ARTH 300
What do artists do?
"Create places for some human purpose." "Create extraordinary versions of ordinary objects." "Record and commemorate." (All answers are correct.)
Style is:
"a particular manner in which artists work which permits the grouping of works into related categories."
Creative people:
"have a playful side, but are also capable of long periods of intense, concentrated work." "generate numerous ideas" "redefine problems and seek connections between seemingly unrelated ideas." (All answers are correct.)
Gothic architecture began in approx. _____________ CE.
1140/1160/1345
When was acrylic developed?
1930s
Which of the following is true?
A complex form is heavier than a simple form. A smaller dark form can balance a larger light form. (Both answers are true.)
Select the answer with only organic forms:
A plant and a couch (?)
According to the Khan Academy videos, which American art movement was the first to gain international significance?
Abstract Expressionism
In the Forbidden City, what protected the space against fire and evil spirits?
Animals on the roof
______________ is creating the impression of a three-dimensional object on a two-dimensional surface (such as a drawing, painting, or print), with shading or highlighting.
Balance
During which period do we see drama, theatricality, emotional intensity, many diagonals, energy, and high contrast of light and dark?
Baroque
How do Baroque and Renaissance works of art differ?
Baroque art tends to be more dramatic and opulent than Renaissance art, which tends to be more logically composed and calm.
This type of fresco is created when an artist applies pigment, mixed with water, to wet plaster:
Buon fresco
Charcoal is:
Burnt wood
According to the Khan Academy video on sculpture, how can you finish the surface of marble?
By using a rasp
The oldest living religion began in:
India
According to the Khan Academy videos, which work of art shows emotional intensity, a moment in time, energy, movement, and immediacy?
Caravaggio, Crucifixion of St Peter
When an artist creates a metal sculpture, he or she most likely uses the __________ method.
Casting
Doryphoros perfectly represents ______________, which means counterbalance or counterpoise.
Contrapposto
Which two belief systems began in China?
Daoism and Confucianism
Which of the following is a reason we see the emergence of Modern art?
Democracy and technology
Horizontal lines suggest:
Energy
Which of the following is the oldest method of intaglio?:
Engraving
Cast iron architecture was made possible due to the:
Industrial Revolution
An outline surrounds an implied three-dimensional object. A contour line surrounds an implied two-dimensional shape.
False
Gothic cathedrals can be characterized by their rounded barrel vault ceilings and small windows.
False
Pink is a shade of red. Maroon is a tint of red.
False
The Greeks were greatly influenced by the Romans.
False
The main reason that a Van Gogh costs more now than it did in the 19th century is due to inflation.
False
When discussing a work of sculpture, we would use the term "shape" as opposed to "mass".
False
Which of the following works of art is balanced with relieved symmetry?
Georgia O'Keeffe, Deer's Skull and Pedernal.
Which term refers to the material that is added to a wood or canvas surface, before paint is added?:
Gesso
Which term refers to the application of gold leaf to a work of art?:
Gilding
Which term refers to the nearly translucent layers of oil paint that are applied to a canvas?
Glazes
Which of the following only allow for monochromatic images?:
Graphite and charcoal
During the Renaissance, artists looked back to which two ancient civilizations?
Greece and Rome
What is the name of a vault that is created with two intersecting barrel vaults?
Groin vault
Which of the following is the largest building in the Forbidden City?
Hall of Supreme Harmony
How did Michelangelo create such a naturalistic figure for his David?
He dissected cadavers, to learn about anatomy
How did Suger change the ambulatory at St Denis?
He opened it up and replaced walls with glass
In which work of art can the viewer see verism?
Head of a Roman
What did the patron of the Lever House realize?
How important innovative architecture was for the public face of the firm
What is the term (popular during the Renaissance) for emphasizing the value of each individual?
Humanism
A scene from nature is called a landscape. An image of a holy person is called a religious work. An arrangement of objects in an interesting way is called a still life. These are examples of
Iconography
What is the term for thickly applied paint? This can be seen in Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night:
Impasto
Which Modern artists sought to capture a fleeting moment in time, using loose brushwork?
Impressionists
A(n) ___________________ stands alone and is also called a freestanding sculpture. The viewer can walk all the way around this type of sculpture.
In the round
Pigment can be made of ground up:
Insects, salts, minerals. (All answers are correct)
What is the name of the most important, topmost stone in an arch?
Keystone
The "pensive bodhisattva" pose was especially popular in:
Korea
Which of the following printmaking process relies on the principle that water and oil don't mix?:
Lithography
Sarcophagus Lid, from the Temple of Inscriptions, is an example of:
Low relief sculpture
Which of the following works of art uses the height of an average Florentine for the vanishing point?
