Chapter 1: Questions

What is one way that Rashaad Newsome creates an iconographical "mash up" in Saltire Compton? 1. He combined references from hip hoppers with traditional motifs associated with heraldry. 2. He included handmade and readymade objects. 3. He used different medias in the work. 4. He included text and images in the work.

1. He combined references from hip hoppers with traditional motifs associated with heraldry.

Which of the following factors makes the Cameroon Chief's Stool an example of abstract art? 1. The proportions of the figures are exaggerated. 2. The stool only has two colors. 3. The stool is hand carved with no power tools. 4. The stool was never meant to be used. It was a tribal decoration.

1. The proportions of the figures are exaggerated.

What is the function of retablo paintings in Mexico and the American Southwest? 1. They are a way to give thanks to God. 2. They are records of cultural traditions and beliefs. 3. They memorialize someone who has died after a serious illness. 4. They are decorative features in buildings where rituals are held.

1. They are a way to give thanks to God.

How does Robin Rhode's He Got Game encourage viewers to be creative? 1. Viewers must alter their habitual ways of looking to understand the photograph. 2. Viewers are asked to draw pictures in chalk on Rhode's photographs. 3. Viewers must reorganize the multiple photographs to understand the meaning. 4. Viewers may take the photographs home to share with their friends.

1. Viewers must alter their habitual ways of looking to understand the photograph.

Which of the following first inspired Georgia O'Keeffe's series of paintings based on flowers? 1. an interest in the shapes and colors of nature 2. the Southwestern desert landscape 3. the symbolic meanings of different flowers 4. her study of botany in college

1. an interest in the shapes and colors of nature

Who was the Philadelphia Wireman? 1. an unknown artist who made sculptures from refuse and other objects 2. a man who used wire and other found materials to create monumental sculptures in his backyard 3. a homeless man who created clothes and blankets from woven bits of wire 4. an outsider artist who became famous through the public exhibition of his works in museums

1. an unknown artist who made sculptures from refuse and other objects

Which aspect of Constantin Brancusi's The Kiss best demonstrates its abstraction? 1. its geometric form 2. its inspiration in nature 3. its expression of the idea of love 4. its unpainted limestone surface

1. its geometric form

Which of the following is an example of a figurative work of art? 1.Alana's Grandma 2. William Harnett's A Smoke Backstage 3. René Magritte's La Trahison des Images (Ceci n'est pas une pipe) 4. Sabatino "Simon" Rodia's Nuestro Pueblo

1.Alana's Grandma

A visual work of art is executed through the use of a medium and 1. skill. 2. innovation. 3. passion. 4. preliminary drawings.

1.skill

What is one consequence of professional training today in art schools, colleges, and university art departments? 1. Artists have to have a college degree. 2. Artists have more knowledge of historical and contemporary art history and alternate points of view. 3. Artists have to postpone exhibiting work until they graduate. 4. Artists have to learn to work in all media.

2. Artists have more knowledge of historical and contemporary art history and alternate points of view.

What is one factor that experts determined is universally common to children's drawings when they are six or younger? 1. drawing animals 2. depicting the world in symbolic rather than realistic ways 3. making stick figures 4. using crayons

2. depicting the world in symbolic rather than realistic ways

Which of the following activities would best be described as "seeing"? 1. viewing shared photographs of friends online 2. finding recognizable images in clouds 3. flipping through pages of magazine ads 4. window shopping while walking down the street

2. finding recognizable images in clouds

The Abstraction of a Cow series represents Theo van Doesburg's preference 1. for geometric shapes. 2. interest in simplification. 3. dislike of organic forms. 4. preference for bright colors.

2. interest in simplification.

Which specific iconographic element communicates hope in The Virgin of Carmel Saving Souls in Purgatory? 1. the flames at the bottom of the painting 2. the scapulars 3. the angels 4. the use of the color red

2. the scapulars

What distinguishes visual creativity from other creative practices? 1. the role of looking and close observation 2. the use of images 3. the demonstration of artistic skills 4. the originality of the artist

2. the use of images

What is one reason that people see art differently? 1. People do not always look closely. 2. People are easily confused about complex works. 3. Looking at art is always an individual, subjective experience. 4. Not everyone has 20/20 eyesight.

