Art

Which of the following drawings is one of the few records we have of London's dark, murky basements and subways during WWII?

Study for Tube Shelter Perspective

What is this an example of?

Surrealism

Which group most notably experimented quite a bit with collage?

The Cubists

Which artwork depicts heroes in clothing they may have actually worn on that day, instead of the classical garb of Greece or Rome, as was the custom of many painters at the time?

The Death of General Wolfe

Which group took color farther from its traditional role of describing natural appearance to become an element of expression?

The Fauves

_______________ was designed and built as a gift to honor the goddess of wisdom and prudent warfare, and protector of the navy.

The Parthenon

Which artwork is an example of painterly brushwork?

The Villa at the Seaside

Which aspects of Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) shocked viewers at the time it was first exhibited?

The juxtaposition of nude and clothed figures.

What was special about highly valued ceramics from Iraq?

The luster glaze technique that had a metallic sheen.

The Terra Cotta Warriors were found in

a tomb.

What is this?

a ziggurat

Viola Frey's Stubborn Woman, Orange Hands must use ____________________ due to its enormous size.

an armature

This artwork is an example of

an asymmetrically and dynamically balanced work.

Elizabeth Catlett's Sharecropper is NOT an example of

an intaglio print.

An __________ refers to the visual expression of an idea or experience, formed with skill, through the use of a ________ .

artwork, medium

Björk's album Biophilia was released

as a series of iPad apps.

In which type of painting are the pigments, combined with water, are applied to wet plaster?

buon fresco

In Oceania, mana refers to spiritual power that may reside in persons, places or things.

mana

The _______ refers to the block of metal, wood, stone or other material that can be used to create a print.

matrix

The Middle Ages are also known as the medieval period.

medieval

In Muslim regions of the Middle East, which craft was practiced with great sophistication?

metal inlay

A mihrab is a niche in the end wall of a mosque that points the way to mecca.

mihrab

With the use of _____________ a great deal seems to happen simultaneously, in a short time.

montage

The concept of the modern poster is

more than a hundred years old.

Which contemporary design discipline is characterized by the integration of animation, live action and type?

motion graphics

Doris Salcedo's Plegaria Muda was intended to

mourn the dead and also express hope in the fertility of the soil.

During the Neolithic period, art went from

naturalistic to abstract.

What is the meaning of the word "mosque"?

"place of prostration"

Which of the following artworks begins as rubbings from textured surfaces?

#334 Drawing (Tracings from the LA River and Arcelor Mittal Steel)

An example of representational art from the chapter is

A Smoke Backstage, by William Michael Harnett

What is this?

A Soundsuit by Nick Cave

Which of the following personifies the force of justice?

A mangaaka power figure

What is this?

A rayograph

Which movement is a culmination of the expressive tendencies in painting from Fauvism and German Expressionism, and the automatic methods of Surrealism?

Abstract Expressionism

For many photographers, what was lacking in color photographs, even after the ability to render them in accurate color became practical?

Abstract power

__________ paint uses a synthetic binder and has a rapid drying time.

Acrylic

What font does our text rely on for its elegance and readability?

Adobe Garamond

Which of these things influenced Pablo Picasso in painting Les Demoiselles d' Avignon?

African masks

Which artist's photographs were almost always "straight," that is, produced with no technical manipulation?

Alfred Stieglitz

Who played a role in introducing new European sculpture and painting to Americans?

Alfred Stieglitz

Which of the following is likely not a reason for censorship?

All of these answers are correct.

Which is an example of a Surrealist film?

An Andalusian Dog

What is this?

An example of fine Persian illustration, depicting an allegory on vanity.

What do Judy Chicago and Nancy Spero have in common?

An interest in feminism.

Which genre is characterized by curving shapes abstracted from nature?

Art Nouveau

Which function of art is the most recent?

Art as self-expression

___________________ refers to making discriminating judgements, both favorable and unfavorable.

Art criticism

Who is known for photographing people and animals in motion?

Eadweard Muybridge

__________ is the most common clay and is often red to brown in color, while ___________ is the rarest and usually white.

Earthenware; porcelain

Which of the following prints was intended as a protest again pesticides?

Ester Hernandez's Sun Mad

Korean potters used slip (liquid clay) to fill in what area of pottery?

Etched surface decoration

_____________ is an important concept for ____________.

Eternal Dreamtime; Native Australians

Why did Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre avoid including people in his photographs?

