ART120 Chapter 2 Test
Select all the ways artists lived and worked in the royal courts of 16th-century Mughal India. -Artists worked collaboratively, featuring their best talents to create each image. -Artists lived in residence and were paid a monthly salary. -The emperor rewarded only his single favorite artist with commissions. -Large communities of artists all worked independently on separate projects.
-Artists worked collaboratively, featuring their best talents to create each image. -Artists lived in residence and were paid a monthly salary.
Select all that apply What factors influence our perception of art? -culture -data visualization -prior experiences -selective perception
-culture -prior experiences -selective perception
Select all the reasons early humans may have created art. -explore the limits of the raw materials used -desire to create meaningful order -explore self-expression -desire to communicate
-explore the limits of the raw materials used -desire to create meaningful order -desire to communicate
Select all that apply In the United States, the Fair Use provision of copyright law permits copying under what circumstances? -if the new artist credits the original artist -if the new work parodies or criticizes the original -if the new work radically transforms the original -if the original artist is still alive
-if the new work parodies or criticizes the original -if the new work radically transforms the original
Select all that apply In the United States, the Fair Use provision of copyright law permits copying under what circumstances? -if the new artist credits the original artist -if the original artist is still alive -if the new work parodies or criticizes the original -if the new work radically transforms the original
-if the new work parodies or criticizes the original -if the new work radically transforms the original
Select all that apply What are some of the traits creative people tend to possess? -originality -sensitivity -flexibility -laziness
-originality -sensitivity -flexibility
Select all that apply What characteristics make Perez de Aguilar's Painter's Cupboard representational? -fragmenting the objects in the cupboard -painting the light as it appears in the real world -using shadow to reveal the direction of the light -recreating the materials as they appear
-painting the light as it appears in the real world -using shadow to reveal the direction of the light -recreating the materials as they appear
Select all that apply What characteristics make Perez de Aguilar's Painter's Cupboard representational? -painting the light as it appears in the real world -fragmenting the objects in the cupboard -using shadow to reveal the direction of the light -recreating the materials as they appear
-painting the light as it appears in the real world -using shadow to reveal the direction of the light -recreating the materials as they appear
Select all that apply Which are aspects of form? -shape -meaning -title -color
-shape -color
What is an implied shape? Multiple choice question. A clearly delineated geometric form used to structure a composition A form created by the complementary space around another form A suggested but not explicitly outlined form used to harmonize a composition The surrounding visual information from which a form stands out
A suggested but not explicitly outlined form used to harmonize a composition
Why does the creative journey behind many works of art remain a mystery? Multiple Choice Question -Viewers have little concern about understanding the creative process. -Artists prevent the interpretation of their works intentionally. -Access to the process behind a finished product is hidden. -Viewers tend to avoid interpreting complex works of art.
Access to the process behind a finished product is hidden.
Why did Meta Warwick Fuller choose to sculpt with bronze in her sculpture, Talking Skull? Multiple choice question. She wanted to create small items from raw materials. Nonrepresentational forms are easier to create with bronze. The artist wanted to create naturalistic objects. As a student of Rodin, the artist learned about the technique.
As a student of Rodin, the artist learned about the technique.
Why did Meta Warwick Fuller choose to sculpt with bronze in her sculpture, Talking Skull? Multiple choice question. She wanted to create small items from raw materials. The artist wanted to create naturalistic objects. Nonrepresentational forms are easier to create with bronze. As a student of Rodin, the artist learned about the technique.
As a student of Rodin, the artist learned about the technique.
Which philosophy best describes the attitude towards beauty in art during the 18th century? Multiple choice question. -Art should show the reality of the world without embellishment. -Beautiful art should provide pleasure to the viewer. -Representational art was to be distrusted. -Only art representing religious subjects was considered beautiful.
Beautiful art should provide pleasure to the viewer.
Which work is an example of mass?
