midterm art appreciation 1.6-1.10 – Flashcards

Allan Houser's work Reverie is ________. Question options: abstract and representational abstract and two-dimensional abstract and non-objective none of the other answers abstract and not representational

What does the cross on Velázquez's tunic in Las Meninas signify? Question options: that he was a member of the Order of Santiago that he painted this on a Sunday none of the other answers that he was a Catholic that he was a painter of the court

Picasso's Las Meninas is ________. Question options: impressionistic representational three-dimensional non-objective illusionistic

biographical analysis

feminist analysis

formal analysis

contextual analysis

iconographical analysis

This sixteenth-century Flemish artist designed the work Hunters in the Snow using rhythms and subsidiary rhythms that lead the viewer's eye through the work. Question options: Suzanne Valadon Edward Weston Chuck Close Pieter Bruegel Hans Arp

A pattern with regular intervals creates ________ rhythm. Question options: an irregular a progressive an alternating a geometric a repetitive

This photographer revealed a natural example of progressive rhythm in his photograph titled Artichoke Halved. Question options: Pieter Bruegel Chuck Close Edward Weston Hans Arp Suzanne Valadon

This female artist brilliantly used a rhythmic structure in her painting Plowing in the Nivernais: The Dressing of the Vines, an image of cattle at work in the fields. Question options: Mary Cassatt Suzanne Valadon Rosa Bonheur Judy Chicago Artemisia Gentileschi

By emphasizing the color field in the center of Tin Lizzie Green, the artist who painted it intended to focus the viewer's attention on the work's ________ space. Question options: foreground perspective harmonious negative empty

Ando Hiroshige oriented three ________ in his print "Riverside Bamboo Market, Kyobashi," in order to emphasize specific points in the work and to enliven the composition. Question options: boats figures lines shapes bridges

An artist might use a small scale for a portrait of a lover because it implies ________. Question options: distance intimacy epic virtues heroism importance

This type of scale is common in the relief sculpture of ancient Egypt, where it was used to indicate social importance. Question options: hierarchical miniature monumental human lifesize

The relationships between the sizes of different parts of a work make up its ________. Question options: proportions character volume scale mass

The composition of this photographer's work Fading Away appears to conform to a proportional ratio called the Golden Section. Question options: Jan van Eyck Ansel Adams Nadar Henry Peach Robinson Dorothea Tanning

The three kinds of unity are: Question options: asymmetrical, symmetrical, radial compositional, conceptual, gestalt compositional, symmetrical, gestalt radial, proportional, volumetric radial, conceptual, gestalt

What principle of art did Katsushika Hokusai employ in "The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa" in order to bring harmony to what could otherwise be a very chaotic scene? Question options: scale unity always use the color blue none of the other answers pattern

Andrea Palladio created porch-like entrances, or ________, on all four sides of the Villa Capra to take advantage of the beautiful views. Question options: vestibules narthexes loggias foyers vomitoria