Exposure times were very long

Critics who favor _________________ theories like this work because it is full of personal meanings.

Expressive

A work of art that shows no reference to the natural world would be photomontage.

False

All abstract works of art are nonobjective.

False

Artist Georgia O'Keefe wanted viewers to see the man-made rhythms in architecture.

False

Digital photography is not a real form of artistic photography.

False

Drawing can only use dry media such as pencils and crayons.

False

Expressive theories focus attention on the composition of an artwork and how earlier artworks may have influenced it.

False

Form refers to the symbolic meaning of visual signs and imagery in a work of art.

False

Like medieval Christians, who mostly rejected pre-Christian civilization and scholarship, Muslims disavowed the achievements of their predecessors.

False

Minimalism refers to sculpture made by assembling found or cast-off objects that may or may not contribute their original identities to the total content of the work.

False

Mixed media sculptures rarely use materials with symbolic meaning.

False

One of the oldest surviving examples of sub-Saharan art comes from the Ife culture.

False

Prints such as relief or intaglio prints are not original works of art. They are just copies.

False

Roman letters are sans serif.

False

Romantic artists emphasized reason.

False

The Expressionist group The Bridge relied most heavily on the lessons of Paul Cézanne.

False

The Taj Mahal is both an example of art for commemoration and art for delight.

False

The Tower of Babel mentioned in the Bible was probably not a ziggurat.

False

The appearance of oneness in a work of art is referred to as variety.

False

The fourteenth-century painting Effects of Good Government in the City exemplifies the function of art known as Art for Worship and Ritual.

False

This artwork is a great example of ink washes.

False

This is an example of a nonrepresentational artwork.

False

This is an example of a painterly artwork.

False

_______ artists are part of established traditions of style, theme, and craftsmanship.

Folk

Which of the following artists was not a member of the Surrealists, but used a similar approach to the Surrealists in autobiographical works?

Frida Kahlo

What is Umberto Boccioni attempting to do in the Futurist sculpture Unique Forms of Continuity in Space?

Fuse the sculptural form with space.

Futurism refers to a movement that originated in Italy. It celebrated motion and speed through mechanical and natural means.

Futurism

Which artist was considered a precursor of the Renaissance and a re-inventor of naturalistic painting?

Giotto di Bondone

___________is a form of opaque watercolor paint.

Gouache

Michelangelo's David has a naturalistic pose, set in contrapposto, demonstrating the influence of __________ sculpture.

Greek

The Parthenon was a built by the ______________ while the Pantheon was built by the _____________.

Greeks; Romans

Which design features is a set of light boxes that feature the isolated first letters of American groceries?

Heidi Cody's American Alphabet

Which of the following is an example of organic abstraction?

Henry Moore's Recumbent Figure

What is a primer used for?

It creates a uniform surface on the support.

All of the following are true of pastel EXCEPT:

It differs greatly from chalk.

Why is calligraphy important to Islamic arts?

It is used to enhance the beauty of the word of God.

Why would Utagawa Hiroshige have needed to be careful in his registration in creating Shono hakuu (Light Rain at Shono)?

It required multiple blocks of color.

Why was blue glaze used to decorate Chinese porcelain?

It was the only color that could withstand the high temperatures necessary to fire porcelain correctly.

Which Neoclassical artist let the way to revolutions in both art and politics?

Jacques-Louis David

Which artist was well known for pioneering close-ups in portrait photography?

Julia Margaret Cameron

Which of the following artists explores issues of identity and cultural heritage in artworks that negotiate Egyptian male identities?

Khaled Hafez

Figure-ground reversal can best be seen in

M.C. Escher's 'Sky and Water I'

Hiphopabad, Botoxia, and Trumpistan are all places in an inventive map by

Maira Kalman and Rick Meyerowitz.

________________ has been a preferred material in the West for outdoor sculpture for centuries.

Marble

Who brought an interest in motion to Cubism?

Marcel Duchamp

Which image is an iconic image of the Depression in the United States?

Margaret Bourke-White's Louisville Flood Victims

Which of the following is considered to be the first painting based on the systematic use of linear perspective?

Masaccio's The Holy Trinity

The potter's wheel was invented in ____________ .

Mesopotamia

________ is the editing technique of combining a number of very brief shots, representing distinct but related subject matter, in order to create new relationships, build strong emotion or indicate the passage of time.

Montage

Which of the following was a response to the impersonality of Conceptual Art and Minimalism?

