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 |
reproduce |
Radiocarbon testing indicates that the earliest images made by humans date back to |
the Paleolithic Period. |
"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. |
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. |
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. |
The sculptor Constantin Brancusi spent his life searching for forms that were |
all of these: simple, pure, and timeless. |
According to the author, the most important meaning of an artwork is |
what it means to the viewer. |
Wheel of Fortune was created by |
Audrey Flack. |
Theo van Gogh was Vincent van Gogh’s |
All these answers are correct. |
The oldest drawings and paintings found the Chavet cave: |
used natural pigments and charcoal. |
Van Gogh’s paintings are of high value because |
All these answers are correct. |
During the ________ the term "art" was used roughly in the same sense as "craft." |
Renaissance |
The field of philosophy called aesthetics asks the question |
All these answers are correct. |
Fisherman’s Cottage on the Cliffs at Varengeville was painted by |
Claude Monet. |
What term describes work done by nonprofessionals? |
All these answers are correct. |
To discover why the sculptor of the Amida Nyorai depicted the subject with elongated earlobes, specific hand gestures, and a bun atop his head requires the use of |
iconography. |
The term style is used to categorize a work of art by its |
visual characteristics. |
Our modern ideas about art carry with them ideas about |
the artist and the audience. |
During the 18th century, beauty and art were discussed together because both |
were felt to provide pleasure. |
________ 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. |
Pietà |
If a work of art is faithful to our visual experience, its style is |
naturalistic |
When discussing the size, shape, material, color, and composition of a work of art, we are discussing its |
form |
During the Renaissance in Western Europe, ________ came to be regarded as the more elevated of the arts. |
painting, sculpture, and architecture |
After much study of the Arnolfini Double Portrait, experts agree that |
they still debate the work’s iconography. |
Context is a factor of ties that bind a work of art to the |
All these answers are correct. |
Ann Hamilton’s Mantle is an example of |
installation |
Andy Warhol’s images created from celebrities are portrayed through mass produced: |
multiple silkscreen images. |
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. |
Representational art with an approach to naturalism covers: |
All of these answers are correct. |
According to the author, |
a work of art may fall into more than one theme. |
Which of the following was designed as a place of worship or meditation? |
all of these: Sainte-Chapelle, the Great Mosque at Córdoba, and the Buddhas in Bamiyan, Afghanistan |
Cimabue’s Madonna Enthroned and Rathnasambhava, the Transcendent Buddha of the South are similar in all these ways EXCEPT |
they share the same iconography. |
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 |
The pyramids at Giza in Egypt were built as |
tombs |
The subject matter of Edward Hopper’s Gas |
depict aspects of everyday life. |
________ is the best-known work of the bizarrely inventive Hieronymus Bosch. |
The Garden of Earthly Delights |
The ________ often created equestrian statues of their emperors. |
Romans |
Pablo Picasso painted Guernica in 1937 for |
the Spanish Pavilion of the Paris World’s Fair. |
Christian Boltanski draws upon the _______ to create his work _______. |
Holocaust; Altar to the Chases High School |
Nineteenth-century American painters 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. |
art
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