art 101 unit 2
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Formal analysis is important because it is helpful in understanding the ____ of a work of art.
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composition
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Content is about a work of art's
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theme
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Iconography uses ____ to suggest concepts and ideas
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symbols
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Feminist criticism deals with ____ in art.
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gender
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The subtext in an artwork refers to
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its underlying theme or message
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The ____ tells us what a work of art is about
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subject matter
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The study of signs in verbal or written communication is called
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semiotics
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The ancient chinese made ____ vessels for storing wine.
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bronze
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Warhol's work, such as Heinz 57 Tomato Ketchup, celebrated the commercial art of
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packaging
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Ritual meals do NOT include
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sunday brunch
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Greek ceramics are known for ____ painting, in which a thin a coating of black-firing clay covers the red clay of the vessel and details are scratched into the surface with a needle.
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black figure
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A painting is a work of art, which uses a still life as a metaphor for the inevitability of death
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vanitas
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The Venus of Willendorf is a statue of
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an anonymous fertile woman
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Georgia O'Keeffe's Works are often extreme close ups of
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flowers
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In Mesopotamia, _____symbols developed into the first writing
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cuneiform
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When an artist paints thickly and directly onto the canvas, the work is called a(n)
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alla prima
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Stiff, angular female marble figures from the Cycladic Islands, often called ____, were found in burial sites.
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plank idols
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There are many symbols in Jan Van Eyck's The Wedding, including what?
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oranges
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Art used for ritual purposes are never destroyed?
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False
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The main area of visual concentration in an artwork is designed to draw our attention to what
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focal point
