Art Appreciation Mid-Term

Kinetic Sculpture

A monile sculpture with moving parts

What substance is secreted by bees to make honeycombs . It is also used in hot wax painting .

Beeswax

What literally means " dark room " ?

Camera Obscura

What type of photography are authentic , un - retouched photographs that record important social conditions and political events ?

Documentary Photography

True or False , Gesso is a white ground of plaster or thick paste of gypsum and animal glue , used to prepare wood panels or canvas for painting .

True

True or False , We define the visual arts to include the artistic media of painting , sculpture , and architecture , as well as outstanding examples of drawing , printmaking , photography , design , digital art , decorative arts , and crafts . They are usually subdivided into the fine arts ( such as painting , printmaking , and sculpture ) and the applied arts ( such as architecture and design ) .

True

True or False , Wiley was in a documentary called Kehinde Wiley : An Economy of Grace . It documents a series of classical portraits of African American women .

True

True or False , a forger makes copies ( in this case ) of stolen art ?

True

Artists ' materials , like oil paint or clay , are referred to as ______. Each __________ has its own unique characteristics demanding the knowledge of special techniques and requiring specific tools .

media, medium

Marc Chagall's artwork combines the influence of modern art with

memories of a rural childhood in Russia

Black , white and gray are considered

neutrals

Futurism is a movement that celebrated

progress

Artists often say that someone can really " see " , as if most people cannot . What an artist means by __________ is difficult to explain , but it is something like the totally involved _____ of a newborn child , hungrily looking at everything as if it had never been seen before , not blinded by preconceptions .

seeing, gaze

Analogous colors are colors

that are adjacent on the color wheel

The imaginative combination of more than one photographic image is called what ?

Photomontage

What is a pure photograph that attempts to depict a scene or subject in sharp focus and detail ?

Straight Photography

The Japanese sculptural group the Amida Buddha reflects the tastes of its aristocratic patrons by ________. • being refined and aloof like a prince • containing slim , delicate , and ornate carvings • all of these are correct • having gilded wood • depicting the angels surrounding the Buddha like royal attendants

all of these are correct

The word sfumato ____________. • renders details hazy and unclear • means " the soft mist of a fountain " in Italian • is observable in Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa • all of these are correct • incorporates low light that softens edges of a form

all of these are correct

Aperture

an adjustable opening that control the amount of light entering the camera .

What is the process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder ?

Oil Paint

What are the secondary colors ?

Orange Green Purple

is a type of pen made from feathers , most commonly goose .

Quill

Placing objects on photographic paper in a dark room and then exposing the paper to light is called what ?

Rayograph

What are the primary colors ?

Red Blue Yellow

Freestanding Sculpture

Sculpture in the round that the viewer must circle to see . It inhabits three - dimensional space in the same way that living things do .

Earth art

large scale environmental sculpture outside of a gallery or museum ; interacts directly with nature .

What is The Liberation of Aunt Jemima , by artist Betye Saar , commenting on ?

the stereotyping of African - American women in advertising

Subtractive sculpture

As opposed to additive, sculpture carved out of material such as wood or stone.

Additive sculpture

As opposed to subtractive, sculpture that is built up, such as modeling a flexible material like a clay or plaster, or by building an installation

What is an instrument for writing and / or drawing with ink , typically consisting of a metal nib or ball , or nylon tip , fitted into a metal or plastic holder ? Sometimes they have different size felt nibs to create different types of marks .

Black Pen Colored Marker

What is a soft white limestone ( calcium carbonate ) formed from the skeletal remains of sea creatures ?

Chalk

What is a porous black solid of carbon , obtained as a residue when wood , bone , or other organic matter is heated ? It is the oldest drawing medium .

Charcoal

Terra-cotta

Clay baked and kiln and hardened to a rich red - earth tone

What material uses wax as a binder ?

Colored Crayon Conté Crayon Water Color Pencil Colored Pencil

Visual art has often been used to record personal and artistic suffering , yet it can be an equally effective record of the artist's joy , such as the simple joy of being creative . A sense of spontaneous playfulness can be felt in the shaped canvasses of which artist ?

