Mid Term review

Aboriginal "contour maps" showing food/water locations; were then _ after a ritual celebration.

Regardless of culture, content is always readily apparent in a work of art.

A line, which describes volume across the surface of an object or shape is called a ___ line.

Pendentives and squinches are associated with ____.

Lines in art can be either actual or ____________________.

____ sculptures are meant to be viewed from all sides.

Prehistoric artists painted images in the ____ of the caves.

The architect _, who designed the first innovative tall buildings that “form follows function”

Art is always a serious endeavor and never functions as entertainment.

Because oil paints dry quickly, it is difficult for artists to make changes to their paintings.

The word “intaglio” comes from the Italian verb meaning ____.

Traditional tempera paint consists of pigments mixed with _____, which acts as a binder.

Rhythm in art is demonstrated by the ____ of one or more of the elements of art.

The various branches of art making activity, like painting or sculpture, are called ____.

Aesthetics is:

The ______________________________ tells us what a work of art is about.

_____ are finely skilled handwork in media such as - ceramics, glass, wood, metal and fibers.

____________________ styles of art convey intense emotions.

Gesso is, paint-like substance onto paper, canvas to serve as a ground for painting or drawing.

A subtext of Hopper’s Nighthawks would be ____.

Analogous colors are ____ each other on the color wheel.

A ____________________ is a live-action event that is staged as an artwork.

Greek ceramics known for __ painting, black-firing clay covers red clay of the vessel details

____________________ is the mass of ideas associated with a work of art.

_ painting is a work of art, which uses a still life metaphor for the inevitability of death.

how is motion implied in this painting through the use of the elements of art.

___________________ is a system of symbols that allows artists to refer to complex ideas

Ideological criticism deals with a work of art's ____ significance.

Pop artist _created sculptures of mass-produced cardboard packaging using silk-screened wood.

Structuralists think to know art, study the structure of art and complex ___of all its parts

A(n) ____ print is an example of a relief print.

A visual ____________________ is an image or element that is descriptive of something else.

A rose window in a cathedral is a good example of organizing a composition using __ balance.

Ritual meals do NOT include ____.

A ____ is a vessel designed specifically to contain salt.

The actual material substances used to create an artwork are called ____________________.

content is conveyed in three ways: symbolic references; written materials cultural context; __

Feminist criticism deals with ____ in art.

Gerhard Richter’s series of fifteen paintings entitled October 18, 1977 reflects _____ideas.

The Native American ____ was originally a small tent used during the hunting season.

Trajan's Market has tabernas whose form and arrangement suggests a ____.

The most obvious factor in determining the content of a work of art is its subject matter

The Pomo tribal baskets, covered with feathers and shells, were made as ceremonial ____.

Deconstruction involves the belief that any image has a ____ of meanings.

As its name suggests, the ancient Greek ____ was used for carrying and storing water.

elaborate baskets woven by people from the Pomo tribe in CA were used for ritual purposes.

The function of this painting is to show food as ____.

Load-bearing construction is usually characterized by

Often used for large murals, fresco paintings are always painted on ____________________.

Northwest Native American tribes excelled at weaving symbolic, geometric patterns into baskets.

Jan Davidsz de Heem’s A Table of Desserts reflects cultural and ____ beliefs.

Gouache is watercolor, which has Chinese white chalk added to it to create an opaque surface.

Coe's There Is No Escape is from a series condemning the meat industry called ____.

The content of a work of art refers to ____.

Black and white added to colors creates ____ and ____.

Modeling is considered a(n) __ process, because material is built up to create sculptural form.

this image its idealized concept of human beauty was at odds with medieval notions as sinful.

Value in art refers to ____ and ____.

The Parthenon is an example of a building with ____ balance.

One of the earliest forms of load bearing construction is the ____ method of construction.

Formal analysis is important because it is helpful in understanding the ____ of a work of art

Relational aesthetics look at relationships, social spaces, rather than emphasizing objects

Popular art includes:

Ways of categorizing art include:

images are categorized as __ if they have appeal that is generalized, superficial, sentimental.

Ceramics, glass, jewelry, weaving and woodworking are categorized as ____________________.

The role of the art critic is ____.

Content and form are interchangeable in a work of art.

most printmaking processes, monoprinting is a printmaking that makes only one copy of an image.

According to __, art supports political agenda, cultural structure, economic/class hierarchy.

Eaves and ____ go together in construction.

Artists drawing only the outlines of an object are using ____________________ lines.

Stylistically this painting would be categorized as ____ art.

Diagonal lines imply____.

In kinetic sculptures, ____________________ is required to make the sculpture complete.

The ancient Chinese made ____ vessels for storing wine.

The ____ was most noted for its dome.

_________________________criticism focuses on the political implications of a work of art.

Tempera, gouache, and watercolor are all water-based paint media.

____________________ painting is an ancient medium which uses pigments mixed with hot beeswax.

Chiaroscuro was used by 15th cen ___ painters, give the illusion of round forms on flat surface

Content is about a work of art's ____.

Iconography uses ____ to suggest concepts and ideas.

Cross-hatching is used to create ____________________ in a work of art.

From an art historical perspective, drawing is one of the newest forms of art making.

The components of an artwork include perception, response, creativity and ____.

The use of red and green at Christmas is an example of _________________________ colors.

Salt was so valuable it was a source of wealth; nobility used elaborate saltcellars as a _ .

The Ttlaloc Vessel is frontal and symmetrical, which is symbolic of ____.

A marble sculpture made by cutting away stone is made in a ____ process.

____________________ textures mimic reality.

This painting was a catalyst for the ____ movement in art

Van Gogh was not a member of another stylistic group.

An equestrian sculpture is one that includes a ____.

In a work of art, the word “composition” refers to ____.