art appreciation final
A mixed-media artwork is made
with different materials
Vincent van Gogh's Carpenter demonstrates
careful attention to detail
Identify the characteristics of "cool" and "warm" colors.
cool- contact and recede warm- expand and advance
In Preacher, Charles White gives the figure a feeling of mass, using the technique of
cross-hatching
One of the earliest types of photograph was the
daguerreotype
Which of the following is the result of the process of arranging, selecting, and ordering?
design
Identify the function of hatching and cross-hatching in drawing.
hatching- to suggest shadows or volumes. cross-hatching- to build mass
Who was an early advocate of photography as an art form and opened a gallery in New York City in 1905?
Alfred Stieglitz
Identify an example from the chapter of an artwork used for persuasion.
Augustus of Prima Porta
Briefly explain why photographers did not use color photography before the 1970s.
By the 1970's color films, both negative and positive had been perfected. The use of color film was reserved for special assignments.
Which artist is considered a leader in the revival of fresco painting in the 1920s and 1930s?
Diego Rivera
Asymmetrical balance is a feature of
Edgar Degas's Jockeys Before the Race
Define "primer," or ground, and explain its significance to painting.
In painting, a primary layer of paint is applied to a surface that is to be painted. Primer is used to create a uniform surface.
Using any example from the chapter, explain how and why artists use pattern in their artworks.
In the painting Interior of a Dutch House the artist used patterns of the tiles on the floors, windows and larger rectangles. The artist did this to unify the structure.
The purity or saturation of a color is its
Intensity
Explain the numbering system used by print makers in each original edition. Why are these numbers important? What is their function?
It is a work of art on paper which has siblings. They are all made at the same time and are originals. The originals are numbered to indicate the number of prints printed in the sequence.
Mary Cassatt's The Letter most notably demonstrates the influence of
Japanese Woodblock Prints
Figure-ground reversal can best be seen in
M.C. Escher's Sky and Water I
Jazz provided a notable influence on the work of
Romare Bearden
Describe Jacob Lawrence's use of the principles of design in his painting Going Home. Which elements did he use in this work to create unity?
The tall green seats provide unity by creating a visual rhythm across the composition. He used space to depict unity in this painting. The distance between seats seems calculated and gives a geometrical sense to the composition.
A very thin, transparent film of color painted over an already-painted surface is called
a glaze
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
Making discriminating judgments about art is inherent to
all art criticism
Identify the six functions that art fulfills.
art as commentary art for delight art in worships and ritual art for commemoration art for persuasion art as self-expression
The 1973 court case Miller v. California established
artists' freedom to create what they want
Identify the three purposes of drawing.
as a notation as a study as an end in itself
Identify three traits or characteristics associated with creativity.
associating questioning observing
A full-sized drawing made as a guide for a work in another medium is a
cartoon
Provide an example from the chapter to define censorship.
censorship is the alteration or removal of works of art from public view. In the Byzantine Empire, photographs that represented Christianity were ordered to be taken down because Emperor Leo III believed people would idolize the art work rather than the divine being.
Which of the following media used today is most similar to drawing media used by prehistoric people?
charcoal
In painting media, the pigment most notably provides
color
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was unable to include people in his photographs, because in his time
exposure times were very long
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 theories contextual theories expressive theories
Opaque watercolor is also called
gouache
"photography" literally means
light-writing
Elizabeth Catlett's Sharecropper is an example of
linoleum cut
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
Artists use several techniques artists to create the illusion of depth on a flat surface. Identify three of these techniques.
overlapping vertical placement diminishing size
The camera obscura cannot
permanently fix an image onto a surface
At various stages in the printmaking process, artists check on the developing image by making
proofs
Size relationships between parts of a whole are known as
proportion
Which function of art is the most recent? Briefly explain.
self-expression. Self-expression has not been a primary reason for creating art because the other functions were to fulfill social and cultural needs.
Value judgment about art necessarily involves
subjectivity
When the two sides of a composition correspond to one another in size, shape, and placement of form, the work has
symmetrical balance
A type of paint utilizing egg yolk as a binder is
tempera
The Taj Mahal was intended to function as a
tomb
Francisco Goya's print I Saw This was intended as a commentary on
war
