CHAPTER 1
The characteristics that contribute to style include the use of - (line, shape, color, texture, and so on), the use of - (symmetry or asymmetry, for example), and the degree of - or representation used.
?
Which of the following are considered in a feminist analysis?
ALL OF THEM
The Surrealists sometimes used distorted scale to create dreamlike images that subvert our conscious experiences.
True
What is the subject of this painting by Palmer Hayden?
a community in harlem
Which of the following are acceptable resources for studying art?
a museum website
What is a memento mori?
a symbol of morality
Which elements and principles of art are most prominently used in these two artworks?
bar: contrast, emphasis, color person: color, symmetry, texture
Pattern expresses ideas of order and predictability. But the more complex a pattern, the more visually interesting it often is. Arrange these artworks in order from the simplest pattern to the most complex.
black and white, long sideways, square, with cross and white edges, last one
Pattern in the structure of figurative works of art is often less regular, and so harder to spot, than in purely decorative works. Which two panels of this ancient Mesopotamian artwork depicting scenes of life appear the most obviously patterned?
bottom of both images
Why does Polish artist Marina Abakanowicz use burlap as a central medium of sculptures such as 80 Backs?
burlap was one..., it symbolizes human vulnerability
From a simple repetitive pulse to the most intricate combination of cadences, rhythm can be expressed through any of the elements of art, whether singly or in combination. Order these representations of groups of people according to their rhythm, from the simplest and most regular to the most complex and irregular.
carpet looking one, men gathered in room, long length one, sitting at table, war with dead people
How does Marc Chagall establish Icarus as the focal point of his painting The Fall of Icarus?
color, contrast, brushstrokes, placement
What type of directional line appears to impart the greatest degree of emphasis?
diagonal
What does the cross on Velázquez's tunic in Las Meninas signify?
he was a member of the order of santiago
Which of these terms relates to Hans Holbein the Younger's painting The Ambassadors?
iconography, anamorphosis, memento mori
What might an artist's use of a small scale for a portrait of a lover imply?
intimacy
What do the relationships between the sizes of different parts of a work make up?
its proportions
Which of the following statements correctly describe these Sumerian figures?
less than lifesize, placed in temples to pray to the gods
What fundamental principle does the contemporary American artist Chuck Close primarily use to unify his distinctive artworks?
motif
The placement of elements within a composition in order to create multiple focal points is most closely associated with which principle of art?
rhythm
Which principle of art is the primary means by which the sixteenth-century Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel guides the viewer's attention on a deliberate path that takes in the entirety of his painting Hunters in the Snow?
rhythm
Who is shown in this detail of Las Meninas?
the kind and queen of Spain
What is the term for the general classification of a color, in other words, its distinctive characteristics as seen in the visible spectrum, such as red or yellow?
Hue
Match the methodological approach with its definition.
Iconographic: interprets... Formal: analyses... Feminit: ... women... Contextual:...religious... Critical: examines Psychological:... personal experiances...
What type of motion is featured in Gianlorenzo Bernini's sculpture Apollo and Daphne?
Implied
Robert Lostutter's The Hummingbirds presents figural portraits on a very small scale in order to convey a sense of what?
Intimacy
The color system based on cyan, magenta, and yellow primaries has what advantage(s) over the traditional system of "artist's colors"?
It is possible to produce a real black by mixing these primaries. It is possible to create more accurate color mixtures.
Which of these terms is commonly used to refer to the types of motion described below?
LAST WORDS. Impled: artwork. Stroboscopic: succession. Illusionary: passes. Actual: time
Which of these horizontal rows contains an alternating pattern?
Left black, background white, alternating
The force or process used to create actual movement in an artwork is often as much a part of the work as the object being moved. What causes the motion in each of these artworks?
Light (outdoor). Air (flying fins) Water (hanging white cage)
Identify the elements of this diagram illustrating the separation of color.
Light, Prism, Visible spectrum
When two different colors of - are mixed, the result is - than before, and is known as - color.