Disc Spiral
Which work is an example of mass? Multiple choice question. Disc Spiral The Madonna of the Meadows Portrait of Gustavus Hamilton The Embarkation for Cythera
Disc Spiral
What period did Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro work within? Multiple choice question. abstract Impressionism Edo nonobjective
Edo
What is the difference between form and style? Multiple choice question. Form relates to a specific time period; style relates to the individual artist. Form refers to the visual elements; style refers to a pattern of characteristics. Form is naturalistic; style is abstract. Form is representational; style is nonrepresentational.
Form refers to the visual elements; style refers to a pattern of characteristics.
How did Frank Gehry encourage exploration in the Guggenheim Museum?
He eliminated walls.
How does Jean-Antoine Watteau use implied line in the work The Embarkation for Cythera? Multiple choice question. He guides the viewer from one side of the canvas to the other. He guides the viewer to the statue and the trees in the background. He places emphasis on the seated couple. He places emphasis on the flying cupids.
He guides the viewer from one side of the canvas to the other.
How does Banksy's art subvert contemporary art practices? Multiple Choice Question -Banksy sells his one-of-a-kind art for affordable prices, contrary to the contemporary art market. -Banksy's art is heavily critical of the art institution, which is uncommon. -His works uses nontraditional media. -He paints murals and creates impermanent art pieces that forgo traditional modes of presentation.
He paints murals and creates impermanent art pieces that forgo traditional modes of presentation.
What does Edvard Munch do to create the stressful, chaotic emotions in his work The Scream?
He uses diagonals, swirls, and contrasting colors.
How does Joaquin Sorolla create a realistic depiction of representational light in the painting Boys on the Beach?
Highlights and shadows follow the direction of the sun.
How does Joaquin Sorolla create a realistic depiction of representational light in the painting Boys on the Beach? Multiple choice question. The boys are reflected in the wet sand. Highlights and shadows follow the direction of the sun. The artist creates sculptural form on the painting that reflects light. The artist's color choice and intensity show real representation.
Highlights and shadows follow the direction of the sun.
How can a sense of three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface be created using flat shapes?
Images can be overlapped to imply regression into the background.
What does space do?
It defines other visual elements.
Select all that apply Select all the characteristics that best describe an implied line. It directs the viewer's eye without explicitly depicting a line. It establishes the horizon line in a work of art. It depicts an actual line that directs the viewer's eye. It's an imaginary line that a viewer uses to follow the gaze of a figure.
It directs the viewer's eye without explicitly depicting a line. It's an imaginary line that a viewer uses to follow the gaze of a figure.
Why is meaning important for art? Multiple choice question. It leads to articles written about the works. It determines the monetary value of a piece. It distinguishes itself it from other works that require the same skills. It shows its significance to the historical art time line.
It distinguishes itself it from other works that require the same skills.
How does pattern affect some of the visual elements present in Gustave Klimt's The Kiss?
It distorts or obliterates the mass of the objects.
What is a kinetic work of art?
It features one or more moving parts.
How is a contour line different from an outline?
It traces the boundaries of an object.
What might be the reason an artist would use marble for their sculpture? Multiple choice question. The material was readily available. It was the typical material used for sculptures. The white represented the purity of love. A patron requested that it be made of the material.
It was the typical material used for sculptures.
In Raphael's The Madonna of the Meadows, what aspects make up the figure and what aspects make up the ground? Multiple choice question. The landscape is the figure; Madonna, the Christ Child, and St. John the Baptist are the ground. Madonna, the Christ Child, and St. John the Baptist are considered figure; the surrounding landscape is the ground. The sky is the figure; the earth is the ground. Madonna is the figure; the Christ Child and St. John the Baptist are the ground.
Madonna, the Christ Child, and St. John the Baptist are considered figure; the surrounding landscape is the ground.
How can linear perspective be easily recognized in an image?
Parallel lines receding into the distance seem to converge.
What can an artist use to create an afterimage?
Place complementary colors of the same value in a composition.
In the early 19th century, what color formed the basis of an early photographic process known as cyanotype?
Prussian blue
Why did Louise Bourgeois avoid representational works that were naturalistic? Multiple choice question. She was experimenting with abstraction. Naturalism was out of style during the time. It was difficult to create realistic pieces. She wanted the focus to be on emotions.
