.art Appreciation Test #3 Study Guide (Off Pp Review)

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Chapter 4
Vocabulary:

***1. Style (pg. 92) –

Michelangelo, impressionism, Aftican masks, and early Christian art all have style

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Characteristic Mode of Artistic Expression or Design

A distinctive handling of elements and media associated with the work of an individual artist, a school or movement, or a specific culture or time period.

KNOW - Definition and name some examples of this.

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***6. Representational Art (pg. 96) –

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Presents Natural Objects in Recognizable, but Not Realistic, Form

Art that presents natural objects in recognizable form.

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***10. Cubism (pg. 96) –

The 2 types are:
Synthetic (Collage, man-made materials)
Analytical

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Transforms Natural Forms into Largely Angular Geometric Equivalents

A 20th-century style developed by Picasso and Braque that emphasizes the 2-D of the canvas, characterized by multiple views of an object and the reduction of form to ____like essentials.

KNOW - What 2 types are there?

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***14. Content (pg. 99) –

form, subject matter, and underlying meaning or themes; Elements and Composition

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Everything Contained in a Work of Art

All that is contained in a work of art; the visual elements,

KNOW - What is included in this?

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***15. Iconography (pg. 102) –

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Study of Themes and Symbols in Visual Arts (the Figures and Images that Lend Works their Underlying Meanings)

A set of conventional meanings attached to images; as an artistic approach, representation or illustration that uses the visual conventions and symbols of a culture.

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***9. Tempera (pg. 124) –

This is the medium of middle-age painters

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Ground Pigments Mixed with Egg Yolk or Eggs Thinned with Water

A kind of painting in which pigments are mixed with casein, size, or egg – particularly egg yolk – to create a dull finish.

KNOW - Who used to use this as their medium?

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***13. Oil (pg. 124) –

Oil is crayon's vehicle.

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Paint in which pigments are combined with an oil medium.

KNOW - What is it? What medium?

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***15. Acrylic (pg. 128) –

What is it? (plastic)
Vehicle? (polymer/plastic)

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A paint in which pigments are combined with a synthetic plastic medium that is durable, water soluble, and quick drying.

KNOW - What is it? Vehicle?

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***16. Watercolor (pg. 130) –

(They dry fast and are transportable)

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Paint with a water medium. Mixing pigments with a gum binder and thinning the mixture with water usually make ___________.

KNOW - Why do artists do rapid sketches and preparatory studies in watercolor?

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***18. Gouache (pg. 130) –

KNOW - This is opaque because the vehicle is chalk and this is the style of the Bynzatine/Romanesque era of Christian art.

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Watercolor mixed with a high concentration of vehicle and an opaque ingredient such as chalk.

KNOW - What is it's vehicle and what style of Christian art?

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***19. Spray Paint (pg. 131) –

"tags" are the artists signature; associated with hip hop music

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Paint in a can

KNOW - What are "tags" considered and what type of music is this associated with?

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***22. Collages (pg. 132) –

Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque

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Combining 2-D Objects Creating an Image; Materials Pasted to a 2-D Surface

An assemblage of 2-D objects to create an image; works of art in which materials such as paper, cloth, and wood are pasted to a 2-D surface, such as a wooden panel or canvas (from coller, French for “to paste”).

KNOW - Who were the 1st 2 artists to do this?

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What syle is this? (Pop Art)
What media? (Cartoon)

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***1. 4-2 Roy Lichenstein, “Forget it! Forget Me!” (1962)

KNOW - What syle is this? What media?

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What type of art is this? (Non-Objective)

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***3. 4-8 Barbara Hepworth, “Two Figures (Menhirs)” (1954 - 1955)

KNOW - What type of art is this?

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Which of the 2 George Washington paintings are More recent? (This one is older)
Modeling? (modeling makes this look realistic)
Why? (More realistic, has depth)

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***13. 6-7 Gilbert Stuart, “George Washinton” (1796)

KNOW - What makes this look realistic? and Which of the 2 George Washington paintings are More recent? Why?