Elizabeth Murray

True or False , Kehinde Wiley is a landscape painter ?

False

True or False , Levi Van Veluw's artwork is made by a computer .

False

True or False , Medieval monks invented oil paint ?

False

True or False , The Roman Empire was NOT the peak of human civilization for those who lived in the Renaissance . The meaning of the world is the rebirth of ideals and art of that ancient era .

False

True or False , Vincent Van Gogh DID NOT struggle with mental illness ?

False

True or False , after the painting was stolen the thief hid it behind a refrigerator

False

True or False , in Kehinde Wiley's ongoing " World Stage " series , his subjects are depicted in famous locations .

False

True or False , the man who painted the Mona Lisa ... only painted profile portraiture .

False

True or False , the primary colors are red , green , and blue ?

False

True or False , there are two categories that describe texture : actual & touch .

False

True or False the ancient Greeks DID NOT paint their ships

False

What country did Leonardo Da Vinci pass away in ?

France

What is the art or technique of painting on moist , plaster surface with colors ground up with water or a limewater mixture

Fresco

What is a soft carbon found in nature occurring in black to light gray ? It replaced lead as a writing tool in the late sixteenth century .

Graphite

Wood carving

Is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife), a chisel or a mallet, resulting in a wood figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object.

Modeling

Is an additive process, corrections are possible during modeling and the results are fired clay or preserved wax.

_________ noticed when a beam of light hit water , it made a rainbow on the wall . He soon started to explore light theory .

Isaac Newton

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Leonardo

What is a permanent , fast - drying painting medium consisting of colored pigments mixed with a water - soluble binder medium ( usually egg yolks )

Tempera

Prehistoric rock art was not simply a European phenomenon . Paintings and carvings on rocks can be found in the Americas , Asia , and across Africa . These sites reveal that art played a vital role in the rituals of tribal people for tens of thousands of years .

True

True or False , For many viewers who are not familiar with contemporary art , their negative response is probably based on an immediate gut reaction . Nothing is wrong with having a strong , personal reaction to visual art- in fact , modern artists hope to create such reactions most would rather have people hate their work than be bored by it .

True

True or False , Kehinde Wiley fuses traditional formats and motifs with modern modes of representation in his paintings to present heroic young black men and women .

True

True or False , Kehinde Wiley painted the former President of the United States of America Barack Obama's national portrait for the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery .

True

True or False , Not only has the color faded , but also at some point in its history the painting of the Mona Lisa was made smaller probably to fit into a frame , slicing off a pair of columns that once surrounded it .

True

True or False , The artist Edward Steichen began to play with dramatic lighting and chemistry of developing film to achieve different atmospheric effects .

True

True or False , The relationship of an artwork to art history can be a significant matter in determining whether an artwork is significant or inconsequential .

True

True or False , Throughout his long career ( he lived to be ninety six ) , Chagall used art to create a magical land of love and wonder- remarkable for a man whose life encompassed two world wars , the Russian Revolution , and the Holocaust ( in the 1940s , Chagall who was jewish , was forced to flee from his home in France to the United States ) .

True

True or False , Untitled shows Sherman as a murder victim on a forest floor . She produces complex images using special effects to control lighting , sets , make - up , and costumes .

True

True or False , a good example of a folk artist is Grandma Moses , who was born on a farm in New York State in 1860 but did not really begin painting until the 1930's , when she was almost eighty . Although she had no formal training , her pictures became so popular that by the time she died in 1961 , she was a household name in the United States , and her scenes were reproduced on everything from greeting cards to kitchen curtains .

True

True or False , cave - men used color to paint with .

True

True or False , in the photograph by Lalla Essaydi she is covered in Islamic caligraphy . In employing calligraphic writing , Essaydi is practicing a sacred Islamic art that is usually inaccessible to women .

True

True or False , the source of the term art is Latin word ars , which meant " skill . " Although this is the oldest meaning of art , it is no longer the most common meaning . For us , the realm of the arts suggests creative endeavors and includes an entire range of activities classified as cultural . These creative arts are often subdivided into the broad categories of the performing arts ( such as theatre , music and dance ) , the literary arts ( such as poetry , essay , and novels , and the visual arts .

