Art Appreciation Test Two

Answer: a high-relief sculpture.

Answer: an armature.

Answer: freestanding.

Pablo Picasso's Bull's Head

a coin.

freestanding sculpture.

the welding torch.

site-specific art.

assemblage.

William Morris

Faith Ringgold

work with clay.

Mesopotamia.

loom.

He worked with fiber.

metal inlay

wood

Painting was seen as "the big picture". A painting would begin from calculated lines of perspective. Bold outlines were often used. Mastery of the human body was important.

Painting was seen as as "looking through a magnifying glass". A painting would begin from close observation. The creation of a beautiful surface was essential. Mastery of detail was important.

The belief in the value of people in their everyday environment and the delights and beauties of life as they exist on earth. This replaced the Medieval focus upon a life in the hereafter.

Historically moved to this barren cave in the wilderness to seek communion with God, However, in this depiction he is close to a town, surrounded by a blossoming field and animals. He is represented standing in communion with nature, bathed in morning sunlight. Stands with hands outstretched showing the stigmata on his hands. This is another example where religious symbolism is integrated within scenes from daily life. Equality in scale of saintly and common people invites the viewer to more realistically see themselves as part of the scene

In Renaissance painting and sculpture one sees a culmination of naturalism in the form of more faithful representations of the world in terms of its appearances, based upon detailed and accurate observation. The symbolism of the Medieval period was replaced by naturalistic representations.

1. Ornate costumes embellished with gold leaf. 2. Subject matter literally fit for a king - courtly scenes, splendid processions 3. Refinement of technique and attention to detail recalls manuscript illumination.

The notion of individuality manifested itself in several ways: 1. Patrons of the arts began to compete for the personal talents of various artists. 2. Artists concerned themselves with documenting/ including individual personalities in their portraits. 3. The preoccupation with the individual is apparent in the artist's clear organization of lines, planes and central perspective which presumes that everything is seen from one central vantage point. 4. In all artistic media - painting, printmaking, sculpture, etc. - a strong emphasis is placed upon filling the works with genuine human dignity, with human individuality rather than stylized abstractions.

1. Use of atmospheric perspective. 2. Rich use of chiaroscuro [light and shadow]. 3. She used to have columns painted on each side of her until thieves cut the painting from its frame and in doing so , cut them off. 4. The grandeur of mountains in the background reinforces the mysterious atmosphere of the painting. 5. The use of a lightly tinted varnish that creates a smokey/ hazey effect is known as sfumato. This is meant to duplicate "dusk". 6. Mysterious facial expression - slight smile is not accompanied by warmth in her eyes. 7. It was fashionable in that time period for women to pluck their eyebrows and shave back their hairlines to create a larger forehead. 8. She has a bold, unflinching gaze, directed toward the viewer, and slightly unsettling in its directness.