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This piece was done on a shaped canvas and resembles a komono (this image will not be on the test)

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***15. 6-10 Helen Oji, “Mount St. Helen’s” (1980)

KNOW - What kind of canvas is this and what does it resemble?

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***5. Realism (pg. 95) –

What is realism? (imitates reality)

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19th Century Style, Portrayed by Accurate and Truthful Subject Matter (Seen or Viewed through Truth)

A style characterized by accurate and truthful portrayal of subject matter; a 19th-centruy style that portrayed subject matter in this manner.

(The portrayal of people and things as they are seen by the eye or really thought to be, without idealization, without distortion.)

KNOW - What is realism?

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***12. Form (pg. 99) –

The ____ of an artwork includes all the elements that make up its composition. (form)

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Totality in a Work of Art

The totality of what the viewer sees in a work of art; a product of the composition of visual elements.

(Includes the colors used, textures and shapes, illusion of 3-D, balance, rhythm, or unity of design.)

KNOW - The ____ of an artwork includes all the elements that make up its composition.

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***7. Expressionistic (pg. 96) –

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Emphasizing the distortion of color and form to achieve an emotional impact; also refers to a modern art movement.

KNOW - This type of art achieves heightened emotional impact how?

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***8. Abstract (pg. 96) –

(Art that Departs Significantly from the Actual Appearance of Things but still Holds Form and Nature of an Object)

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Art that Departs Significantly from the Actual Appearance of Things but still Holds Form and Nature of an Object

A form of art characterized by simplified or distorted rendering of an object that has the essential form or nature of that object; a form of nonobjective art in which the forms make no reference to visible reality.

KNOW - What is abstract?

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***9. Nonobjective (pg. 96) –

Non-objective and Non-representational are the same thing.

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Makes No Reference to Nature or Reality

Art that does not portray figures or objects; art without real models or subject matter.

KNOW - What are the 2 names of this?

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Artist who did this piece (Grant Wood, there is a W in the pitchfork)
this piece reflected who we are (our values, etc.)
What type of painting is this? (Realistic)

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***4. 4-9 Grant Wood, “American Gothic” (1930)

KNOW - Artist who did this piece. This piece reflected what? What type of painting is this?

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Chapter 5
Vocabulary:

***1. Drawing (pg. 105) –

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The Result of an Implement Running Over a Surface and Leaving Some Trace of the Gesture

The art of running an implement that leaves a mark over a surface; a work of art created in this manner.

KNOW - Definition

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***2. Support (pg. 106) –

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A surface on which a 2-D (usually) work of art is made (what an artist draws on).

KNOW - Definition

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***6. Silverpoint (pg. 108) –

What is it? (piece of silver, problem is light, and can't erase; the pencil replaced it)

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A drawing medium in which a silver-lined instrument inscribes lines on a surface that has been coated with a ground or pigment.

(One of the oldest drawing media, used widely from the late Middle Ages to the early 1500’s.)

KNOW - What is it? What is the "problem" with it? What replaced it?

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***12. Charcoal (pg. 110) –

Our ancient ancestors used what to draw where? (charcoal, cave walls)

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A form of carbon produced by partially burning wood or other organic matter; it can be used as a drawing implement.

KNOW - Our ancient ancestors used what to draw where?

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***24. Calligraphy (pg. 114) –

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Beautiful handwriting; penmanship; ornamental writing with a pen or brush.

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***33. Cartoons (pg. 118) –

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Originally, a preparatory drawing made for a fresco, usually on paper and drawn to scale; a drawing that caricatures or satirizes an event or person of topical interest. Also see animation. Derived from the Italian cartone, meaning, “paper.”

KNOW - Definition and it's use (old and new)

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***3. Vehicle (pg. 122) –

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A liquid such as water or oil with which pigments are mixed for painting.

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How does he show his inner torment? (His use of color, distortion of shape, and brushstroke)
What type of art is this? (Expressionistic)

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***2. 4-5 Oskar Kokoschka, “The Tempest” (1914)

KNOW - How does he show his inner torment? What type of art is this?

