art app. chapter 2

What makes the Mona Lisa so valuable to current society?

The hype created when it was stolen and recovered

The form used in Giorgione's Adoration of the Shepherds creates what type of atmosphere?

Tranquil and inviting

Scholars first look at which aspects when trying to decipher what a work of art is about?

Title Material Content

What causes the viewer to question the setting in El Greco's Adoration of the Shepherds?

placement of clouds

Art is often associated with beauty because they both do what?

pleasure

Beauty and art were discussed together during the 18th century because both were believed to provide ______.

pleasure

Art that seeks to present the world as it appears in nature is known as ______.

representational

When a set of traits or style is associated with a particular group of artists, the group is known as ______.

school

Louise Bourgeois's Woman with Packages abstracts the figure of a standing woman by using what shape?

slender vertical column

According to one theory, what distinguishes artists from other "skillful makers"?

styles

What is the term that categorizes art by its appearance?

styles

Representational art that conforms to a preordained set of conventions for the depiction of the world is described as being ______.s

stylized

The Hamzanama an example of a work of art commissioned of what purpose?

the enjoyment of a royal patron and his court

What informs abstract works of art?

the visible world

Japan shares what aesthetics characteristics with Western art?

A focus on design

What philosophical field asks questions about the nature of art and its audiences?

Aesthetics

Before Verrocchio received a patron, what did he have to do?

Be apprenticed under a master artist for years

Which philosophy best describes the attitude towards beauty in art during the 18th century?

Beautiful art should provide pleasure to the viewer.

The shoes in Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Double Portrait signifies which aspects?

Class status Sacred ground

Artists working for the Akbar royal workshop were paid to do what?

Create an illustrated version of a book for their king

Cabbage Leaf is considered beautiful through what intellectual pleasure?

Disinterested contemplation

What would be the most historically accurate context in which to see an Akan linguist's staff?

Displayed during certain public event

What is a key characteristic of nonrepresentational art?

Emphasis on formal qualities

Why is the Buddha considered to have conventions of iconography?

Established styles have been passed down for centuries.

If a contemporary artist wants their works to be purchased, what do they have to do?

Find galleries and museums willing to show their works

According to some art theories, what is a characteristic of art that differentiates it from other kinds of skilled making?

Has significance and communicates

The identification, description, and interpretation of background information related to the subject matter of a work of art is known as ______.

Iconography

What study involves the interpretation of art, which is an important activity of art scholars?

Iconography

Stylization often involves the artist depicting objects in what kind of way?

Idealized

What is iconography?

Identifying, describing, and interpreting an image

In what ways does nonobjective art differ from abstract art?

It avoids depicting a visual relationship to the visible world. Visual elements are central to what is represented.

Why is meaning important for art?

It distinguishes itself it from other works that require the same skills.

Pérez de Aguilar goal with Painter's Cupboard was to create what kind of work?

Naturalistic

Art that decried any use of the visible world as a starting point was know as what kind of art?

Nonrepresentational

What did Marcel Duchamp's Fountain do?

Proposed questions about art and the artist's role

Which are characteristics of abstract art?

Recognizable forms that lack detail Sections of an object dispersed in a composition Compositions that distort perspectives

What characteristics make Perez de Aguilar's Painter's Cupboard representational?

Recreating the materials as they appear Using shadow to reveal the direction of the light Painting the light as it appears in the real world

Why did Louise Bourgeois avoid representational works that were naturalistic?

She wanted the focus to be on emotions.

How can Käthe Kollwitz's Woman with Dead Child be considered beautiful despite its choice of subject matter?

The line work is aesthetically pleasing.

Because Elaine de Kooning avoids the use of representational forms, the viewer must rely on what to appreciate Bullfight?

The lines and color used for the work

How do museums influence the way a work of art is seen?

The original setting is removed, changing the meaning of a piece.

Without the title, how does Louise Bourgeois ensure that the viewer is able to interpret Woman with Package?

The piece is grouped with similar sculptures from the series.

Without the presence of recognizable images, how is Elaine de Kooning able to get the viewer to see the act of bullfighting in the painting Bullfight?

The quick motions of the brushstrokes

How is the viewer able to recognize what Picasso has painted in Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, Guitar and Newspaper?

The simplified forms are still recognizable.

Persians replicated the stylized clouds from what culture?

chinese

The same theme in works of art can take on different meanings based on ______.

context

Understanding a work of art based on who made it, the society that interacted with it, and its original function is known as ______.

context

What is at the root of Louise Bourgeois's work?

deep emotions connected to childhood

Admiring an object based on its formal qualities rather than its functionality is known as what kind of contemplation?

disinterested

True or false: The content of a work of art consists of everything the eye registers about it, such as colors, shapes, and internal organization.

false

The structural composition of a work of art is known as ______.

form

What can affect the content of a piece despite the objects used?

form

Although Edgar Degas uses strokes of color to create his piece, it is still considered to be in what style?

naturalistic

Because James Hampton was self-taught in his artistic craft, he's often labeled as what kind of artist?

outsider