Art 200
Studies in Art
Midterm Exam Study Guide
The midterm will be given on August 20 and will cover chapters 1 – 8
Key Images
Venus of Willendorf. 25,000 – 20,000 BCE.
Jan Van Eyck. Wedding Portrait. 1434.
Leonardo. The Last Supper. 1495-98.
Bernini. Saint Teresa in Ecstasy. 1645-52.
Raphael. The School of Athens. 1509.
Jan Davidsz De Heem. A Table of Desserts. 1640.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Grande Odalisque. 1814.
Edouard Manet. A Bar at the Folies-Bergere. 1881-82.
Louisa Keyser. Degikup. 1904 - 1906.
Georgia O'Keefe. Red Canna. c. 1924.
Edward Weston. Pepper #30. 1930.
Wayne Thiebaud. Pie Counter. 1963.
Judy Chicago. The Dinner Party. 1974 - 79.
Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi. Witchetty Grub Dreaming. 1980.
Richard Serra. Tilted Arc. 1981.
Liza Lou. Kitchen. 1991 - 94.
Key Terms
Abstract
Additive color system
Atmospheric perspective
Avant-garde
Balance
Black figure style
Chiaroscuro
Closed form
Composition
Contrast
Craft
Emphasis
Eucharist
Figurative
Fine Art
Hue
Hydria
Idealism
Implied line
Intensity
Isometric perspective
Kitsch
Line
Linear perspective
Mass
Mural
Naturalism
Non-objective
Nonrepresentational
Oblique perspective
Odalisque
Open form
Organic
Picture plane
Popular culture
Proportion
Red figure style
Rhythm
Saltcellar
Scale
Shade
Shading
Shape
Space
Stylization
Subordination
Subtractive color system
Tint
Unity
Value
Vanitas
Variety
Volume
Questions to Consider
What are the six purposes of art identified in lecture?
What things should a viewer consider when looking at a work of art?
Identify the primary, secondary and tertiary colors of the standard color wheel.
Identify and explain at least three kinds of color schemes.
What are the key principles of composition?
Identify and explain the disguised symbols used in Jan Van Eyck’s Wedding Portrait.
What motivated Judy Chicago to create The Dinner Party?
Why was Richard Serra’s Tilted Arc such a controversial work? What happened to it?