Arts

Question 1

Understand Euclid’s “Golden Section” and why it relates to art and architecture.

Answer 1

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This is a mathematical calculation of balance that states the most pleasing relationship between two connecting parts is such that the smaller is to the larger as the larger is to the sum of the two. da Vinci called it the “Divine Proportion”
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Question 2

Who painted the “School of Athens”? Who are its two central figures?

Answer 2

Sanzio - Plato & Artistotle

Question 3

Why was the invention of photography an important development in art?

Answer 3

this stupid question

Question 4

What was the 1913 69th Regiment Armory Exhibition and why was it significant?

Answer 4

Brought to the U.S. many of the new modern artists who were launching into art as alteration with boldness and intensity.

Question 5

Who was the master of Chiaroscuro? Who made the first attempt at perspective?

Answer 5

Rembrant???? Cranach (some german guy???)

Question 6

What is Angkor Wat?

Answer 6

is the largest Hindu at first, then Buddhist temple complex and the largest religious monument in the world in Cambodia

Question 7

KNOW Frank Lloyd Wright – What is his architectural motto?

Answer 7

“form follows function”

Question 8

KNOW Frank Gehry – Why is he an “anti-Wright?”

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“function before form”

Question 9

KNOW Philip Johnson – What is one of his local signature structures?

Answer 9

PPG Place (inspector gadget building)

Question 10

Know the flow of art history as the book describes it;

Answer 10

Classical – Medieval and Byzantine – Renaissance – Dutch Masters and Realism – Impressionism – Post-Impressionism – Abstractionism – Cubism – Surrealism –
Superrealism – Camera Art – Pop Art – Performance, Prank and Installation Art

Question 11

Classical

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Classical art is noted for its strong sense of form, proportion and balance.
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Question 12

Medieval & Byzantine

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The goal of art was to remind people of Jesus Christ, the saints and apostles and the story contained in Holy Scriptures. Classical art frowned upon.

Question 13

Dutch Masters & Realism

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the general attempt to depict things accurately, from either a visual, social or emotional perspective

Question 14

Impressionism

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Sought to focus on the way light is perceived by the human eye. This period inaugurates art as alteration. Imitation in art is within the painter.
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Question 15

Post-Impressionism

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extended Impressionism while rejecting its limitations: they continued using vivid colours, thick application of paint, distinctive brush strokes, and real-life subject matter, but they were more inclined to emphasize geometric forms, to distort form for expressive effect, and to use unnatural or arbitrary colou

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Abstractionism

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uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world.

Question 17

Cubism

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In Cubist artwork, objects are analyzed, broken up and reassembled in an abstracted form—instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context

Question 18

Surrealism

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A style of painting that has recognizable figures and shapes but these things are related to each other as objects in dreamlike state.
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Question 19

Supperrealism

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genre of painting based on using cameras and photographs to gather visual information and then from this creating a painting that appears to be photographic.

Question 20

Camera Art

Answer 20

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Question 21

Pop Art

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aimed to employ images of popular as opposed to elitist culture in art, emphasizing the banal or kitschy elements of any given culture, most often through the use of irony. It is also associated with the artists’ use of mechanical means of reproduction or rendering techniques.

Question 22

Performance, Prank, & Installation Art

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Installation art describes an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space.

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Question 23

Know what art is (imitation) and the forms it takes (likeness and alteration). Be able to
identify various artists by these distinctions.

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All Art is Imitation�; some art embodies likeness: what is there to be painted; other art is a form of alteration: what is in the mind/heart of the artist to paint
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Question 24

Five elements of composition:

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Line, Form, Color, Mass and Texture

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Question 25

Line

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A line is a form that has width and length, but no depth.

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Question 26

Form

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Form (Shape) – Defines space; is an enclosed object and can be created by lines or by color and value changes which define their edges.
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Question 27

Color

Answer 27

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Question 28

Mass

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Three-dimensional objects have volume or mass.

Paintings have shapes; sculptures have volume and mass.
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Question 29

Texture

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Texture is a quality that accounts for the observed and/or actual smoothness or roughness of an image or a painting. Notice the smoothness of the patina of paint – the surface smoothness of this painting – given the objects in the composition.
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Question 30

What is the difference between a horizontal and a vertical line in terms of effects on a viewer?

Answer 30

Notice how the line continues the direction, while the verticality of the lines of the trees imply motion and vitality. Notice the edges that are defined and defining.
�Notice how the horizontal lines are calming. The edges are created by subject colors of water line, shore, and sky.
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Question 31

What differentiates a primary color from a secondary color?

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Primary are prime; secondary any mixes i.e. green etc

Question 32

What is value scale?

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The range of possibilities from black to white.
The lighter (whiter) the color the higher its value;
The darker (blacker) the color the lower its value.
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Question 33

Difference between shade & tint.

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Adding white to a color (hue) creates a tint;
Adding black to a color (hue) creates a shade.
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Question 34

What does the “en-plein-air” method mean?

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The impressionists moved outdoors to discover the effect of light, shade and shadow. This type of painting was known as “en plein-air” (“in the open air”).
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Question 35

What are the three different types of balance employed in painting?

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Symmetrical/Formal Balance
Asymmetrical/Informal Balance
Radial Balance

Question 36

Symmetrical/Formal Balance

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Equal parts exist on either side of an axis or dividing line

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Asymmetrical/Informal Balance

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achieved when non-equivalent elements balance each other

Question 38

Radial Balance

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elements radiate out from a center point