Exam 1

Question 1

A line is

Answer 1

The linear marks made with a pen pencil or brush, or, the edge created when two shapes meet

Question 2

Implied line

Answer 2

Lines we can see in our minds eye

Question 3

A picture of a slave would have what theme

Answer 3

Power, Servitude, and Ambition

Question 4

A picture of Jesus would have what theme

Answer 4

The divine

Question 5

A battle would be what theme

Answer 5

War, death, and remembrance

Question 6

Childbirth would be what theme

Answer 6

Love, birth, growing up

Question 7

A forest would be what theme

Answer 7

Nature and the environment

Question 8

A girl on a swig would be what theme

Answer 8

Work, play, and relaxation

Question 9

A picture of someone painting would be what theme

Answer 9

Art, the artist and the inner mind

Question 10

A picture of cinco de mio would be what theme

Answer 10

Culture and identity

Question 11

Purposes of art are (6)

Answer 11

Religion and spirituality, Promoting social order/protesting social order, recording and communicating information, decoration, expression, and social action

Question 12

Earliest art was made in

Answer 12

The ice age 32,000 BCE

Question 13

What does cave art consist of

Answer 13

Animals, symbols, and handprints

Question 14

Where are the oldest paintings found

Answer 14

Chauvet cave, France

Question 15

Why was cave art created

Answer 15

To symbolically catch the animal before the hunt, others think religion played a role

Question 16

Why was Egyptian art created

Answer 16

For functional and practical use

Question 17

What is Ma’at

Answer 17

Harmony

Question 18

What are Byzantine icons

Answer 18

Representations of holy figures

Question 19

What do byzantine icons look like

Answer 19

Usually facing front with a white halo

Question 20

Islamic art includes

Answer 20

Achitecture, calligraphy, painting, glass, ceramics and textiles

Question 21

Early Christian art started in

Answer 21

What used to be the Roman Empire in Greece

Question 22

Christian art was his for what reason

Answer 22

Because Christianity was illegal and if they made art of Christianity they would be prosecuted

Question 23

What are illuminated manuscripts

Answer 23

Hand written books with painted decoration including gold and silver

Question 24

What are the main differences between Romanesque and gothic churches

Answer 24

Roman churches are thicker, rounded arches, and barrel vaults. Gothic churches have pointed arches, thin walls, and glass windows

Question 25

Where and when did the renaissance start

Answer 25

Italy, 15th century

Question 26

Who set are popular renaissance artists

Answer 26

Giotto, massccio, Ghiberti, fra Angelico, uccello, Francesca, Donatello, Brunelleschi, Botticelli

Question 27

What is Donatello’s main style choices

Answer 27

Chicano, shallow carving throughout, seemed to paint shapes with his chisel

Question 28

What was Botticelli’s art style

Answer 28

Fancifulness, linear sense of form, paler hues, defining color schemes

Question 29

High renaissance characteristics

Answer 29

Extremely realistic and made use of perspective, accurate proportions and depth, symmetry, and balance