Neo-Expressionism

Which era was known for its decorative and sensual qualities which were particularly suited to the extravagant and often frivolous life of the French court and aristocracy?

the Rococo period

Which group was particularly interested in the importance of the unconscious mind, of dreams, fantasies and hallucinations?

the Surrealists

Which of these is from the Neolithic period?

the earthenware beaker from Susa

Which of the following is frequently depicted in Aztec sculpture?

the feathered serpent

A major development of the Renaissance in Northern Europe was

the new oil paint medium, which made brilliance and transparency of color possible.

Motion graphics began with

titles sequences for Hollywood movies.

Scholars have long believed the purpose of naturalistic Paleolithic art was

to bring the spirits of animals into rituals that related to the hunt.

Chris Olfili's Holy Virgin Mary

was subject to censorship.

Which material is said to possess a vitality, or living spirit?

wood

Ukiyo-e is a form of

woodcut printing.

Kente cloths, feature long narrow strips of cloth that are

woven and sewn together.

_______ refers to the message or meaning of the work of art.

Content

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

Contextual theories.

Which of the following is not a function of art outlined by our textbook?

Create extraordinary versions of ordinary objects.

All of the following artists epitomize the High Renaissance EXCEPT

Donatello

A very thin, transparent application of color to a painting refers to

a glaze.

Which of the following is not a visual element?

aesthetics

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

aesthetics

Much of early Christian art was created for private homes and underground burial chambers called _____________.

catacombs.

Which of the following media used today is most similar to drawing media used by prehistoric people?

charcoal

Rosa Bonheur used __________ in several places in her painting Harvest Season to suggest their roundness and bulk.

chiaroscuro

____________ is a technique used in 2D works to create the illusion of volume by shading from light to dark.

chiaroscuro

To be a ceramist, one must work with _____ .

clay

What did Robert Rauschenberg call his artworks that put everyday objects together with collage and painting?

combine-paintings.

What is the primary goal of Craig Wall's You Blow Me Away?

creative expression

The white fish at the very bottom of this image is a:

figure or positive shape.

Which of the following is not a technique to imply depth on a 2D picture plane?

figure-ground reversal

Positive shapes are referred to as

figures.

Which type of filmmaking originated in Hollywood and is typified by a dark and brooding style, and murder-mystery content?

film noir

In an artwork, the total effect of the combined visual qualities is known as the ______________.

form

The 1973 court case Miller v. California established artists'___________ to create what they want.

freedom

This image is an example of which type of painting?

fresco

When it come to imagery, traditional Muslims

frown upon the representation of human figures in art that will be used in a religious context.

Which material is liquid when you work with it and solid when its finished?

glass

A _____________ is liquid paint formulated for ___________.

glaze; clay

Which Japanese style means 'flung ink'?

haboku

Robert Longo's Corporate Wars: Wall of Influence is an example of a _____ -relief sculpture.

high

Leading __________________ were interested in the secular dimensions of life, pursued intellectual and scientific inquiry and rediscovered the classical Greek and Roman culture.

humanists

Iconoclast means

image-breaker.

Which of the following works displays a subtle feminist content?

in boat with child (pic)

Amalia Pica's Eavesdropping is an example of

installation sculpture.

When the two sides of a composition do not correspond to one another in size, shape, and placement of form, the work

is asymmetrically balanced.

Part of the significance of Donatello's sculpture David is that

it was the first freestanding nude statue since ancient Roman times.

Much of the power of film comes from

its ability to reconstruct time.

How does this image reflect the subversive nature of punk subculture?

its combination of text and image

A distinct and main advantage of oil paint is

its slow drying time, which allows for blending and making changes in the process.

In Muslim architecture, an iwan is a high vaulted porch to mark an important building or entrance.

iwan

The Native American Hopis and Zunis identify invisible life force spirits as kachinas .

kachinas

Alexander Calder is well known for his ______________ sculpture.

kinetic

Mobiles are a form of _____________ sculpture.

kinetic

Both Edward Hopper and the Impressionists were interested in ____________ but for different reasons.

light

Which of the following relief techniques starts with a rubbery, synthetic surface?

linoleum cut

In which of the following media does the artist draw an image with a greasy crayon directly on a flat stone slab?

lithography

An identifying mark or trademark is referred to as a _______ .

logo

In weaving, a __________ holds fibers in place.

loom

A coin is a typical example of a _____ -relief sculpture.

low

A building that combines a school, prayer hall and lodging for students is a ________________.

madrasa

The salon was an official art exhibition in France, juried by members of the official French Academy.

salon

Tilted Arc is one of the best known examples of __________________ sculpture in the United States.

site-specific

By introducing calligraphy brush techniques for expressive purposes, traditional Chinese painters

sought to elevate painting to the levels that calligraphy and poetry had already attained.