True

True or False , the thief presented the " stolen " Mona Lisa to an art dealer and museum director who reported him to the proper authorities ? From which , the thief was held accountable for his actions by being sentenced to jail .

True

True or false , Besides expressing spiritual beliefs or cultural ideals , art from the earliest times has been used to declare the power of rulers . The pharaohs of Egypt erected huge structures to declare their strength ; Roman emperors constructed triumphal arches in conquered territories . For thousands of years , artists served kings and queens .

True

What is flat and can only be viewed from one side ?

Two Dimensional Space

Who painted Wheatfield with Crows in 1890 ?

Vincent Van Gogh

The division between drawing and painting blurs even in the West when artists use ______ - diluted ink applied with a brush to add tonal values to a drawing .

Washes

What is the most fundamental element of art ?

Line

Following the lead of pioneer artistic photographers like _______________ , Skoglund does not respect or believe in the neutrality of photography . Instead , she uses its power of deception for creative purposes .

Man Ray

__________ is a think wire or piece of silver used for drawing . It was used during the Renaissance .

Metal Point

Who sculptured the Tomb of Giuliano d'Medici with Figures of Night and Day in the Medici Chapel in 1920 to 1533 ?

Michelangelo

Lens

Which focused the light onto the light - sensitive material . ( traditionally film )

Shutter

Which is triggered by the photographer and controls the time of exposure .

Viewfinder

Which permits the photographer to see what the camera sees .

Maya Lin called the concept of her design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

" a visual poem "

How much revenue for France does the Louvre Museum generate annually ?

$ $ 1 Billion dollars

The first permanent photographic image was invented by Louis - Jacques Mande Daguerrre in 1839. What is the permanent photograph called ?

Daguerreotype

What period was the Mona Lisa created?

Renaissance

What is the type of space we live in ?

Three Dimensional Space

Three Dimensional space at times is called mass .

True

True or False , Sumi Ink is mainly soot and animal glue , usually its water soluble .

True

True or False, the Louvre Museum was once a palace for the French Monarchy?

True

What lights define shape ?

Value Shadow Highlight

Who invented film for the camera ?

William Henry Fox Talbot

The purpose of a portrait of a king was to

glorify his supreme power

What subject in prehistoric cave art was rarely shown ?

humans

Another word for folk art is

naïve art

How are the " soaring vertical lines " of Notre Dame Cathedral intended to act upon the viewer ?

visually symbolize the heavenly realm

What is color intensity ?

vividness

What shapes are formed by uneven curves ? ( select all that apply ) • Abstract • Biomorphic • Naturalistic • Organic

• Biomorphic • Naturalistic • Organic

What is known as hot wax painting ?

Encaustic

Who introduced a simple box camera called Kodak to the general public ?

George Eastman

Who painted the Sistine Chapel ?

Michelangelo

The early prehistoric sculpture , The Venus of Willendorf , is believed to have been

a fertility figure

Casting

A sculptural technique in which liquid materials are shaped by pouring into mode.

What is a water soluble paint that dries quickly and can be applied to most surfaces ?

Acrylic Paint

What was popular with European and American art collectors for more than a century and had a dramatic impact on the development of modern art . In museums , these sculptural masks are displayed as isolated art objects .

African Masks

Lalla Essaydi's photographs explore identity but focus more specifically on the representation of the

Arab woman

The artist who created the Mona Lisa was considered a Renaissance man . Select all that apply . What represented this man being called a " Renaissance Man " ?

Artist, Inventor, Scentist

Jewelry and woven rugs are considered • applied art • functional objects • all of these are correct • decorative arts • crafts

all of these are correct

When was the Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci stolen from the Louvre Museum ?

1911 by Vincenzo Peruggia

Performance art

20th century events designed to be a ephemeral, lasting only in memory

Camera body

a light tight box , which forms the structure of the camera and prevents any unwanted lights ( protects the film )

Installation

a room sized multimedia sculpture constructed in a gallery , museum , or public space . It is meant to surround the viewer with a unique artistic experience .

Relief Sculpture

a sculptural image that projects from a flat , two - dimensional background .