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Injustice of bombing guernica.

Pablio Picasso's Guernica was intended as a commentary on (Fig.B6)

a part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole.

Proportion is defined as

What It looks like versus what it is

Rene Magritte's This is Not a Pipe asks us to consider__________. (Fig.B3)

Socioculture thories

Critics who examine the environmental influences on a work of art, such as the economic system, cultural values, and politics, use

Modernity

In 1863, Edouard Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) was rejected by the public due to its (Fig.B4)

Implied line.

In Giacometti's Man Pointing, our eye is directed down his right arm and past his pointed finger to some imagined point of interest beyond. This is an example of which formal element? (Fig.C2)

Loyalty.

In Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait, the dog symbolize in our culture (Fig.B9)

Fertility.

In Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait, the woman is wearing a green dress to symbolize (Fig.B9)

Figure-ground reversal

In M.C. Escher's Sky and Water I what can best be seen as (Fig.D8)

Foreshortening.

In The Dead Christ, Andrea Mantegna utilizes what technique in order to adjust the distortion created by the point of view? (Fig.D6)

What It depicts, subject matter, meaning, interpretation, significance.

In a work of art, "content" refers to

Lightness & darkness.

In art, the term "value" refers to the

Caravaggio.

In her painting Judith and the Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi demonstrates the close influence of (Fig.B10)

Overlapping.

In order to create a sense of space, the artist uses diminishing in sizes, vertical placement and _____?

Figural imagery

In religious contexts, traditional Muslims disfavor

Isaac newton.

In the 1660s, who discovered that color is a direct function of light by passing sunlight through a prism and observing the bands of spectrum of colors?

Shiva.

In the Hindu religion, the creator is Uma, the destroyer god is (Fig.B11)

Figure-ground reversal.

In the Rubin vase illustration, the black shape can be seen alternately as a foreground object resembling a vase, or as a background space between two white profiled faces. What is this relationship called? (Fig.D7)

Aesthetic

Objects that are intended to stimulate a sense of beauty in the viewer are thought to be _______ rather than functional.

Rhythm and repetition

Ogata Korin's Cranes exemplifies the principle of (Fig.F3)

Parallel.

On axonometric projection, all lines indicating height, width, and depth remain (Fig.D9)

Cool colors

On the color wheel, blues and greens are usually thought of as (Fig.E2)

Intermediate colors

On the color wheel, colors that lie directly between a secondary and primary are called

Unawareness of art history or trends.

One could be classified as an outsider artist because of his

chiaroscuro

One of the chief tools employed by artists of the Renaissance to show the effects of light is

Mudra

The symbolic hand gestures that refer to specific states of mind or events in the life of Buddha are called

Iconography

The symbolic meaning of visual signs and imagery in a work of art is known as

Trompe l'oeil

The term used to describe the "fool-the-eye" realism of William Harnett's painting A Smoke Backstage is (Fig.A3)

Representational art.

The terms naturalistic or realistic art are sometimes used to describe

Kinetic sculpture

Alexander Calder was one of the first artists to explore the possibilities of. (Fig.B7)

Kinetic.

Alexander Calder's "mobiles," like Untitled, move when air currents move through them, making them (Fig.B7)

Move in space.

Alexander Calder's mobiles are examples of "kinetic art," because they (Fig.D4)

Intensity

A color's brightness or dullness is called its

With different materials.

A mixed-media artwork is made

Logo

An identifying a letter mark or trademark is referred to as

Rhythm

Any kind of movement or structure of dominant and subordinate elements in sequence in a work of art refers to

Space

Architects are generally most concerned with qualities of

Proportion.

As is common in Egyptian art, the paintings creates the illusion of space by utilizing: (Fig.D5)

Representational art

Figurative art is a type of

Commentary.

Francisco Goya's Disasters of War is an example of art as a vehicle for (Fig.B5)

Radial balance

Gothic Cathedral's window best illustrates (Fig.B2)

Two-point linear perspective.

Gustave Caillebotte's Place de l'Europe on a Rainy Day is based on what specific type of perspective? (Fig.D2)

Volume

Hatching and cross-hatching are ways of turning line into what?

