Art Appreciation Mid-Term

Maya Lin called the concept of her design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

" a visual poem "

How much revenue for France does the Louvre Museum generate annually ?

$ $ 1 Billion dollars

When was the Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci stolen from the Louvre Museum ?

1911 by Vincenzo Peruggia

Performance art

20th century events designed to be a ephemeral, lasting only in memory

Kinetic Sculpture

A monile sculpture with moving parts

What is a water soluble paint that dries quickly and can be applied to most surfaces ?

Acrylic Paint

What was popular with European and American art collectors for more than a century and had a dramatic impact on the development of modern art . In museums , these sculptural masks are displayed as isolated art objects .

African Masks

Lalla Essaydi's photographs explore identity but focus more specifically on the representation of the

Arab woman

The artist who created the Mona Lisa was considered a Renaissance man . Select all that apply . What represented this man being called a " Renaissance Man " ?

Artist, Inventor, Scentist

What substance is secreted by bees to make honeycombs . It is also used in hot wax painting .

Beeswax

What is an instrument for writing and / or drawing with ink , typically consisting of a metal nib or ball , or nylon tip , fitted into a metal or plastic holder ? Sometimes they have different size felt nibs to create different types of marks .

Black Pen Colored Marker

What literally means " dark room " ?

Camera Obscura

What is a soft white limestone ( calcium carbonate ) formed from the skeletal remains of sea creatures ?

Chalk

What is a porous black solid of carbon , obtained as a residue when wood , bone , or other organic matter is heated ? It is the oldest drawing medium .

Charcoal

What material uses wax as a binder ?

Colored Crayon Conté Crayon Water Color Pencil Colored Pencil

The first permanent photographic image was invented by Louis - Jacques Mande Daguerrre in 1839. What is the permanent photograph called ?

Daguerreotype

What type of photography are authentic , un - retouched photographs that record important social conditions and political events ?

Documentary Photography

Visual art has often been used to record personal and artistic suffering , yet it can be an equally effective record of the artist's joy , such as the simple joy of being creative . A sense of spontaneous playfulness can be felt in the shaped canvasses of which artist ?

Elizabeth Murray

What is known as hot wax painting ?

Encaustic

True or False , Kehinde Wiley is a landscape painter ?

False

True or False , Levi Van Veluw's artwork is made by a computer .

False

True or False , Medieval monks invented oil paint ?

False

True or False , The Roman Empire was NOT the peak of human civilization for those who lived in the Renaissance . The meaning of the world is the rebirth of ideals and art of that ancient era .

False

True or False , Vincent Van Gogh DID NOT struggle with mental illness ?

False

True or False , after the painting was stolen the thief hid it behind a refrigerator

False

True or False , in Kehinde Wiley's ongoing " World Stage " series , his subjects are depicted in famous locations .

False

True or False , the man who painted the Mona Lisa ... only painted profile portraiture .

False

True or False , the primary colors are red , green , and blue ?

False

True or False , there are two categories that describe texture : actual & touch .

False

True or False the ancient Greeks DID NOT paint their ships

False

What country did Leonardo Da Vinci pass away in ?

France

What is the art or technique of painting on moist , plaster surface with colors ground up with water or a limewater mixture

Fresco

Who introduced a simple box camera called Kodak to the general public ?

George Eastman

What is a soft carbon found in nature occurring in black to light gray ? It replaced lead as a writing tool in the late sixteenth century .

Graphite

_________ noticed when a beam of light hit water , it made a rainbow on the wall . He soon started to explore light theory .

Isaac Newton

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Leonardo

What is the most fundamental element of art ?

Line

Following the lead of pioneer artistic photographers like _______________ , Skoglund does not respect or believe in the neutrality of photography . Instead , she uses its power of deception for creative purposes .

Man Ray

__________ is a think wire or piece of silver used for drawing . It was used during the Renaissance .

Metal Point

Who painted the Sistine Chapel ?

Michelangelo

Who sculptured the Tomb of Giuliano d'Medici with Figures of Night and Day in the Medici Chapel in 1920 to 1533 ?

Michelangelo

What is the process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder ?

Oil Paint

What are the secondary colors ?

Orange Green Purple

The imaginative combination of more than one photographic image is called what ?

Photomontage

is a type of pen made from feathers , most commonly goose .

Quill

Placing objects on photographic paper in a dark room and then exposing the paper to light is called what ?

Rayograph

What are the primary colors ?

Red Blue Yellow

What period was the Mona Lisa created?

Renaissance

Freestanding Sculpture

Sculpture in the round that the viewer must circle to see . It inhabits three - dimensional space in the same way that living things do .

What is a pure photograph that attempts to depict a scene or subject in sharp focus and detail ?

Straight Photography

What is a permanent , fast - drying painting medium consisting of colored pigments mixed with a water - soluble binder medium ( usually egg yolks )

Tempera

What is the type of space we live in ?

Three Dimensional Space

Prehistoric rock art was not simply a European phenomenon . Paintings and carvings on rocks can be found in the Americas , Asia , and across Africa . These sites reveal that art played a vital role in the rituals of tribal people for tens of thousands of years .

True

Three Dimensional space at times is called mass .

True

True or False , For many viewers who are not familiar with contemporary art , their negative response is probably based on an immediate gut reaction . Nothing is wrong with having a strong , personal reaction to visual art- in fact , modern artists hope to create such reactions most would rather have people hate their work than be bored by it .

True

True or False , Gesso is a white ground of plaster or thick paste of gypsum and animal glue , used to prepare wood panels or canvas for painting .

True

True or False , Kehinde Wiley fuses traditional formats and motifs with modern modes of representation in his paintings to present heroic young black men and women .

True

True or False , Kehinde Wiley painted the former President of the United States of America Barack Obama's national portrait for the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery .

