Art Appreciation Final
What did Matisse create by moving the figure's right leg down slightly in his version of Large Reclining Nude?
Directional Force
What did Vincent van Gogh prefer to do in his study of drawing?
Draw from life
What reason did the Brooklyn Museum of Art use to successfully challenge censorship of Chris Ofili's Holy Virgin Mary?
Elephant dung is an art medium in certain African cultures.
What tends to distinguishes art in our society today?
Emphasis on individual achievement and self-expression
The distorted proportions of the Roettgen Pietà adds to its
Expressive effect.
Who did the Philadelphia Museum of Art challenge as an inappropriate judge of artistic quality about Evelyne Axell's Ice Cream?
The interpretation that Titian's Pietà demonstrates the artist's liberation from the restrained style of his youth relies on
Formal analysis of the painting's visual characteristics.
Explaining the innovations of Jean-Michel Basquiat's Horn Players would involve which approach to writing about art?
Formalism
What was a main reason for the revival of fresco in the twentieth century?
Fresco could be used to decorate public buildings.
What is one factor that Sauce Boat with Ladle and Conoid Chair have in common?
Functionality
How are graphic novels different from comics?
Graphic novels include a book-length story line.
What kind of line does Edward Hopper use in New York Movie to divide theatre space from lobby space?
Hard line, soft line
How did Rembrandt lighten previously shaded areas in Eliezer and Rebecca at the Well?
He applied white gouache.
Based on your textbook's discussion, what does Richard Serra mean when he describes drawing "as a place where I can get lost . . ."?
He can experiment and work out his creative ideas.
What is one way that Rashaad Newsome creates an iconographical "mash up" in Saltire Compton?
He combined references from hip-hoppers with traditional motifs associated with heraldry.
What can we learn from Pablo Picasso's earliest studies for his painting Guernica?
He did not significantly change his initial concept.
Which factor made Henry Moore's drawings of World War II London Tube refugees so compelling?
He suppressed details of personal appearance to create a scene of stoic human endurance.
Compare Vincent van Gogh's early drawing Carpenter to his slightly later Old Man with His Head in His Hands. What about the later work shows van Gogh's improved technical skills?
He used tone, line, and perspective to give greater volume to the figure.
Compared to Shy Glance, Vigée-LeBrun's Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat demonstrates a
High degree of traditional painting skill.
Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that studies
How and why artworks are beautiful.
What was the struggle for Romare Bearden in the work Prevalence of Ritual: Tidings. 1967?
How effectively he communicated and his need for creative expression
The Abstraction of a Cow series represents Theo van Doesburg's
Interest in simplification.
When experiencing the work You and I, Horizontal (III), viewers can
Interrupt the lines and alter them at will.
How does the change in the scale of the "5" function in Charles Demuth's I Saw The Figure 5 in Gold?
It draws the viewer deeper into the painting.
What makes Man Pointing an open form?
It is a thin, linear form with outstretched arms.
Which best describes the role of time in Christian Marclay's installation The Clock?
It presents multiple clips in real time.
What was the primary function of this sketchbook of Guillermo del Toro's?
It was a notebook of his personal memories and thoughts.
Why did Rodney McMillian represent the Supreme Court building with collapsed columns, a missing pediment, and paint looking like fake blue marble?
It was a protest against his perception that the Supreme Court justices were backing away from their commitment to civil rights.
Why did Frank Lloyd Wright use the hollyhock flower to embellish Alice Barnsdall's house?
It was the owner's favorite flower.
Which aspect of Constantin Brancusi's The Kiss best demonstrates its abstraction?
Its geometric form
What is one advantage of synthetic paints?
Larger range of stable colors
In the contemporary world, where are we most accustomed to find idealized standards for beauty?
Magazine ads
What did Raphael have to do before painting the fresco Assumed Portrait of Francesco Maria della Rovere, detail from the School of Athens?
Make a full-size cartoon for that part of the painting
Why does Carrie Mae Weems think men and women worldwide will empathize with The Kitchen Table series and a story anchored around a black woman?
Men and women worldwide can see themselves in it and relate to relationship problems.
What nineteenth-century development made it possible for the Impressionists to paint outside?
Oil paints in tubes
What design goal does the inclusion of helicopters, cars, and hand grenades demonstrate in contemporary Afghan carpets?
Pattern
What is one reason that Picasso signed and dated all 45 of his studies for Guernica?
Picasso intended his drawings to document the evolution of Guernica.
What is necessary for true fresco?
Plaster
What was the intended function for embellished Yoruba resist-dyed (adire eleko) cloth?
Practical clothing
Gilbert Hernandez's Fear of Comics demonstrates how comics can
Reduce complex narratives to a few powerful images.
What is one factor common to Ancient Light and Sun Tunnels?
Representation of contemporary spirituality
What is one design principle that Matisse addressed with the netlike patterns on the couch and framing edges of his painting Large Reclining Nude?
Rhythm and repetition
What design principle is obviously distorted to create greater impact in Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's Shuttlecocks?
Scale
What distinguishes the use of balance in sculpture from its use in painting?
Sculpture must consider balance for structural purposes.
How is Julie Mehretu's drawing process in Back to Gondwanaland different from that of earlier artists?
She uses cut-out shapes to evoke man-made spaces.
Dawn Marie Jingagian's Shy Glance has obvious
Sincerity
Keith Sonnier's use of light in works like Motordom forces an increased awareness of the
Surrounding space.
