What is Art: Quiz 1

Question 1

We live in a ____ society

Answer 1

visual

Question 2

Art acts as a common _____ that links cultures

Answer 2

language

Question 3

Art serves as an _____ for the global economy

Answer 3

economic driver

Question 4

What artist had the greatest sales for 2013?

Who else was in the top 10?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Andy Warhol sold $___ in his own art

Answer 5

1.5 billion

Question 6

Andy Warhol is known for his ___ paintings

Answer 6

silk screen

Question 7

Factors that dictate “good” art

Answer 7

imagination
skill
training (would need MFA)
observation
venue
patrons
viewers

Question 8

Who painted Mona Lisa?

Answer 8

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 9

Mona Lisa’s medium?

Answer 9

oil on wood

Question 10

When was Mona Lisa painted?

Answer 10

1503-1506

Question 11

___ 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

Answer 11

style

Question 12

____ ofter helps historians identify unknown artworks

Answer 12

style

Question 13

____ is the materials from which art is constructed

Answer 13

medium

Question 14

Styles of art are:

Answer 14

stylized, realistic, abstract, non-representational

Question 15

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

Answer 15

abstract

Question 16

This artist used red and blue color blocks

Answer 16

Mark Rothko

Question 17

Mark Rothko painted the red and blue color blocks when?

Answer 17

1954

Question 18

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

Answer 18

oil on canvas

Question 19

____ was an auction record for abstract art

Answer 19

Mark Rothko’s red and blue color blocks

Question 20

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

Answer 20

stylized

Question 21

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

Answer 21

abstract

Question 21

One of the very first paintings was:
Where was it?
When?
What medium?
What type of art?

Answer 21

Hall of bulls
Lascaux caves in France
15000 bce
Paint on limestone
Stylized

Question 22

Stonehenge is ____ type of art
Located in
Time period

Answer 22

Stylized
Wiltshire, England
C 3000 -1500 bce

Question 23

Erechtheion is what type of at?
Located in
Time period
Medium
What is represented?
Type of art

Answer 23

Stylized
Acropolis, Athens, Greece
421-406 bce
Stones represent the goddesses
Stylized

Question 24

``` Giambologna created ___ Where When Medium Shows what? Type of art ```

Answer 24

``` Rape of the Sabine women Florence 750 bce Marble Family importance in Rome today Stylized ```

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Abduction

Question 26

``` Lamentation of Christ was created by who? When Medium Where Type of art ```

Answer 26

``` Giotto 1305-1306 bce Frescoes Arena chapel Stylized ```

Question 27

How was the Lamentation of Christ stylized art?

Answer 27

Byzantine halos on all | Everyone is same size with Jesus larger

Question 28

``` Who created Girl with a Pearl Earring? When What medium What type of art What happens with her eye? ```

Answer 28

``` Vermeer 1605 Oil on canvas Stylized Her eye follows you ```

Question 29

What is the Girl with a pearl earring called? | Where is it now?

Answer 29

The Mona Lisa of the north | Atlanta

Question 30

``` Napoleon Crossing the Alps was created by who? Where When Medium Style ```

Answer 30

``` David France 1801 Oil on canvas Stylized, see a change in art to be more realistic ```

Question 31

``` Dead Soldier created by When Where Medium Type ```

Answer 31

``` Matthew Brady 1863 Civil war in America Photograph Stylized and also sociopolitical commentary ```

Question 32

Sophisticated form of communication is a ____

Answer 32

Sociopolitical commentary

Question 33

Sociopolitical commentary is shaped by ____ events | Examples of this would be

Answer 33

Surrounding | War, political unrest, colonization

Question 34

Historically, governments and rulers commission this type of art

Answer 34

Sociopolitical commentary

Question 35

``` Olympia was created by When Where Medium Type ```

Answer 35

``` Edouard Manet Paris 1863 Oil on canvas Sociopolitical commentary about prostitution ```

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Iconography | Biblical

Question 37

Some symbols in Olympia by Edouard Manet are

Answer 37

``` Black cat Black ribbon Flowers Black and white woman= lesbianism She's pale and yellow ```

Question 38

Iconography can be used to discuss __ themes

Answer 38

Social

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Monet 1899 Oil on canvas Impressionism

Question 40

What was the first impressionistic art during a time of realism

Answer 40

Monet's bridge over a pond of water lilies

Question 41

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

Answer 41

Vincent Van Gogh 1888 Oil on canvas Him and his prostitute

Question 42

``` Who created les demoiselles d'arignon Where When Medium What is it of? Type ```

Answer 42

``` Pablo Picasso Paris 1907 Oil on canvas Greek goddesses Impressionism ```

Question 43

Who created The Fountain When Medium

Answer 43

Marcel Duchamp 1917 Ready made

Question 44

What was marcel duchamps pseudonym?

Answer 44

R. Mutt

Question 45

``` Who created LHOOQ when Medium What is it of? What does the name mean? ```

Answer 45

``` Marcel Duchamp 1919 Assisted ready made Mona Lisa with a mustache She's got a hot __(butt) ```

Question 47

Who created convergence? When Medium

Answer 47

Jackson pollock 1952 Oil on canvas

Question 48

``` Who created Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park? Where when medium sold for? thought to sell for? ```

Answer 48

``` Diane Arbus NYC 1962 gelatin silver print photograph $229,000 thought to sell aroung 100,00-150,000 ```

Question 49

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

Answer 49

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

Question 50

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

Answer 50

Richard Avedon March 10, 1979 silver gelatin print

Question 51

Who went across america taking pics of real people?

Answer 51

Richard Avedon

Question 52

Third Rope Piece created by ? when medium

Answer 52

Richard Tuttle 1974 cotton clothesline and nail

Question 53

piss Christ created by when medium

Answer 53

andreas serrano 1987 cibachrome, silicon, plexiglass

Question 54

Balloon Dog ccreated by when medium

Answer 54

jeff koons 1995 stainless steel with mirror finish

Question 55

For the Love of God created by ? | when medium

Answer 55

damien hirst 2007 platinum, diamonds and human teeth

Question 56

Alexander the great created by | when medium

Answer 56

kehinde wiley 2007 oil and enamel in canvas

Question 57

Sunflower seeds created by when medium

Answer 57

ai wei wei 2010 porcelain

Question 58

How were the sunflower seeds created in Ai Wei Wei's work? | how many were there?

Answer 58

entire village hand crafted them | 100 million