ART FINAL

The branch of philosophy that deals with natural and artistic beauty is \_________.

aesthetics

The oldest cave paintings known today were made around \_________.

30,000 BCE

Paleolithic simply means \_________.

Old Stone Age

Which artistic role was fulfilled in Jahangir Receives a Cup from Khusrau?

to record and commemorate.

The works in this chapter by Valdés and Flack are examples of \________ paintings.

vanitas

How did Vincent van Gogh die?

He committed suicide.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was designed by \_________.

a young college student.

The appreciation of a work of art can be enhanced greatly by knowing \_________.

all of these: its place in art history, and how and why it was made.

According to recent research, Stonehenge \_________.

marks a graveyard and possibly a religious complex.

Jim Hodges' Every Touch is composed of \_________

petals of artificial flowers.

Claude Monet belonged to a group of artists called \_________.

the Impressionists.

Since the Renaissance, Western societies differentiated between art and craft, as art \_________.

reveals imagination and genius.

picasso's painting First Communion would best be described as \_____

naturalistic.

The term "trompe l'oeil" is French for \_________.

fool the eye.

\______________ involves identifying, describing, and interpreting subject matter in art.

abstract

Style, as defined by recurring characteristics found in art, can be classified in terms of \_________.

All these answers are correct.

The definitions of form and content include that \_________.

form is the way that art looks; content is what the work is about.

n Janine Antoni's Gnaw, two 600-pound cubes of which materials were gnawed on by the artist?

chocolate and lard

The shamanistic rites of the Navajo culture have provided inspiration to the artist \_________.

Joseph Beuys.

Conceptual art as seen in the work of Felix Gonzales-Torres stresses that \_________.

the idea is more important than the object.

The difference between Thomas Cole's The Oxbow and Wang Jian's White Clouds Over Xiao and Xiang \_________

is that one explores the natural world and the other the world of fantasy.

The role of art in relation to the sacred realm

has been with us since the earliest of times.

Menkaure, Khafre, and Khufu are the names of

pharaohs.

Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People commemorated

the French Revolution of 1830.

What event prompted Pablo Picasso to create the painting Guernica?

the devastation of a Spanish city by Nazi bombers

A work of art that is made in three panels is called

triptych

In 1970, Robert Smithson arranged rock and earth in the Great Salt Lake in Utah, for an earthwork entitled

Artist Jeff Wall's "A Sudden Gust of Wind" is an example of "Art behind the art" which is a photographic reconstruction of a painting by \____________.

Hokusai

The Japanese artist Yayoi Kusamai's trademark motif is \________________ .

polka dots

The visual elements of art include all of the following except

style

During the twentieth century, \________ were added to the visual elements used by artists.

time and motion

Which of the following types of lines are used to create shading effects?

hatching

Théodore Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa effectively used \________ lines to create tension.

diagonal

2-dimensional objects are said to have \____________, and 3-dimensional objects are said to have \_____________

shape/mass

As a visual element, the term "value" refers to

shades of light and dark.

The term "chiaroscuro" comes from Italian, and literally means

light/dark

The three physical properties of color are

hue, value, and intensity.

The restoration of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper

All these answers are correct.

Art that physically moves, such as Alexander Calder's mobiles, is called \________ art.

kinetic

The organization of visual elements in two-dimensional art is called

composition.

Which of the following are not among the principles of design?

texture and color

Georgia O'Keeffe's Deer's Skull with Pedernal utilizes \________ balance.

symmetrical

Drawing attention to an area by contrasting dark and light is one way of demonstrating

emphasis and subordination.

Scale is defined as

the size relation of one object to a standard size.

The sculptor \________ is known for re-creating ordinary objects on an heroic scale.

Claes Oldenburg

Which ancient Roman's writings on architecture related the human body to geometric shapes?

Vitruvius

The Parthenon and the Modulor were both designed according to a ratio known as

the golden rectangle.

The design principle that is based on repetition is called

rhythm

Of what artist was it said, "At last! A woman on paper!"?

Georgia O'Keeffe

Which of the following media is the most common for drawings?

graphite pencil

The two broad categories into which traditional drawing materials are typically divided are

dry and liquid media.

Which of the following works of art was created with a charcoal drawing medium?

by Yvonne Jacquette

In art, pigment is

all of these: the colored material mixed with a binder for drawing; a material ground from organic or chemical substances; and the basis for the range of colors available in crayons, pastels, and chalks.

Artists use charred wood in order to produce

charcoal drawings.

Pastel is made up of

pigment bound with a non-greasy binder.

Applying water-diluted ink to a drawing surface with a brush creates

a wash.

Which medium involves drawing with a fine wire onto a coated surface?

metalpoint

Degas's The Singer In Green is

All of these are correct

Paper was invented in

China

The substance that holds the pigments together without dissolving them is the

medium.

To prepare the painting surface, an artist usually applies a

ground

Oil paint applied in very thin translucent layers is called

a glaze

The most common medium for oil paint is

linseed oil.

For encaustic, the medium or binder is made of

hot wax.

The most celebrated frescoes of the 20th century were from

Mexico.

A full-size drawing used for painting projects is called a

cartoon

The most famous emulsion for tempera paint is \________ as their preferred medium.

egg yolk

Painting with oils "all at once" in a spontaneous, single pass is known as

alla prima

Gouache is a watercolor medium into which \________ has been added.

an inert white pigment

The following factors have contributed to the influence of graphic design except

the rise of Nazism in thirties Germany.

A \________ is a designer's blueprint for a work such as a book or magazine.

layout

In the 15th century, the single-sheet ancestors of today's brochures and newspapers were called

broadsides.

Among the most pervasive symbols of our time are

Logos and trademarks

A standardized text logo is called a

wordmark

The U.S. Department of Transportation commissioned the American Institute of Graphic Arts to

develop a set of symbols that could communicate across language barriers.

Typeface refers to

style, type

Among the most famous of all 19th-century posters are those created by

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Which of the following first allowed designers the means to communicate to a broad public?

printing press

To "set type" means

to create and place it into position

Subtractive processes include

carving

In sculpture, the term contrapposto means that the figure is

posed with the weight of the body shifted onto one foot.

Running Fence, Surrounded Islands, and The Gates are just a few of the works created by

Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

Which artist said "I chose the body as a subject...because it is the one form that we all share"?

kiki smith

Louise Bourgeois's Red Room (Child) was made using the sculptural process of

assembling

Sculpture in which the subjects project very slightly from the background is called

low relief

In traditional African sculpture, the human figure most often represents

spirits

The additive process of sculpture includes

modeling and assembling only.

Which sculptor created Michael Jackson as a figurine on a monumental scale, a precious and fragile collectible?

Jeff Koons

Sculpture that is freestanding and completely finished on all sides is called

in the round.

Which of the following artists revived the traditions of fine pottery making among the Pueblo people?

Maria Martinez

Slab construction and coiling are techniques used in

ceramics

Although no definite line separate crafts from other art objects, one helpful distinction is that

in crafts there is a special emphasis on the materials used.

Weaving is created with two interlaced sets of fibers that form a grid-like pattern called

warp and weft.

Which of the following is a fine white clay that fires at the highest temperatures?

porcelain

\________ involves heating a chunk of metal over a fire, then beating and shaping it with hammers.

Forging

The principal ingredient of glass is

sand

A craft medium that does not require heat, but is susceptible to damage from heat and cold is

wood

Stained glass is made by

cutting and piecing together bits of colored glass

Carpets, rugs, tapestries and clothing would fall into the category of \_________ art.

fiber

The oldest surviving set of laws from ancient Mesopotamia was recorded in

Hammurabi's Code.