Quiz 1, Chapters 1, 2, and 4- Art Appreciation 1301

The use of atmospheric perspective is a prominent aspect of which work:

"The Rocky Mountains", Lander's Peak by Albert Bierstadt

Style

Abstract; Representational; Naturalistic; Historical

Harmonies combine colors adjacent to one another on the color wheel.

Analogous

The vanishing point in Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" is:

At the exact center of the picture, just behind the head of the figure of Jesus, and on the horizon line

Lines are used in art to indicate:

Boundaries between forms; direction and motion; shadows and highlights; and spatial depth on flat surfaces

In painting and drawing, artists often use the technique of _____ to describe the way shadows and light define the shape forms. Perfected by Italian Renaissance painters

Chiaroscuro

Harmonies that involve colors directly opposite each other on the color wheel, such as red and green.

Complementary

What a work of art is about

Content

A(n) ______ records the boundaries of a three-dimensional shape.

Contour line

Representational art with an approach to naturalism covers:

Fabric drapes over bodies; recording effects of light and shadow on form; inner structures of bodies

When discussing the size, shape, material, color and composition of a work of art, we are discussing its:

Form

Context is a factor of ties that bind a work to the:

Life of its creator; tradition it grows from and to which it responds; audience for which it was made; and society in which it was circulated.

Visual element can be described as "the path of a moving point"

Line

Harmonies are composed of variations on the same hue, often with differences of value and intensity

Monochromatic

If a work of at is faithful to our visual experience, its style is:

Naturalistic

Shapes that suggest forms found in nature are called _____ shapes

Organic

The technique of ______ uses dots to suggest value through optical mixing.

Stippling

Refers to characteristics that we recognize as constant, recurring, or coherent

Style

The object or event upon which a work of art is based

Subject matter

The nature of perception suggests that the most important key to looking at art is:

To become aware of the process of looking itself

Harmonies that are composed of any three colors equidistant from each other on the color wheel.

Triadic

A black-and-white photograph of a scene eliminates the hues and intensities the ______ of the colors.

Values

Parallel lines receding into the distance seem to converge, until they meet at a point on the horizon line where they disappear

Vanishing Point

Artists can portray _________ textures that are created to look like something other than a flat painted surface.

Visual

The term style is used to categorize a work of art by its:

Visual characteristics

The field of philosophy called aesthetics asks the question:

What is art?; Can we apply our concept of art to art of the past?; Can we apply our concept of art to are of different cultures?; Is there one correct standard for judging art?

A necessary feature of pattern is:

repetition