Prebles Artforms Chapter 1: The Nature of Art and Creativity

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What is one way that Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings of flowers like Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. V altered our perceptions of flowers?

She abstracted the form and eliminated the details.

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

Iconography is most helpful to interpret

how subjects, symbols, and motifs convey meaning.

Which of the following is an example of a figurative work of art?

Alana's Grandma

What is one consequence of professional training today in art schools, colleges, and university art departments?

Artists have more knowledge of historical and contemporary art history and alternate points of view.

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 is one reason that people see art differently?

Looking at art is always an individual, subjective experience.

What is one reason that Echelman's choice of netting for Her Secret Is Patience contributes to the viewer's understanding and enjoyment of the work?

Netting is flexible and responds gracefully to the winds in Phoenix, so the work harmonizes with the city and forces of nature.

Which of the following is an example of outside art?

Rodia's Watts Towers

What distinguishes the practice of seeing from that of looking?

Seeing involves our memories, emotions, and imagination.

Why is Nuestro Pueblo (Our Town) an example of outsider art?

The artist worked independently of any tradition or style.

What statement best describes Janet Echelman's Her Secret Is Patience?

The formal elements and iconography together reinforce the content.

Which of the following factors makes the Cameroon Chief's Stool an example of abstract art?

The proportions of the figures are exaggerated.

What is the function of retablo paintings in Mexico and the American Southwest?

They are a way to give thanks to God

Which of the following factors is common to all trompe l'oeil paintings?

They are highly illusionist.

Why do children often become less creative as they get older?

They come to doubt their creativity.

Which of the following is a trait of creative artists?

They make connections across seemingly unrelated fields.

What is one practical way to focus on a painting's form rather than its subject?

Turn the painting upside down.

How does Robin Rhode's He Got Game encourage viewers to be creative?

Viewers must alter their habitual ways of looking to understand the photograph.

Why have most trained artists historically been male?

Women were denied apprenticeships.

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 of the following terms best describes the ability to bring forth something new that has value?

creativity

What is one factor that experts determined is universally common to children's drawings when they are six or younger?

depicting the world in symbolic rather than realistic ways

Which of the following activities would best be described as "seeing"?

finding recognizable images in clouds

Which artists create work based primarily on cultural traditions and practices?

folk artists

The Abstraction of a Cow series represents Theo van Doesburg's

interest in simplification.

Which aspect of Constantin Brancusi's The Kiss best demonstrates its abstraction?

its geometric form

Nonrepresentational works focus the viewer's attention on

pure visual forms.

Which of the following traits is associated with creative people today?

questioning

A visual work of art is executed through the use of a medium and

skill

Which specific iconographic element communicates hope in The Virgin of Carmel Saving Souls in Purgatory?

the scapulars

What distinguishes visual creativity from other creative practices?

the use of images

How does your textbook define a work of art?

the visual expression of an idea or experience


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