Slide List, Terms, & Other Important Test Notes – Art Appreciation Test 2
 The test is worth 60 points, about 12% of your total grade.
 There will be about 5 slide ID’s, and about 55 questions (T/F, Multiple Choice, Short Answer), for a
total of about 60 items.
 Your notes may be used during the test – your notes only. (You may not use photocopies,
printouts, this study guide or any quiz study guides or quizzes during the test.)
Text
Readings So Far This Semester: Pages 259-260 (Christo & Jeanne-Claude); Chapter 1; Page 290 (Oculus); Chapter 2; Pages 253254 (Andy Goldsworthy); Chapter 3; Page 499 (Rothko); Chapter 4; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Pages 233, 215, 220, 503, 504, 513
(Warhol); Pages 497-498 (Pollock); Pages 369-370, 372 (Sistine Chapel).
(Any major concepts or featured artists in the readings are fair game for the test. However, the test mainly focuses on content
covered in class lectures, in quizzes, and this study guide.)
Slides
Be able to pick the correct answer from a list (slide ID’s are multiple choice for the test).
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
Seurat
1884-86
The Scream
Munch
1893
The Last Supper
da Vinci
1495-97
The Fighting Temeraire
JMW Turner
1834
Southern Cross
Calder
1963
Nocturne in Blue and Gold
Whistler
1872-1877
Empire
Warhol
1964
The Potato Eaters
Vincent van Gogh
1885
Vitruvian Man
da Vinci
1485-90
Creation of Adam
Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel
1508-1512
I was a Rich Man's Plaything
Eduardo Paolozzi
1947
Orange Marilyn
Andy Warhol
1962
Terms/Artists/Lists/Questions to study in addition to content listed above. Go through this list very carefully, referring to your notes
and the text as needed. (Not everything from lecture is included in this list – things not appearing on this list may appear on
the test.)
After Image
Does the physical context of colors matter? Does it change how colors can be perceived? Why?
Color Wheel
Who invented the modern color wheel (also known as color circle), and in what year?
Dispersion
Prism
Blind Spot
Optic Disk
Sir Isaac Newton
Complementary Harmony (define – how are the colors associated with one another on the color wheel?)
Give an example of a complementary harmony (list the two colors).
Warm Colors
Aggressive Colors
Cool Colors
Passive Colors
Hue
Value
Saturation/Intensity
Tint
Shade
Ishihara Test
Monochromatic
Palette (know both definitions as used in class and textbook)
Describe the emotional effects of the colors red and blue, as presented in the textbook.
Primary Colors of Light – List the colors. Are they additive or subtractive?
Primary Colors of Pigment – List the colors. Are they additive or subtractive?
Atmospheric Perspective
Diminishing Perspective
Linear Perspective
Vanishing Point
Isometric Perspective
Pointillism
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Optical Color Mixture
Mobile
Kinetic Art
The Way Things Go by Fischli and Weiss (1987)
Which theme from the list Themes of Art does The Way Things Go belong, as described in class?
Describe the historical context of Cai Guo Qiang’s work. What is happening in the world that influences his work?
Futurism
What inspired the Futurists?
Mandala
What are Mandala’s typically made of?
What do the monks do to the Mandala when they are finished creating it?
Scale
Small-Scale
Large-Scale
Richard Serra – Describe his work using our vocabulary. Is it large scale, or small scale work? Also, what happened to the work
Tilted Arc?
Distortion of Scale
Proportion
Claus Oldenburg – Describe his work using our vocabulary.
Emphasis
Focal Point
Subordinate Elements
Symmetry
Investigative Drawing
Carmine Pigment
Chalk
Support
Grounder/Primer
Pop Art
The Warhol Factory
Commercial Art
Fine Art
How did Andy Warhol begin his career in the arts? Was he a commercial artist or a fine artist after college?
Describe the Warhol film Empire – what is especially unique about it? How is it different from most movies?
Collaboration between Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat
With regard to the work Study of Human Proportions according to Vitruvius by da Vinci:
What does the square around the man represent, as discussed in lecture?
What does the circle around the man represent, as discussed in lecture?
Jackson Pollock
Automatism
Action Painting
Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel
Tromp l’oeil
Fresco Painting
Encaustic Painting
Tempera Painting