Art Quiz 2

The Iconoclastic Controversy of the Byzantine Empire censored art that

depicted images of Christ, Mary, and other religious figures.

Beauty is defined according to

different ideals that vary across cultures.

How is the Taj Mahal different from Maya Lin's Vietnam War Memorial?

It commemorates the loss of an individual.

Why was May Lin's Vietnam War Memorial initially controversial?

People felt it was too different from traditional war monuments.

Which of the following is used to describe the quality in a work of art or other manmade or natural form which evokes a sense of elevated awareness in the viewer?

aesthetics

Which term refers to the organization of visual elements in a two-dimensional work of art?

composition

Critics using which critical approach might look first at environmental influences on the artist?

contextual

Which can be described as an "artist-centered" approach to evaluating a work of art?

expressive art criticism

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

for persuasion.

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

formal theories

What visual element is commonly used to create directional force in a painting?

line

A repetitive ordering of design elements is called a

pattern.

Size relationships between parts of a whole, as seen in the oversized heads of the Roettgen Pietà, are known as

proportion.

What design principle is obviously distorted to create greater impact in Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's Shuttlecocks?

scale

Value judgment about art necessarily involves

subjectivity.

When the two sides of a composition correspond to one another in size, shape, and placement of form, the work has

symmetrical balance.

Based on the discussion in your text, what was Wassily Kandinsky's goal for paintings such as Composition VI?

to infect viewers with emotions he felt while creating them

The appearance of oneness in a work of art is

unity.

Francisco Goya's print I Saw This was intended as a commentary on

war.

Chris Ofili's Holy Virgin Mary and Michelangelo's Last Judgement

were both subject to censorship.