art appreciation final ICC

ICC art final

natural

Andy Goldsworthy uses________ materials to create sculptures that are ephemeral.

modeling

What method of sculpture illustrates the additive process?

clay

In sculpture, what is the most popular modeling material?

installation

What genre conceives of a space and everything in it as a work of art?

low relief

What term is used to describe sculpture in which figures project only slightly from the background?

casting

The lost-wax process is what type of sculptural method?

subtractive

The carving method is what type of sculptural process?

terra cotta

What is another term used to describe fired clay?

It is often used to decorate architecture.

What is a characteristic of relief sculpture?

high relief

The Indian sculpture Durga Fighting the Buffalo Demon is an example of______ sculpture.

It is abundant and relatively easy to work.

Why is wood such a popular craft material?

furniture

What is the most common product of woodworking art?

warp

In weaving, the set of fibers that is held taut on a loom or frame is called the:

stained glass

The Life of Saint Nicholas is what type of work?

blowing

What is the most common way to shape a hollow glass vessel?

plastic

When clay is wet, it becomes moldable and cohesive, or:

coiling

Pueblo potter María Martínez used what method to create her striking blackware?

textiles

Islamic cultures have focused a great deal of aesthetic attention on:

sand

What is the principal ingredient in glass?

the industrial revolution

The Arts and Crafts movement came about as a reaction to what event?

load-bearing construction

"Stacking and piling" is another term for what structural system?

cantilever

What structure is a horizontal form supported at only one end?

Frank Lloyd Wright

Fallingwater (the Kaufmann House in Mill Run, Pennsylvania) is a prime example of the “organic” architecture of what designer?

tensile strength

What term is used to describe the ability of a material to withstand tension?

Wainwright Building

Using a steel framework with masonry sheathing, the________, designed by Louis Sullivan, is thought by many to be the first genuinely modern building.

Pont du Gard at Nimes

Built almost 2000 years ago, the________ is an enduring testament to the Roman use of the arch.

Greek Orders

The Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian styles are known as what architectural style?

post-and-lintel

The Byodo-in Temple in Kyoto, Japan, is an elegant example of what structural system?

Dome

What type of structure is generated by rotating an arch 360 degrees about a vertical central axis?

Eiffel Tower

Built for the World’s Fair in 1889, the________ was an early experiment in iron construction.

Stonehendge

What is the most notable example of Neolithic architecture in Europe?

cuneiform

What early writing system, marked by wedge-shaped marks, was used in Mesopotamia?

animals

What is the primary subject matter of the cave paintings at Chauvet?

Amenhotep IV

Under the reign of________, a new, more naturalistic style of Egyptian art developed.

sunken relief

What technique is illustrated in the sculpture Akhenaten and His Family?

entasis

To compensate for the natural visual distortion in which tall columns appear to bend inward, the Greeks gave them a slight bulge, which is known as:

hierarchial scale

What term is used to describe the convention of representing social importance by size, often found in Egyptian art?

sun-dried brick

What material was the basis for most ancient Sumerian buildings?

bull

What animal is repeatedly found in the art of ancient Mesopotamia?

eternity

What did gold signify in ancient Egyptian culture and art?

transept

The cross-shaped floor plan of a church is formed by the combined shapes of the nave and the:

large windows of stained glass

What feature is NOT typical of Romanesque architecture?

Romanesque; Gothic

What are the two periods the art and architecture of the high Middle Ages is generally divided into?

clerestory

The walled, upward extension of the nave that is pierced with windows is called the:

octagon

What design form—unique to Byzantinian architecture—is seen in the church of San Vitale?

Interlace

________ is a pattern or patterns formed by intricately interwoven ribbons or bands.

 

Narthex

Mosaics

What type of art decorates the interior of San Vitale?

Congregational Worship

What aspect of Christianity required a fundamental change in the architecture of religious buildings?

a flattened, abstract style of art

Unlike their Greek and Roman predecessors, Byzantine artists preferred what type of aesthetic?

ambulatories

Architects of Romanesque churches began installing________ around the apse, which allowed the overflow of pilgrims to circulate freely around the interior of the church.

Christianity

A philosophy named Neo-Platonism reconciled the Classical beliefs of ancient Greece and Rome with what disparate system of thought?

A pope named Julius contracted Leonardo da Vinci to paint new ceiling frescoes in the chapel.

Which one of the following does NOT apply to the Sistine Chapel, in Rome in the Vatican?

tradespeople to intellectuals

How did the role of artists change from pre-Renaissance to after?

business

In what area did Leonardo da Vinci NOT specifically show his talents?

color and light

What were Venetian artists of the Renaissance, such as Titian and Giorgione, especially known for?

sensuality

As with much Venetian Renaissance art, Titian's Venus of Urbino demonstrates what quality?

Robert Campin

Who was an early master of oil painting on panel?

pyramidal

A favored device employed by Renaissance artists of Italy—such as Masaccio with Trinity with the Virgin, St. John the Evangelist, and Donors and Raphael with The Madonna of the Meadows—was __________ organization.

They aimed to retrieve and study as many texts from the Middle Ages as they could.

Which one of the following does NOT apply to Renaissance scholars referred to as humanists?

artist brothers

Who were the Limbourgs?

Louis XIV of France

The Palace of Versailles was home to what monarch?

Flemish

What nationality was Peter Paul Rubens?

all choices are correct (community, family and home, social organizations)

Unlike Baroque art from Catholic countries, Dutch Baroque art focused upon:

dramatic lighting

How did Baroque painters depict figures that seemed to project forward, out of the picture plane?

Gianlorenzo Bernini

What sculptor, famous for his work in the Cornaro Chapel, was also a painter, dramatist, and composer?

Artemisa Gentileschi

What painter produced Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, whose subject is taken from the biblical story of Judith?

genre

Paintings depicting scenes of everyday life are known as________ paintings.

the excavations of ancient pompeii and herculaneum

What event helped spark the Neoclassical style?

Baroque Sculpture

St. Teresa in Ecstasy is an example of what genre?

Classical simplicity

What characteristic is NOT typical of Italian Baroque art?

landscape

American Romantic art expressed itself most clearly through what subject?

realism

What artistic style avoided sentimentality?

impressionist

The spontaneity and directness of painting outdoors—made possible with portable oil colors—is evident in works by________ artists.

scenes of liesure involving the middle class

What was the subject matter of much Impressionist art?

object (luncheon in fur) Meret Oppenheim

What work is a good example of a Surrealist work?

color

What element of art was the focus of Fauvism?

lives of the middle and lower class

What subject did Realist artists seek to depict?

light

What element was a primary concern of Impressionist art?

Romantic

Eugène Delacroix was a leading practitioner of the______ style.

surrealism

Which art movement was directly influenced by Sigmund Freud’s theories of the unconscious?

action

What type of painting reveals the traces of an act, the painter’s dance of creation?

Young British Artists

What modern art group is known for their shocking images, as well as their skill at marketing and self-promotion?

Abstract Expressionalism

What style of art is associated with the New York School?

architecture

With what artistic medium was the term Postmodern first used?

Louise Nevelson

Which Abstract Expressionist artist was NOT a painter?

assemblage

What type of work is Robert Rauschenberg's Canyon?

drip technique

The quintessential Abstract Expressionist was Jackson Pollock, who by the late 1940s had perfected:

Land

Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels is an example of______ art.

art can take many directions at the same time, all of them equally valid

How can the idea of pluralism in Postmodernism be described?

Lorraine O’Grady

The work of artist______ raises issues of race, gender, and class and critiqued complacency in the face of prejudice and discrimination against Black Americans.