Art chapters 1-3 – Flashcards

Sayre states that he believes that all people are creative, but artists possess qualities that most don't. Which of the following best describes these qualities?

In Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe, Manet intentionally rejects traditional painting techniques for what purpose?

Naturalism is a brand of representation in which the artist

The terms naturalistic or realistic art are sometimes used to describe

How is Maya Ying Lin's Vietnam Memorial similar to works by Edouard Manet and Marcel Duchamp?

What is the subject matter of Shirin Neshat's Rebellious Silence?

The representation of what subject has consistently aroused controversy throughout the history of the Western world?

Faith Ringgold's God Bless America features an American flag turned into a prison cell. How is the figure of the woman contradictory?

At the center of a scandal of the famous Armory Show of 1913 was held in

What is the content of Albert Bierstadt's Rocky Mountains?

According to Sayre what are the three steps in the process of "seeing"?

Renzo Piano's Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center is an example of "green architecture." Such buildings are praised for their:

What specific component of the National Endowment for the Arts made works of art available to the general public?

According to the National Endowment for the Arts what activist role should artists take?

What might have affected Pablo Picasso's severe style of representation seen in The Women of Avignon?

The Triumphal Entry page from the Shahnamah manuscript, a sacred text, exemplifies the preference of word over image in

Bierstadt's picturesque view of the Rocky Mountains combines a representation of an American vista with his:

What is the chief form of Islamic art?

The imagery in Faith Ringgold's God Bless America was inspired by the:

What was the inspiration for Marcel Duchamp's controversial Nude Descending a Staircase?

Guillermo Gómez-Peña uses _____________as media in his artwork, which he calls _________________.

The stained-glass window from Chartres Cathedral is an excellent example of the use of

When a work of art such as Kasimir Malevich's Suprematist Painting, Black Rectangle, Blue Triangle (p. 29) shows no reference to the natural world of images, it is usually called:

In 1863, Edouard Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe was rejected by the public due to its

Where did the court painters for the 16th century Mughal ruler, Akbar, draw inspiration for their illuminated manuscripts?

Historically, why do many people receive new and innovative work with reservation?

Jasper Johns chose to paint his image of the American flag to express:

What kind of reading does Kenneth Clark illustrate in his assessment that an ancient Greek statue represents a "higher state of civilization" than a West African mask?

Lorna Simpson's series, The Park, includes both images and printed words. The text contributes to the prints in a way that makes the viewer more active in the work. What does the viewer become?

In a work of art, "content" refers to

Etienne-Jules Marey was a pioneer in the then burgeoning art of what?

Where does Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama draw inspiration for her work?

Objects that are intended to stimulate a sense of beauty in the viewer are thought to be _______ rather than functional.

Chris Ofili's The Holy Virgin Mary displays two aspects of the artist's life-his African heritage and what else?

Which of these statements apply to the remarkable 16th century Mughal ruler, Akbar?

We can clearly see the artistic impulse to "give form to the immaterial," to represent hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, and personal feelings in:

Guillermo Gómez-Peña's The Temple of Confessions can be defined as what kind of art?

Which of these is not a principle of "green architecture"?

What is the function of the nsiki nkonde figure?

The symbolic hand gestures that refer to specific states of mind or events in the life of Buddha are called

Jan van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife Giovanna Cenami depicts many objects that have symbolic meaning. The use or study of these symbols is called:

Maya Ying Lin's Memorial in Washington, D.C

Rene Magritte's The Treason of Images asks us to consider__________.

Beatriz Milhazes' Carambola is based on ___________.

In Chapter 3, Sayre discusses two ways of valuing art. What are they?

In The Treason of Images, the artist combines awareness, creativity, and communication by encouraging the viewer to look closely at an object. The artist is:

Déjeuner sur l'herbe was rejected from the annual salon exhibition in Paris in 1863. Where was it exhibited instead?

Where did Picasso draw inspiration for the faces of the female figures on the right side of the composition of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon?

Considered a masterpiece of Renaissance art, Michelangelo's David came under attack upon first viewing due to its