Art Appreciation test 3

In the school of Athens Raphael focused our attention on two Greek philosophers positioned in the center of the work. they are ________ and _________.

Plato and aristotle

In his work The School of Athens, this renaissance artist created figures using the ideal human proportions developed by the ancient greeks

Raphael

Agnes Martin created starlight so that there was no dominant area in the composition. This decision was partly influenced by her interest in Eastern philosophy, especially ________.

Taoism

which of the following is not a primary source for studying a work of art?

a blog about painting

claes oldenburg and coosje bruggen collaborated to create Mistos, a larger than life sculpture of this everyday item

a book of matched

If an artist painted a garden with one red flower in a field of yellow flowers, this would be an example of using color to create contrast. For the viewer, the single red flower would be ________.

a focal point in the artwork

which of the following are acceptable resources for studying art

a museum website

Thomas struth photographs

all other awnsers

In the life of John brown #9 by Jacob Larence, broad emphasis occurs because the twelve figures

are evenly balanced

Artemisia Gentileschi used directional line brilliantly in her painting judith decapitating Holofernes to draw our attention to this point

blood spurting from holofernes neck

when an artist wants to highlight the entire surface of his or her work, without regard for any particular area this is called

broad emphasis

The Russian artist Marc Chagall depicted the mythical character Icarus with bright colors on a white background in order to _________.

draw attention to icarus fall

The atmosphere if Edward Hoppers Nighthawks created by the lack of people on the street, the absence of street lights and the somber mood of the customers in the diner is one of

excitement

this proportion system uses a ratio of 1:1.618.

golden section

when an artist uses scale to indicate the relative importance of elements in a composition, he or she is employing this kind of scale

hierarchical scale

an artist might use a small scale for a portrait of a lover because it implies _________.

intimacy

The kind of scale used for objects that appear larger than they are in real life is called __________ scale.

monumental

in ancient Egypt this part of the human body was used as a standered of measurement. six of these equaled a cubit

palm

ractangles based on the golden section can be nested inside each other to create an elegant

spiral

In the painting Landscape with the fall of Icarus by pieter biegel the artist intended to divert our attention so that we barely notice Icarus plunging to his doom; a fine example of

subordination