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Why must artists make the structure interesting? - ANSWER Because we often respond to artistic form without awareness of its effect on us. Emphasizing simplicity, harmony, restraint, proportion, or... der, and reason, ________ was the style of ancient Greece and Rome, as well as the foundation of Western culture in general. - ANSWER Classicism What can art provide that cannot be expressed by data and information? - ANSWER Emotional understanding The relational theory of value claims that value emerges ________. - ANSWER from the relation between an interest and an object Which of the following is the correct order of the major artistic style periods in Western culture? - ANSWER Classicism, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Modernism, Postmodernism Which statement best describes Robert Herrick's poem, "The Pillar of Fame"? - ANSWER Its visual formal structure illuminates the subject of fame. In Okara's poem, "Piano and Drums," what does the piano symbolize? - ANSWER European cultures Which of the following statements is NOT true of the humanities? - ANSWER they seek to provide an objective description of reality What distinguishes the artist from other humanists (e.g., philosopher, historian, theologian, etc.)? - ANSWER Artists clarify values by artistic revelation. Knowledge about the cultural and political implications—the background or context—of a work of art ________. - ANSWER aids in our perception and intensifies our response What is the subject matter of Blume's The Eternal City? - ANSWER Fascism ________ is defined as the systematic examination of fundamental human beliefs, while ________ is its branch that studies how values impact moral judgment. - ANSWER Philosophy; ethics Studying the arts in medical school can help doctors to ________. - ANSWER finely hone their visual abilities The Christ Pantocrator of St. Catherine's Monastery at Sinai is an Orthodox icon that - ANSWER illustrates the dual nature of Christ, as both man and god. Broad areas of human creativity involving analysis of values are collectively referred to as ________. - ANSWER the humanities A participative experience involves ________. - ANSWER undivided and sustained attention to a work of art Of the four basic terms primarily related to our perception of a work of art, ________ is most closely associated with interpretation. - ANSWER content Unlike the Illustration from the Tulip Book of P. Cos, which was created to help sell tulips, Johannes Goedaert's Flowers in a Wen-li Vase with Blue-Tit is focused on the theme of ________. - ANSWER mortality In distinguishing between artlike works and art works, Martin and Jacobus state that the "artlike generally does not lend itself to ________, and that is because it lacks ________." - ANSWER sustained participation; revelatory power In order to create a better composition for his photograph A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1863, Timothy O'Sullivan ________. - ANSWER moved and arranged the dead soldiers' bodies on the battlefield. In order for something to be art, it must be ________. - ANSWER human made While such works of applied art as cars and kitchen appliances may be aesthetically pleasing, they are not as original as works of fine art because they are typically ________. - ANSWER mass-produced Which of the following concepts is NOT from What is Art? by Leo Tolstoy? - ANSWER The artist must know how to convince other people of the truthfulness of his lies. According to ________, "Art is a lie that makes us realize truth". - ANSWER Pablo Picasso Artistic form usually implies a strong degree of perceptible ________. - ANSWER unity What historical time does Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother vividly capture? - ANSWER the Great Depression Which best describes the subject matter of O'Sullivan's photograph, Canyon de Chelly? - ANSWER permanence In their effort to realize the potential of photography as art, ________ subordinate details to structure, while ________ are concerned with capturing "the decisive moment" in photography. - ANSWER Pictorialists; Documentarists Ansel Adams's Church, Taos Pueblo is an example of the photographer's interest in ________. - ANSWER the fine print Such works as Cindy Sherman's Untitled #466 demonstrate the use of ________. - ANSWER digital photography Descriptive criticism focuses upon ________. - ANSWER formal elements of a work Evaluative criticism centers on ________. - ANSWER the relative merits of a work The statement that the bull in Picasso's Guernica symbolizes Franco's utter insensitivity to suffering is ________. - ANSWER interpretive criticism A work of art is most likely to be judged a masterpiece by an evaluative critic if ________. - ANSWER it is inexhaustible Noticing the rhyme, steady meter, and quatrain stanza structure of Yeats's "The Lake of Innisfree" is ________. - ANSWER descriptive criticism