Why do many public buildings employ symmetrical balance in their designs?
Symmetrical balance suggests stability and permanence.
What is one visual clue that Edgar Degas uses In Jockeys Before the Race to move the viewer's attention to the left side of the canvas?
The Sun
Why does the fish shape in The Rarely Glimpsed Junkfish function as negative space?
The artist left the space blank and used ink and charcoal in the background.
Why is Nuestro Pueblo (Our Town) an example of outsider art?
The artist worked independently of any tradition or style.
Which contributes most to the drama of Francisco Goya's composition in Bullfight: The Agility and Daring of Juanito Apinani?
The contrast of light and dark tones
What element moves our eye toward the empty panel on the left of Ogata Korin's Cranes?
The directional force of the birds' heads
What statement best describes Janet Echelman's Her Secret Is Patience?
The formal elements and iconography together reinforce the content.
What element creates unity in I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold?
The number 5
What contextual information supports the notion that the vacant niche in Titian's Pietà may be a symbol of death?
The painting was done during an epidemic of the plague.
Which of the following factors makes the Cameroon Chief's Stool an example of abstract art?
The proportions of the figures are exaggerated.
Which specific iconographic element communicates hope in The Virgin of Carmel Saving Souls in Purgatory?
The scapulars
Writing about a work of art should always include
The title and medium.
What distinguishes visual creativity from other creative practices?
The use of images
Why is fresco painting best suited for dry climates?
There is less chance mold growing in the walls.
What is the function of retablo paintings in Mexico and the American Southwest?
They are a way to give thanks to God.
What embellishment factor appears in both Resist-Dyed Cloth (adire eleko) and Barnsdall House?
They both have a central motif.
Why do children often become less creative as they get older?
They come to doubt their creativity.
How do the tall green seats provide unity in Jacob Lawrence's Going Home?
They create a visual theme across the composition.
What is the reason for the inclusion of mudfish and leopards in the plaque showing the Oba holding leopards?
They demonstrate the king's kinship with the gods of water and his rule over nature.
Which of the following is a trait of creative artists?
They make connections across seemingly unrelated fields.
What is one way that ancient Egyptian artists clarified visual space in their paintings?
They portrayed objects from easily identifiable angles.
When mixing pigments, white is added to produce a
Tint.
Why were carved totem poles in the Pacific Northwest commissioned?
To illustrate crests or legends associated with a specific family's history
What was one reason Jasper Johns used encaustic in Three Flags?
To point out that flags and paintings are both colored canvases
Which culture established the artistic standards held by the Aztecs in Mexico?
Toltec
What is a common feature in drawings made with graphite pencil, charcoal, or Conté crayon?
Tonal gradations of black and white
What did Andrea di Leone use to organize his composition Tobit Burying the Dead?
Triangular implied lines
The use of pattern in Pieter de Hooch's Interior of a Dutch House demonstrates which design principle?
Unity and variety
What is the oldest known kind of paint?
Waterpaint
The cash value of a work indicates
What a buyer will pay at a given time.
Which question would be asked in an expressive theory about a work of art?
Who made it?
Why have most trained artists historically been male?
Women were denied apprenticeships.
Is this class pointless?
Yes
In paintings such as Composition VI, Wassily Kandinsky likened the emotional impact of colors and lines to
music
Titan's Bacchus and Ariadne is based on
A mythological story
What effect might best be achieved by a sculpture with closed form?
A sense of overwhelming power
Viewers may have a strong response to Meret Oppenheim's Object because of its
Actual texture
Which of the following first inspired Georgia O'Keeffe's series of paintings based on flowers?
An interest in the shapes and colors of nature
Who was the Philadelphia Wireman?
An unknown artist who made sculptures from refuse and other objects
Which color scheme did Jennifer Bartlett use in Path?
Analogous
How do artists create different gradations of black when they draw with charcoal?
Artists can smudge, blur, and erase.
Why was Judy Taylor's History of Labor in Maine eventually removed from its place in the headquarters of Maine's Labor Department?
As the painting's owner, the government could remove it.
What technique is used in Asher Brown Durand's Kindred Spirits to create a sense of three-dimensional space?
Atmospheric perspective
What industry did Diego Rivera represent in the fresco Detroit Industry?
Automobile industry
Which of the following drawing techniques distinguishes Degas' Le Petit Déjeuner après le bain (Jeune Femme S'essuyant) from Carriera's earlier Portrait of a Girl with a Bussola?
Bold contouring in drawing the figures and objects
How did Winslow Homer create highlights in Boys Wading?
By leaving areas blank and using gouache
The traditional technique used in Hokusai's Tuning the Samisen suggests a similar expressive style is found in what another Asian art form?
Calligraphy
Which term refers to the organization of visual elements in a painting or a photograph?
Composition
What issue does Chris Jordan address in the series Midway: Message from the Gyre?
Consequences to the albatrosses in their nesting ground as a result of ingesting plastic waste
An analysis of references to jazz music in Jean-Michel Basquiat's Horn Players demonstrates which critical approach?
Contextual
What detail of Jenny Holzer's Untitled emphasizes her use of implied motion?
Controlled lighting on the extended helix of light boards
A formal analysis of Sonia Delaunay-Terk's Simultaneous Contrast would probably address the artistic influence of
Cubism
What distinguishes Paul Cézanne's treatment of space in his Still Life with Apples from Raphael's in The School of Athens?
Cézanne calls attention to the flatness of his canvas.
