ART HISTORY

Question 1

________ also called art canvas
historiography, is the
historical study of the
visual arts, being
concerned with
identifying, classifying,
describing, evaluating,
interpreting, and
understanding the art
products and historic
development of the fields
of painting, sculpture,
architecture, the
decorative arts, drawing,
printmaking, photography,
interior design, etc

Answer 1

Art history,

Question 2

The first primary
concern is

to discover who made a ________(attribution),

to __________ an art object, determining whether it was
indeed made by the artist to whom it is traditionaly
attributed,

to _______ at what stage in a culture’s development or in
an artist’s career the object in question was made,

to __________ on succeeding ones in
the historical past, and

to________ data on artists and documentation
(provenance) on the previous whereabouts and ownership
of particular works of art.

Answer 2

determine

authenticate

assay the influence of one artist

determine

assay the influence of one artist

gather biographical

Question 3

The second primary
concern of art historical
research is to
understand the ______________ of artistic
traditions on a large
scale and within a broad
historical perspective;

this chiefly involves the
___________ of the various
artistic styles, periods,
movements, and
schools of the past.

Answer 3

stylistic
and formal
development

enumeration and
analysis

Question 4

Art history also
involves
_________ (q.v.),
which is the
analysis of
symbols, themes,
and subject matter
in the visual arts,
particularly the
meaning of
religious symbolism
in Christian art

Answer 4

iconography

Question 5

are art forms that
create works that
are primarily visual
in nature, such as
ceramics, drawing,
painting, sculpture,
printmaking,
design, crafts,
photography,
video, film making
and architecture

Answer 5

The visual arts

Question 6

3-D art such as sculpture and architectural structures, they can be felt

Answer 6

Tactile Arts

Question 7

is the area of discipline where student focuses on the
environmental aspect of 3-dimensional design in contemporary art
practice. Space, form, material, color, texture, light, scale and
context al deliver content for such spatial art works

Answer 7

Spatial Arts

Question 8

Art is one that is primarily addressed to the ear, and which
uses sound as its primary material. It is the universal or
only art of sound

Answer 8

Aural Art