A descriptive criticism of Jackson Pollock's The Flame would ________. - ANSWER point out the vigorous color contrasts of the composition The statement that Picasso's Guernica is a better painting than Blume's The Eternal City is ________. - ANSWER evaluative While a(n) ________ relationship in a work of art concerns the connection of a part to another part(s), a(n) ________ relationship in a work of art concerns the connection of a part to the overall structure. - ANSWER detail; structural Which of the following was considered shock art? - ANSWER Ofili's Holy Virgin Mary While ________ film tells a story and is comparable to theater, ________ film is an attempt to present reality using a journalistic approach, and ________ film exists for its own sake, being meant primarily as an artistic experience. - ANSWER narrative; documentary; absolute ________ is considered an example of absolute or avant-garde film. - ANSWER Fernand Léger's Ballet Mécanique While ________ involves dramatically connected but physically disconnected images, with or without dialogue, ________ moves abruptly from one shot to the next, with no preparation and often with a shock. - ANSWER montage; jump cut During the silent film years, films usually were shown ________. - ANSWER to the accompaniment of carefully coordinated music Who puts the shots in order after filming of a movie is finished? - ANSWER the editor Which of the following is preeminent in film? - ANSWER the moving image Cave art reveals that ________. - ANSWER from the beginning, humans instinctively made revealing forms Katsushika Hokusai's The Great Wave is an example of Japanese ________, while Wang Yuanqi's Landscape after Wu Zhen is an example of Chinese ________. - ANSWER woodblock print; brush and ink In painting, what is an axis line? - ANSWER An imaginary line that helps determine basic visual directions. Sensa are associated with specific objects or events in ________ painting, while sensa are dissociated from specific objects or events in ________ painting. - ANSWER representational; abstract What do Claude Monet's Impression Sunrise, Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party, and Mary Cassatt's Autumn have in common? - ANSWER They are examples of Impressionist painting. The "all-at-onceness" of a painting refers to ________. - ANSWER all of a painting being present at one time Which of the following works is an example of fresco, in which pigment is applied directly to wet plaster? - ANSWER Michelangelo's Creation of Adam Which principle of composition refers to the emphasis achieved by the scaling of sizes or shapes? - ANSWER proportion While ________ is an example of representational painting, ________ is an example of abstract painting. - ANSWER Monet's Impression Sunrise; Gorky's Untitled An example of complementary colors is - ANSWER orange and blue. The purity, vividness, or intensity of a hue refers to its - ANSWER saturation Which form of painting gives the most intensified sense of presentational immediacy? - ANSWER abstract The painting medium of ________ offers the most flexibility for blending colors and subtle portrayal of light and textures. - ANSWER oil In his Henry IV Receiving the Portrait of Marie de' Medici, what technique does Peter Paul Rubens use to convey the painting's message? - ANSWER allegory Which statement best describes watercolor pigment? - ANSWER It offers limited, but striking color choices. While ________ especially brings out the three-dimensionality of objects, the various types of ________ project from a background. - ANSWER sculpture in the round; relief sculpture While painting may be defined as ________ visual art, sculpture is best defined as ________ visual art. - ANSWER two-dimensional; three-dimensional Whereas ________ may be considered a protest against technology, ________ illustrates accommodation with technology. - ANSWER Alberto Giacometti's City Square (La Place); David Smith's Cubi X Jeff Koons's Balloon Dog (Magenta), being constructed of mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating, pushes against the concept of ________. - ANSWER "truth to materials" While Chicago's The Dinner Party may be described as ________ sculpture, Smithson's Spiral Jetty is an example of ________ sculpture and Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial is an example of ________ sculpture. - ANSWER feminist; earth; public An example of "truth to materials" in sculpture is ________. - ANSWER a wood carving shaped to reveal the grain of the wood What statement best describes the space around a sculpture? - ANSWER It is sensory. As masses extending into space that must be viewed from a number of positions, most sculpture lacks the ________ of painting. - ANSWER "all-at-onceness" Our bodies are more actively involved in the perception of ________. - ANSWER sculpture in the round Sculpture, more than painting, appeals to ________. - ANSWER sense of touch ________ is an example of political propaganda, depicting its subject as an excellent orator and general, with an athletic body, as well as a descendent of the gods. - ANSWER Augustus of Primaporta Which of the following sculptures may be described as "abstract"? - ANSWER Jean Arp's Growth How does sculpture differ from architecture? - ANSWER Sculpture does not provide a practically usable inner space. Most abstract sculptures ________. - ANSWER make the density of sensa their primary subject matter The sculptor ________ believed that "sculpture is more affected by actual size considerations than is painting" and that the physical size of a sculpture plays an important role in our emotional response to it. - ANSWER Henry Moore Centered space is best described as ________. - ANSWER a natural or human-made site that organizes other places around it Which of the following buildings features such characteristics as sweeping curves, cylindrical forms, and a titanium exterior? - ANSWER Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao The revelatory necessities of architecture require that ________. - ANSWER the function of a building is an essential part of its subject matter, interpreted through its form In architecture, the word "façade" usually refers to ________. - ANSWER the exterior front of a building Of the four necessities of architecture, which is the most obvious? - ANSWER technical requirements The ________ is an example of political propaganda, depicting its subject as an excellent orator and general, with an athletic body, as well as a descendent of the gods. - ANSWER Augustus of Primaporta According to the textbook, "architecture is a great hollowed-out ________ that we perceive by moving about both outside and inside", with ________ being "the material of the architect". - ANSWER sculpture; space Just as ________ is a notable example of ancient Greek architecture, ________ is a notable example of ancient Roman architecture. - ANSWER the Parthenon; the Pantheon Which structure best illustrates the perception of architecture to "defy gravity"? - ANSWER Brunelleschi's dome of the Florence Cathedral Which of the following statements is not true of the Taj Mahal? - ANSWER It serves as the most celebrated mosque in India. While the Parthenon demonstrates the architectural technique of ________, Frank Lloyd Wright's Kaufmann House (Fallingwater) demonstrates the ________ structural principle. - ANSWER post-and-lintel; cantilever Which of the following statements is NOT true of architecture? - ANSWER In most structures, aesthetics are more important than practical considerations. Which of the following structural elements is NOT included in the Roman Colosseum? - ANSWER a round dome Among the symbolic features of ________ are its number of floors, the way its floors are divided and shaped into segments, the organic color of its exterior, and its similarity to a pagoda. - ANSWER C. Y. Lee's Taipei 101 Which of the following statements is NOT true of structural elements in architecture? - ANSWER The Classical orders and the arch are post-and-lintel construction types. William Blake's "The Sick Rose" includes a particularly rich use of ________. - ANSWER symbolism According to Ezra Pound, "Great literature is simply ________ to the utmost possible degree." - ANSWER language charged with meaning Which of the following statements is NOT true of Po Chü'i? - ANSWER His life was guided largely by Daoist ideals focused on moral actions. What is the main idea of a literary work? - ANSWER the theme Robert Herrick's "Upon Julia's Clothes", through the poet's careful choice of words, clearly demonstrates ________. - ANSWER diction Which literary structure is a poem with emphasis on feelings as the subject matter? - ANSWER the lyric Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "Ulysses" is an example of a(n) ________, while John Keats's "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" is an example of a(n) ________. - ANSWER narrative poem; lyric poem Which of the following statements is NOT true in regards to the composition of literature? - ANSWER Works of non-fiction frequently contain fictional elements. Which of the following statements is not true of John Masefield's "Cargoes"? - ANSWER It appears to look forward to a glorious future against which the modern age looks insignificant. Walt Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!" is a(n) ________ poem in which the captain is ________ and the ship is (the) ________. - ANSWER extended metaphor; Abraham Lincoln; America A comparison between two things—made by the poet to help the participant perceive new aspects of one or both of them—is called ________. - ANSWER metaphor Which of the following statements is NOT true of sacred scriptures? - ANSWER They are universally considered non-fiction works. Which of the following implies contradiction of some kind? - ANSWER irony What is the biggest challenge of reading