Home Library Explore SAT

Home Library Explore SAT

ART KEY TERMS Flashcards | StudBud

Explore/ART KEY TERMS

ART KEY TERMS

10 terms·StudBud Administration·55 plays

Test your knowledge of the Traditional and Modern key art terms!

Flashcards10 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 10

Answers

1
What are western conventions?
an agreement between states covering particular matters
Category or a type of artwork based on form or style
A and C
Established practices in Western art, including realism
2
What makes up composition in an artwork?
middleground and background only
foreshortening
foreground, middleground and background
perspective
3
What is didactic
Use of symbols and personifications
appearing to surround the viewer in three dimensions
Giving moral instruction or education through forms of art
none of the above
4
Does this artwork use perspective to create depth?
No
Yes
5
What is memento mori?
an artistic work in a style that imitates another work
Latin term that translates as ‘a reminder of death’
a 1980's rock band
lifelike, realistic art.
6
What was the Salon?
French Institution that controlled the teaching of art
Use of symbols and personifications
Exhibition place of the Academy was the Salon est. 1737
A place where hairdressers work
7
Hand of the master means..
a skilled and trained cook who works in a restaurant
The mastery of a technical skill in artmaking
A individual who can master handwriting
None of the above
8
What convention does this 17th C Dutch masters still life painting employ?
A and C
abstraction
memento mori
art for arts sake
9
Which answer is NOT a genre in Art?
portraiture
landscape
realism
still life
10
What was the Academy?
B and D
French Institution 17th C controlling teachings of art.
the philosophical doctrines associated with Plato's Academy
halls of ivy