She wanted the focus to be on emotions
Why did Louise Bourgeois avoid representational works that were naturalistic? Multiple choice question. She was experimenting with abstraction. Naturalism was out of style during the time. It was difficult to create realistic pieces. She wanted the focus to be on emotions.
She wanted the focus to be on emotions.
Current color theory bases most of its research off of whose experiments?
Sir Isaac Newton
How is the viewer aware of the materials used in this coconut-shell cup?
The artist leaves certain areas on the coconut rough.
What is the difference between figure and ground? Multiple choice question. The figure is the sky, the ground is the earth. The figure is the largest and most prominent item in a composition; the ground is the smallest. The figure is the person; the ground is the background. The figure is the shape we detach and focus on; the ground is the surrounding visual information.
The figure is the shape we detach and focus on; the ground is the surrounding visual information.
Look at this image. Despite the use of objects, what makes Tara Donovan's pieces nonobjective? Multiple choice question. Found objects are used in original contexts. The focus is placed on formal qualities such as shape. The focus is placed on environmental issues of waste. Found objects are represented as unfamiliar landscapes.
The focus is placed on formal qualities such as shape.
Select all the choices that best describe the type of shape used in this Puebloan pitcher.
The lighter shapes are both positive and negative. The darker shapes are both positive and negative.
Looking at the image by Matt Flynn. What is the role of perception in our interpretation of this poster? Multiple Choice Question -The artist requires us to use data visualization to extrapolate the meaning. -We need to look up the designer and then determine what information they're trying to say. -The mind is able to make sense of the letters and identify the whole as the shape of a bike. -Because we've seen this designer approach presentations like this all the time, we're able to decipher the image being shown.
The mind is able to make sense of the letters and identify the whole as the shape of a bike
How did linear perspective change the artist's view on a picture plane?
The picture plane was seen as a window for the viewer.
How did linear perspective change the artist's view on a picture plane? Multiple choice question.
The picture plane was seen as a window for the viewer.
Without the title, how does Louise Bourgeois ensure that the viewer is able to interpret Sleeping Figure II? Multiple Choice Question -She uses human-like appendages. -The piece is grouped with similar sculptures from the series. -She adds what looks like a package or bag. -The long-slender form is similar to the shape of a human body.
The piece is grouped with similar sculptures from the series.
What are negative shapes in a work of art?
They make up the visual space surrounding figures.
Select all the ways Jean Tinguely uses time and motion in his piece Méta-Matic No.10.
Tinguely created a device that drew without thought or training. Tinguely created a machine that drew automatically on the paper in a frenzied motion.
Because analogous colors are adjacent one another on the color wheel, the colors can create what kind of emotion?
Tranquil
Mona Hatoum uses actual texture to do what in the piece Dormiente?
Turn a familiar piece into something treacherous
How did Kitagawa Utamaro introduce his personal style to his art? Multiple choice question. He added text to the woodcut, which was unusual for the time. The artist gave a title to the piece. Utamaro rejected the standard poses depicted in Edo art. Utamaro made a woodcut, as opposed to more traditional forms of printmaking.
Utamaro rejected the standard poses depicted in Edo art.
How did Kitagawa Utamaro introduce his personal style to his art? Multiple choice question. The artist gave a title to the piece. Utamaro made a woodcut, as opposed to more traditional forms of printmaking. Utamaro rejected the standard poses depicted in Edo art. He added text to the woodcut, which was unusual for the time.
Utamaro rejected the standard poses depicted in Edo art.
Select all the ways Anish Kapoor makes the viewer aware of the space Cloud Gate occupies.
Viewers can touch the piece. Surrounding space is reflected. Viewers can walk under the piece.
What does Mona Hatoum consider when viewers encounter the work Dormiente?