literature in translation? - ANSWER Translations rarely convey exactly the same meaning as the original language. Language used to help the participant picture what is being described is called ________. - ANSWER imagery The temporal relationship of sounds in music, consisting of beat, meter, and tempo, is known as ________. - ANSWER rhythm In terms of music tempo, allegro means ________, while andante means ________. - ANSWER fast; at a walking pace Timbre, which can be compared to ________, refers to the unique sounds of individual instruments and voices. - ANSWER colors on a painter's palette Which of the following statements is not true of the content of music? - ANSWER Composers intentionally do not attempt to imitate nature in music. While the ________ theory of music essentially denies that music has subject matter, content, and revelatory meaning, the ________ theory of music argues that composers communicate their feelings through their music. - ANSWER Formalist; Expressionist Which of the following is NOT true of Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2? - ANSWER The tempos of Its three movements are slow, fast, and slow. Helping to hold our attention when listening to music, ________ refers to differences and changes in such elements as melody, dynamics, timbre, tempo, and form. - ANSWER contrast According to the textbook, what is the major difference between a "hearer" of music and a "listener" of music? - ANSWER Listeners focus on the form and structure, which creates content. According to the textbook, what does music have the "uncanny ability" to do? - ANSWER "give us insight into the vast world of emotions we cannot name" Related to a scale, the ________ of a melody or piece of music serves as "home" on a metaphoric journey through different keys. - ANSWER tonal center A ________ is a group of notes played in succession with a perceivable "shape", while ________ is the sounding of notes simultaneously. - ANSWER melody; harmony In which of the following works does the composer provide an interpretation of the sea through both music and section subtitles, such as "Dialogue between the Wind and the Sea"? - ANSWER Claude Debussy's La Mer Two or more tones sounded simultaneously that are pleasing to the ear are considered ________, while two or more tones sounded simultaneously that produce tension are considered ________. - ANSWER consonant; dissonant Composed during the Romantic Era, ________ is a short piece for solo piano from a sequence of works that "are often charged with strong feeling". - ANSWER Frederic Chopin's Prelude No. 7 in A major The dynamics of a song refers to its ________. - ANSWER loudness or softness. The piano part in Schubert's "Die Forelle" supports the song's text by suggesting the ________. - ANSWER swimming fish and fisherman's actions Considered daring due to its musical innovations, ________ is a "symphonic masterpiece" originally intended to celebrate Napoleon. - ANSWER Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica" When listening to a piece of vocal music, we should ________. - ANSWER concentrate on the relationship between the music and the text Thomas Weelkes's As Vesta Was Descending is notable for its ________. - ANSWER word painting While ________ is designed to musically depict its subject matter, ________ is designed to appeal directly to the intellect and emotions. - ANSWER program music; absolute music Unlike a(n) ____________, which is a multi-movement composition for orchestra, a(n) ____________ is a multi-movement composition for orchestra and instrumental soloist. - ANSWER symphony; concerto Which of the following statements is NOT true of music genres? - ANSWER The character piece is a lengthy work for solo piano designed to evoke a specific emotion or idea. Handel's Messiah is an example of ________, which is a large-scale work for soloists, chorus, and orchestra that is usually based on a Biblical story. - ANSWER an oratorio What is a madrigal? - ANSWER A piece for several solo voices set to a short poem What is the essence of jazz music? - ANSWER improvisation Which of the following statements is not true of the symphony? - ANSWER It is a rigid structure from the Baroque period. To what does a cappella refer? - ANSWER Unaccompanied vocal music Which of the following is NOT true of Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons? - ANSWER It was originally composed for solo cello and symphony orchestra. Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue may be described as ________. - ANSWER jazz-flavored concert music A structure in which a refrain is repeated after episodes with a different melody is a ________, while a structure in which the melody is stated, then repeated with the first statement being played as background, as in "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," is a ________. - ANSWER rondo; fugue [Show More]

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