According to Sayre what are the three steps int he process of seeing
reception, extraction, inference
Jan and Hubert van Eyck’s “The Great Altarpiece” is an example of
artists giving form to the immaterial: hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces or personal feelings
Kane Kwei’s “Coffin Orange in the Shape of a Cocoa Pod” is an example of
artists making functional objects and structures more pleasurable and elevating them or imbuing them with meaning
Renzo Piano’s Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center is an example of “green architecture” Such buildings are praised for their
self-sufficiency
Portraiture, such as John Ahearn are Rigoberto Torres’ “Pat” is an example of
artists making a visual record of the people, places, and events of their time and place
Where does Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama draw inspiration for her work
from very personal visual and existential experience of her surroundings
What is the function of the nsiki nkonde figure
it pursued wrongdoers at night and punished them when nails were driven into it
The imagery in Faith Ringgold’s “God Bless America” was inspired by the
Civil Rights movement in the 1960’s
Jasper Johns chose to paint his image of the American flag to express
his proclivity for things seen but not examined
Where did Picasso draw inspiration for the faces of the female figures on the right side of the composition of “Les Demosielles d’Avignon”
African ritual masks
Rene Margitte’s “The Treason of Images” asks of to consider
that images and words refer to things that we see, but are not the things themselves
In a work of art, content, refers to
what the work expresses or means
The term naturalistic or realistic art are sometimes used to describe
representational art
Jan van Eyck’s “Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanni Cenami” depicts many objects that have symbolic meaning. The use or study of these symbols is called
iconography
While in prison, Howling Wolf made drawings called
ledger drawings
In a work of art, form, refers to
the way it looks
Beatriz Milhaves “Carambola” is based on
the shapes, forms, and bright colors of Brazilian culture
When a work of art such as Kasimir Malevich’s “Black Square” shows no reference to the natural world of images, it is usually called
nonrepresentational
Which of these statements best defines visual literacy
the abililty to recognize, understand, and communicate the meaning of visual images
What is the content of Albert Beirstadt’s “Rocky Mountains”
It is a sublime representation of the mountain range that we can be seen to encompass the spirit and character of the American West
Maya Lin’s Memorial in Washington, D.C.
was controversial at first because of its non-traditional style
In Chapter 3, Sayre discusses two ways of valuing art. What are they?
monetary and intrinsic
Which sculptor eventually saw his controversial work destroyed
Richard Serra
Guillermo Gomez-Pena’s “The temple of Confessions” can be defined as what kind of art
performance and installation
Historically, why do many people receive new and innovative work with reservation
They have little context which to view the work
What is it that motivates most collectors to buy contemporary art
the pleasure of owning art and the prestige that confers upon them
Chris Ofili’s “The Holy Virgin Mary” displays aspects of the artist’s life, his African heritage and what else?
his Catholic upbringing
In 1860, Edouard Manet’s Dejeuner sur Iherbe” was rejected by the public due to its
modernity
Which artwork was described as “an explosion in a shingle factory”
Marcel Duchamp’s “Nide Descending a Staircase”
Considered a masterpiece of Renaissance art, Michelangelo’s “David” came under attack upon first viewing due to its
political symbolism
When each side of a composition is exactly the same, it shows
absolute symmetry
When dealing with balance in a two dimensional composition, an artist or designer is actually dealing with
visual weight
The process of organizing the formal elements of art into a unified composition is called
design
Proportion is defined as
the relationship between the parts to each other and the whole in a composition
Jan Vermeer’s “Women Holding a Balance” is a perfect example of
an asymmetrically balanced composition
The dimensions of an object, in relation to some constant, such as the human figure, are known as its
scale
The process of organizing the formal elements of art into unified composition is called
desgin
What is a term that describes an artist’s attempt to draw our eyes to one are of a composition
emphasis
Repetition often implies monotony, yet it also creates a sense of
rhythm
In her painting “Still Life with Lobster” Anna Vallayer-Coster establishes emphasis through
the manipulation of light and color
A popular drawing medium during the Renaissance consisted of a stylus of gold, silver or other metal that was dragged across a prepared ground of lead white, bone, and water. The process was called
metalpoint
The artist who felt that a cut line made with scissors could acquire more feeling than a pencil or charcoal was
Henri Matisse
The word paper is derived from
Egyptian papyrus
When ink is diluted with water and applied in broad flat areas, the result is called a
wash
In Kathe Kollwitz’s Self-Portrait, “Drawing” the artist has revealed the expressive capabilities of what medium
charcoal
Whitefield Lovell’s “Whispers from the Walls” is an example of
installation art
What was early paper in the West made of
cloth rags
Which of the following is a form of soft carbon discovered in England in 1564
Graphite
Dry drawing media consists of coloring agents, which are mixed with what to hold them together
binders
Who drew “Banana Flower”
Georgia O’Keeffe
When and where was printmaking first developed
in the 9th century in China
Because lithography the printing surface is completely flat, it is referred to as
planographic
Which process best describes intaglio printing
The area that prints is below the surface of the plate
What is the main advantage of linocut over woodcut printmaking
it is easier to cut into linoleum than wood
What is the chief advantage of printmaking over other media
the artist can make multiple copies of a single image
Which of the following is an example of relief printmaking
woodcut
What printmaking technique was used in The Nuremberg Chronicle
woodcut
Monotype is unique among printmaking processes because it produces
only one print from the plate
What is the process that assures that the colors of linocut or other relief print will align perfectly
Registration
If an artist pushes the point of a burin across a metal plate, forcing the metal up in silver in front of the burin, the process is called
engraving
Painting was largely considered a craft, lesser than other “arts” like poetry and music until
The Renaissance
When an artist paints with a mixture of watercolor pigment and Chinese white chalk, the process is called
a gouache
The painting process that allows for a continuous blending of tones and hues on the painting surface is called
oil painting
Artists can create a sense of luminous materiality in oil painting by brushing thin films of transparent color onto the surface, a process called
glazing
What is the main advantage of using oil paint over other paint media
It dries slower allowing more naturalistic development
What is the substance in paint that holds the particles of pigment together and often defines the characteristics of the various painting media
binder
Winslow Homer’s A Wall, Nassau was made using
watercolor washes
Paintings that consist of three painted panels, such as The Annunciation (Merode Altarpiece) by Robert Campin, are called
Triptychs
Where is focal point in Giotto’s Lamentation
Jesus’ head
What is the binder in “encaustic” painting
wax
The drawings by William Cameron Menzies are examples of a vital part of the film-making process called
storyboards
Color was introduced into film in what year
1939
Sound was introduced into film in what year
1927
Dodging and burning are darkroom processes by which the photographer can manipulate which aspect of a photo
value
The device invented in the sixteenth century as means of capturing images from the natural world is called
camera obscura
Nam June Paik was an innovator in which of these media
video sculpture
Still images from the film Battleship Potemkin demonstrate the montage technique of which filmmaker
Sergei Eisenstein
What film process was D.W. Griffith was the first great mater of
editing
Despite the success of the daguerreotype, the process had its drawbacks, primarily
that the image could not be reproduced
What is defined as the size of the opening in the lens when exposing a photograph to light
aperture
