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What is Art: Quiz 1 Flashcards

1
Q

We live in a ____ society

A

visual

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2
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Art acts as a common _____ that links cultures

A

language

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3
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Art serves as an _____ for the global economy

A

economic driver

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4
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What artist had the greatest sales for 2013?

Who else was in the top 10?

A

1: Andy Warhol
also Pabio Picasso
Francis Bacon
Jean-Michel Basquiat

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5
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Andy Warhol sold $___ in his own art

A

1.5 billion

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6
Q

Andy Warhol is known for his ___ paintings

A

silk screen

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7
Q

Factors that dictate “good” art

A 
imagination
skill
training (would need MFA)
observation
venue
patrons
viewers
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8
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Who painted Mona Lisa?

A

Leonardo da Vinci

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9
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Mona Lisa’s medium?

A

oil on wood

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10
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When was Mona Lisa painted?

A

1503-1506

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___ is a particular manner, form or character of representation, construction, or expression that is typical of an individual artist of a certain place, genre, or period

A

style

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12
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____ ofter helps historians identify unknown artworks

A

style

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13
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____ is the materials from which art is constructed

A

medium

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14
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Styles of art are:

A

stylized, realistic, abstract, non-representational

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15
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art that doesn’t attempt to describe the appearance of visible forms but to transform them into stylized patterns

A

abstract

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16
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This artist used red and blue color blocks

A

Mark Rothko

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17
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Mark Rothko painted the red and blue color blocks when?

A

1954

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18
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Mark Rothko created the red and blue color blocks with what medium?

A

oil on canvas

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19
Q

____ was an auction record for abstract art

A

Mark Rothko’s red and blue color blocks

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20
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___ is a manner of representation that conforms to an intellectual or artistic idea rather than lifelike depiction

A

stylized

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21
Q

Mark Rothko’s red and blue color blocks is what type of art?

A

abstract

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21
Q 
One of the very first paintings was:
Where was it?
When?
What medium?
What type of art?
A 
Hall of bulls
Lascaux caves in France
15000 bce
Paint on limestone
Stylized
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22
Q

Stonehenge is ____ type of art
Located in
Time period

A

Stylized
Wiltshire, England
C 3000 -1500 bce

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23
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Erechtheion is what type of at?
Located in
Time period
Medium
What is represented?
Type of art
A 
Stylized
Acropolis, Athens, Greece
421-406 bce
Stones represent the goddesses
Stylized
24
Q 
Giambologna created \_\_\_
Where
When
Medium
Shows what?
Type of art
A 
Rape of the Sabine women
Florence
750 bce
Marble
Family importance in Rome today
Stylized
25
Q

In the rape of the Sabine women, rape in that time period meant what?

A

Abduction

26
Q 
Lamentation of Christ was created by who?
When
Medium
Where
Type of art
A 
Giotto
1305-1306 bce
Frescoes
Arena chapel
Stylized
27
Q

How was the Lamentation of Christ stylized art?

A

Byzantine halos on all

Everyone is same size with Jesus larger

28
Q 
Who created Girl with a Pearl Earring?
When
What medium
What type of art
What happens with her eye?
A 
Vermeer
1605
Oil on canvas
Stylized
Her eye follows you
29
Q

What is the Girl with a pearl earring called?

Where is it now?

A

The Mona Lisa of the north

Atlanta

30
Q 
Napoleon Crossing the Alps was created by who?
Where
When
Medium
Style
A 
David
France
1801
Oil on canvas
Stylized, see a change in art to be more realistic
31
Q 
Dead Soldier created by
When
Where
Medium
Type
A 
Matthew Brady
1863
Civil war in America
Photograph
Stylized and also sociopolitical commentary
32
Q

Sophisticated form of communication is a ____

A

Sociopolitical commentary

33
Q

Sociopolitical commentary is shaped by ____ events

Examples of this would be

A

Surrounding

War, political unrest, colonization

34
Q

Historically, governments and rulers commission this type of art

A

Sociopolitical commentary

35
Q 
Olympia was created by
When
Where
Medium
Type
A 
Edouard Manet
Paris
1863
Oil on canvas
Sociopolitical commentary about prostitution
36
Q

Identifying and studying the subject matter and conventional symbols in works of art is ___ and are often reserved in ___ works

A

Iconography

Biblical

37
Q

Some symbols in Olympia by Edouard Manet are

A 
Black cat
Black ribbon
Flowers
Black and white woman= lesbianism
She's pale and yellow
38
Q

Iconography can be used to discuss __ themes

A

Social

39
Q

Bridge over a pond of water lilies was by
When
Medium
Type

A

Monet
1899
Oil on canvas
Impressionism

40
Q

What was the first impressionistic art during a time of realism

A

Monet’s bridge over a pond of water lilies

41
Q

Who created bedroom in Arles
When
Medium
What was in the picture frames in the bedroom?

A

Vincent Van Gogh
1888
Oil on canvas
Him and his prostitute

42
Q 
Who created les demoiselles d'arignon
Where
When
Medium
What is it of?
Type
A 
Pablo Picasso
Paris
1907
Oil on canvas
Greek goddesses
Impressionism
43
Q

Who created The Fountain
When
Medium

A

Marcel Duchamp
1917
Ready made

44
Q

What was marcel duchamps pseudonym?

A

R. Mutt

45
Q 
Who created LHOOQ
when
Medium
What is it of?
What does the name mean?
A 
Marcel Duchamp
1919
Assisted ready made
Mona Lisa with a mustache
She's got a hot \_\_(butt)
47
Q

Who created convergence?
When
Medium

A

Jackson pollock
1952
Oil on canvas

48
Q 
Who created Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park?
Where
when
medium
sold for?
thought to sell for?
A 
Diane Arbus
NYC
1962
gelatin silver print photograph
$229,000
thought to sell aroung 100,00-150,000
49
Q

Untitled from Campbell’s Soup was made by?
When
medium
What was special about the art?

A

Andy Warhol
1962
synthetic polymer on canvas
Warhol wanted to make art accessible to all

50
Q

Boyd Fortin Thirteen Year Old Rattlesnake Skinner, Sweetwater, TX created by
when
medium

A

Richard Avedon
March 10, 1979
silver gelatin print

51
Q

Who went across america taking pics of real people?

A

Richard Avedon

52
Q

Third Rope Piece created by ?
when
medium

A

Richard Tuttle
1974
cotton clothesline and nail

53
Q

piss Christ created by
when
medium

A

andreas serrano
1987
cibachrome, silicon, plexiglass

54
Q

Balloon Dog ccreated by
when
medium

A

jeff koons
1995
stainless steel with mirror finish

55
Q

For the Love of God created by ?

when medium

A

damien hirst
2007
platinum, diamonds and human teeth

56
Q

Alexander the great created by

when medium

A

kehinde wiley
2007
oil and enamel in canvas

57
Q

Sunflower seeds created by
when
medium

A

ai wei wei
2010
porcelain

58
Q

How were the sunflower seeds created in Ai Wei Wei’s work?

how many were there?

A

entire village hand crafted them

100 million

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