Viewers will project their own encounters of similar texture.
select all that apply In what ways are the palette for an artist considered?
a select set of colors an artist is using the surface used to mix colors
Of what does a monochromatic color scheme consist?
a single hue
Art that simplifies forms of the visible world is known as: Multiple Choice Question -nonrepresentational -abstract -nonobjective -naturalistic
abstract
Art that simplifies forms of the visible world is known as: Multiple choice question. nonrepresentational abstract nonobjective naturalistic
abstract
What kind of texture does Mona Hatoum uses in her work Dormiente?
actual
Which are types of space?
actual implied
Isometric perspective allowed the viewer to have what kind of perspective?
aerial
A work of art consisting of cool colors can be labeled as:
analogous
What harmony uses adjacent colors on the color wheel?
analogous
Select all the examples of real light used.
artificial light on a sculpture candle illuminating a sculpture
Aerial perspective is also known as what kind of perspective?
atmospheric
The gradual blurring and bluish tinting of elements as they recede into the background characterizes what kind of perspective?
atmospheric
How does Jacques Callot use contour lines in this drawing?
by capturing the major forms of the horse
How does Jacques Callot use contour lines in this drawing? Multiple choice question. by creating directional cues for the viewer by capturing the major forms of the horse by creating a detailed image of a horse by showing the direction the horse is moving
by capturing the major forms of the horse
Select all that apply Look at this image. Select all the ways Rosalba Carriera emphasizes the positive shapes in the portrait of Gustavus Hamilton. by changing the color of the shapes by using texture to define positive shapes by limiting the number of positive shapes by limiting the color of the ground
by changing the color of the shapes by using texture to define positive shapes by limiting the color of the ground
How does the artist create contrasting texture in this work?
by leaving some rough areas
How does Peter Paul Ruben convey dynamic action and movement in his painting Raising of the Cross? Multiple choice question. by placing forms and object on a horizontal by placing forms and objects on a diagonal by creating muscular forms by using vertical elements and forms
by placing forms and objects on a diagonal
How does Peter Paul Reubens keep his photograph from appearing static? Multiple choice question. by placing buildings in strategic areas of the painting by repeating the woman carrying the loaves of bread in each panel by using implied lines to shift the focus from the foreground to the background by using various figures bodies' to frame and direct the viewer
by using various figures bodies' to frame and direct the viewer
Jacques Callot's gestural drawing of a horse uses contour lines to do what? Multiple choice question.
capture the form of the horse
Which work is described as having a monochromatic color scheme
chanter
Caravaggio was a master of Blank______, the technique of using values to record light and shadow.
chiaroscuro
Linear perspective was often used with what technique to create depth on a picture plane?
chiaroscuro
What value technique is known for creating the illusion of three-dimensional forms on a two-dimensional plane?
chiaroscuro
The paintings that Bichitr created were Blank______ by Jahangir and other Mughal emperors. Multiple Choice Question -researched -sketched -destroyed -commissioned
commissioned
Although Emmi Whitehorse's Chanter is consider monochromatic, it can also be labeled as:
complementary
What color harmony is more likely to "react" with a color in a palette?
complementary
What creates the simultaneous contrast seen in this piece?
complementary colors
When trying to understand a piece based on a theme, the viewer is looking at: Multiple choice question. form beauty content style
content
Analyzing an artist's journals and letters for biographic details that impact our understanding of a work of art is an example of establishing: Multiple choice question. subject matter context style iconography
context
The same theme in works of art can take on different meanings based on: Multiple choice question. context nonobjective representation style
context
Understanding a work of art based on who made it, the society that interacted with it, and its original function is known as: Multiple choice question. iconography form context representational
context
What technique does Manuel de Arellano employ to depict the passage of time?
continuous narrative
What kind of lines establish the outside borders of a three-dimensional form? Multiple choice question. contour dynamic boundary implied
contour
The perpendicular layering of closely spaced lines over one another to simulate areas of dark or shadow is defined as:
cross-hatching
To understand art, we must consider the Blank______ conditions that give rise to art. Multiple choice question. scholarly stylized environmental cultural
cultural
What is at the root of Louise Bourgeois's work? Multiple choice question. -deep emotions connected to childhood -replicating the world as a mirror of nature -a natural urge to create without formal instruction -honoring those that gave their lives in service to the military
deep emotions connected to childhood
What is at the root of Louise Bourgeois's work? Multiple choice question. a natural urge to create without formal instruction deep emotions connected to childhood honoring those that gave their lives in service to the military replicating the world as a mirror of nature
deep emotions connected to childhood
To create the appearance of three-dimensional space, visual cues can give a flat surface the appearance of:
depth
What kind of line can push an image forward or backward for the viewer? Multiple choice question. diagonal vertical dots horizontal
diagonal
What is isometric perspective?