True

True or False , Not only has the color faded , but also at some point in its history the painting of the Mona Lisa was made smaller probably to fit into a frame , slicing off a pair of columns that once surrounded it .

True

True or False , Sumi Ink is mainly soot and animal glue , usually its water soluble .

True

True or False , The artist Edward Steichen began to play with dramatic lighting and chemistry of developing film to achieve different atmospheric effects .

True

True or False , The relationship of an artwork to art history can be a significant matter in determining whether an artwork is significant or inconsequential .

True

True or False , Throughout his long career ( he lived to be ninety six ) , Chagall used art to create a magical land of love and wonder- remarkable for a man whose life encompassed two world wars , the Russian Revolution , and the Holocaust ( in the 1940s , Chagall who was jewish , was forced to flee from his home in France to the United States ) .

True

True or False , Untitled shows Sherman as a murder victim on a forest floor . She produces complex images using special effects to control lighting , sets , make - up , and costumes .

True

True or False , We define the visual arts to include the artistic media of painting , sculpture , and architecture , as well as outstanding examples of drawing , printmaking , photography , design , digital art , decorative arts , and crafts . They are usually subdivided into the fine arts ( such as painting , printmaking , and sculpture ) and the applied arts ( such as architecture and design ) .

True

True or False , Wiley was in a documentary called Kehinde Wiley : An Economy of Grace . It documents a series of classical portraits of African American women .

True

True or False , a forger makes copies ( in this case ) of stolen art ?

True

True or False , a good example of a folk artist is Grandma Moses , who was born on a farm in New York State in 1860 but did not really begin painting until the 1930's , when she was almost eighty . Although she had no formal training , her pictures became so popular that by the time she died in 1961 , she was a household name in the United States , and her scenes were reproduced on everything from greeting cards to kitchen curtains .

True

True or False , cave - men used color to paint with .

True

True or False , in the photograph by Lalla Essaydi she is covered in Islamic caligraphy . In employing calligraphic writing , Essaydi is practicing a sacred Islamic art that is usually inaccessible to women .

True

True or False , the source of the term art is Latin word ars , which meant " skill . " Although this is the oldest meaning of art , it is no longer the most common meaning . For us , the realm of the arts suggests creative endeavors and includes an entire range of activities classified as cultural . These creative arts are often subdivided into the broad categories of the performing arts ( such as theatre , music and dance ) , the literary arts ( such as poetry , essay , and novels , and the visual arts .

True

True or False , the thief presented the " stolen " Mona Lisa to an art dealer and museum director who reported him to the proper authorities ? From which , the thief was held accountable for his actions by being sentenced to jail .

True

True or False, the Louvre Museum was once a palace for the French Monarchy?

True

True or false , Besides expressing spiritual beliefs or cultural ideals , art from the earliest times has been used to declare the power of rulers . The pharaohs of Egypt erected huge structures to declare their strength ; Roman emperors constructed triumphal arches in conquered territories . For thousands of years , artists served kings and queens .

True

What is flat and can only be viewed from one side ?

Two Dimensional Space

What lights define shape ?

Value Shadow Highlight

Who painted Wheatfield with Crows in 1890 ?

Vincent Van Gogh

The division between drawing and painting blurs even in the West when artists use ______ - diluted ink applied with a brush to add tonal values to a drawing .

Washes

Who invented film for the camera ?

William Henry Fox Talbot

The early prehistoric sculpture , The Venus of Willendorf , is believed to have been

a fertility figure

Camera body

a light tight box , which forms the structure of the camera and prevents any unwanted lights ( protects the film )

Installation

a room sized multimedia sculpture constructed in a gallery , museum , or public space . It is meant to surround the viewer with a unique artistic experience .

Relief Sculpture

a sculptural image that projects from a flat , two - dimensional background .

Jewelry and woven rugs are considered • applied art • functional objects • all of these are correct • decorative arts • crafts

all of these are correct

The Japanese sculptural group the Amida Buddha reflects the tastes of its aristocratic patrons by ________. • being refined and aloof like a prince • containing slim , delicate , and ornate carvings • all of these are correct • having gilded wood • depicting the angels surrounding the Buddha like royal attendants

all of these are correct

The word sfumato ____________. • renders details hazy and unclear • means " the soft mist of a fountain " in Italian • is observable in Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa • all of these are correct • incorporates low light that softens edges of a form

all of these are correct

The purpose of a portrait of a king was to

glorify his supreme power

What subject in prehistoric cave art was rarely shown ?

humans

Earth art

large scale environmental sculpture outside of a gallery or museum ; interacts directly with nature .

Artists ' materials , like oil paint or clay , are referred to as ______. Each __________ has its own unique characteristics demanding the knowledge of special techniques and requiring specific tools .

media, medium

Marc Chagall's artwork combines the influence of modern art with

memories of a rural childhood in Russia

Another word for folk art is

naïve art

Black , white and gray are considered

neutrals

Futurism is a movement that celebrated

progress

Artists often say that someone can really " see " , as if most people cannot . What an artist means by __________ is difficult to explain , but it is something like the totally involved _____ of a newborn child , hungrily looking at everything as if it had never been seen before , not blinded by preconceptions .

seeing, gaze

Analogous colors are colors

that are adjacent on the color wheel

What is The Liberation of Aunt Jemima , by artist Betye Saar , commenting on ?

the stereotyping of African - American women in advertising

How are the " soaring vertical lines " of Notre Dame Cathedral intended to act upon the viewer ?

visually symbolize the heavenly realm

What is color intensity ?

vividness

What shapes are formed by uneven curves ? ( select all that apply ) • Abstract • Biomorphic • Naturalistic • Organic

• Biomorphic • Naturalistic • Organic