The use of ______________ sets Gothic architecture apart from Romanesque.

stained glass

A ________ refers to a series of drawings or paintings arranged in sequence to visualize the major shots in a film.

storyboard

Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 demonstrates the influence of

stroboscopic photography.

In the evolution of Buddhist architecture, early burial mounds led most directly to the Indian ____________.

stupa

Value judgment about art necessarily involves

subjectivity.

Which type of paint is known to change colors quite a bit as it dries, but does not darken with age?

tempera

Impasto refers to a type of ____________ of a painting.

texture

When was the Spanish conquest of the Americas?

the 1520s

Which group made use of the readymade?

the Dadaists

Some believe that the sculpture Woman of Willendorf was associated with

the Great Mother Goddess.

Which people built with huge, carefully cut and fitted stones?

the Inca.

An artwork from Chapter 2 that is NOT monochromatic is

the Occupy LA Mural by unknown

Which of these was at Teotihuacan?

the Pyramid of the Sun

Which two movements come out of New York school painting?

A. Abstract Expressionism B. Color field painting

Which are the three broad stages of Greek civilization?

A. Archaic period D. classical period E. Hellenistic period

Select the principal art criticism theories as outlined by our textbook. (select all that apply)

A. Formal theories C. Expressive theories F. Contextual theories

Select the purposes of drawing (all that apply)

A. as an end in itself, a complete work of art. C. a notation, sketch or record of something seen, remembered or imagined. D. a study or preparation for another more complex work.

What are the main ingredients in paint? Select all that apply.

A. binder C. vehicle D. pigment

Which of the following terms are intaglio techniques? Select all that apply.

A. engraving B. etching E. aquatint F. drypoint

Sculpture that is meant to be seen from all sides is referred to as (select all that apply)

A. freestanding. B. in-the-round.

Which of the following terms refers to the same type of printmaking? Select all that apply

A. silkscreen E. serigraphy F. screenprinting

According to our textbook, the five traits associated with creativity are:

Associating, questioning, observing, networking, and experimenting

_____________ refers to artists who work in an experimental or innovative way, often opposing mainstream standards.

Avant-garde

Which artwork was influenced by Cubism?

B multicolored image

Identify the two groups associated with German Expressionism

B. Blue Rider D. The Bridge

Fiber arts include processes such as (select all that apply)

B. wearable art D. stitching E. papermaking by hand F. surface design G. weaving H. basketmaking

________ refers to the juxtaposition of strongly dissimilar elements.

Balance

Which of the following was depicted in life-size, engaging the viewer's in the action?

Bernini's David

Which artist is known for inventing a way of transferring photographs to leaves?

Binh Danh

Which color is typically thought of a cool color?

Blue

Select all the true statements about this artwork:

C. The same red is a unifying color throughout the artwork. D. There is varied repetition in the green chair seats and window shades. E. There is unity in the colors the artist used and variety in the shapes used.

Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm is an example of: (select all that apply)

C. Abstract Expressionism E. action painting

Which of the following artists are associated with street art? Select all that apply

C. Banksy D. Retna and Risk E. LEE

Who was Artemisia Gentileschi influenced by?

Caravaggio

Which film set new standards for filmmaking because of its aesthetic quality and meaningful social message?

Citizen Kane

___________________ emphasizes rationality, order and restrained emotion.

Classical art

Joseph Kosuth's One and Three Chairs is an example of

Conceptual art.

Michaelangelo used a ______________ process to create Awakening Slave.

D. subtractive and one more ?

_____________ is noted for his intricate and colorful works in glass.

Dale Chihuly

_________ is the result of the process of arranging, selecting, and ordering.

Design

______________________ was instrumental in updating the font of white-on-green Interstate freeway signs.

Donald Meeker

Which of the following is an example of site-specific art?

Olafur Eliasson's The Weather Project

Which of the following is considered to be the first experimental film?

Oskar Fischinger's Circles

Which of the following works is an excerpt or example of a graphic novel?

