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ARTS 1301

ARTS 1301. Exam 1 - Review. Your right brain is the creative side; whereas, your left brain is the analytical side. True or False. true. Our textbook author, Henry Sayre, describes the role of an artist as to _____________. Create a visual record Make a functional object more “pleasurable”

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ARTS 1301

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  1. ARTS 1301 Exam 1 - Review

  2. Your right brain is the creative side; whereas, your left brain is the analytical side. True or False

  3. true

  4. Our textbook author, Henry Sayre, describes the role of an artist as to _____________. • Create a visual record • Make a functional object more “pleasurable” • Give form to the immaterial • All of the above

  5. D – all of the above

  6. Which is a more precise or mathematic perspective system? Atmospheric or Linear

  7. Linear

  8. What is a “primary” vs. a “secondary” color?

  9. Primary colors – hues that cannot be produced by mixing other hues

  10. Secondary colors – mixture of 2 primaries will give you a secondary

  11. A “sight line” is a good example of an implied line. True or False

  12. true

  13. What is medium/media?

  14. medium (plural = media) • medium – a particular material, ***along with its accompanying technique

  15. When attempting to identify a particular work of art’s STYLE, one would never use the Visual/Formal Elements. True or False

  16. false

  17. What is a kinetic sculpture?

  18. Sculpture that moves

  19. The Impressionists as a group shared what similar traits/characteristics?

  20. The Impressionists • Subject matter – middle class urban or leisure activities • Rapid, visible brushstrokes • Painting out of doors (en plein air) • Capture transient qualities of light

  21. Two images with similar content will always look similar. True or False

  22. False

  23. A technique used to imply mass on a two dimensional surface is to include __________. • Geometric shapes • Hatched shadows • Complementary colors • None of the above

  24. B - Hatched shadows

  25. Define “representational” art.

  26. representational art • Depicts the appearance of things as they appear in the natural world • Re-presents things from the natural world in a way that appears realistic • “portrays natural objects in recognizable form”

  27. Another word for COLOR is ________.

  28. HUE

  29. What is “directional force”?

  30. Line and Directional Force Directional forces – “paths” for the eye to follow, provided by actual or implied lines, in a work of art Directional forces - reveal a work of art’s underlying energy or basic visual structure

  31. Our textbook author, Henry Sayre, identifies ____________ as a universal theme in art. • Art and Beauty • Art and Spiritual Belief • Art, Science, and the Environment • All of the above

  32. D – all of the above

  33. How does “overlapping” create the illusion of space (a.k.a. implied depth)?

  34. It mimics how we see the natural world – one object in front of another. (i.e. the front object is closer)

  35. One does not need to have any specific cultural background to be able to identify iconography in a specific work of art. True or False

  36. False

  37. Cool colors appear to come toward the viewer; whereas, warm colors tend to move away from the viewer. True or False

  38. false

  39. Art Nouveau “New Art” was discussed in class as an example of _______________ style. • Individual • Group • Period • None of the above

  40. C - Period Style

  41. A work of art can only have actual OR implied texture – it cannot have both. True or False

  42. false

  43. When a painting is dominantly composed of horizontal lines, it conveys a feeling of _______. • Sensuality • Motion • Rest • Energy

  44. C - rest

  45. What is figure-ground reversal?

  46. Figure ground reversal • Figure-ground reversal = when it appears that what is ground becomes figure and then the 2 switch places again

  47. Form is what the image means; whereas, content is what the image looks like. True or False

  48. false

  49. The artist makes excellent use of tenebrism in this painting. (T or F)

  50. true

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