Abstract expressionism.

Jackson Pollock's work is an example of (Fig.B12)

Iconography

Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait depicts many objects that have symbolic meaning. The use or study of these symbols is called: (Fig.B1)

His proclivity for things seen but not examined

Jasper Johns chose to paint his image of the American flag to express: (Fig.A1)

Romare Bearden.

Jazz provided a notable influence on the work of

One-point linear perspective.

Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is based on what specific type of perspective? (Fig.D1)

Implied lines

Lines that create a sense of movement and direction are called

art criticism

Making discriminating judgments about art is inherent to

rhythm.

Repetition often implies monotony, yet it also creates a sense of (Fig.F3)

Collage and photomontage.

Romare Bearden's work is an example of

Proportions

Size relationships between parts of a whole are known as (Fig.F1)

The great mother goddess.

Some believe that the sculpture Woman of Willendorf was associated with (Fig.B8)

Expressive line.

The Starry Night, by Vincent van Gogh, indicates the power of the artist's (Fig.C1)

unity

The appearance of oneness in a work of art is

Tenebrism

The artist Artemisia Gentileschi heightens the drama of Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes by using a technique that comes from an Italian word meaning "murky." This technique is called (Fig.B10)

Pointillism

The artist that painted A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte was interested in a process of painting dots came to be known as (Fig.E1)

Artists are critical thinkers, meaning they question assumptions and explore new directions.

The believes that all people are creative, but artists possess qualities that most don't. Which of the following best describes these qualities

Contrast.

The juxtaposition of strongly dissimilar elements is referred to as

Composition

The organization of visual elements in an artwork is called

Chroma

The purity or saturation of a color is its

Palette

The range of colors that an artist has preferred to use in a work is referred to as the

Iconography

The stained-glass window from Gothic Cathedral is an excellent example of the use of (Fig.B2)

Impasto

Thick paint applied to a canvas, like Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night, creates actual texture known as (Fig.C1)

liner perspective

To provides the viewer with the illusion of the three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional surface by the use of

chiaroscuro

Two-dimensional artists create the illusion of volume with light by using the six catagories of light called

juxtaposition of nude and clothed figures in contemporary Parisiandress.

Viewers were shocked by Edouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), because of the (Fig.B4)

Iconography as religion

We can clearly see the artistic impulse to "give form to the immaterial," to represent hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, and personal feelings in

Emphasis

What is a term that describes an artist's attempt to draw our eyes to one area of a composition? (Fig.F2)

Red

What is green's complementary color?

Nonrepresentational

When a work of art shows no reference to the natural world of images, it is called

During the renaissance in Italy.

When and where was linear perspective first codified (studied, organized, and written down)?

Visual weight

When dealing with balance in a composition, an artist or designer is actually dealing with

symmetrical balance

When the two sides of a composition correspond to one another in size, shape, and placement of form, the work has

African ritual masks.

Where did Picasso draw inspiration for the faces of the female figures on the right side of the composition of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon? (Fig.A2)

Either color depending on how you look at it.

Where is the negative space in the Rubin vase? (Fig.D7)

at several points in the composition

Where is the vanishing point in Duccio's Perspective Analysis of Annunciation of the Death of the Virgin, from the Maestá Altarpiece? (Fig.D3)

Jesus' head

Where is the vanishing point in The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci? (Fig.D2)

Michelangelo

Which of the artists below created a work titled Pietà? (Fig.F1)

Content

Which of the following is not an aspect of texture?

Design

Which of the following is the result of the process of arranging, selecting, and ordering?

Aesthetics

Which of the following is used to describe an elevated awareness of beauty in the viewer?

The ability to recognize, understand, communicate the meaning of visual images.

Which of these statements best defines visual literacy?

Formal theories.

Which theories focus attention on the composition of an artwork and how earlier artworks may have influenced it?

Filippo Brunelleschi

Who was responsible for redefinition of space with the codification and usage of linear perspective.

Cooler and less distinct.

With atmospheric perspective, objects further from the viewer appear


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