Art Test

Iconoclasm means the destruction of images based on religious beliefs. It was coined to describe one side of a debate. How long did this debate last?

The Egyptians imagined he afterlife as resembling earthy life in every detail. Who were the pyramids built for? Which is the largest of the three pyramids in your book?

Where was Robert Rauschenberg born? How did he support himself when he moved to New York in 1950?

The art movement Surrealism grew out of Dada and fantasy art. Hieronymus Bosch did a "fantasy" triptych. Define the term triptych.

Henri Rousseau style is often considered naive meaning untrained in the arts. What new term, (see chapter two power point lecture), could also be used to describe this artist?

Keeping in mind the three styles of expression discussed in chapter two- what style of expression does Thomas Cole use in The Oxbow?

What is the most important and honored subject in Chinese painting tradition

Robert Smithson's SpiralJetty is an example of land art also known as a ________________.

This work, by Jeff Wall, is a photograph that refers to a print.

During this time in history the term "art" was used roughly in the same sense a "craft." Name this historical period.

Van Gogh could have never imaged his work would eventually sell for millions of dollars. According to your book, why are his works so valuable today?

When judging the success of a work of art we must consider the intent of the artist. The portrait of the Mona Lisa painter by Leonardo da Vinci looks miraculously lifelike. Andy Warhol, who is associated with pop art, also did a work of the Mono Lisa in which he portrays her as an endless celebrity. What did Warhol call his famous work of the Mona Lisa?

who did the work titled fountain

Who painted Fisherman's Cottage on the Cliffs at Varengeville? What media did he use? Media (medium) refers to the material from which a work of art is made. For example-watercolor, oils, acrylic, stone, metal, etc.

During the 18thcentury, beauty and art were discussed together because both were felt to provide pleasure. But is pleasure what we always feel in looking at art? Sadness might be more appropriate for Giovanni Bellini's painting Pietà. What does the term Pietà mean?

Define the terms representational, abstract, and nonrepresentational. Consult your power point lecture for chapter two for interchangeable terms which mean the same as the three above. Check your course contentfolder for additional information regarding these three styles of expression.

Which style of expression (representational, abstract, or nonobjective) does Louise Bourgeois use for her Woman with Packages? Name the style of expression.

Picasso used a representational style for his painting First Communionbut the style of expression used for Seated Woman Holding a Fan is

Duane Hanson did a work which uses extreme optical fidelity. What is the French word for "fool the eye"?

The styles of expression- representational, abstract, and nonrepresentational- categorize art by how it relates to the appearance of the visible world. A term that helps us categorize art by its own appearance is style. Define the term style.

What style of expression are Electric Prisms by Delaunay and Untitled by Donovan?

when discussing the size, shape, material, color and composition of a work of art, we are discussing its

the term for extreme fidelity is

context is a factor of ties that bind a work of art to the

Vanitas paintings meditate on

during the ____ the term "art" was used roughly in the same sense as "craft"

what are methods used by prehistoric painters?

the term style is used to categorize a work of art by its

the Egyptians imagined the _____ as resembling earthly life in every detail.

pablo picasso painted Guernica in 1937 for

iconoclasm means the _____ of images based on religious beliefs