MME Exam 1 – Study Guide, Revision Notes, and Practice Questions for Exam
Preparation
shape, size, materials, and technique - ANS ✔✔assessing the physical properties of a work of art
requires examining ________
line, light, form, and color - ANS ✔✔formal analysis requires art historians to examine _______
organization of a work of art - ANS ✔✔in art history, composition refers to the _______
composition shapes the way the painted figures interact - ANS ✔✔the chapter compared
Raphael's Madonna of the Goldfinch and Renoir's Mme. Charpentier and her Children to
illustrate how _______
physical properties - ANS ✔✔when the chapter discusses the oak panels of Rogier van der
Weyden's Crucifixion with the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist, it analyzes the painting's
______
iconography - ANS ✔✔which component of the 4-part method of art historical investigation
allows the chapter to state that Rogier van der Weyden's Crucifixion with the Virgin and St. John
the Evangelist represents a scene from the biblical Gospel of John?
cultural context - ANS ✔✔when the chapter explains that rogier van der Weyden's crucifixion
with the virgin and st john the evangelist may reflect the influence of another painter, which
component of the 4-part historical method of interpretation does it employ?
formal structure - ANS ✔✔which component of the 4-part method of art historical investigation
leads the chapter to state that rogier can der Weyden's crucifixion with the virgin and st. john
the evangelist both unifies and divides the scene?
, cultural context - ANS ✔✔when the chapter explains that the austere quality of rogier van der
Weyden's crucifixion with the virgin and st john the evangelist may reflect the principles of the
Carthusian monastic order, which component of the 4-part method of art historical
interpretation does it employ?
varies depending upon an individual's education and experience - ANS ✔✔what is the definition
of art?
display exceptional design or illustrate important cultural values - ANS ✔✔works of architecture
are included in this text because they _____
physical properties, formal structure, subject matter, and cultural context - ANS ✔✔the four
things art historians investigate in works of art are _____
shape, materials, technique, and size - ANS ✔✔formal analysis requires art historians to
examine _____
natural subject matter and iconography - ANS ✔✔the analysis of the meaning of a work of art
includes the examination of _______
recognizable things in a work of art - ANS ✔✔natural subject matter refers to the ________
conventional meanings a culture attaches to what is represented - ANS ✔✔analyzing
iconography requires the understanding of ______
Raphael's painting refers to Christ's death and Renoir's pictures a son and a daughter - ANS
✔✔the chapter's iconographic analyses of Raphael's Madonna of the Goldfinch and Renoir's
Mme. Charpentier and her Children reveal that ______
Preparation
shape, size, materials, and technique - ANS ✔✔assessing the physical properties of a work of art
requires examining ________
line, light, form, and color - ANS ✔✔formal analysis requires art historians to examine _______
organization of a work of art - ANS ✔✔in art history, composition refers to the _______
composition shapes the way the painted figures interact - ANS ✔✔the chapter compared
Raphael's Madonna of the Goldfinch and Renoir's Mme. Charpentier and her Children to
illustrate how _______
physical properties - ANS ✔✔when the chapter discusses the oak panels of Rogier van der
Weyden's Crucifixion with the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist, it analyzes the painting's
______
iconography - ANS ✔✔which component of the 4-part method of art historical investigation
allows the chapter to state that Rogier van der Weyden's Crucifixion with the Virgin and St. John
the Evangelist represents a scene from the biblical Gospel of John?
cultural context - ANS ✔✔when the chapter explains that rogier van der Weyden's crucifixion
with the virgin and st john the evangelist may reflect the influence of another painter, which
component of the 4-part historical method of interpretation does it employ?
formal structure - ANS ✔✔which component of the 4-part method of art historical investigation
leads the chapter to state that rogier can der Weyden's crucifixion with the virgin and st. john
the evangelist both unifies and divides the scene?
, cultural context - ANS ✔✔when the chapter explains that the austere quality of rogier van der
Weyden's crucifixion with the virgin and st john the evangelist may reflect the principles of the
Carthusian monastic order, which component of the 4-part method of art historical
interpretation does it employ?
varies depending upon an individual's education and experience - ANS ✔✔what is the definition
of art?
display exceptional design or illustrate important cultural values - ANS ✔✔works of architecture
are included in this text because they _____
physical properties, formal structure, subject matter, and cultural context - ANS ✔✔the four
things art historians investigate in works of art are _____
shape, materials, technique, and size - ANS ✔✔formal analysis requires art historians to
examine _____
natural subject matter and iconography - ANS ✔✔the analysis of the meaning of a work of art
includes the examination of _______
recognizable things in a work of art - ANS ✔✔natural subject matter refers to the ________
conventional meanings a culture attaches to what is represented - ANS ✔✔analyzing
iconography requires the understanding of ______
Raphael's painting refers to Christ's death and Renoir's pictures a son and a daughter - ANS
✔✔the chapter's iconographic analyses of Raphael's Madonna of the Goldfinch and Renoir's
Mme. Charpentier and her Children reveal that ______
