AcDec Test Art Medium (25/26)

Why do historians prefer direct examination of artworks?

because important visual details are often lost in reproductions

What material was primarily used to create the earliest cave paintings in Chauvet Cave?

red ochre and black charcoal

What innovation allowed Gothic cathedrals to have large stained-glass windows and taller structures?

Flying buttresses

Which culture produced simplified, geometric nude female sculptures and marble vessels?

Cycladic

What major architectural project is Filippo Brunelleschi known for completing?

The dome of the Florence Cathedral

What role did Louis XIV play in the French art world?

He supported artists through the Salon and the Academy

Which artist was part of the German Expressionist group Die Brucke?

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Which element of Islamic art is most commonly found in sacred architecture?

abstract or calligraphic decoration

What is the primary method used to create relief prints?

cutting away parts of the surface of a plate

What is a key characteristic of mixed media artwork?

it combines different materials, sometimes with found objects.

How are I Saw the Figure 5 In Gold and Watch similar?

both use geometric abstraction and subtle motifs within the works.

Why is Alfred Stieglitz considered a significant figure in modern American art?

He used his galleries and publications to promote both European and American modernists

What subject matter would be most appealing to a pictorialist?

costumed figures

Does Couple, Harlem have active posing? (Y/N)

no

Which two works were most influenced by “Egyptomania”

Ethiopia Awakening and Chrysler Building

Which artist in the Art Resource Guide was most interested in politics?

Tina Modotti

Why did Thomas Hart Benton agree to be paid for his mural in eggs?

He needed the yolks to prepare the tempera paint

Which art work in the Art Resource Guide uses a worm’s eye view?

The Lawrence Tree

The figure in Ethiopia Awakening can be best described as

calm

Which two art works draw visual elements from Egypt’s history in the Art Resource Guide

Ethiopia Awakening and Let My People Go

What distinguished the Martinezes’ ceramics from traditional native pottery?

they were often signed

Which work in the Art Resource Guide includes several locations in its imagery?

City Activities with Dance Hall

What photograph in the selected works was shot without a camera?

Rayography

What are popular excessories included in 1920s women’s fashion

long beads, a boxy silhouettes, shorter skirts, and raccoon coats

The Chrysler Building can be best described as

Art Deco

Which art work of Spring Sale at Bendel’s, Saturdat Night, Ethiopia Awakening, Criss-Crossed Conveyors, and Let My People Go have no human figures visible?

Criss-Crossed Conveyors

In what ways does Demuth refrencd William Carlos Williams in I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold?

he depicts part of the name “BILL”, its title is taken from Williams’ poem, he includes the poet’s initials, and includes the letters “CARLO”

The colors in Let My People Go are

primarily complementary

Which of Woman on Sofa, Ethiopia Awakening, Spring Sale and Bendel’s, Couple, Harlem, and City Activities with Dance Hall do not depict 1920s fashions?

Ethiopia Awakening

Frank Lloyd Wright descrubed his interiors in which way?

“total work of art”

Is a visit with a doctor portrayed in City Activities with Dance Hall

a visit with a doctor

During Prohibition, illegal importatuon of liquor was known as

bootlegging

James Van Der Zee tooo his sitters outside in Couple, Harlem to

show off their limited-addition Cadillac

In the Ennis House, Frank Lloyd Wright was most influenced by early

Mexican (pre-Colombian) architecture

Comparing the palette of The Lawrence Tree with City Activities with Dance Hall, the Lawrence Tree has

a more limited palette

What is the best adjective to describe Spring Sale at Bendel’s?

lively

Leaf Pattern and Rayography both share

a limited palette, both are gelatin silvers, each are around the same dimensions, abd both reveal an intrest in formal properties of art.

The introduction of assembly lines brought in a new class of workers known as

managers

The deep brownish-gold patina of Ethiopia Awakening was used to make

identifying the subject as Black easier

The subject of Let My People Go was taken from

The Bible

What artist/Architect was hired by Fortune magazine to explore the themes of power?

Sheeler

What artist was said to have an intentionally amateurish style?

Stettheimer

“Harlem on My Mind” took place at

the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Which artwork in the Art Resource Guide looks like it could’ve been made by a machine?

Watch

Which artist makes the most use of shadows to add visual intrest to his/her work?

Imogen Cunningham

Which two artists of Georgia O’Keeffe, Man Ray, Van Der Zee, Motley, Stettheimer, Modotti, and the Martinezes?

Stettheimer and Murphy

Who is sometimes considered the father of conceptual art?

Dunchamp?

Aaron Douglas’ style incorporates

Pan-African imagery, geometry, Art Deco motifs, and ancient Egyptian wall painting

What areas grew most during the Great Migration?

Chicago, Detroit, New York

Briefly, the Chrysler Building was

New York’s tallest building