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No society that we know of has lived without some form of art. The impulse to make and respond to art appears to be as deeply ingrained as the ability to learn ___________. |
language |
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The famous Neolithic structure in England, made of megaliths that once formed several concentric circles, is called ___________ |
stonehenge |
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Radiocarbon testing indicates that the earliest images made by humans date back to the ________ Period |
Paleolithic |
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"All art is basically Paleolithic or Neolithic: either the urge to smear soot and grease on cave walls or pile stone on stone" was said by |
Anthony Caro |
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The most famous of Maya Lin’s works is the |
Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
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The 10th-century copper sculpture illustrated in this chapter is the work of an artist performing the role of "giving tangible form to the unknown." The unknown, in this case, is the physical form of the deity |
Shiva |
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Although Vincent van Gogh suffered emotionally throughout his life, he was able to give his emotions tangible form in works such as The |
Starry Night |
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The sculptor Constantin Brancusi spent his life searching for forms that were |
simple, pure, and timeless |
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The nature of _______ suggests that the most important key to looking at art is to become aware of the process of looking itself. |
perception |
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According to the author, the most important meaning of an artwork is what it means to the |
viewer |
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Vanitas paintings meditate on the fleeting nature of earthly _____ and happiness |
life |
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Wheel of Fortune was created by |
Audrey Flack |
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All of the following methods were used by prehistoric painters: animal fats and _____ mixed together, the use of ____ brushes, and powdered _____ blown through hollow reeds |
water, animal hair or reeds, and pigments |
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Theo van Gogh was Vincent van Gogh’s ____ dealer, brother, and supporter; both _______ and _______ |
art, financial and emotional |
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We owe our access to Vincent van Gogh’s thoughts and feeling about many of his paintings to the many ____ he wrote to friends and relatives. |
letters |
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The oldest drawings and paintings found in the Chavet cave |
were not meant to embellish their habitats, used natural pigments and charcoal, created a connection with the beasts depicted, established a connection with these beasts, all of these answers |
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The function of artist to give tangible form to the unknown is evident in the 10th century sculpture Shiva Nataraja through images that represent the following concepts EXCEPT: |
The sculpture reports a story about a Hindu dancer |
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Van Gogh’s paintings are of high value because he plays a large role in Western art history. There are a _______ number of his paintings, but his work had a major influence on subsequent _______. It has been noted that his ______ allow the viewer to feel a connection with the artist himself. |
Limited, artists, painting |
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According to the author, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa dazzled his contemporaries because the portrait was almost miraculously _______ |
life like |
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During the _______ the term "art" was used roughly in the same sense as "craft." |
middle ages |
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The field of philosophy called aesthetics asks the question |
What is art, can we apply our concept of art to art of the past, can we apply our concept of art to art of different cultures, is there one correct standard for judging art, all of these |
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Fisherman’s Cottage on the Cliffs at Varengeville was painted by |
Claude Monet |
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These terms describe works done by nonprofessionals: |
Folk art, naïve art, intuitive art, outsider art |
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To discover why the sculptor of the Amida Nyorai depicted the subject with elongated earlobes, specific hand gestres, and a bun atop his head requires the use of |
iconography |
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The term style is used to categorize a work of art by its ______ characteristics |
visual |
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Our modern ideas about art carry with them ideas about the ____ and the ______ |
artist and audience |
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During the 18th century, beauty and art were discussed together because both were felt to provide _____ |
pleasure |
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_____ is the name for a standard subject in Christian art, that of Mary, the mother of Jesus, holding her son after he was taken down from the cross |
Pieta |
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if a work of art is faithful to our visual experience, its style is |
naturalistic |
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When discussing the size, shape, material, color, and composition of a work of art, we are discussing its |
form |
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During the Renaissance in Western Europe, _____, ______, and ______ came to be regards as the more elevated of the arts |
painting, sculpture, and architecture |
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After much study of the Arnolfini Double Portrait, experts agree that they still debate the work’s |
iconography |
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Context is a factor of ties that bind a work of art to the |
life of its creator, tradition it grows from and to which it responds, audience for which it was made, society in which it was circulated, all of these |
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Ann Hamilton’s Mantle is an example of |
installation |
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Andy Warhol’s images created from celebrities are portrayed through mass produced multiple _____ images |
silkscreen |
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which statement is NOT true regarding James Hamilton’s Throne of the Third Heaven… body of work? |
The artist intended the work to be viewed by everyone as a message of redemption |
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Representational art with an approach to naturalism covers: |
fabric drapes over bodies, recording effects of light and shadow on form, inner structures of bodies, all of these |
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According to the following was designed as a place of worship or meditation? |
all of these: Sainte-Chapelle, the Great Mosque at Cordoba, and the Buddhas in Bamiyan, Afghanistan |
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Iconoclasm means the _____ of images based on religious beliefs |
destruction |
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Cimabue’s Madonna Enthroned and Rathnasambhava, the Transcendent Buddha of the South are similar in all these ways EXCEPT |
they share the same iconography |
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___ and ____ are examples of themes in art |
art and nature |
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whereas the Christian image by Cimabue depicts the central figure surrounded by angels, the Buddhist image in this chapter shows the central figure surrounded by |
bodhisattvas |
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the pyramids at Giza Egypt wee built as |
tombs |
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The subject matter of Edward Hopper’s Gas depict aspects of everyday |
life |
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is the best-known work of the bizarrely inventive Hieronymus Bosch |
The Garden of Earthly Delights |
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The ____ often created equestrian statues of their emperors |
Romans |
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Jeff Wall’s A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai) is a _____ that refer to a ____ |
photograph, print |
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Pablo Picasso Painted Guernica in 1937 for the _______ ________ of the Paris World’s Fair |
Spanish Pavilion |
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Christian Boltanski draws upon the _____ to create his work ___ |
holocaust, Altar to the Chases High School |
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The painter, _____ , explores the varieties of visual delight, the natural instinctive pleasure we can take in the everyday experience of looking |
Pat Steir |
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19 century American painter employed the American landscape as a subject. One such artist was Thomas Cole who focused on an area of the Connecticut River to create the |
Oxbow |
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