Art Appreciation Ch.1 Test

Primitive art

The world’s oldest art- usually done on the walls of caves, desert rocks, and burial tombs to tell a story or mark a particular event.

Traditional art

Art that is familiar to most people in subject matter, form, and style. Two examples are landscapes and formal portraits.

Cultural art

Objects from the past that survive or are preserved - usually found in museums. Cultural art will encompass a variety of factors that make up a group of people. Domestic goods, weapons, farm implements, and religious items are a few examples.

Relic

a term for something that has survived the past

Archeologist

those who explore ancient cities and villages to discover, identify, and catalog relics

Abstract art

Art that does not resemble things in real life. Stresses the form of the subject matter rather than the actual appearance.

Contemporary art

Artworks that include those of today’s artist. Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the late 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world.

Fine art

A very broad category encompassing multiple categorical styles and mediums. Fine Art can be viewed in art galleries, art museums, art magazines, and art books.

Commercial art

In the most basic sense, commercial art is imagery created for advertising or marketing purposes. Commercial artists create graphic art used to sell products, like advertisements found in magazines, on social media, and other outlets.

Folk art

Art is typically learned with no formal training. Folk art is primarily utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic. Older generation may teach it to the next generation.

Define the word MEDIUM as it is used in art.

Medium is what you use to create the artwork.

Explain why people today might think of a Tapa Cloth as an artwork.

People today might think of a Tapa Cloth as an artwork because of the many different patterns. Also because of it’s unique medium (woven, dyed tree bark).

What makes the two-art works, MONA LISA and THE LAST SUPPER, so easily recognized?

The techniques Leonardo da Vinci used is what makes the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper so easily recognized.

List as many artworks as you can.

Mona Lisa, Starry Night, Last Supper, The Scream, The Girl with the Pearl Earring, Water Lillies, The Birth of Venus, The School of Athens, David, The Thinker.

Describe the different people that make up the art world.

Artist, medium manufacturers, seller, buyer, curator, advertisements, art students.

What is the difference between the “Medium” of an artwork and the “Subject” of an artwork?

The medium is the materials used to create the art piece, while the subject is what the art is about.

If you wanted to become and Archeologist, what would you need to study in school?

Archeology, world history, political history, science, art, religion, geography (landscape), math.

What advancements have helped contemporary artist?  List four.

Digital technology, internet social media, materials, advancements in mediums, alternative spaces to show artwork, changing attitudes towards art.

List 2-3 places you can find examples of primitive art, besides a museum.

Burial tombs, cave walls, desert rocks.

List five places you experience commercial art on a daily basis.

Target audience is needed and they need your attention for 3 seconds. Magazines, social media, movie posters, TV commercials, billboards.

Ceramic

fired clay; material that has been used in pottery for thousands if years