diagonal lines that are parallel without converging
Select all the actions an artist can accomplish by using vertical and diagonal lines.
direct the viewer's attention create movement
What would be the most historically accurate context in which to see an Akan linguist's staff? Multiple choice question. displayed in a store front for tourists to buy housed with other works in an art collector's home displayed outside the home of a wealthy patron displayed during certain public event
displayed during certain public event
On the basic level, how can color effect a person?
emotionally
What is a key characteristic of nonrepresentational art? Multiple choice question. distortion of the visible world naturalistic depiction of one object emphasis on formal qualities fragmenting the visible world
emphasis on formal qualities
What does the shape atop Amida Buddha's head symbolize? Multiple choice question. suffering enlightenment loyalty teachings
enlightenment
Select all that apply What are the two primary uses of line in art? define the picture plane create three-dimensional space establish shape by denoting borders convey direction and motion
establish shape by denoting borders convey direction and motion
Why is the Buddha considered to have conventions of iconography? Multiple choice question. Major characteristics changed over the centuries. The image is only familiar to a select group. The image of the Buddha is only located in a small area in China. Established styles have been passed down for centuries.
established styles have been passed down for centuries.
Anish Kapoor used space in Cloud Gate to encourage:
exploration
Lead white affected the health of cows in India, and was outlawed by British colonial officials on the grounds of animal cruelty.
false
The tradition of training in a master's studio was a rare and uncommon practice.
false
True or False: Being beautiful is a characteristic and requirement of all art.
false
True or false: All representational art is naturalistic.
false
True or false: One can only be born with creativity; cultivating it is impossible.
false
True or false: Seeing an Akan linguist's staff in a museum will give the viewer a good idea of how the staff was viewed by the society that produced it.
false
True or false: Texture in a work of art can only be experienced through touch
false
True or false: Texture in a work of art can only be experienced through touch.
false
true or false: Copying is always considered to be inappropriate in the art world.
false
true or false: Lead white affected the health of cows in India, and was outlawed by British colonial officials on the grounds of animal cruelty.
false
The shape that is visually detached from a background is known as:
figure
Hans Baldung Grien's The Groom and the Witch specifically illustrates the artist practicing:
foreshortening
Linear perspective applies to any form that recedes into the distance, which is an effect known as:
foreshortening
The structural composition of a work of art is known as: Multiple choice question. content subject matter form style
form
What is the physical composition of a piece despite the objects used? Multiple choice question. abstract form subject matter style
form
What is the physical composition of a piece despite the objects used? Multiple choice question. style abstract subject matter form
form
A cube, a pyramid, and a circle are examples of what kind of shapes and masses? Multiple choice question. natural abstract organic geometric
geometric
Which two figures are foreshortened in Hans Baldung Grien's The Groom and the Witch?
groom horse
Discussing shape as a background is also known as:
ground
Space displaced by a mass is considered as:
ground
What technique does Elizabeth Catlett use to represent light and shadows?
hatching
The contrast of materials and textures makes the viewer aware of what?
how colonization impacted civilizations
The ability to make images is uniquely: multiple choice question -mammalian -animal -neolithic -human
human
Who created the early images found during the Paleolithic era? Multiple Choice Question Tollund person Humans Neanderthals Primates
humans
The identification, description, and interpretation of subject matter in art is also known as: Multiple choice question. visual literacy data visualization nonrepresentational iconography
iconography
Stylization often involves the artist depicting objects in what kind of way? Multiple choice question. idealized abstract naturalistic nonobjective
idealized
What is iconography? Multiple choice question. identifying, describing, and interpreting an image obscuring the meanings of unimportant symbols describing and understanding representational works of art replacing and destroying images that are culturally destructive
identifying, describing, and interpreting an image
What kind of line, though perceived by the viewer, is not explicitly depicted? Multiple choice question. contour implied round horizon
implied
What shape works to unify a work using incomplete information of shapes?