Light, lighter, additive
Which element of art is the primary means of establishing the focal point in this sixteenth-century Mughal Indian painting The Emperor Babur Overseeing His Gardeners?
Line
Locate the four most obvious areas of rhythm in Francisco Goya's depiction of the execution of Spanish citizens during the French occupation of Madrid in 1808.
Man dead on ground alone, man with hands up, peoples shooting heads and feet, people to left of main man faces
What is the name given to the Buddhist symbolic and sacred representation of the universe, which is often characterized by strong radial symmetry?
Mandala
Who is the artist who used hatching and cross-hatching to draw the Head of a Satyr?
Michelangelo
What is the term used to describe an artwork, like this one, which has been created using only one hue?
Monochromatic
Famous artists can often be identified from carefully studying the distinctive stylistic features of artworks. Who painted the following works?
Naked lady: jean... bar: edward hopper pier: edvard munch other: hands holbein
Which, if any, of these works rely on stroboscopic motion to create a sense of movement?
Nemo, lady running, circle disks
Many visual artists had created their own techniques for making time part of the language of visual art by the end of which century?
Nineteenth
Which body part was used to establish the proportions of each of these artworks?
Normal person: head Square plate: hand Small person: head
Which color(s) of eyeshadow best complement these eyes?
Not Dark Blue
Which description best fits each of these diagrams?
Only rectangles: unified by uninteresting, Has triangle: interesting but incoherent, Circle and Rectangle: Unified and interesting
Which style of art from the 1960s is particularly associated with exploiting the physiology of seeing in order to create optical effects such as the illusion of movement?
Op Art
What basic component(s) are necessary to make the one-point linear perspective system work?
Orthogonals, vanishing point, horizon line
The pink polka-dotted trash bags pictured in this photograph were distributed by the artist Adrian Kondratowicz to help create what in his community?
Passive emotions
Each of these paintings is remarkable for its expressive use of color. Who painted them?
Paul gauguin (jesus), Vincent van gogh (room), Henri matisse (doors)
Click on the eight areas of the illustrated painting where extra emphasis and drama are created by the use of dramatic chiaroscuro.
People Faces, hands, right most leg, and right middle line
What conceptual idea(s) does the compositional use of symmetry in the design of the Taj Mahal express?
Perfect beauty, timeless love
The decoration of which of these vessels is symmetrically balanced?
Persons head, cauldron
Moving films express the passage of time by showing a sequence of closely related still frames in rapid succession. What is the correct order for these stills from Fred Ott's Sneeze?
Picking nose, looking up, face up, face down, face middle staring
Which of the following interact to create our perception of the color in objects?
Pigment, light
What is the name of the style of painting that the nineteenth-century French painter Georges Seurat created using the optical qualities of color?
Pointillism
Which ancient Greek wrote a famous treatise on the ideal human proportions?
Polykleitos
In each of these paintings, is color employed to produce primarily positive or primarily negative emotional effects on the viewer?
Positive: Sunset, jesus, rainbow people
Which elements or principles of art are the primary means of drawing the viewer's attention to the focal point of the Baroque Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi's painting Judith Decapitating Holofernes?
Principles: contrast Elements: value, line
Which of these works are examples of bioart?
Purple Rectangles
Artists from which country and artistic period devised the chiaroscuro method of using value to create the illusion of solid forms in two-dimensional artworks?
Ranaissance, Italian
The studies of the twentieth-century color psychologist Faber Birren indicate that people often become noisy, argumentative, and voraciously hungry when exposed to what color of light?
Red
Identify the primary colors on this traditional color wheel of "artist's colors."
Red, Blue, Yellow
The Russian artist Vasily Kandinsky painted works so that they reflected fundamental color combinations. Choose the fundamental color structure that Kandinsky used in this work.
Red, Blue, Yellow
Which color(s) did the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh think expressed "the terrible passions of human nature"?
Red, Green
Click on the primary colors which, when mixed together as additive colors of light, produce white light.
Red, blue, green
Which Belgian Surrealist employed value and perspective in his paintings in order to explore the relationship between reality and artistic illusion?
