Understanding Visual Art Unit 1 Test Smartbook
Context Important
Important
Cultural or school?
Cultural
Built for rulers, _____were tombs to aid the buried in the afterlife.
The Pyramids
An example of an artist giving tangible form to feelings and ideas is ____________ .
The Starry Night
Place the following actions in the order that they would most likely happen as we perceive.
1. We see an object or event2. We become aware of our looking3. We ask questions4. We explore associations5. We interrogate our feelings
In looking at art, we bring our own ____ to the experience, causing us to interpret the work in a personal manner.
Associations
Determine which of the following characteristics are related to creativity by clicking and dragging each text description to the appropriate category:
Characteristic of creativity: Moments of insight Innovation Seek connections between seemingly unrelated ideas Intense focus Not characteristic of creativity: A fixed budget Avoidance of risks Is an inborn trait that cannot be learned
____________ is what a work of art is about.
Content
When we keep our eyes and minds wide open, using our own experiences to enhance life and work, we are developing our _____.
Creativity
Iconoclasm means the ________ of images based on religious beliefs.
Destruction
Has Themes of stories and histories
Does Not
____________ is the way a work of art looks.
Form
Pablo Picasso worked on in _____ response to the brutalities of the Spanish Civil War
Guernica
Has political or social themes
Has
Has themes of stories and histories
Has
Identify whether the descriptions could contribute to the iconography of a work by clicking and dragging each text description to the appropriate category:
Iconography A candle burning A lotus flower Wedding rings A circle Not Iconography The form of the work A work's internal organization A dark blue color
An example of an artist recording and commemorating is ____________ .
Jahangir Receives a Cup from Khusrau
An example of an artist creating an extraordinary version of an ordinary object is the ____________ .
Kente Cloth
Eugène Delacroix's _____ is an example of an artist who was free to express the social events of his day.
Liberty Leading the People
Context Important or not as important?
Not as important
Cultural or school?
School
Due to the immense amount of detail in our surroundings at any given moment, we use ________ in order to focus on important information, relegating everything else to the background.
Selective Perception
An example of an artist helping us to see the world in new ways is ____________ .
Shibboleth
An example of an artist giving tangible form to the unknown is ____________ .
Shiva Nataraja
____________ refers to characteristics that we recognize as constant, recurring, or coherent.
Style
Style not a style
Style Abstract Naturalistic Representational Historical NOT a Style Sculpture Content Color
____________ is the object or event upon which a work of art is based.
Subject Matter
Through visual perception, everyone's brain interprets a visual situation differently, creating a _____ viewing experience.
Subjective
Understanding the difference between subjectivity and objectivity is important in discussing art. Identify each description as either a subjective or an objective statement by clicking and dragging the text labels to the appropriate category:
Subjective: The painting is beautiful The house has a cozy feel to it Individual expression is the most important aspect of ant artwork Artists are more creative than other people The painting seems large Objective: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was completed in 1982 Van Gogh used many variations of the color blue in The Starry Night Van Gogh's Self Portrait measures 25.5 by 21.5 inches
Paintings from the 17th century that deal with the fleeting nature of earthly life and happiness are said to be in the ____ tradition.
Vanitas
An example of an artist creating a place for some human purpose is the ____________ .
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The field of philosophy called aesthetics is concerned with what question?
What makes art beautiful
Has political or social themes
does not
has political or social themes
does not
Showing the ideal of philosopher-king, _____ is one of the finest examples of Roman works
the statue of Marcus Aurelius
Context not as important
unimportant