implied
What type of line is created by strategic placement of objects and elements to guide the viewer's attention?
implied
When objects are layered and positioned in particular ways on a picture plane, what can be created?
implied depth
What does William Harnett use to create the trompe l'oeil effect in his painting Still Life—Violin and Music?
implied light
How does Raphael create unity in the work The Madonna of the Meadows?
implied shape
How does Raphael create unity in the work The Madonna of the Meadows? Multiple choice question. negative shape implied shape contour line implied line
implied shape
What are the three properties of color?
intensity value hue
Colors that are the product of a primary color and a secondary color are labeled as Blank______ or Blank______ colors.
intermediate tertiary
By creating sculptures from Mylar, Tara Donovan causes the viewer to do what? Multiple choice question. be aware of the environmental issues of the pieces question how the items are created from the raw materials interpret the work based on their personal experiences with the material question the type of materials used
interpret the work based on their personal experiences with the material
By creating sculptures from Mylar, Tara Donovan causes the viewer to do what? Multiple choice question. question the type of materials used be aware of the environmental issues of the pieces question how the items are created from the raw materials interpret the work based on their personal experiences with the material
interpret the work based on their personal experiences with the material
What caused artists to explore abstract and nonrepresentational art? Multiple choice question. invention of the camera lack of art schools constant wars experienced distrust in representational works
invention of the camera
What does the architecture of the Guggenheim Museum encourage visitors to do?
investigate
What kind of perspective do Islamic painters frequently use because it allows for scenes to be depicted as they might be seen from God's perspective?
isometric
What kind of perspective do Islamic painters frequently use because it allows for scenes to be depicted as they might be seen from God's perspective? Multiple choice question.
isometric
Why do we now consider Romare Bearden's Return of the Prodigal Son a work of art? Multiple Choice Question -It was sold for money. -It was commissioned by a patron. -It served no spiritual purpose. -It has a unique visual expression.
it has a unique visual expression
Value is related to what color property?
lightness and darkness
What form exists in three-dimensional space?
mass
Exemplified in Caravaggio's painting, The Supper at Emmaus, chiaroscuro is what type of value technique?
modeling
Because the work Chanter by Emmi Whitehorse is mostly tints and shades of one color, it has what kind of color scheme?
monochromatic
Compositions composed of a single hue in different values and intensity are classified as:
monochromatic
Before the invention of cameras, artists were obsessed with recreating the natural world in what way? Multiple choice question. -in a stylized way to recreate the visible world -abstractly recreating the visible world in simplified forms -naturalistically recreating the visible world as it appears -in a nonobjective way to represent the visible world
naturalistically recreating the visible world as it appears
Art that decried any use of the visible world as a starting point was know as what kind of art? Multiple choice question. -abstraction -naturalistic-based -representational -nonrepresentational
nonrepresentational
Art is often associated with beauty because they both do what? Multiple Choice Question -create disinterest -be objective -be easily defined -offer pleasure
offer pleasure
When a color harmony is hard to recognize, what kind of palette can it possibly be?
open
What term categorizes masses and shapes that are irregular and evoke the living forms of nature? Multiple choice question. two-dimensional three-dimensional geometric organic
organic
Which line type indicates the outer edge of a shape?
outline
In the past, art was often paid for by _______ an individual or group who commissioned artwork for both public and private contexts.
patrons
The decorative designs in Gustave Klimt's The Kiss are examples of:
pattern
A flat surface used to create a work of art without creating visual depth is called:
picture plane
The flat surface used when creating two-dimensional works is known as:
picture plane
Beauty and art were discussed together during the 18th century because both were believed to provide: Multiple Choice Question pleasure identity possession value
pleasure
Select the two ways depth is created in two-dimensional works of art.
position overlapping
A shape that is emphasized due to its complementary shape is known as:
positive
The light that objects interact with in the environment is known as what kind of light?
