Chapt 1, 2, 3

Question 1

WHAT IS THIS PAINTING, BY WHOM, AND ABOUT WHAT?

Answer 1

Guernica-by Pablo Picasso, depicts the Nazi German bombing of Guernica, Spain, by twenty-four bombers, on April 26, 1937 during the Spanish Civil War, in which a number of people estimated between 250 and 1,600 were killed and many more were injured.

Question 2

GIVE INFO:

Answer 2

Hieronymous Bosch

GARDEN OF EDEN AND HELL

Question 3

Know what the term “Stylized” means, especially in reference to Egyptian art.

Answer 3

representational art that conforms to a pre-set style or set of conventions for depicting the world.

This is somewhere between representational and abstract. We can clearly recognize the imagery, however it not realism.

Question 4

Know what the term “Pieta” means in reference to Bellini’s “Pieta”.

Answer 4

PITY

Question 5

Answer 5

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

MILITARY ART

BY MICHAELANGEOL

Question 6

Answer 6

Andrew Wyeth’s most famous work, “Christina’s World

Question 7

ANDREW WYETH: what event in his life influenced the change from light, colorful work to a darker and more serious type of work.

Answer 7

DEATH OF HIS FATHER

Question 8

Know what year Vincent Van Gogh died and what he died from

Answer 8

1890

SHOT HIMSELF TO DEATH

Question 9

Know what “Hierarchical Scale” means.

Answer 9

The most important figure in the composition is the largest.

Question 10

Answer 10

Francisco de Goya’s, “Chronos Devouring One of His Children”.

Question 11

Answer 11

“The Lion Panel” from Chauvet Cave

Dated to about 30,000 B.C.E., which falls into the Paleolithic Period, which means “early stone age”.

Question 12

Answer 12

Warhol’s “Thirty Are Better Than One”,

He is saying that if the Mona Lisa is so great, then certainly 30 of them are better than just one!

Question 13

Trompe l’oeil

Answer 13

French for “to fool the eye”.

Question 14

Be able to recognize the work of Duane Hanson

Answer 14

Duane Hanson takes a mold from an actual person and casts them in resin then paints and clothes it so realistically that it is difficult to tell they are not real people.

Question 15

Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial” and know what architect designed it.

Answer 15

Maya Lin

Question 16

Know what artist painted the “Mona Lisa

Answer 16

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 17

Answer 17

Verrochio’s “David”.

Question 18

Answer 18

Francisco de Goya’s “Executions of the Third of May”.

Question 19

Know what the term “Iconoclasm” means.

Answer 19

IMAGE BREAKING

Question 20

Be able to identify Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” and the inspiration behind it

Answer 20

He was intrigued by a thought that people journey to a star after death. Nature seems to be alive and have an urgent presence, while the village and those on earth sleep.

Question 21

Be able to identify Picasso’s abstract style and know what invention was responsible for his style changing abruptly.

Answer 21

INVENTION OF THE CAMERA

Question 22

Know what the term “iconography” means

Answer 22

(the story including symbols or references, people, events, etc.) Requires knowledge of a specific time, beliefs or culture.

Question 23

Know what an “installation” is.

Answer 23

a space presented as a work of art to be entered, explored, experienced and reflected upon.

Question 24

Know what is meant by “Earth Work”.

Answer 24

CREATING ARTWORK FROM THE EARTH; LEAVING IT AND ALLOWING NATURE TO CHANGE IT, SUCH AS THE “SPIRAL JETTY” IN SALT LAKE CITY, UT

Question 25

WHAT WAS ANDREW WYETH’S PRIMARY SUBJECT MATTER?

Answer 25

land and people around him, both in his hometown of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and at his summer home in Cushing, Maine

Question 26

HOW DID ANDREW WYETH’S FATHER DIE?

Answer 26

IN A CAR AFTER IT STALLED ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS

Question 27

WHAT WAS THE PRIMARY MEDIUM ANDREW WYETH USED?

Answer 27

EGG TEMPERA & WATERCOLOR