Rene Magritte
This painting by the sixteenth-century Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder depicts an episode from ancient Greek mythology. Where is the main subject of Bruegel's work?
Right below the big ship
In ancient Egypt the cubit was a standard unit of measurement. A cubit was made up of a smaller unit: the width of the palm of a hand. How many palm widths make 1 cubit?
Six
Identify the type(s) of scale that have been employed in these sculptures.
Spider: distorted, monumental Human: human Tribe: hierarchical, small
Which superhero in this illustration exhibits the most dramatic foreshortening?
Superman
Which of these artworks have been composed according to the proportions of the Golden Section?
Temple with orange in it, man with no background, four people in room with one looking out window
Which of these elements and principles of art are the chief means by which Hokusai creates a sense of visual harmony in the seemingly chaotic scene of "The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa"?
Texture, color, pattern, shape
What is the name by which the proportional system based around the ratio of 1:1.618 is most commonly known?
The Golden Section
Which of these buildings does not display radial symmetry in its design?
The big metal thing with water in the picture
Which proportional systems did Raphael most likely use to organize the composition of The School of Athens?
The canon of polykleitos, the rule of thirds
Where is the focal point in this sixteenth-century Mughal Indian painting The Emperor Babur Overseeing His Gardeners?
The cross in the garden
What is the subject of this painting by the sixteenth-century Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder?
The fall of lcarus, the idea that life goes on
What is the focal point of this fifteenth-century devotional painting by Dieric Bouts of the Holy Trinity and the Virgin Mary?
The girls face
Where is the focal point in the Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Decapitating Holofernes?
The guys face thats getting murdered
What provides the conceptual unity of this work by the American sculptor Joseph Cornell?
The idea of confinement
Progressive rhythm makes the eye speed up or slow down as it moves across a work. Which of these buildings feature progressive rhythm?
The long walk up temple, two that are inside the building and looking at rings
Locate the focal point(s) in the Baroque Spanish artist Diego de Silva y Velázquez's painting Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor), which depicts the King of Spain's daughter surrounded by various attendants.
The man on the left in black, the little girl middle, the girl second from the rightmost person little, the painting by the door, the man in the doorway
Locate the focal point(s) in the nineteenth-century Japanese artist Ando Hiroshige's "Riverside Bamboo Market, Kyōbashi."
The moon, man on the boat, bottom of the bridge in middle right
Which, if any, of the following are themes of Tom Tykwer's 1998 film Run Lola Run?
The nature of time. The difference a few seconds can make
What clue reveals that Raphael combined one-point and two-point perspective in the composition of The School of Athens?
The position of the stone black being used as a table
Click on all the shapes that share a common attribute.
The three circles / The three in green
Irrespective of their cultural background, traditional Islamic artists have almost always delighted in complex patterns of interlaced motifs. Which of these patterned works were created by Islamic artists?
The two vases
Rhythm in visual design has many similarities with rhythm in other art forms, such as music. In which of these artworks is the visual rhythm not inspired by music?
The violin
Why were traditional Chinese landscape painters never really interested in portraying space from a single viewpoint?
They preferred to convey multiple viewpoints simultaneaously
Which of these individuals was a co-creator of the early movie Fred Ott's Sneeze in 1894?
Thomas Edison
Which twentieth-century American painter used brightness and color to create and manipulate our sense of distance in his painting The Wreck of the Ole '97?
Thomas Hart Benton
Why do the Swedish-born artist Claes Oldenburg and his wife Coosje van Bruggen make their sculptures of everyday objects so vast?
To poke fun..., to give them..., to express...
To reflect on life and spiritualityWhy do traditional Chinese artists employ asymmetrical balance in their works?
To reflect on life and spirituality
Identify the shades, tints, and tones of red in this diagram.
Tones down the middle. Tints top left. Shades bottom left.
Does this fifteenth-century Italian painting of St. Anthony portray a single episode from his life? If not, in what order do the episodes occur?
Top to bottom: First, second, third episode
Alternating rhythm can be used in a composition deliberately to communicate the idea of chaos and to make viewers feel uncomfortable.
