Chapter Two: Developing Visual Literacy

Front 1

According to the author, _____ is thought to be the most objective form of representation.

Back 1

photography

Front 2

The words in Lorna Simpson's "Necklines" contribute ____ to the work.

Back 2

a set of verbal associations

Front 3

The less a work of art resembles things in the real world, the more _____ it is said to be.

Back 3

abstract

Front 4

A work of art that makes no reference to the real, or objective, world is said to be _____.

Back 4

nonobjective

Front 5

When we refer to a work of art's _____, we mean everything from the materials used to make it, to the way its compositional elements are organized.

Back 5

form

Front 6

Evaluating one culture's art based upon another culture's conventions is called _____ evaluation.

Back 6

ethnocentric

Front 7

In Jan van Eyck's "The Marriage of Giovanni Arnolfini," the dog symbolizes fidelity. The study of such symbols is called _____.

Back 7

iconography

Front 8

The work of art _____, is fully representational.

Back 8

Pat