Art Test

The Baroque can be characterized as:

17th Century theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.

Portrait of the Artist's Sisters displays which of the following characteristics?

an emphasis on emotion and heightened realism

Expressionists in Germany were among the first artists to make _____ art.

Abstract

The twentieth-century Chinese landscape artist Fang Zhaoling was greatly influenced by which American art movement?

Abstract Expressionism

Which of the following works was influenced by the visual characteristics of Japanese woodcut prints

Birds Eye view, diagonal lines, tight cropping

Which pair of artists listed below is known for painting with dark backgrounds that make the figures look as if they are emerging from the shadows into light?

Caravaggio and Rembrandt

Masaccio used linear perspective to create the composition for Tribute Money? Where is the vanishing point?

Christ's forehead.

The paintings of Giacomo Balla capture the fascination with movement characteristic of artists of which artist movement?

Futurism

On what source are the scenes painted on the Sistine ceiling based?

Genesis

What is an important feature of late Renaissance and Mannerist artwork, compared to art created during the early and high Renaissance?

Increase in imaginative elements, dynamic compositions, emotional intensity, dissonance over harmony

Which type of beauty does Kaigetsudo Dohan's painting Beautiful Woman represent?

Inner beauty

Michelangelo's painting for the Sistine Chapel, The Last Judgment, typifies a style that came to be known as

Mannerism

Andrea Palladio, who designed the Villa Rotonda, was influenced by the writings of which ancient architect?

Pliny or Vitruvius

Who developed a canon of harmonious proportions to be used for the portrayal of the ideal human body in ancient sculpture?

Polykleitos

Romanticism differs from Neoclassicism in that it:

Prioritized the individuals singular point of view.

What issue does the Propeller Group address with this multimedia artwork?

Propoganda, communism, politcal stuff idk

Artist André Breton issued a manifesto that described the point of "resolution between these two states, dream and reality." What was this movement?

Surrealism

In the early nineteenth century, what recurrent and significant theme began to appear in Romantic painting?

The Notion Of The Sublime

. Why did Jean-Michel Basquiat paint and then cross out certain words in his painting The Nile?

he wanted to challenge existing meanings.

The intricate design of Motoi Yamamoto's Labyrinth is meant to represent:

memories through time, the human brain

The American Scene was:

naturalist style of paintings and art popular during the first half of the 20th century in the United States.

What aspects of Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) bothered many viewers when the painting was first exhibited?

painting technique, nude woman

. Salons, such as the one depicted in Pietro Martini's print of 1785, were visited by:

public, painters, and critics

For what three innovations in art was Marcel Duchamp responsible?

readymades, kinetic sculptures and conceptual art

Because art from Africa and the Pacific Islands follows traditional methods:

tends to look the same over long periods of time

Why might the paintings at the Lascaux Caves be considered sacred?

the site was visited repeatedly and painted repeatedly

What is the overall story of the Palette of Narmer?

the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt into the "Kingdom of the Two Lands" under the divine king.

What do the artworks by DeChirico, Dalí, Ernst, and Carrington shown in the text (3.9.12, 3.9.13, 3.9.14, 3.9.15) have in common?

challenge the world of logic

Which of the following design elements characterize Baroque art and architecture?

diagonal movement, curving forms, and dramatic light and shadow.