Art Appreciation CH.1-5 TEST
A mixed-media artwork is made
with different materials.
In Preacher, Charles White gives the figure a feeling of mass, using the technique of
cross-hatching.
In Her Secret Is Patience, Janet Echelman used
fiber, steel, and lights.
In an artwork, the total effect of the combined visual qualities is known as the
form
The process of printing came to Europe from
China
Which artist is considered a leader in the revival of fresco painting in the 1920s and 1930s?
Diego Rivera
Which artist is known for making a modified Citroen DS car?
Gabriel Orozco
Which artist wanted viewers to see the natural rhythms present in a flower?
Georgia O'Keeffe
Raphael's The School of Athens provides the viewer with the illusion of the three- dimensional world on a two-dimensional surface by the use of
Implied motion.
Which work makes use of light as a medium?
James Turrell's Afrum
Mary Cassatt's The Letter most notably demonstrates the influence of
Japanese woodblock prints
Jazz provided a notable influence on the work of
Romare Bearden.
Elizabeth Catlett's I Have Special Reservations... is an example of
a linoleum cut
Romare Bearden's Rocket to the Moon is an example of
a photomontage
Which of the following is used to describe an elevated awareness of beauty in the viewer?
aesthetics
Encaustic is an ancient painting medium in which the pigments are suspended in
beeswax
Vincent van Gogh's Carpenter demonstrates
careful attention to detail
A full-sized drawing made as a guide for a work in another medium is a
cartoon
Two-dimensional artists create the illusion of volume with light by using
chiaroscuro
In painting media, the pigment most notably provides
color
Critics who examine the environmental influences on a work of art, such as the economic system, cultural values, and politics, use
contextual theories
The juxtaposition of strongly dissimilar elements is referred to as
contrast
Projective drawing involves
creating something that only exists in the artist's mind.
Differentiate between form and content in art.
form is how it is presented, content is what it represents
Which theories focus attention on the composition of an artwork and how earlier artworks may have influenced it?
formal theories
Identify the three principal theories of art criticism.
formal, contextual, and expressive
Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis is an example of a
graphic novel.
The purity or saturation of a color is its
hue
The symbolic meaning of visual signs in a work of art is known as
iconography
Michelangelo created Study of a Reclining Male Nude
in preparation for a larger work
The printmaking technology that holds ink in areas below the surface of the matrix is called
intaglio
In art, the term "value" refers to the
lightness and darkness of surfaces.
Alexander Calder's mobiles are examples of "kinetic art," because they
move in space
Background shapes are referred to as
negative shapes.
When a work of art shows no reference to the natural world of images, it is called
nonrepresentational
Identify the three basic ingredients of paint.
pigment, binder, and vehicle
The process of aligning the impressions of blocks or plates on the same sheet of paper is known as __________.
registration
Figurative art is a type of
representational art.
Any kind of movement or structure of dominant and subordinate elements in sequence in a work of art refers to
rhythm
Keltie Ferris demonstrates a contemporary approach by finishing her works with
spray paint.
Value judgment about art necessarily involves
subjectivity
The Taj Mahal was intended to function as a
tomb
The term used to describe the "fool-the-eye" realism of Maggritte and the Surrealists is
trompe l'oeil
The appearance of oneness in a work of art is
unity
Francisco Goya's print I Saw This was intended as a commentary on
war
Chris Ofili's Holy Virgin Mary and Michelangelo's Last Judgment
were both subject to censorship.
