living with art Flashcards
1
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1. No society that we know of has lived without some form of art. The impulse to make and respond to art appears to be as deeply ingrained as the ability to: Learn language Gather food Seek shelter Reproduce None of the above
A
Learn language
2
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- The famous Neolithic structure in England, made of megaliths that one time formed several concentric circles, is called:
a. Megalopolis
b. Stonehenge
c. Cirque de Soleil
d. Endless column
e. Chauvet
A
Stonehenge
3
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- Radiocarbon testing indicates that the earliest images made by humans dates back to :
a. The Neolithic Era
b. The Paleolithic Period
c. The Jurassic Period
d. The Pleistocene Era
e. The Bronze Age
A
The Paleolithic Period
4
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- According to the author, the impulse to create art comes from the basic human interest in:
a. Creating order and structure
b. Exploring aesthetic possibilities
c. Constructing images and forms that carry meaning
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
A
All of the above
5
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- “All art is basically Paleolithic or Neolithic: either the urge to smear soot and grease on cave walls or pile stone on stone” was said by:
a. Constantin Brancusi
b. Maya Lin
c. Anthony Caro
d. Maya Lin
e. Vincent Van Gogh
A
Anthony Caro
6
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- The most famous of Maya Lin’s work is:
a. Wave field
b. Langston Hughes Library
c. An earth work at the university of Michigan
d. Vietnam Veterans Memorial
e. None of the above
A
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
7
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- The 10th century copper sculpture illustrated in this chapter is the work of an artist performing the role of “giving tangible form to the unknown.” The unknown, in this case, is the physical form of the deity:
a. Shiva
b. Buddha
c. Xu Yang
d. Venus
e. None of the above
A
Shiva
8
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- Which is not a task for artist, according to the author?
a. To create places for some human purpose
b. To create extra-ordinary versions of ordinary objects
c. To record and commemorate
d. To give tangible form to the unknown
e. To help see the world in the same way we see it
A
To help see the world in the same way we see it.
9
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- Although Vincent Van Gogh suffered emotionally throughout hid life, he was able to give his emotions tangible form in works such as:
a. Hound
b. Calle de Senos
c. The Starry Night
d. Venus
e. Bird in Space
A
The Starry Night
10
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- In this chapter the list of traits that people seem to possess includes all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Sensitivity
b. Efficiency
c. Playfulness
d. Analytical skill
e. Organizational skill
A
Efficiency
11
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- Alan Rath’s work of art illustrated in this chapter depicts an animal:
a. With two noses
b. With wheels for legs
c. Through the use of cathode-ray tubes and computer generated imagery
d. Through the use of recycled items from a junkyard
e. All of the above
A
All of the above
12
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- The sculptor Constantin Brancusi spent his life searching forms that were;
a. Simple
b. Pure
c. Timeless
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
A
All of the above
13
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- The nature of perception suggest that the most important key to looking at art is:
a. To become aware of the process of looking itself
b. To have a strong art historical background
c. To be able to draw well
d. To be able to sculpt well
e. None of the above
A
To become aware of the process of looking itself
14
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- According to the author, the most important meaning of an artwork is:
a. What is established by the author
b. What is written by the art historian
c. What it means to the viewer
d. None of the above
e. All of the above
A
What it means to the viewer
15
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- Vanitas painting are those that mediate on:
a. The vanity of the artist
b. The vanity of the viewer
c. The fleeting nature of earthly life
d. The fleeting nature of happiness
e. C. and D.
A
C. and D
16
Q
- Wheel of fortune was created by:
a. Juan de Valdes
b. Audrey Flack
c. Dorothy Vogel
d. Herbert Vogel
e. Jim Hodges
A
Audrey Flack
17
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- Which are methods used by prehistoric painters?
a. Animal fats and pigments were mixed together
b. Reed brushes were used
c. Powered pigments were blown through hollow reeds
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
A
All of the above
18
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- Dorothy and Herbert Vogel are:
a. The subjects of John Schabel’s untitled (passenger #3)
b. Philosophers who wrote on the subject of aesthetics
c. Husband and wife artist team
d. Art collectors
e. Art historians specializing in the study of Vincent Van Gogh
A
Art collectors
19
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- Theo Van Gogh was Vincent Van Gogh’s:
a. Art dealer
b. Brother
c. Financial supporter
d. Emotional supporter
e. All of the above
A
All of the above
20
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- We owe our access to Vincent van Gogh’s thoughts and feelings about many of his paintings to:
a. The Van Gogh research society
b. The research of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
c. The many letters he wrote to friends and relatives
d. His autobiography
e. None of the above
A
The many letters that he wrote to friends and relatives
21
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. Claude Monet belonged to a group of artist called
a. the Neoclassicist b. the Expressionist c. the Futurists d. the Impressionists e. the Romantics
A
The Impressionists
22
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Since the Renaissance, Western societies differentiated between art and craft, as art
a. is better made than craft
b. reveals imagination and genius
c. more beautiful to everyday life
d. reflects shallow values
e. none of the answers are correct
A
Reveals imagination and genius
23
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. Picasso’s painting First Communion would best be described as
a. Stylized
b. nonobjective
c. nonrepresentational
d. abstract
e. naturalistic
A
Naturalistic
24
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The term “trompe l’oeil” is French for
a. light and dark b. masterpiece c. standing figure d. fool the eye e. hidden symbols
A
Fool the eye
25
. Kandinsky thought of nonrepresentational art as comparable to
a. music
b. literature
c. nature
d. a good soup
e. poetry
Music
26
Style, as defined by recurring characteristics found in art, can be classified in terms of
a. individual style
b. cultural style
c. school style
d. period style
e. all of the answers are correct
All of the answers are correct
27
. The definitions of form and content are
a. form is the way that art looks
b. content id the way that art looks
c. content is what the work is about
d. form is the way that art looks; content is what the art is about
e. form is the way art looks; content is also the way art looks
Form is the way art looks; content is what the work is about
28
. In Janine Antoni’s Gnaw, two 600-pound cubes of these materials were gnawed on by the artist.