real
What is part of the iconography of Amida Buddha? Multiple choice question. icon iconoclasm religion calligraphy
religion
Art that presents the visual world in such a way that we recognize its likeness is described as: Multiple choice question. -stylized -nonrepresentational -representational -cubism
representational
Art that seeks to present the world as it appears in nature is known as: Multiple choice question. abstract representational nonrepresentational stylized
representational
What is the technique that best describes the foundation on which Western art was built from the Renaissance to the 20th century? Multiple choice question. nonrepresentational Impressionism representational abstraction
representational
How can meaning be found for works that are difficult to interpret? Multiple choice question. research monetary value formal qualities guessing
research
Complementary harmonies using a basic color wheel will consist of one primary color and what other kind of color?
secondary
As demonstrated in John Frederick Kensett's Lake George, what does atmospheric perspective do?
simulates the recession of space by using hazy effects in the background
Louise Bourgeois's Sleeping Figure II abstracts the figure of a standing woman by using what shape? Multiple choice question. wavy horizontal line slender vertical column stout rectangle wide circle
slender vertical column
According to one theory, what distinguishes artists from other skillful makers? Multiple choice question. iconography subject matter content style
style
What is the term that categorizes art by its appearance? Multiple choice question. style content subject matter media
style
Representational art that conforms to a preordained set of conventions for the depiction of the world is described as being: Multiple choice question. stylized abstract abnormal formal
stylized
What light source used in the painting Boys on the Beach is the artist Joaquin Sorolla trying to depict?
sun
Select all that apply What does the Amida Buddha's hand gesture symbolize? Multiple select question. marital fidelity sacred ground teaching loyalty
teaching
What is normally experienced through touch?
texture
When analyzing how an object's surface may feel, with what do viewers identify? Multiple choice question.
texture
Look at this image. Without the presence of recognizable images, how is Tara Donovan able to get the viewer to discern meaning and value from her art? Multiple choice question. the title of the sculpture inscription of what's happening in the sculpture the agglomeration of the common items the quick motions of the flowing shapes
the agglomeration of the common items
Without the presence of recognizable images, how is Tara Donovan able to get the viewer to discern meaning and value from her art? Multiple choice question. the agglomeration of the common items the quick motions of the flowing shapes the title of the sculpture inscription of what's happening in the sculpture
the agglomeration of the common items
How does Robert Capa represent time in his photograph?
the blurry, smudged photograph
What informs abstract works of art? Multiple choice question. fragmented objects the visible world the idealized world stylized forms
the visible world
What informs abstract works of art? Multiple choice question. the idealized world stylized forms fragmented objects the visible world
the visible world
How does the work Dormiente create visual texture?
through the viewer's experience with similar textures
How can creativity be cultivated? Multiple choice question -by following what others are doing -through special classes or schools -impossible since creativity cannot be cultivated -through training and focusing on the task
through training and focusing on the task
How is the representation of light generally used in two-dimensional works of art?
to create visual mass
Select all the reasons Leonardo da Vinci uses linear perspective in The Last Supper.
to imply radiating lines coming from Jesus to construct space
How do artists use color harmonies?
to restrain color use in a composition
By using an analogous color scheme in the piece Magnolias and Irises, Louise Comfort Tiffany is able to create what kind of atmosphere for the viewer?
tranquil
What technique do artists use to recreate natural textures on a flat painted surface?
trompe l'oeil
William Harnett was part of a group of painters who were so skilled in simulating what the eye sees that their works came to be known as:
trompe l'oeil paintings
true or false: Even a work of art that seems still and moving can imply time.
true
________ a deep rich blue, was highly prized and at one point was even more expensive than gold.
ultramarine
Context helps the viewer do what with a work of art? Multiple choice question. focus on the materials and techniques used to create it appreciate a work based on its physical qualities explain what a work of art is about, or its meaning understand how a work is perceived in its original setting
understand how a work is perceived in its original setting
What is an open palette?
unlimited hues and their mixtures, tints, and shades
Select the three color properties.
value hue intensity
Light and dark shades are also known as:
values
Which are the two categories of texture?
visual actual
In an architectural interiors, what provides the boundaries for space?
walls
How does Georges Seurat use optical color mixture in his work A Sunday on La Grande Jatte?
with small dots of paint to create one cohesive image
Which would be a complementary color scheme in a composition?
yellow and purple
