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Art Test No. 1

Terms in this set (30)

a work of art
The visual expression of an idea or experience through the use of a medium is known as
medium
A material and its accompanying technique is called a
Romare Bearden
Daily life in the rural South influenced the work of
experimenting, associating, questioning, observing, and networking
What are the 5 characteristic traits of creativity?
nonrepresentational pictures
What is an example of a characteristic trait of children's art?
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Three-year old Alana's "Grandma" demonstrates that children create unique images based on
subjects
In representational art, objects are called
nonrepresentational
When a work of art shows no reference to the natural world of images, it is
angular lines
What feature of Torii Kiyotada's "An Actor of the Ichikawa Clan" suggests swift and violent motion?
suggest visual connection
Artists use implied lines to
positive and negative shapes
Paul d'Agostino's "The Rarely Glimpsed Junkfish" plays with the concept of
shape
Another term for mass is
she uses shading to imply fully rounded bodies
How does Paula Modersohn-Becker imply mass in her painting "Mother and Child"
he uses vertical placement to make the lemon appear closer than the apples to the viewer
What is one way that Paul Cezanne implies depth in "Still Life with Apples"?
linear perspective
Raphael's "The School of Athens" creates the illusion of three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface through the use of
unity
The appearance of similarity in a work of art is called
variety provides diversity
How is variety different from unity?
Pieter de Hooch's "Inferior of a Dutch House"
A balance of unity and variety can best be seen in
he repeats rectangular shapes of different sizes
How does Pieter de Hooch create variety in his painting "Inferior of a Dutch House"
symmetrical balance
When the two sides of a composition correspond to one another in size, shape, and placement of form, the work has
focal point
The principal area of emphasis in an artwork is called a
subordinate areas that contrast with the focal point of the sun
In Degas' "Jockeys Before the Race", what do the muted colors of the sky and grass produce?
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In "Bullfight", how does Goya create a dynamic composition that both balances the composition and heightens the sense of tension?
evaluation
The process of selecting one thing over another or the appreciation of the significance of something is called
its sincere and bold expressive qualities
Dawn Marie Jingagian's "Shy Glance" can be evaluated according to
art criticism
Making favorable and unfavorable judgments about works of art is called
formal
Which theories focus attention on the composition of an artwork and how earlier artworks may have influenced it?
they use art criticism to determine the condition of the work of art
How do specialists decide it art is great?
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What kind of artist is William Kentridge?
The Nose
What opera was William Kentridge working on at the end of the film?
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