3. Looking at art is always an individual, subjective experience.

What is one reason that Echelman's choice of netting for Her Secret Is Patience contributes to the viewer's understanding and enjoyment of the work? 1. Fabrics had never been used in large public works or art installations. 2. Netting was the only medium that could be dyed the colors the artist wanted. 3. Netting is flexible and responds gracefully to the winds in Phoenix, so the work harmonizes with the city and forces of nature. 4. Netting was an economical choice for a large public work. Submit

3. Netting is flexible and responds gracefully to the winds in Phoenix, so the work harmonizes with the city and forces of nature.

Which of the following is an example of outside art? 1. Retablo (artist unknown) 2. Wallace's Peony quilt 3. Rodia's Watts Towers 4. Rhode's He Got Game

3. Rodia's Watts Towers

What is one way that Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings of flowers like Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. V altered our perceptions of flowers? 1. She painted them in extreme detail. 2. She painted them in very naturalistic colors. 3. She abstracted the form and eliminated the details. 4. She painted them in their naturally occurring size.

3. She abstracted the form and eliminated the details.

What statement best describes Janet Echelman's Her Secret Is Patience? 1. The abstraction of formal elements suggests no specific content in the work. 2. Content is understood primarily through the iconography of the sculpture. 3. The formal elements and iconography together reinforce the content. 4. The formal elements are most important in communicating the sculpture's content.

3. The formal elements and iconography together reinforce the content.

Which of the following is a trait of creative artists? 1. They are educated in art schools, colleges, or university art departments. 2. They have no training but are remarkably insightful. 3. They make connections across seemingly unrelated fields. 4. They demonstrate talent as little children.

3. They make connections across seemingly unrelated fields.

Iconography is most helpful to interpret 1. line, shape, and color. 2. the authenticity of the work. 3. how subjects, symbols, and motifs convey meaning. 4. the kind of media used.

3. how subjects, symbols, and motifs convey meaning.

Nonrepresentational works focus the viewer's attention on 1. unusual media. 2. historical references. 3. pure visual forms. 4. symbolic messages.

3. pure visual forms.

Which of the following traits is associated with creative people today? 1. intuition 2. stubbornness 3. talent 4. questioning

4. Questioning

What distinguishes the practice of seeing from that of looking? 1. Seeing involves comparing different works. 2. Seeing has to be done in front of the actual object. 3. People need more education to be able to correctly see. 4. Seeing involves our memories, emotions, and imagination.

4. Seeing involves our memories, emotions, and imagination.

Why is Nuestro Pueblo (Our Town) an example of outsider art?Sabatino "Simon" Rodia. Nuestro Pueblo. Distant view. Mixed media. Height 100'. Watts, California. 1. The artist worked independently of any tradition or style. 2. The artist did not use any power tools to make it. 3. The artist had no formal training in making art. 4. The artist used junk materials such as broken dishes, shells, and pipes.

4. The artist worked independently of any tradition or style.

Which of the following factors is common to all trompe l'oeil paintings? 1. They include figurative elements. 2. They represent objects as life size. 3. They include text. 4. They are highly illusionist.

4. They are highly illusionist.

Why do children often become less creative as they get older? 1. They come to rely on symbolic imagery to communicate ideas. 2. They come to doubt their creativity. 3. They come to use intuitive skills in drawing and composition. 4. They come to interpret things more personally.

4. They come to doubt their creativity.

What is one practical way to focus on a painting's form rather than its subject? 1. Ask the artist about the work. 2. Read about the work in art history texts. 3. Try to make a drawing of the painting. 4. Turn the painting upside down.

4. Turn the painting upside down.

Why have most trained artists historically been male? 1. Women held too many domestic responsibilities. 2. Women were thought to lack creativity 3. Women were thought to lack talent. 4. Women were denied apprenticeships.

4. Women were denied apprenticeships

Which artists create work based primarily on cultural traditions and practices? 1. outsider artists 2. untrained artists 3. child artists 4. folk artists

4. folk artist

What was the struggle for Romare Bearden in the work Prevalence of Ritual: Tidings. 1967? 1. experimenting with color 2. lack of formal training 3. balancing different photograph fragments 4. how effectively he communicated and his need for creative expression

4. how effectively he communicated and his need for creative expression

Which of the following terms best describes the ability to bring forth something new that has value? 1. experimentation 2. talent 3. representation 4. creativity

4.creativity

How does your textbook define a work of art? 1. anything that demonstrates human creativity 2. an image that evokes an emotional response 3. an aesthetically pleasing object with no obvious function 4. the visual expression of an idea or experience

4.the visual expression of an idea or experience