Art Appreciation Test 1

Veranda Post: Female Caryatid and Equestrian Figure, Olowe of Ise

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, Roman

Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli

Demoiselles d'Avignon, Pablo Picasso

Mother and Child, Mary Cassatt

Last Judgment, Wassily Kandinsky

Object, Meret Oppenheim

Abra III, Frank Stella

Shoki the Demon Queller, Utagawa Kunisada

They're Biting, Paul Klee

Recumbent Female Nude Figure Asleep, Rosso Fiorentino

Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, Thomas Gainsborough

Angkor Wat, Cambodian

Churning of the Ocean Milk, Cambodian

The Binocular Entrance to the Chiat Building, Claes Oldenburg

At the Milliner's, Edgar Degas

Marcel Duchamp, Joseph Stella

The Printmaker's Workshop, Japanese

Knight, Death, and the Devil, Albrecht Durer

Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol

Flag, Jasper Johns

Glass Bowl with Fruit, Roman

Venus of Urbino, Titian

Crinkly, Alexander Calder

The Marathon Boy, Greek

Running Fence, Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Do Women Have to be Naked to get into the Met. Museum?, Guerrilla Girls

Untitled (Self-Portrait of Marilyn Monroe), Cindy Sherman

The composition/design, the materials, and the size of the artwork.

The meaning of the artwork.

Artwork that imitates visual reality an illusion of reality.

Artwork that is made to depict the subject as being perfect.

Artwork that has heightened emotions, colors are boldly contrasting and spontaneous.

Any art form thought to be inspired or influenced by ancient Greek or Roman examples. It values perfection of form, with an emphasis on harmony and unity and restraint of emotion.

Artwork that has a dream-like quality, that defies logic, and has juxtaposition, contradictions of expectations about reality – or what we think is reality.

Artwork that has no reference to anything - art for the sake of art.

Artwork in which one can see an image and be able to recognize it for what it is, but the image is distorted in a certain way (cubism).

Using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous.

A moving point, having length and no width; actual ____ physically exist and can be broad, thin, straight, jagged, etc.

A flat 2D form with a defined outline.

The lightness or darkness of a surface – to create 3 dimensions.

The element of art that is produced when light, striking an object, is reflected back to the eye.

The artist is attempting to create the illusion of _____ in the painting. To create a sensual quality using the paint and to capture the ______ and create a sensation that we think we can touch it and feel =like you could feel it.

The distances or areas around, between or within components of a piece.

In Italian it means “light-dark,” an image that creates the illusion of 3D space by depicting light and shadow.

Black added to a hue of a color.

White added to a hue of a color.

2 or 3 colors sitting next to each other on the color wheel.

Theory that parallel lines appear to converge as they recede and appear to meet on the horizon line.

Corresponding to the viewer's eye, depending where the _____ is will give a sense of perspective.

The sense of equillibrium between two sides of an image.

The repetition of elements separated by intervals to suggest movement.

____ creates balance in an image and depends on the relationships between the elements of composition/design.

Also called formal balance because a form (formula) is used - a mirror image about a vertical axis.

Balance is achieved by arranging elements with drastic differences.

The two-dimensional surface or material that underlies the work.

Negative space of the image is cut out of the wood block, and ink is applied to the raised area. The ink will transfer to paper.

From Italian meaning “to cut into,” artists cut into a flat surface to make the image.

A color in powder form.

Substance mixed with pigment to fix the paint to the surface.

Ancient paint media where pigment mixed with hot wax.

Ancient paint media where pigment is applied to wet or dry plaster.

Painting method that allows intense colors with lustrous surfaces.

Objects meant to be seen from all sides.

A sculpture that is specifically designed for a particular place, the space becoming part of the experience of the artwork.

The ancient process by which a metal (such as silver, gold, brass or bronze) sculpture is cast from an artist's sculpture.

Artworks that use objects from the real world with few changes by the artist.

Usually mixed media and are designed for specific interior or exterior spaces. The artist considers the space of the gallery or site as part of their artistic medium.

An image or element that stands for or represents some other entity or concept. They are culturally determined and must be taught.

The pictorial material relating to or illustrating a subjec.

An image or element that is descriptive of something else.

Criticism that emphasizes the analysis of visual form (design, materials, and size).

Criticism that is rooted in the writings of Karl Marx, deals with the political and/or economic aspects of art. Even artwork that may seem neutral is still political.

Criticism that focuses on art as the product of individuals shaped by their pasts, their unconscious urges, and their social histories. (Sigmund Freud). It is appropriate for work that deals with strong emotional content, intuition, dream imagery, or fantasy.

Introduced by Jacques Derrida, it is criticism that holds that from the inside, any system looks natural and coherent, but it is in fact filled with unseen contradictions, myths, or stereotypes. Holds belief that art works have multiple meanings rather than one absolute interpretation.

Criticism that is concerned with the oppression of groups (especially women) in society and advocates equal social, political, and economic rights for all women and men.

Attempt to integrate all of the visual components of contemporary culture. People in industrialized nations consume massive numbers of images every day from film, ads, Internet, TV, etc.

Creating one or more focal points in an image.

______ expresses a range of emotions, such as fragility, roughness, anger, whimsy, vigor, etc.

The arrangement of formal elements in a work of art. Principles are: balance, rhythm, proportion, scale, emphasis, and unity & variety.

The area of an image is occupied by the subject.

The area of an image is surrounding the subject.

The use of repetition and difference to create a harmonious and dynamic design.