True
It does not matter if a sculptor is creating a human statue on a monumental scale or a figure much smaller than lifesize, if the sculptor applies the ratio of the Golden Section, the sculpture will have naturalistic proportions.
True
The experience of color is very personal and subjective.
True
Vija Celmins purposefully did not create specific areas of emphasis in her photorealistic work Untitled (Ocean), because she wanted to illustrate the vast nature of the sea.
True
This diagram was created by the color theorist Josef Albers to demonstrate a type of color deception. What did he call it?
Two colors look like one
What is the name for the principle of art that involves the imposition of order and harmony on a design?
Unity
Inasmuch as - is about repetition and similarity in order to give a sense of harmony to an artwork, - is about uniqueness and diversity in order to give a work of art a jolt of energy.
Unity, variety
What is the lightness or darkness of a plane or area called?
Value
Which element of art is the primary means of establishing the focal point in the Baroque Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán's painting The Funeral of St. Bonaventure?
Value
What attribute of light determines its color?
Wavelength
Which primary colors form the basis of this work by the contemporary Argentinian artist Analia Saban?
Yellow, Magenta, Cyan
Which color has the strongest symbolic associations with each of these religious or philosophical traditions?
Yellow: buddhism, confucianism. Blue: judaism, christianity. Green: Islam
Which of the following phrases best defines the term anamorphosis?
an optical illusion
Which of the following observations is considered contextual analysis of Palmer Hayden's Midsummer Night in Harlem?
an understantding..., the church
What is the name for the principle of art that involves the organization and distribution of elements within a work in order to create a sense of visual equilibrium?
balance
What is the name for the type of art that reflects the passage of time, not through motion, but through the natural processes of growth and decay that organic materials undergo?
bioart
Which artistic technique is employed to particular effect in this work by the French artist Pierre-Paul Prud'hon?
chiaroscuro
What is the name of the principle of art involved when an artist uses noticeably different dark and light values to create a focal point or area of interest in a work?
contrast
Which of the following are distinctive features of the Netherlandish artist Hieronymus Bosch's style?
distorted proportions, fantastical details, inspired by folklore
A work of art is a product of the dynamic interrelationships between the various - of art—such as line, shape, -—and the various -—such as contrast, unity, -. The process of analysing their use in a work of art is known as -.
elements, color and motion, principles, rhythm and focal point, formal analysis
What is the name for the principle of art that involves drawing attention to particular content?
emphasis
An artwork or artistic style devoted to representing subjective emotions and experiences instead of objective or external reality is known by what term?
expressionist
Edvard Munch's The Scream depicts a dream the artist had.
false
Feminist analysis of Grande Odalisque by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres considers the role of women in nineteenth-century France but not viewers' perspectives on gender.
false
Formal analysis can be done only to a painting, not to a sculpture.
false
Hieronymus Bosch was a Surrealist painter from the 1920s.
false
Pablo Picasso was a very inventive artist who was never inspired by artists of the past.
false
Robert Mapplethorpe re-created traditional gendered roles of male and female to connect modern photography with painters from the past.
false
Studying art is purely an act of personal observation and individual interpretation.
false
The neighborhood shown in Palmer Hayden's Midsummer Night in Harlem could represent any neighborhood in America in the 1930s.
false
Which, if any, of these paintings employ(s) the technique of subordination deliberately to draw the viewer's attention away from a particular part of their composition?
gathered around campfire, two people
What do we call the sense that we get when we comprehend how compositional and conceptual unity work together in an artwork?
gestalt
A formal analysis of a painting will consider such things as the location of objects, the colors used, and the relationships between the parts of the composition. What atmosphere do you think is created in Edward Hopper's Nighthawks through such details?
loneliness
Which of these rectangles conforms to the proportions of the Golden Section?
middle left one
What kind of scale is used to represent objects so that they appear larger than they are in real life?
monumental
What is the name for a design when it is used as a unit within a pattern, like the plants on the side of this pot?