Masaccio, Trinity with the Virgin, St. John, and Donors
In Islamic architecture, what is the name of the tall tower from which the crier calls the faithful to prayer?
Minaret
Which of the following would be made with an additive method of sculpting?
Modeling
Oil was first introduced in:
Northern Europe
How do Rococo and Neoclassical works of art differ?
Northern Renaissance artists focused on religious themes, while the Italian Renaissance ignored religious themes
What is one of the ways that the Northern Renaissance differed from the Italian Renaissance?
Nude
Why was Sandro Botticelli' The Birth of Venus so important? Because this scale female ________________ hadn't been seen since ancient times.
Nude
Which of the following allows for thick application of slow-drying paint?
Oil
Which of the following is a drawing material that allows for a wide range of colors?
Pastel
During the Rococo, the color palette differs from the Baroque in that there are more _________used.
Pastels
According to the Khan Academy videos, which Post Impressionist ignored linear perspective and broke shapes where it suited his compositions?
Paul Cezanne
Paint is made with __________ and a medium of vehicle.
Pigment
What is key for the design and construction of Gothic architecture?
Pointed arches, which push the weight of the building downward
What is the most fundamental method of construction?
Post and Lintel
Terracotta Army was created during which dynasty?
Qin
Choose the answer with an example of complementary colors:
Red and green
According to the Khan Academy videos, in the Deposition, the artist has_____________ the mother and son's position.
Reflected
What would be found on the metopes of the Parthenon?
Relief sculpture
What is the name of the tall, main tower on a northern Hindu temple?
Shikhara
According to the Khan Academy, Daguerre was a(n):
Showman
According to the Khan Academy, one way that wealthy people in Florence could enjoy their earthly life was by purchasing art, which was also a ______________ symbol.
Status
The work of art, The Persistence of Memory, by Salvador Dali, comes from which Modern art movement?
Surrealism
What type of paint can be made with egg yolk or casein (milk):
Tempera
Mosaics are made with small, closely spaced pieces of stone, glass, beads, pebbles (or other material) called:
Tessarae
Which is the simplest of the classical Greek Orders?
The Doric
Which of the following is a section of the entablature of classical architecture?
The Frieze
Which of the following famous works of architecture has a dome and an oculus?
The Pantheon
The Congregational Mosque in Kairouan was designed based on:
The Prophet's House
According to the Khan Academy videos, in the painting, ____________, the dog represents fidelity in an ironic way.
The Swing
With regards to printmaking, intaglio is:
The opposite of relief; the ink lies in the grooves of the matrix
With regards to the Palette of Narmer, what is a register?
The registers are the spaces in between the horizontal lines on the palette.
What is inside the Great Stupa at Sanchi?
The relics (remains) of the Buddha
According to Getlein in the "Looking and Responding" section of Chapter 1: "The mind's role in making sense of the (visual) information...is highly subjective...we do not all notice the same things, nor do we interpret what we see in the same way."
True
Scale refers to the size of an object compared with a standard sized object. Proportion refers to the size relationships between parts of a whole entity.
True
The great Egyptian civilizations were most concerned with rendering art that represented the idea of permanence, stability, and immortality.
True
According to the Khan Academy videos, Marcel Duchamp exhibited a(n) __________ as a modern sculpture.
Urinal
Which of the following is a site specific installation that suggests infinite space?
Yayoi Kusama, Fireflies on the Water
The copy of Myron, Discobolus, we viewed is:
a Roman marble copy of a Greek bronze original
What is a haniwa?
a clay figurine placed around the outside of a Chinese tomb/ a clay figurine placed around the outside of a Japanese tomb/a clay figurine placed around the inside of a Chinese tomb
Choose the correct chronology for these two-dimensional media (in terms of date of invention):
charcoal, tempera, oil, photography
To construct early Christian churches, architects looked to the Roman:
forum/Pantheon/basilica
Which term defines art that actually moves?
kinetic art
Select the answer with two visual elements:
line and color
Select the answer that the following quote defines: "Parallel lines receding into the distance appear to merge and meet at a point on the horizon line. This point on the horizon line is called the vanishing point."
linear perspective
In Japanese Zen Buddhist art, there is usually an emphasis on the idea of _______________. This is reflected in many haboku works of art.
spontaneous enlightenment
Head, fragment of a larger figure, Nok culture is:
stylized, with exaggerated features.
Abstract means:
the artist has changed a representational object, person, etc. in a way that is not naturalistic.
In many Christian churches, the ____________ crosses the nave, to create a cross shape floorplan.
transept