Art Midterm Exam
Linear Perspective
A system of perspective in which parallel lines appear to converge as they recede into the distance, meeting at a vanishing point
Alexander Calder's mobiles are an example of ________ motion because it uses forces of wind and water
Actual
The first-century sculpture Augustus of Prima Porta and the fourteenth-centry painting Effects of Good Government in the City exemplify which function of art?
Art for persuasion
Monochromatic
Based mainly on one color
Romare Bearden was best known for working with ________ as his medium
Collage
Analogous Color
Colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel, such as blue, blue-green, and green
In his image Monkey Puzzle, Keith Haring used _______ colors to create a bold dynamic effect
Complementary
Geometric Shape
Derived from mathematical equations, examples include circle and square
Organic Shape
Derived from nature. Irregular and often curving or rounded and seem more relaxed and informal than geometric shapes
In the photogrpah Pepper #30 by ______, the artist combines awareness, creativity, and communication by encouraging the viewer to look closely at an object
Edward Weston
Art cannot provide pleasure, enjoyment, amusement, diversion, or embellisment in our world.
False
The relative lightness or darkness of a color is called a shade
False
The vanishing point is where people go to meet one another
False
Utilitarian objects are never considered art
False
Janet Echelman's Her Secret Is Patience illustrates how creativity can be expressed with nontraditional materials. Identify the materials used in this work
Fiber, steel, and lighting
With works such as La DS, a modified Citroen DS auto, and Juego de Limones (Game of Limes), ______ is a contemporary artist who delights in the art of surprise.
Gabriel Orozco
Aesthetics
In the art context, the philosophy of art focusing on questions regarding what art is and how it is evaluated
Painterly
Loose or spontaneous brushwork
Subjects
Objects that representational art depicts
Sabatino "Simon" Rodia, the artist who created Nuestro Pueblo (Our Town; commonly known as the Watts Towers), did not have any professional art training. This type of artist is often recognized as a folk or ________ artist.
Outsider
Form
Refers to the total effect of the combined visual qualities within a work, including such components as materials, shape, line
______, the artist who made Rocket to the Moon, paid tribute to the richness of the African-American experience through photomontage
Romare Bearden
Hue
The property of a color identifying a specific, named wavelength of light such as green, red, violet, and so on.
Value
The relative lightness or darkness of a color
Intensity
The relative purity or saturation of a hue (color), on a scale of bright (pure) to dull.
Idealism
The representation of subjects in an ideal or perfect state or form
Work of Art
The visual expression of an idea or experience formed with skill through the use of a medium
The Taj Mahal is one of the world's best-known works of architecture. Identify it's function.
Tomb
A visual effect in which what was seen as a positive shape becomes a negative shape, and vice versa is called Figure Ground Reversal
True
Both the artist and the viewer are integral components in a work of art
True
Color can effect our feelings and emotions
True
Georgia O'Keeffe felt that pictures were unable to say things as easily as the written word
True
Line can be active or static, aggressive or passive, sensual or mechanical
True
Stained glass windows, like the Tree of Jesse, were a way for artists to enhance contemplation and to incorporate creativity
True
To be aware is to be conscious
True
Warm colors are heavier than cool colors
True
Complementary Color
Two hues directly across from each other on the color wheel, such as red and green...
Prints
Works that exist in multiple copies
The phenomenon when positive and negative space change places, as seen in M.C. Escher's Sky and Water I woodcut print, is called
figure-ground reversal
Artists with no formal education are called ________ artists according to your book
folk
The term _______ refers to a particular wavelength of spectral color to which we give a name. It's also another name for 'color'
hue
The symbolic meaning of signs and subjects used to convey ideas important to particular cultures or religions is called
iconography
The most prominent musical influence on Romare Bearden's art was:
jazz
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:
linear perspective
The plural word for medium is
media
Art made with a combination of different materials is referred to as:
mixed media
When a work of art, such as Theo van Doesburg's Composition (The Cow) shows no reference to the natural world of images, it is called
nonrepresentational
The dominant shapes on a picture plane are referred to as:
positive shapes
The _______ of visual elements gives a composition unity, continuity, flow, and emphasis
repetition
Figurative art is a type of ______ art
representational
Global Warning, the graphic design poster by Chaz Maviyane-Davies, presents an issue of concern for the artist as well as the global population. This work is an example of art as a vehicle for:
social causes
What are three (3) examples of Geometric Shapes?
square, circle, triangle
Yong Soon Min's Dwelling is an assemblage that attempts to express which of the following?
the artist's feelings of a divided self
To abstract means to extract the ______ of an object or an idea
the essence
Keith Sonnier created Motordom, an intense light installation in the outdoor lobby of a government building in Los Angeles, to express which of the following?
the reality of a car culture that Southern Californians have to live with
The term defined as "to fool the eye" is called
trompe l'oeil
A medium is a particular material along with its accompanying technique
true
Implied line suggests:
visual connections
Francisco Goya's nineteenth-century print "I Saw This" functions as a commentary on:
war
