AD 255 - Quizzes

Q2 How is Wolf Kahn's Afterglow I comparable to Willem de Kooning's North Atlantic Light? Both paintings are photorealistic views of real landscapes. Both paintings are largely concerned with the effects of light. Both paintings are highly representational. Both paintings employ trompe-l'oeil.

Both paintings are largely concerned with the effects of light.

Q1 The imagery in Faith Ringgold's God Bless America was inspired by the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. McCarthy era in the 1950s. parade in New York City on Allies Day, May 1917. Desert Storm conflict.

Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.

Q2 The symbolic hand gestures that refer to specific states of mind or events in the life of Buddha are called mudras. calliforms. handies. bismillah.

mudras

Q2 When a work does not refer to the natural or objective world at all, it is called representational. realistic. nonobjective. photorealistic.

nonobjective.

Q2 When a painting is so real it appears to be a photograph, it is called a pseudo-photograph. photorealistic. illusionistic. photographic.

photorealistic.

Q1 According to Sayre, what are the three steps in the process of "seeing"? detection, processing, reference reception, interpreting, understanding looking, seeing, believing reception, extraction, inference

reception, extraction, inference

Q1 The mission of the National Endowment of the Arts, as defined when it was first funded by Congress in 1967, was to censor art. to teach the public how to see and appreciate "advanced art." to impose a state-sponsored artistic style. to give tax deductions to art gallery dealers and auction houses.

to teach the public how to see and appreciate "advanced art."

Q1 A naturalistic depiction of things so realistic that it "fools the eye" is called trompe l'oeil iconography non-objectivity frottage

trompe l'oeil

Q2 In a work of art, "content" refers to the way it looks. the culture that produced it. its style. what the work means.

what the work means.

Q2 What is the subject matter of Shirin Neshat's Rebellious Silence? It depicts a Muslim woman in a black chador, a rifle dividing, and Farsi text inscribed over her face, showing her as liberated and equal to men. It is depicts a Muslim woman in Western dress to show her as rebellious. It reflects the artist's comfort with the roles of women in Iranian society. It depicts the prominent place of women within every aspect of Iranian culture.

It depicts a Muslim woman in a black chador, a rifle dividing, and Farsi text inscribed over her face, showing her as liberated and equal to men

Q1 What is the function of the nkisi nkonde figure? It was made so that it could be stolen and exhibited in museums in Europe and the United States. It is purely aesthetic. It pursues wrongdoers at night and punishes them when nails are driven into it. It is a fertility idol.

It pursues wrongdoers at night and punishes them when nails are driven into it.

How did Michelangelo's David become political? It was placed in Florence's government square as a symbol of the Republic's freedom from the Medici family. It was placed in the gardens of the Medici palace as a symbol of the family's power. It was placed in a chapel in the Florence Cathedral. Its nudity was covered by a skirt of copper leaves.

It was placed in Florence's government square as a symbol of the Republic's freedom from the Medici family.

Q1 On what basis did a Cincinnati jury acquit the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center and its director of obscenity in showing an exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe' s work? The controversial work was removed from the exhibition. The exhibition was cancelled. The work possessed "serious artistic value." The work was not controversial.

The work possessed "serious artistic value."

Max Ernst developed a technique called frottage, which involves a) rubbing a sheet of paper over a textured surface b) covering a surface with fine sand c) applying layers of oil glazes d) applying thick layers of bronze to a surface

a) rubbing a sheet of paper over a textured surface

Q2 The less representation resembles the real world, the more it is considered natural. symbolic. SAMO. abstract.

abstract.

Q1 Objects that are intended to stimulate a sense of beauty in the viewer are thought to be not merely functional but objective. aesthetic. iconographic. utilitarian.

aesthetic.

