Art Appreciation

Front 1

List and briefly describe the four main historically accepted definitions of art.

Back 1

1)Mimesis-copying
2)Communication-expression
3)Significant Form-what we notice/ circular
4)Artworld-what artists say, expression of power

Front 2

List and briefly describe the four main kinds of stle.

Back 2

1)Period- same time, different place
2)Regional-same place, different time
3)Formal- different times and places
4)Personal- one individual

Front 3

What would be the point of constructing an elaborate artwork from sand and then sweeping it away?

Back 3

Buddhist non-attachment

Front 4

The textbook states the "Arts.... bring participants into unity with nature's forces and thereby give access to the creative energy of the universe." What is one term that describes this perspective?

Back 4

Pantheism

Front 5

T/F "Our high-tech multicultural society hs few shared traditions."

Back 5

True

Front 6

The text states that ".....people living in highly technological societies need art as much as the members culturally rich, traditional societies." how does the author suppor this claim?

Back 6

They don't support this claim

Front 7

One possible definition of art is: "The function of art in culture is to create and maintain a debate about the nature of ___________.

Back 7

Good

Front 8

Societies need the arts because there is nothing more dangerous than a powerful person with an unexamined sence of what is _______.

Back 8

Good

Front 9

All opinins are equal if and only if there is no such thing as ________

Back 9

Truth

Front 10

The endure suffering without complaint is to be _____

Back 10

Stoicism

Front 11

T/F Romare Bearden's artwork was intended to focus on universal themes

Back 11

True

Front 12

The president of Zimbabwe is _________________. On which continent is the nation of Zimbabwe located?

Back 12

Robert Mugabe; Africa

Front 13

To register a visual sensation is to _______, but to understand what one perceives is to ______

Back 13

Look; See

Front 14

State one reason why beauty might NOT be in the of the beholder.

Back 14

It is independant of the beholder

Front 15

The statement, "For there to be beauty, there much be ugliness" relies on ________ thinking.

Back 15

Dualistic

Front 16

The theory of signs is known as ____________.

Back 16

Semiotics

Front 17

T/F. non-representational art is a relatively recent invention, starting with modern art.

Back 17

False

Front 18

Form descibes the _______ attributes of an artwork. Content describes its ________.

Back 18

Physical; Meaning

Front 19

List three iconographic symbols and what they mean in Durer's etching "Knight, Death, and the Devil."

Back 19

1)knight-virtue, honor
2)dog-loyalty
3)city on the hill-virtue

Front 20

List the 5 main elements of visual design.

Back 20

1)line
2)shape
3)mass
4)color
5)texture

Front 21

List 4 out of the 7 key principles of design.

Back 21

1)unity/variety
2)balance
3)emphasis/contrast
4)rhythm
5)scale/proportion

Front 22

Lines can be considered paths of _______.

Back 22

Action

Front 23

Horizontal and vertical lines are considered _______ while diagonal lines read as ________

Back 23

Static (still); Dynamic (active)

Front 24

_______ lines are considered to be aggressive.

Back 24

Jagged

Front 25

The dominant shape in a composition is referred to as the _______ while the background or negative shape are referred to as the ________.

Back 25

Figure; Ground

Front 26

List the 3 main 2-D cues to spatial depth.

Back 26

1)height
2)scale
3)overlap

Front 27

Describe the difference between linear and atmospheric perspective.

Back 27

Linear is geometric and atmospheric is color of air

Front 28

List and briefly describe the 3 areas from which art criticism generally arises.

Back 28

1)formal-material
2)sociocultural-identity
3)emotional-feelings

Front 29

The 3 main forms of 2-D artworks are

Back 29

1)Drawing
2)Painting
3)Printmaking

Front 30

The 4 main forms of printmaking are:

Back 30

1)intaglio (angraving/etching)
2)relief printing (woodcut)
3)planographic printing
4)stncil printing (silkscreen)

Front 31

Describe the difference between original prints and reproductions.

Back 31

Original is hand-made and reproduction is a machine-made mass-production print.

Front 32

Describe the difference between a photograph and a photogram.

Back 32

photogram does not use a camera

Front 33

The brief retnetion of an image by our eyes creates the effect called the persistence of ________ without which movies would not be possible

Back 33

Vision

Front 34

just as early photographers tried to make their photographs look like paintings, early movie makers tried to make their movies look like __________

Back 34

Plays

Front 35

"......Digital imaging has undercut the traditional ______ value of photography."

Back 35

Truth

Front 36

Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin is known for the early use of _______, images flashed in quick succession

Back 36

Montage

Front 37

Fellini's La Dolce Vita is a critique of mass media from which the therm _______ derives.

Back 37

Papparrazzi

Front 38

India's popular film industry centered in Mumbai is know as _________.

Back 38

Bollywood

Front 39

What is the different between a logo and a symbol

Back 39

Logo is made out of words and letters

Front 40

The main difference between illustration and art is the _________ for which a visual object was made

Back 40

Purpose

Front 41

One main concern for today's computer-driven graphic designers is to use the computer to make their visual art look ________

Back 41

Hand-made

Front 42

Describe the subtle proportion distortion present in Michelangelo's Pieta, and give one plausible reason for this intentional distortion.

Back 42

Jesus is smaller than Mary to increase Jesus' childlike innoncence

Front 43

Name one common form of low-relief sculpture

Back 43

coins

Front 44

List and briefly describe the 4 main methods of sculture

Back 44

1)modeling-material is built up and added
2)carving-material is removed
3)casting-material is substituted
4)assembling-material is constructed

Front 45

Japanese Raku decoration began with objects intended to be used in the _____ ceremony

Back 45

Tea

Front 46

The difference between a closed form and an open form is that the open form _______ with the space around it.

Back 46

interacts

Front 47

T/F. Giacometti considered all of his works unfinished

Back 47

True

Front 48

T/F. Today textiles such as weaving and quilting are thought of as craft, not art.

Back 48

False

Front 49

Greek architecture is equated directly to a set of ideal values. Contemporary buildings most often made in this style are _______.

Back 49

Banks

Front 50

Greek/ Egyptian style is most closely associated with _________ ____ _______.

Back 50

Post and Lintel

Front 51

Roman style is most closely associated with _________ _____

Back 51

Circular Arch

Front 52

Gothic style is most closely associated with ______ _______

Back 52

Pointed Arch

Front 53

Modern style is most closely associated with ______ ____ _____

Back 53

Steel and Concrete

Front 54

Frank Lloyd Wright was the originator of the _______ style of architecture

Back 54

Prairie

Front 55

Why was Chicago the center of architecture innovation around the turn of the 20th century

Back 55

Chicago Fire of 1898

Front 56

Architectural design that is energy efficient and environmentally conscious is known as _________ architecture.

Back 56

Green