motif
A variety of different colors and patterns enlivens this work by the French painter Suzanne Valadon. But which are geometric patterns and which organic?
organic: thing shes resting head on, the blue sheet laying on, the blue sheet pattern going up left corner geometric: pants
What basic building block(s) does the contemporary American artist Chuck Close use to create this self-portrait?
painted organic concentric rings, painted diamond shapes
What is the name for the principle of art that involves an arrangement of predictably repeated art elements?
pattern
When two different colors of - are mixed, the result is - than before, and is known as - color.
pigment, darker, subtractive
What associations does the Canadian-born artist Agnes Martin intend to convey by not providing any specific point of emphasis in her painting Starlight?
profound calm, harmony with the universe
Which type(s) of analysis would not be appropriate for studying the Bust of Queen Nefertiti?
psycho
Which of the following analytical methods would be the most appropriate to help understand Munch's state of mind when he created The Scream?
psychological analysis
Which of these minimalist twentieth-century artworks feature pattern in their composition?
red, blue, light blue light red squiggly line one
According to Elvis Presley, which element or principle of art "is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over"?
rhythm
What type of emphasis is used in each of these twentieth-century sculptural works?
specific: swirl, wooden round broad: everything else
What is it called when emphasis is used to draw the viewer's attention away from a particular part of a composition?
subordination
Which of the following observations are relevant to a feminist analysis of the Grande Odalisque by Ingres?
the artist was male, the way the womans back was painted
Each of these observations relates to 80 Backs by Madgalena Abakanowicz. Match the type of analysis with the observation.
the burlap: formal abakanowicz: biographical, historical
What meanings or ideas does the use of rhythm communicate in the nineteenth-century French artist Rosa Bonheur's painting Plowing in the Nivernais: The Dressing of the Vines?
the dignity of hard work, the physical effort of plowing
What aspects of these Sumerian sculptures suggest that they are votive figures?
their hands are..., inscriptions..., the were found buried...
Why did the different religions that built the Great Mosque in Córdoba and the Church of Sainte-Madeleine at Vézelay employ such similar patterns and rhythms in their architecture?
to evoke the timelessness of prayer
80 Backs by Magdalena Abakanowicz was deeply influenced by the artist's personal experiences during and after World War II.
true
Artists can use any of the elements of art in order to emphasize focal points in their work.
true
How does Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres portray the body of the woman in Grande Odalisque?
with distortions
Analogous colors can be found close to each other on a color wheel. Which of these combinations of pigments contain analogous colors?
yellow-orange, blue-purple, orange-red, blue-green, red-blue, yellow-green
Complementary colors can be found opposite each other on a color wheel. Which of these combinations contain complementary colors?
(pink-green, orange-blue) (yellow-purple, orange-blue, red-green)
Excluding the outer border, how many matching sets of identical motifs are there in the design of this nineteenth-century quilt from Baltimore, Maryland?
0
How many vanishing points are employed in the twentieth-century Dutch artist M. C. Escher's Ascending and Descending?
3
Approximately how many different colors can the human eye perceive?
360
Click on the circle in each row with the strongest chroma.
8th, 4th, 6th
Solar Rotary by the contemporary American artist Nancy Holt is a sculptural work at the University of South Florida which features the movement of the sun. At the appropriate time of the year it casts a circular shadow on what?
A contrete ..... && A marker ....
In both kinetic art and performance art, objects physically move and change in real space and time. Which of the following are descriptions of genuine pieces of these art forms?
A spinning bicycle... && Playing a piano...
What does Robert Rauschenberg's use of variety in his sculpture Monogram communicate?
A transgression against traditional art and morals
dentify the location of the following items or people in the painting Las Meninas: A. Vanishing point B. Order of Santiago C. King Philip IV D. Princess Margarita
A: Man in doorway B: Man on left in black C: The painting to left of doorway D: Little princess girl
The Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai created a sense of visual harmony out of stormy chaos in his woodblock print "The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa" by organizing repetitions of shapes, colors, patterns, and textures. Match each element labeled in the print with the highlighted feature that most closely resembles it, using the same letter. (for example, use the letter B to indicate which element of the print most closely resembles the B marked in the artwork.)