A friend of Claude Monet described his great paintings of "Water Lilies, Morning: Willows" in the Musee de l'Orangerie as demonstrating: a) a dynamic palette b) Brownian motion c) classical beauty d) religious symbolism

b) Brownian motion

William A. Garnett took photographs of American landscapes: a) From the window of his beach house b) From the window of an airplane he was piloting c) From a canoe d) From hiking trails during camping trips in the mountains

b) From the window of an airplane he was piloting

Claude Monet's "Water Lilies, Morning: Willows" and Bridget Riley's "Drift No. 2" are similar in that both: a) narrate a story b) allude to the movements of water c) depicts the process of snow falling d) depicts flowers in the process of blooming

b) allude to the movements of water

Which of the following is not an aspect of texture: a) tactility b) content c) surface quality d) smoothness

b) content

Unlike a Renaissance painting, time-based media like Teresa Hubbard's and Alexander Birchler's "Detached Building" can utilize the element of: a) smell b) sound c) taste d) visual texture

b) sound

Which is the most obvious difference between Bernini's "David" and Michelangelo's "David"?: a) Michelangelo's has more action b) They are carved from different materials c) Berini's "David" is caught in the midst of action d) Michelangelo's is a much better piece of art

c) Berini's "David" is caught in the midst of action

Which of these artists created a work titled "Pieta"?: a) Manuel Neri b) Isidro Escamilla c) Michelangelo d) Bridget Riley

c) Michelangelo

Some works of art are created precisely to give us the illusion or sensation of movement. This style of art is called: a) Dada b) animal style c) Op Art d) decorative art

c) Op Art

What was the inspiration for Grace Ndiritu's "Still Life: White Textiles"?: a) erotic puppet shows b) the action paintings of Jackson Pollock c) an exhibition of work by Henri Matisse in 2005 in London d) Traditional Yoruban rituals

c) an exhibition of work by Henri Matisse in 2005 in London

Because Gianlorenzo Bernini's "David" tells a story-of David slaying Goliath- it is said to have what kind of sequence?: a) plastic b) frozen c) narrative d) linear

c) narrative

In what way can a large-scale work be considered a temporal art form?: a) it endures time b) it is not temporal c) the spectator moves through time and space to view it d) it takes time to make it

c) the spectator moves through time and space to view it

What is the subject matter of Isidro Escamilla's "Virgin of Guadalupe"?: a) It depicts the Virgin Mary in Zazareth b) It depicts the Virgin Mary after the crucifixion of Jesus c) It depicts the Virgin Mary after the ascension of Jesus d) It depicts the Virgin Mary at Tepeyac

d) It depicts the Virgin Mary at Tepeyac

In Manuel Neri's sculpture "Mujer Pegada Series No. 2," the smooth and rough areas of bronze provide examples of: a) frottage b) actual texture c) geometric textures d) actual texture

d) actual texture

Alexander Calder's "mobiles," like "Untitled," move when air currents move through them, making them a) abstract b) optical illusions c) patterned d) kinetic

d) kinetic

Rudy Burckhardt's photos teach us that Jackson Pollock longed to be involved in: a) the mechanized world b) impressionist masterpieces c) the poetry of Robert Frost d) the process of painting

d) the process of painting

Q2 What kind of reading does Kenneth Clark illustrate in his assessment that an ancient Greek statue represents a "higher state of civilization" than a West African mask? Afrocentric aesthetic ethnocentric American

ethnocentric

Q2 Jan van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami depicts many objects that have symbolic meaning. The use or study of these symbols is called ccc content. form. aesthetics.

iconography.

Q2 Jan van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami, like René Magritte's The Treason of Images, is concerned with experimental painting materials. expensive objects that signify wealth and success. political messages. images that are not literally what they appear to be.

images that are not literally what they appear to be

Q1 We can clearly see the artistic impulse to "give form to the immaterial," to represent hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, and personal feelings in contemporary art that deals with "identity politics." political art. art based on close observation of one's immediate surroundings. religious art.

religious art.

Q1 Renzo Piano's Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center is an example of "green architecture." Such buildings are praised for their use of high-tech materials. self-sufficiency. innovative design. lack of renewable resources.

self-sufficiency.