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Art Appreciation, Midterm Exam
Matching.
Match the letter of the proper definition to the number of which it corresponds. 2 pts each
1. Iconography ____C.________
2. Line ____________M._______
3. Mudra _________G._______
4. Neolithic _______B.________
A. Space that exists around a work of art
B. New Stone Age
C. Means “describing images.” Images that describe or tell a story
D. Space that is suggested in two dimensional art.
5. Chiaroscuro______H._________ E. The shapes we perceive as figures that lay on top of a ground.
6. Lascaux ________L._________ F. Shadow of sculptures
7. Positive shapes _____E.______
8. Installation Art _____K.______
G. Symbolic or ritual gesture in Hinduism and Buddhism.
H. Italian for light/dark.
9. Implied Space ___D._________
10. Stippling______T._________
11. Foreshortening _____P.______
12. Asymmetrical Balance __O.__
13. Secondary Colors _____V.___
14. Proportion ______Q._______
15. Black _________R.________
I. Middle stone age
J. art that represents forms not seen by us in life, the unknown.
K. Art that can be entered and experienced in a space.
L. S etting of a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its
Paleolithic cave paintings.
M. A mark that is longer than it is thicker/ traced by a moving point
N. Italian for smudging
16. Symmetrical Balance _U.___ O. occurs when several smaller forms on one side of a composition are balanced by a large form on the other side, or smaller forms are placed further away from the center of the composition than larger forms. One darker item may need to be balanced by several lighter items.
P. visual effect or illusion that an object or distance appears shorter
than it actually is because it is angled toward the viewer
Q. refers to size relationships between parts of a whole, or between two or more items perceived as a unit.
R. Hue/color that basically is the absence of reflected light
S. The color between colors.
T. Technique using dots/marks to create the appearance of value change.
U. Forms on either side of the axis correspond to one another in size, shape and placement.
V. Colors made by mixing primary colors
True or False
. Circle “T” for true or “F” for false for each statement. 1 pts each
17. T or F
In the painting “
The Garden of Earthy Delights,
” Bosch creates a world where humans live exemplary Christian lives.
18. T or F In the mid 18 th
century craft such as pottery and textiles were merged with Painting and sculpture in the term Fine Art.
19. T or F A gridded sketch is used to enlarge smaller drawings into larger works.
20. T or F Cross hatching is crisscrossing lines (parallel, perpendicular and diagonal).
21. T or F Non Representational Art is art that attempts to offer no information that relates to objects we would naturally encounter in life.

22. T or F The Pietà is a subject in Christian art depicting Jesus Christ on the Cross.
23. T or F Diagonal lines almost always imply inaction.
24. T or F Complementary harmonies involve colors are very close or next to one another on the color wheel.
25. T or F Charcoal pencils are made with compressed graphite.
26. T or F When you mix a red light, a blue light and a yellow or yellow green light, you get black.
27. T or F Art, since Marcel Duchamp, has been more about rendering (how well it is made) than the concept or idea.
28. T or F A bodhisattva is just the same as a Buddha.
List the Elements of Art/Design 1 point each
29. Line
30. Shape
31. Value
32. Texture
33. Color
34. Space
Image recognition . Name the artist and the title of each artwork displayed. 3 pts each
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Extra Credit 2 points each (no extra for facts)
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Define- 2 points each
43. Binder- a substance that ensures adhesion of pigments to a surface.
44. Triadic color harmony- are composed of any three colors equidistant from each other on the color wheel.
45. Nib- The tip of a calligraphy pen, they are interchangeable.
Extra credit. Silverpoint- A drawing technique that uses silver to draw an image on paper. The desired outcome, is that the metal oxidizes on the paper and turns an olive color.
Essay.
Write a one or two paragraph essay answering the following questions. 5 pts each.
46. In understanding art and appearances, we learned about Hitler’s degenerate art show. Explain what this show was and why Hitler had it made. Name two of the artists included in the show.
The grounds for choosing the "unworthy" pieces of art were quite simple and cruel: anything that was out of tune with Hitler's way of thinking, was considered to be "degenerate". Hitler believed the art must serve the purpose of exaltation of the Aryan way of life. In this case, with this great aim, art is perfect and eternal. To Hitler's mind.
The authors of the banned works, mostly expressionists, were proclaimed mad. It would be curious to learn that most of those artists are known as the most prominent among their contemporaries, and are still admired. They are: Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Edvard Munch, many others, and the most degenerate artist of the world, Pablo Picasso.

47. Concerning the painting by Francisco de Goya, Executions of the Third of May , 1808 , Please explain what historic event was taking place inspiring Goya to paint this piece. Explain what elements he used in heightening the emphasis on the soon to be executed man.
Francisco de Goya used a dramatic color scheme to bring emphasis to the man being executed in his painting Executions of the Third of May . The white, yellow and red demand your attention. He uses directional lines from the guns the soldiers are holding as well to focus your attention to the man being executed. The soldiers’ faces are not shown to minimize their emphasis. They are displayed in the same uniform fashion to make them look robotic and lifeless. All the expression is in the man about to be executed. The scene Goya is depicting occurred during the invasion of Spain by Napoleon, when a popular uprising in Madrid was brutally suppressed by occupying French soldiers. The only faces being shown are those of the soon to be or already executed.
48. In the piece, The Two Frida’s , by Frida Kahlo, she has depicted herself two times. Please explain her though process behind the dual natured self portrait.
Frida Kahlo painted many self portraits that displayed much about her psyche. In the piece The Two
Fridas , she displays a symmetrical balance in showing the duality of her heritage. Being half Spanish and half Indian (Mexican descent), she painted a portrait displaying her two heritages. In the Frida to the left she is wearing a very European white gown and the right, the Mexican Frida is wearing more traditional
Mexican clothing. The Mexican Frida is holding a portrait of Diego Rivera (whom she was married to).
The Spanish Frida has severed her vein and is bleeding out on her dress, which is symbolic of her severing her ties to the European half of herself.
49. Describe what atmospheric perspective is. List what era it was discovered and how the Mona Lisa utilizes this technique.
Refers to the effect the atmosphere has on the appearance of an object as it is viewed from a distance. As the distance between an object and a viewer increases, the contrast between the object and its background decreases, and the contrast of any markings or details within the object also decreases. The colors of the object also become less saturated and shift towards the background color, which is usually blue, but under some conditions may be some other color (for example, at sunrise or sunset distant colors may shift towards red).
Extra Credit are worth 2
Write a brief explanation for the questions posed. 2 points each.
1. Basquiat died an early death from a drug overdose. What was the drug that he overdosed on? Heroin
2. Name the nude woman playing chess with Marcel Duchamp. Eve Babitz
3. Who is depicted in the Shaka Triad ? Buddha and two Bodhisattvas

4. Who painted this? Pablo Picasso
5. This is Apollo the Sun God. Why did I discuss this piece in class?
I was discussing how in Western culture, we derive many of our aesthetic choices from the Greeks. This halo predates any image we have of Jesus Christ with a halo. The Christian halo was borrowed from
Apollo the Sun God.