the work is

photography

different kinds of photography

pictoralism, straight photography, documentary,

media

plural form of medium

The subjects of Kehinde Wiley's works are primarily

portraits

cave paintings

pre historic art. the earliest forms of art. the application of color on cave walls, ceilings, and floors.

value

range of darks and lights which help convey volume on a flat page

syntax

range of possibilities and limits

representational art

references objects or events in the real world. abstracted to a degree.

content

refers to a works subject matter, or what is being depicted

figurative

retains strong references to the real world and particularly to the human form.

What was the subject of the book "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men?"

several families in hale county, alabama

What "handicap" did Marion Post have to deal with as a photographer?

she was good looking

patron

supports someone or something. usually a person financially supporting an artist or artistic foundation

which is NOT considered a part of the formal elements of picture

symbols

photography

taking and processing photos. invented in 1839. has democratized the use of art for recording images.

self portrait

the artist herself is the subject

context

the circumstances that form the setting for an idea and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.

landscape

the depiction of natural scenery generally wide view

pictorial space

the illusion of 3-dimensional space

Which of the following was NOT among the complaints leveled at the photographs produced by the Resettlement Administration's Historical Unit?

the images glorified Franklin Roosevelt

medium

the material used to create a picture.

subject matter

what something is about. what the artist has chosen to paint, draw, etc.

lithography

writing on stone. original surface was polished Bavarian limestone.