A: boat in middle lower right B: mountain C: bottom right
Which of the following would be considered a primary source of information about an artist or their work?
ALL BUT a blog about a painting
Which of the following artworks are devoted more to representing the artist's subjective emotions and experiences than to objective or external reality?
ALL BUT diego velazquez
Which of these statements about Robert Mapplethorpe and his photography might encourage us to think about how gender affects our experience?
ALL BUT he painted portaits...
Artists create repetitive pulses, which viewers can anticipate in their work, by using identical shapes, sizes, colors, or textures over and over again. Which of these buildings employ such simple repetitive rhythm in their design?
ALL BUT the big temple with lots of stairs, and one with lots of water
Which part of the spectrum is absorbed and which part reflected when white light falls on the blue sweater? To select the answer, click on the outer grey edge of the spectrum adjacent to the appropriate part.
Absorbed: everything but blue. Reflected: blue
Which of the following individuals developed theories on light and its properties that were important for the development of linear perspective?
Alhazen, Mozi, Leon Battista Alberti
What form of visual balance is most obviously apparent in the composition of each of these paintings?
All asymmetrical except the one with red and people is symmetrical
Which of these buildings feature alternating rhythm in their design or decoration?
All but the temple one with looking like the presidents white house
Which of these figures, if any, are depicted using idealized human proportions?
All except the lady with the baby
The composition of which of these artworks features radial balance?
All except the man in the circle
This print from the series The Life of John Brown by the African-American artist Jacob Lawrence depicts the abolitionist's band of followers training in preparation for their armed insurrection at Harpers Ferry. But which, if any, of the twelve figures in it is depicted as the most significant?
All figures
Which of the following might contribute to this fifth-century Indian relief carving possessing gestalt unity?
All of them
Which aspect of color is most strongly represented in each of these paintings?
Analogous: boat, horse, jungle. Complementary: sunset, girl in forest
Each of these paintings is characterized by its artist's distinctive and expressive use of color. Who painted them?
Andre Derain (jungle), Paul Klee (black), Barnett Newman (red)
The brilliant orange hue of this giant wooden cocoa pod gives it a vibrant and festive character. For what purpose did the Ghanaian cocoa farmer who commissioned it have it made?
As a coffin
The nineteenth-century American artist Asher Brown Durand's painting Kindred Spirits is a particularly good example of the use of which form of perspective?
Atmospheric
Which type of perspective system is the main one used to provide the illusion of depth in each of these artworks?
Atmospheric (mona lisa), Multiple Point (bridge), Isometric (war), One-point (man hung)
Artists who wish to suggest the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional surface have a choice of three main types of perspective. - perspective modifies value, color, and texture to create the sense that some parts of an image are further away than others. - perspective uses diagonal parallel lines to communicate depth. -perspective relies on a system where lines appear to converge at points in space.
Atmospheric, Isometric, Linear
Which of the figures in this ancient Egyptian relief sculpture represents the pharaoh?
Big person
The architects of the Taj Mahal complex in India employed what form(s) of compositional balance in its design?
Bilateral & Radial
What is the component of paint with which the colored pigment is mixed so that it will adhere to a surface when applied to it?
Binder
Bird & Black/WhiteIn which of these works do dreams contribute to the sense of underlying conceptual unity?
Bird & Black/White
Which primary colors should be mixed to create each of these secondary colors? Note the different color wheels specified under the swatches of secondary color.
Blue: cyan-magenta, Yellow: green-red, Violet: blue-red
What do traditional Chinese scroll paintings and many modern computer and video games have in common?
Both employ isometric perspective
This Cubist still life of a café table by the Russian artist Marie Marevna represents several different viewpoints simultaneously. How has the artist imposed visual unity on the composition?
By using: a limited palette..., flat planes, strong angular lines
All these artworks create a sense of motion by the repetition of stationary elements. Who made them?
