Art History Study Guide
Final Exam – Spring 2014
Mrs. Fox – Painting & Drawing
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**Please use your notes and answer all of the following questions thoroughly. This will be collected on
the day of the exam. If it is 100% complete you will receive a 100. Anything less receives a ZERO.
There is no in between. It must be in your own handwriting and in your own words.
1. Banksy is a pseudonym for a guerilla stencil artist we studied this semester. What is a pseudonym
and why does he use one?
2. What is the name of his birthplace and year of supposed birth?
3. Define Satire.
4. What magazine gave him an award in 2010? What was the award? What picture did he send of
himself to the magazine for publishing?
5. Sotheby’s Auction House sold two of Banksy’s pieces to support an AIDS benefit auction in 2008.
Which two pieces sold and for how much?
a.
b.
6. Is graffiti art or vandalism? Defend your answer.
7. Claudio Bravo’s father wanted him to work in the same profession that he worked in. What
profession was this?
8. Define Hyperrealism.
9. What are two things that are different about Hyperrealism when compared to realism?
10. Portrait comes from the Latin word _________________________, which means
________________________________________________________________________________________
11. What is the overall intent of the Portrait Artist when creating a portrait?
12. Who were the two Spanish painters that influenced Claudio Bravo and his work?
13. Sotheby’s Auction House sold a painting of Claudio Bravo’s for a large amount of money. How
much did the painting sell for and what was its title?
14. What century did Surrealism take place in?
15. What Art Movement did Surrealism follow?
16. Who was the Cubist artist that directly influenced Salvador Dali?
17. Define Formalism as a style of painting.
18. What famous psychoanalyst directly influenced the messages in Dali’s work?
19. What is the Surrealist’s Aesthetic Objective?
20. How did Salvador Dali describe his work?
21. What country was Dali born in?
22. Define Dadaism.
23. What country is David Cerny from?
24. What is David Cerny’s main objective when creating his artwork?
25. What was Cerny’s breakout piece and why did it cause such a controversy when he did it?
26. What city is Cerny’s Metamorphosis located in?
27. What famous dictator is the inspiration for Cerny’s piece Shark?
28. Define Installation Art.
29. The 2012 London Olympics commissioned Cerny to create an installation art piece. Name the
piece, say what it is made from, and describe what is “does.”
30. Cerny’s piece with the two figures facing each other in a shallow pool is interactive, meaning the
viewer can participate in the action if he/she so chooses. What is the name of this piece and
please describe what this piece of art can do.
31. Define the art term Realism.
32. Edward Hopper paints two types of subject matter. What are they?
33. How would you describe the people in Hopper’s paintings? What are they doing (or not doing)?
34. Who was Edward Hopper’s muse and his only model?
35. How did Hopper treat his wife?
36. What profession did Edward Hopper work in while he was waiting to make it as a painter? Did he
like it?
37. How are the subjects in Hopper’s early illustration work different from the subjects in his later
paintings?
38. Margaret Morrison’s style of painting can be described as what type of realism?
39. What is different about Morrison’s work early in her career when you compare it to work later in
her career?
40. What life event prompted the change in subject matter that occurred in the previous question?
41. Objects closer to the viewer in the picture plane are different from objects further back in the
picture plane is FIVE different ways. List them below.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
42. Claes Oldenburg worked alongside someone in his family throughout his career. Who was this?
43. What country is Oldenburg from?
44. Define Performance Art.
45. What is different about Oldenburg’s early sculptures when compared to his later sculptures?
46.
What is your favorite Oldenburg sculpture? Why?
46. Jeff Koons does not create his own artwork. Briefly explain how he creates his pieces. Who does
it?
47. Who was Koons married to for a brief period of time? What was one interesting fact about this
woman?
48. How much did Jeff Koon’s Tulips sell for and who bought them? Where are they located now?
49. Jeff Koons created something interesting for BMW. What was it and what other artists have
created this same thing for BMW?
50. Define the art term Kitsch. How do you view Koons’ work? Is it art?
51. Define the art term Illustration.
52. What was the famous magazine that Norman Rockwell created over 300 covers for?
53. Define Figurative Drawing.
54. What was the title of Rockwell’s artwork on his first Saturday Evening Post cover?
55. What was the title of Rockwell’s piece that was on his last Saturday Evening Post cover?
56. What does an Art Director do?
57. What were Norman Rockwell’s two main Aesthetic Objectives in his work?
58. Define Minimalism.
59. Who is the famous Minimalist Architect we looked at in the presentation? What famous house in
Pennsylvania did he design?
60. Define Color Field Painting (Minimalism Art Movement).
61. What are the basic components of Hard Edge Painting?
62. Name one famous Color Field Painter.
63. Name one famous Hard Edge Painter.
64. What is the name of the Minimalist artist who used fluorescent lighting for his artwork?
65. What Art Movement did Minimalism follow?
66. What type of subject matter does the Minimalist artist use in his/her work?
67. Do you see the artist’s hand in Minimalist artwork?
68. How large are Color Field Paintings and how are they meant to be viewed? Why are they meant to
be viewed this way?
69. What is unique about the way Ellsworth Kelly’s Colors for a Large Wall 64 Panels can be
displayed?
70. What Art Movement would you say Francis Bacon was a part of?
71. What artwork inspired Francis Bacon’s “Study After Velasquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X”?
Who painted the piece that inspired the work?
72. Did Francis Bacon paint from a live model? What did he use as reference?
73. What is a triptych? Define it. Name one triptych that Bacon painted.
74. Based on what you know about Bacon, how did he feel about the Catholic religion?
75. What was Bacon’s biggest regret in life?
76. What Art Movement was Jacques Louis David a part of?
77. Define Neo-Classicism.
78. Define Rococo as a style of painting.
79. What is a court painter?
80. Jacques Louis David had a nickname, what was it?
81. What was the one life event that changed Jacques Louis David’s career for the better? Why?
82. What was the title of David’s only landscape and where was he when he painted it?
83. Which artist in the group we studied is the same age as Mrs. Fox?
84. Which artist was born 107 years to the day before Mrs. Fox got married ?
85. Who did Salvador Dali use as his model very early in his career?
86. Who did Dali use as his model later in his career?
87. Dali’s wife was once the wife of another surrealist artist. Who was this man?
88. How many children did Edward and Jo Hopper have?
89. What role did Jo Hopper play in Edward Hopper becoming famous?
90. Did Jo Hopper drive? Why not?