Quiz Flashcards
Art is the combination of ______ elements that is why it is non-figurative art.
Perceptual/ Perspective
TRUE/FALSE
Mondrian, Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue, painted in 1924, exists as an
important example of Formalism art.
True
Formalism took the pressure off of artists to come up with an explanation to their works
based on any set standards.
True
Formalism was not confined to evaluating art; it was also used liberally in both music
and literature
True
Art theory that conveys emotion and meaning rather than reality.
Expressionism
What famous painting did Edvard Munch paint?
The Scream
According to her “Art is the creation of symbolic forms expressive of human feeling.”
Susanne Langer
He experienced miseries and pain in life, which he expressed through his art.
Vincent Van Gogh
Van Gogh used blue in his painting due to overmedication of digitalis pupurea to cure
epilepsy
False – Yellow
Hedone is a Greek word which means what in English
pleasure
Who is the father of Hedonism?
Aristippus or Epicurus
It is something that is beautiful when it is pleasurable or gives pleasurable experience.
Satisfying/ Aesthetic/ Hedonism
According to Kant, taste can both be subjective and universal.
True
Subjective taste does not focus on the properties of the object itself but rather on the
pleasure one experiences as he responds to it.
True
Kant thought that beauty does not rest on the properties of the objects or things but
rather in the manner in which people respond to these objects or things.
True
For Epicurus, the most pleasant life is one where we abstain from unnecessary
desires and achieve an inner tranquility (ataraxia) by being content with simple things,
and by choosing the pleasure of philosophical conversation with friends over the pursuit
of physical pleasures like food, drink, and sex.
True
. It is described as one of the many such female figures which has bulbous roundness
of form that recalls an egg shaped sacred pebbles
Voluptuous/ Venus of Willendorf
It is the art of designing buildings and infrastructures. It is believed to be more
functional, or utilitarian than pictures and sculptures.
Architecture
He is known for being the “Father of Skyscrapers” and he was an influential architect
of Chicago School and a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright.
Louis Sullivan
It is a style launched by Frank Lloyd Wright that sought to integrate architecture with
natural landscape.
Prairie Style
The main principle in architecture is form that follows and aligns with the function.
True
In architecture, the inner content of purpose or function governs the outer perspective
of the work or outcome.
True
The manner of presentation of woman’s body in today’s multimedia focuses on its
function rather than in its form.
False
In action theory, the action here is the ____.
Painting/ Art
Painting” is not a noun but a ______
Verb/ Action Word
He is best known as “Action” or “Gesture” painter _________.
Jackson Pollock
What technique did pollock used to produce his most celebrated pictures
Dripping Technique
A thing becomes art because it is acknowledge to be the Artworld.
: True
Art is and institution in the Society
: True
. It is the artworld which determines whether something is a work of art.
: True
The most famous and successful artist of the 20th century.
Pablo Picasso
Voted by art critics and historians as the most influential artwork of the 2oth century
The Fountain
Made by Leonardo da Vinci and considered as the most historical, most popular, most
influential and most expensive Renaissance painting in the world?
Mona Lisa
The complete full name of Pablo Picasso.
Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Crispin Cipriano de la Santissima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso
