Art 1100

Drawing is considered to be the _______ of all other media.

Foundation

________ is the term for the purity or saturation of a color.

Intensity

Identify the most prominent musical influence on Romare Bearden's art

Jazz

Raphael's, The School of Athens, provides the viewer with the illusion of the 3D world in a 2D surface by the use of

Linear perspective

__________ made detailed drawings of a reclining male nude as studies for his finished work on the Sistine Chapel Ceiling.

Michaelangelo

When a work of art, such as Theo van Doesburg's Composition l (The Cow), shoes 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

Troupe l'oiel

Chiaroscuro is the technique used by the 2D artist to create the illusion of volume with light and shading techniques.

True

Critics who examine the environmental influences on a work of art, such as the economic system, cultural values, and politics, use

contextual theories

____ art theories focus attention on the composition of the work and how earlier works may have influenced it.

formal

Value in the sense of art refers to

lightness and darkness of surfaces

Pastel, charcoal, conte crayon, and ____ are types of dry drawing media.

pencil

Any kind of movement or structure of dominant and subordinate elements in sequence in a work of art refers to

rhythm

Art made with a combination of different materials, such as a photomontage, is referred to as

Mixed media

___________, the artist who made the Rocket to the Moon, paid tribute to the richness of the African American experience through photomontage.

Romare Bearden

Global warming, the graphic designer poster by Chaz Maviyane-DAvies, presents an issue of concern for the artist as well as the global population. This work is an example of art as a vehicle for _________.

Social Causes

Architects are primarily concerned with qualities of

Space

The term "art criticism" refers to making judgements of art, both favorable and unfavorable.

True

Which of the following is used to describe an elevated awareness of beauty in the viewer?

Aesthetics

The first-century sculpture Augustus of Prima Porta and the fourteenth-century painting Effects of Good Government in the City both exemplify the function of art

Art of persuasion

The balance in Jockeys Before the Race, by Edgar Degas, is:

Asymmetrical

The original meaning of the term _______ is a type of preparatory drawing that is full-sized drawing made as a guide for a larger work in another medium

Cartoon

The juxtaposition of strongly dissimilar elements is referred to as ___________.

Contrast

Which of the following is the result of the process of arranging, selecting, and ordering?

Design

At various stages in the printmaking process, artists check on the developing image by making

False

The Tree at Jesse, in Chartres Cathedral in France, illustrates the genealogy of Christ and is an example of Art for Commemoration

False

Shape refers to the expanse within the outline of a two-dimensional area or within the outer boundaries of a three-dimensional object. The wide variety of shapes can be grouped into two general categories:

Geometric and organic

Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. V reflects the typical style and content of its artist

Georgia O'Keeffe

Which of the following refers to the symbolic meaning of visual signs and imagery in a work of art?

Iconography

In the art world, a ______ is a particular material, along with its accompanying technique.

Medium

Sabatino "Simon" Rodia, the artist who created Nuestro Pueblo (our town; commonly known as the Watts Towers), did not have any professional art training. This type of artist is commonly known as a folk or _____ artist.

Outsider

To create Guernica, a monumental painting depicting the horrors of war, this artist made many preliminary sketches.

Pablo Picasso

_______ refers to size relationships between parts of a whole.

Proportion

Figurative art is a type of __________ art.

Representational

This type of printing, as seen in Ester Hernandez's Sun Mad, has lent itself to poster production and the many social movements that have allied themselves with printmakers to help spread the word about their causes.

Silkscreen

Large Reclining Nude is the final result of Matisse's long process of planning and rearranging the design of the composition.

True

Ogata Korin's Cranes is a good example of the principle of rhythm and repetition.

True

_______ is the appearance or condition of oneness in a work of art.

Unity

The drawing Carpenter was made at the beginning of this artist's career, yet it reveals his careful observation and attention to detail. The artist of this drawing is

Vincent Van Gogh

Claus Oldenburg's and Coosje van Bruggen's art, as seen in Shuttlecocks, affects us immediately by its:

scale

In _______ balance, the two sides of a composition on either side of an imaginary vertical dividing line correspond to one another in size, shape, and placement of form.

symmetrical

To evaluate a work of art properly, we must deal with it in the context of

the society that produced it