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This piece is Non-representational (Non-objective)
Judy Pfaff is the artist

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***5. 4-11 Judy Pfaff, “Voodoo” (1981)

KNOW - What type of piece is this? Know Artist

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KNOW - This is an example of what? (preparitory drawing and cartoon)

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***6. 5-9 Michelangelo, “Studies for The Libyan Sybil” (1510 - 1511)

KNOW - This is an example of what?

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What were Degas' favorite subjects? (Women bathing, ballet, and horses)
What type of medium did he use so he could sketch quickly? (pastels)

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***7. 5-11 Edgar Degas, “Woman at her Toilette” (1903)

KNOW - What were Degas' favorite subjects? and What type of medium did he use so he could sketch quickly?

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This piece was done in different sections, so it dried in sections (fresco).

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***12. 6-1 Giotto, “Lamentation” (1305)

KNOW - Why does this piece show joints?

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***19. Jacques-Louis David (pg. 99) –

KNOW - Quote: "To give a body and a perfect form to your thought, this alone is what it is to be an artist" and that he was a realist artist.

What type of artist is he? (Realist)

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“Death of Marat” (1793) Oil on Canvass (63-3/4” x 49-1/8”)

KNOW - Quote: "To give a body and a perfect form to your thought, this alone is what it is to be an artist"

What type of artist is he?

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***9. What main drawing medium did the Middle Ages use?

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Silverpoint

KNOW - This was used from the Middle Ages to the 1500's, and that it was replaced by (pencil, i think...)

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***10. What are the available colors for chalk and pastels?

KNOW THE EARTH COLORS
Earth Colors:
Umber - Yellowish or Reddish Brown (Oxides of Manganese and Iron)
Sanguine - Red
White
Black
Sienna

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They come in many colors, but some are:

Nature Colors:
Ocher - Dark Yellow (Iron Oxide from some clays)

KNOW THE EARTH COLORS
Earth Colors:
Umber - Yellowish or Reddish Brown (Oxides of Manganese and Iron)
Sanguine - Red
White
Black
Sienna

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***14. What is a biding agent in painting?

This is also known as Vehicle.

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A liquid such as water or oil with which pigments are mixed for painting.

KNOW - What is this also known as?

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***10. Claudio Bravo (pg. 110) –

Type of work?
Artist? Claudio Bravo
Type of paper? (brown wrapping paper)

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“Package” (1969) Charcoal, Pastel, and Sanguine (30-7/8” x 22-1/2”)

KNOW - Type of work? Artist? and Type of paper?

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Who the artist is (Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith)
the text terms this (mental sketchbook)

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***8. 5-12 Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith, “The Environment: Be a Shepherd” (1989)

KNOW - Who the artist is and that the text terms this what?

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Who focuses their art on sourthernshack dwellers? (Beverly Buchanon)

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***9. 5-15 Beverly Buchanan, “Henriette’s Yard” (1995)

KNOW - Who focuses their art on sourthernshack dwellers?

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What does this piece use? This piece uses linear (found on pg. 115)

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***10. 5-17 Jean Dubuffet, “Garden” (1952)

KNOW - What does this piece use? (found on pg. 115)

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Artist who did this (Honore Daumier)
what's it about (The Lawyer is defending a "smirking" client)

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***11. 5-22 Honore Daumier, “Counsel for the Defense (The Advocate)” (1862 - 1865)

KNOW - Artist who did this and what's it about?

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KNOW - This photo-realism work contradicts what we think of when studying watercolor, as it is more fluid than most watercolors.

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***16. 6-13 Ralph Goings, “Rock Ola” (1992)

KNOW - What type of work is this and what is different about this than most watercolors?

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What type of paint did Greeks/Egyptians use on their statues? (Wax)
Vehicle? (Encaustic)

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What type of paint did Greeks/Egyptians use on their statues? Vehicle?

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Who are the masters of the brush and ink medium? (Chinese) What is the type of writing/drawing? (Calligraphy)

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Who are the masters of the brush and ink medium? What is the type of writing/drawing?

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Artist? (Donna Rosenthal)
What type? (?)

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Know the artist and what type of art "He said, She said" is on pg. 97

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Debuffet's piece on pg. 115 uses what? (linear)

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Debuffet's piece on pg. 115 uses what?