a. cheese and aluminum
b. chocolate and lard
c. wax and soap
d. chalk and beef
e. chocolate and cheese
Chocolate and lard
29
. The shamanistic rites of the Navajo culture have provided inspiration to the artist
a. Vasily Kandinsky
b. Thomas Struth
c. Joseph Beuys
d. Titian
e. Jan Van Eyck
Joseph Beuys
30
Conceptual art as seen in the work of Felix Gonzales-Torres stresses that
a. the art object is more important than the idea
b. feelings are best expressed with color and light
c. real materials make art more real
d. the idea is more important than the object
e. none of the answers are correct
The idea is more important that the object
31
A work of art is ____ when it is proven through research to have been created by an artist other than its assumed author.
a. destroyed
b. worthless
c. deattributed
d. decommissioned
e. all of the above
Deattributed
32
. Roni Horn’s Ticket No. 2 uses the written word to allude to:
a. a poem by William Blake
b. the Qur’an (Koran)
c. the story Brer Rabbit
d. Egeption hieroglyphs
e. none of the above
A poem by William Blake
33
. According to the author, _____ is the most important art form in Islamic culture.
a. sculpture
b. mosaic
c. painting
d. architecture
e. calligraphy
Calligraphy
34
The field of philosophy called aesthetics asks the question
a. what is art
b. can we apply our concepts of art to art of the past
c. can we apply our concept of art to art of different cultures
d. is there one correct standard for judging art
e. all of the above
All of the above
35
Who has made art that is composed of stacks of posters and large quantities of wrapped candies?
a. Felix-Gonazles Torres
b. Andy Warhol
c. Theo Van Gogh
d. Roni Horn
e. Pablo Picasso
Felix-Gonzales Torres
36
. It is said that ________ thought of himself as just a “machine” that produced a product called art in a place called a factory.
a. Pablo Picasso
b. Vincent Van Gogh
c. Andy Warhol
d. Paul Klee
e. Edvard Munch
Andy Warhol
37
Rebecca Purdham’s Chin up and Paul Klee’s Monument in fertile country have what in common?
a. both were painted by artist who were nearly blind
b. both were inspired by the same historic event
c. both are abstract landscapes
d. both are nonrepresentational in style
e. none of the above
Both are nonrepresentational in style
38
To discover why the sculptor of the Amida Nyorai depicted its subjects with elongated earlobes, specific hand gestures, and a bun atop its head requires the use of:
a. mudras
b. iconography
c. Buddhism
d. enlightenment
e. deattribution
Iconography
39
The term style is used to categorize a work of art by its:
a. subject matter
b. social context
c. visual characteristics
d. theme
e. none of the above
Visual characteristics
40
Theo Van Gogh was Vincent Van Gogh’s
a. art dealer
b. brother
c. financial supporter
d. emotional supporter
e. all of the above
All of the above
41
How do the works Pieta by Bellini and Loading the wing guns by Smith compare?
a. both are stylized
b. they share similar iconography
c. Both depict a mother holding her child
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
None of the above
42
. The sculpture the age of bronze was made by:
a. Auguste Rodin
b. Roni Horn
c. an unknown sculptor of ancient Greece
d. Edgar Degas
e. none of the above
Auguste Rodin
43
If a work of art is faithful to our visual experience, its style is:
a. iconographic
b. nonrepresentational
c. stylized
d. abstract
e. naturalistic
Naturalistic
44
when discussing the size, shape, material, color, and composition of a work of art, we are discussing its:
a. form
b. iconography
c. theme
d. purpose
e. content
Form
45
. ________ involves identifying, describing, and interpreting subject matter in art.
a. attribution
b. calligraphy
c. stylization
d. iconography
e. reviewing
Iconography
46
The painting the polish rider, thought to be painted by Rembrandt, lost 92% of its value when it was:
a. damaged beyond repair in a flood
b. stolen
c. deattributed
d. reproduced on the cover of a pornographic novel
e. none of the above
Deattributed
47
. During the Renaissance in Western Europe _________ came to be regarded as the more elevated of the arts.
a. calligraphy, mosaic, and metal forging
b. cabinetry, architecture, and calligraphy
c. ceramics, weaving, and mosaic
d. painting, sculptor, and architecture
e. painting, cabinetry, and landscape gardening
Painting, sculptor, and architecture
48
After much study of the Arnolfini Double Portrait, experts agree that :
a. the single candle is a sign of God’s presence
b. the dog is a symbol of marital fidelity
c. the red bed suggests a fertile marriage
d. all of the above
e. experts still debate the work’s iconography
Experts still debate the work’s iconography
49
. A work of art made of two parts placed side by side, like the pages of an open book, is called:
a. a mudra
b. a diptych
c. an abstraction
d. a portrait
e. a libretto
A Diptych
50
Who made this quote famous? “If you’re not making money with your art, you have to say it art. If you are, you have to say it’s something else.”
a. Felix Gonezales-Torres
b. Andy Warhol
c. Theo Van Gogh
d. Roni Horn
e. Pablo Picasso
Andy Warhol
