module 1

language

No society that we know of has lived without some form of art. The impulse to make and respond to art appears to be as deeply ingrained as the ability to learn ________________.

Stonehenge

The famous Neolithic structure in England, made of megaliths that once formed several concentric circles, is called________________

Paleolithic

Radiocarbon testing indicates that the earliest images made by humans date back to the __________ Period

Anthony Caro

“All art is basically Paleolithic or Neolithic: either the urge to smear soot and grease on cave walls or pile stone on stone” was said by _________________

Vietnam Veterans' Memorial

The most famous of Maya Lin’s works is the __________________________________

Shiva

The 10th-century copper sculpture illustrated in this chapter is the work of an artist performing the role of “giving tangible form to the unknown.” The unknown, in this case, is the physical form of the deity _____________.

Starry Night

Although Vincent van Gogh suffered emotionally throughout his life, he was able to give his emotions tangible form in works such as The __________ ___________.

simple, pure, and timeless

The sculptor Constantin Brancusi spent his life searching for forms that were __________, __________, and __________.

perception

The nature of __________ suggests that the most important key to looking at art is to become aware of the process of looking itself.

viewer

According to the author, the most important meaning of an artwork is what it means to the ___________.

life

Vanitas paintings meditate on the fleeting nature of earthly ___________ and happiness.

Audrey Flack

Wheel of Fortune was created by _________________________.

water; animal hair or reed; pigments

All of the following methods were used by prehistoric painters:
animal fats and __________ mixed together, the use of ________ brushes, and powdered __________ blown through hollow reeds

art dealer, emotional supporter, financial supporter

Theo van Gogh was Vincent van Gogh’s ________ dealer, brother, and supporter, both ___________ and ____________.

letters

We owe our access to Vincent van Gogh’s thoughts and feelings about many of his paintings to the many __________ he wrote to friends and relatives.

E. All these answers are correct.

The oldest drawings and paintings found the Chavet cave:
a. were not meant to embellish their habitats.
b. used natural pigments and charcoal.
c. created a connection with the beasts depicted.
d. established a connection with these beasts.
e. All these answers are correct.

A. The sculpture reports a story about a Hindu dancer

The function of artists to give tangible form to the unknown is evident in the 10th century sculpture Shiva Nataraja through images that represent the following concepts EXCEPT:
a. The sculpture reports a story about a Hindu dancer.
b. The sculpture represents destruction and rebirth of the universe.
c. The sculpture is a representation of the complexity of the cosmic moment.
d. The sculpture is a summoning of creation.
e. The sculpture offers refuge and relates to a message of “fear not.”

limited, artists, paintings

Van Gogh’s paintings are of high value because He plays a large role in Western art history. There are a __________ number of his paintings, but his work had a major influence on subsequent _________. It has been noted that his ____________ allow the viewer to feel a connection with the artist himself.

life-like

According to the author, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa dazzled his contemporaries because the portrait was almost miraculously __________________.

Middle Ages

During the ________ the term “art” was used roughly in the same sense as “craft.”

E. All these answers are correct.

The field of philosophy called aesthetics asks the question
a. What is art?
b. Can we apply our concept of art to art of the past?
c. Can we apply our concept of art to art of different cultures?
d. Is there one correct standard for judging art?
e. All these answers are correct.

Claude Monet

Fisherman’s Cottage on the Cliffs at Varengeville was painted by ___________________

folk, naive, intuitive, outsider

These terms describes work done by nonprofessionals:
___________ art
___________ art
___________ art
___________ art

iconography

To discover why the sculptor of the Amida Nyorai depicted the subject with elongated earlobes, specific hand gestures, and a bun atop his head requires the use of ________________.

visual

The term style is used to categorize a work of art by its _________________ characteristics.

artist, audience

Our modern ideas about art carry with them ideas about the __________ and the _______________.

pleasure

During the 18th century, beauty and art were discussed together because both were felt to provide ____________________

Pieta

________ is the name for a standard subject in Christian art, that of Mary, the mother of Jesus, holding her son after he was taken down from the cross.

naturalistic

If a work of art is faithful to our visual experience, its style is ___________________.

form

When discussing the size, shape, material, color, and composition of a work of art, we are discussing its ________________.

painting, sculpture, architecture

During the Renaissance in Western Europe, _____________, _____________, and _______________ came to be regarded as the more elevated of the arts.

iconography

After much study of the Arnolfini Double Portrait, experts agree that they still debate the work’s ________________.

E. All these answers are correct.

Context is a factor of ties that bind a work of art to the
a. life of its creator.
b. tradition it grows from and to which it responds.
c. audience for which it was made.
d. society in which it was circulated.
e. All these answers are correct.

an installation

Ann Hamilton’s Mantle is an example of ___________________.

silkscreen

Andy Warhol’s images created from celebrities are portrayed through mass produced multiple _____________________ images.

E

Which statement is NOT true regarding James Hamilton’s Throne of the Third Heaven… body of work?
a. The artist’s art was outside of the realm of professional training.
b. The artist was unknown until his death.
c. The work realized a spiritual vision.
d. The complete body of work resides now in the Smithsonian.
e. The artist intended the work to be viewed by everyone as a message of redemption.

D. All of these answers are correct.

Representational art with an approach to naturalism covers:
a. fabric drapes over bodies.
b. recording effects of light and shadow on form.
c. inner structures of bodies.
d. All of these answers are correct.
e. None of these answers is correct.

theme

According to the author, a work of art may fall into more than one __________.

D. all of these

Which of the following was designed as a place of worship or meditation?
a. Sainte-Chapelle
b. Great Mosque at Córdoba
c. the Buddhas in Bamiyan, Afghanistan.
d. all of these: Sainte-Chapelle, the Great Mosque at Córdoba, and the Buddhas in Bamiyan, Afghanistan
e. None of these answers is correct.

destruction

Iconoclasm means the ________ of images based on religious beliefs.

D. they share the same iconography

Cimabue’s Madonna Enthroned and Rathnasambhava, the Transcendent Buddha of the South are similar in all these ways EXCEPT
a. they share a common theme of the sacred.
b. their compositional structure is similar.
c. they both include symbolic hand gestures.
d. they share the same iconography.
e. they were made in the same century.

art; nature

_________ and __________are examples of themes in art?

bodhisattvas

Whereas the Christian image by Cimabue depicts the central figure surrounded by angels, the Buddhist image in this chapter shows the central figure surrounded by ________________.

tombs

The pyramids at Giza in Egypt were built as _______________.

life

The subject matter of Edward Hopper’s Gas depict aspects of everyday _____________.

The Garden of Earthly Delights

________ is the best-known work of the bizarrely inventive Hieronymus Bosch.

Romans

The ________ often created equestrian statues of their emperors.

photograph; print

Jeff Wall’s A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai) is a ________ that refers to a ________.

Spanish pavilion

Pablo Picasso painted Guernica in 1937 for the ___________ ____________ of the Paris World’s Fair.

Holocaust; Altar to the Chases High School

Christian Boltanski draws upon the _______ to create his work _______.

Pat Steir

The painter, _________, explores the varieties of visual delight, the natural instinctive pleasure we can take in the everyday experience of looking.

The Oxbow

Nineteenth-century American painters employed the American landscape as a subject. One such artist was Thomas Cole who focused on an area of the Connecticut River to create the __________.