Persepolis

Some of the world's most amazing carpets came from _______________ during the 16th century.

Persia

___________________ refers to the phenomenon in which the human brain retains a visual image for a fraction of a second longer than the human eye records.

Persistence of vision

Which artist is known for straight lines, primary colors, and rectangles as universal elements in his/her work?

Piet Mondrian

Realism describes a style of art and literature that depicts ordinary existence without idealism.

Realism

Which of the following are examples of Pop Art? (select all that apply)

Richard Hamilton's Just What is it That Makes Today's Homes so Different, so Appealing? Roy Lichenstein's Drowning Girl

_____ is the size relation of one thing to another while proportion is the size relationship of parts to a whole.

Scale

Which artist addresses the question, do artists from one part of the world need to practice the traditional styles still associated with their origins?

Shahzia Sikander

The indigenous religion of Japan is an ancient form of nature and ancestor worship called Shinto .

Shinto

________________ features a ring of posts and lintels.

Stonehenge

Which discipline of graphic design was not addressed by the textbook?

They were all addressed by the textbook

Which of the following serves as a family crest?

Tlingit totems.

What were the goals of social realism?

To retreat from the radical innovations of modern art and a desire to communicate more readily with the public about social causes.

An artist may use directional forces to influence the way we look at a work of art.

True

Anselm Kiefer's Osiris and Isis exemplifies the Neo-Expressionist style.

True

Gift for Apollo has a sense of harmony despite the random conglomeration of elements and objects used to create it.

True

In The Conversion of Saint Paul, Caravaggio created drama though the high contrast of lights and dark and the use of extreme foreshortening.

True

Marc Andre Robinson's Throne for the Greatest Rapper of All Time is an example of an assemblage.

True

Maya stone temples were originally painted.

True

Printmakers may be fascinated by the process of printmaking, which is an absorbing craft in itself.

True

Some of the finest Neolithic pottery was made in China.

True

Sprinkled powders and beads have been found at the most ancient of gravesites, indicated people of that time practiced ritual burial.

True

The first Christian churches were patterned after basilicas that were used by the Romans as government buildings.

True

The function of hatching in drawing is to creates shadows and the illusion of mass.

True

The interactive relationship with the user is what distinguishes Scott Snibble's Biophilia Apps from print graphic design.

True

There is a horizon line in this artwork.

True

This artwork is a not a good example of crosshatching to show volume.

True

This is a monochromatic monument.

True

Wood engraving is a form of relief printmaking.

True

In art, the term _______ refers to the lightness and darkness of surfaces.

Value

Which early film pioneered many special effects, such as dissolves between scenes and time-lapse photography?

Voyage to the Moon by George Méliès

Which artist most notably hoped that abstract and nonrepresentational art could provide spiritual nourishment for the modern world?

Wassily Kandinsky

A potter is

a ceramicist who specializes in dishes.

Alexander Calder's Untitled is an example of

actual motion

The Chinese regard painting to derive from the art of

calligraphy.

Vincent van Gogh's Carpenter demonstrates

careful observation and attention to detail.

Which of the following is a substitution process?

casting

Which process of sculpture requires a mold?

casting

One of the earliest types of photograph was the

daguerreotype.

The total number of prints made and approved by the artist, usually number consecutively, refers to the _____________ .

edition

Tempera paint uses ____________ as the binder.

egg yolk

What does the topknot on his head symbolize?

enlightenment

Which of the following types of printmaking uses acid to create a groove in a metal plate?

etching

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 often recognized as a folk or __________ artist.

outsider

Neo-Expressionists tend to favor

painting.

A __________ refers to an image or symbol carved in shallow relief on a rock surface, usually ancient

petroglyph

Which of the following words literally means "light-writing"?

photography

In painting media, the color comes from the

pigment.

What is this an example of?

pointillism

At various stages in the printmaking process, an artist may check on the progress of their developing image by making

proofs.

Fred Wilson's piece, Mining the Museum, explores ideas about race by:

rearranging a museum collection.

In _____________ printmaking the ink is at the level of the original surface, while in ___________ printmaking the ink is held below the original surface.

relief; intaglio

A trompe l'oeil artwork is going to be a ______________ type of artwork.

representational

Figurative art is a type of __________ art.

representational

________ refers to any kind of movement or structure of dominant and subordinate elements in sequence.

rhythm

The principle of __________________ is exemplified in Ogata Korin's Cranes.

rhythm and repetition