ART 111 Quiz 2
Works of art that are "nonobjective--"
resemble no object in the real world
Rene Magritte writes leci n'est pas une pipe (this is not a pipe) under his very representational painting of a pipe. If it's not a pipe, what is it? a. A realistic representation of a pipe b. merely a painting c. An image of a pipe d. All answers are correct
All answers are correct
In the Arnolfini "wedding" portrait the touching of hands represents
an agreement to wed
Beatriz Milhazes's Carambola is based on
the square
T/F In Islamic culture, the chief form of art is calligraphy.
true
T/F In the Arnolfini "wedding" portrait, the dog represents fidelity or faithfulness.
true
What is the difference between "subject" and "content?"
Subject is the image/content is meaning.
What does it mean when we refer to works of art being "representational?"
They resemble things in the real world
The symbolic hand gestures that refer to specific states of mind or events in the life of Buddha are called
mudras
The title of Willem de Kooning's North Atlantic Light refers to
the feeling of light in the painting