Ceiling: Jenny Holzer. Blue Waves: Bridget Riley. Black shapes: Giacomo Balla
Artists in ancient - designed a creature born of - known as a -, which appears on the side of this bronze ritual container made over - years ago.
China, Symettry, T'ao t'ieh, 3000
What are the fundamental properties of color?
Chroma, Hue, Tone, Value
Which of the following cultures employed principles of idealized human proportion to communicate connection with the spiritual world?
Classical Greece
Which element of art and design is the most vivid?
Color
Ancient Greek philosophers speculated that - might be a state of mind, and that the - we perceive is a unique experience for every person.
Color, Color
When using linear perspective in an artwork, it is important to be aware of the area that a person can clearly see when focusing on a single point in space. What is this area called?
Cone of vision
Sensations of color are often expressed in emotional terms. Which feelings best fit the statement "I'm feeling blue"?
Depressed and cold
Which of the following are essential attributes of time-based artworks such as film?
Duration, Scope, Chronology, Setting, Tempo, Intensity
The - of the early movie Fred Ott's Sneeze is 5 seconds. The - is 16 frames per second. The - is high because the action is sudden and strong. The - is limited because it is confined to a single activity. The - can be seen in the still frames as Fred Ott places some snuff in his nose, then sneezes. The - is the studio of the filmmakers.
Duration, tempo, intensity, scope, chronology, setting
Which historical culture(s) believed color could be used for healing?
Egyptian, Chinese, Persian
The composition of which of these artworks is asymmetrically balanced?
Every picture except the man with his arms out
An artist would probably use distorted scale if he or she wanted to create a lifelike scene that the viewer could relate to.
False
Artists made no attempt to express the passage of time in their works until the Renaissance.
False
Because none of the motifs in the central field of this nineteenth-century patchwork quilt is identical, the design on it is not a pattern.
False
Great artists never impose restrictions on the range of elements they use when creating a work.
False
In the traditional art of the Yoruba people of West Africa (like the image included here), human figures are represented in accordance with the ideal proportions identified by the ancient Egyptians.
False
The artist Filippo Brunelleschi invented linear perspective during the Italian Renaissance and proved its accuracy by measuring the height of the Florence Baptistery.
False
When we shine a mixture of red and blue light onto a white surface the resulting color is exactly the same as when we paint it with a mixture of red and blue pigment.
False
What genre of black-and-white films from the 1940s was known for its use of especially dark tones?
Film noir
Which of these art forms are capable of expressing actual time and motion?
Film, Performance, Sculpture, Bioart
What is the name for the center of interest or activity in a work of art, often employed to draw the viewer's attention to the most important element in it?
Focal point
What is the name of the perspective technique that is employed when depicting a form at a very oblique angle to the viewer in order to give the impression of depth in space?
Foreshortening
An important part of contextual analysis is being able to identify the historical period in which an artwork was made. When were these paintings created?
GIVE UP
Which color in Islamic art is associated with the peacefulness of prayer?
Green
Which of these colors did the Russian painter Vasily Kandinsky remember making a particularly vivid impression on him before he was three years old?
Green, red, orange, black
What does this quilt utilize to unify the composition?
Grid and variety
The use of non-overlapping parallel lines to convey darkness or lightness is known as -, and the use of additional parallel lines that overlap others is referred to as -.
Hatching, cross-hatching
Which adjective best describes the proportions of each of these vases?
Heavy: short stocky Elegant: long narrow Balanced: middle one
- and the artists of the - movement focused especially on using color as intensely as they could in order to reveal the rich character of painting
Henri Matisse, Fauve
When an artist uses scale to indicate the relative importance of elements in a composition, he or she is employing what kind of scale?
Hierarchial
The Flemish artist Jan van Eyck used - scale to communicate - importance in his painting Madonna in a Church.
Hierarchical, spiritual
The presence of Velázquez's self-portrait in Las Meninas indicates what about the painter?
High school
Where do each of these values occur on the illustrated sphere?
Highlight, light, core shadow, reflected light, cast shadow
