ART 101/103- Questions With Complete Solutions
What is art? Right Ans - the visual expression of an idea or experience,
formed with skill, through the use of a medium
Define medium. Right Ans - particular material, along with its
accompanying technique
Define mixed media. Right Ans - art made with a combination of different
materials, as many artists do today
Aesthetics Right Ans - the study and philosophy of the quality and nature of
sensory responses related to, but not limited by, the concept of beauty pg 20
Define folk artists Right Ans - those with a small amount of or no formal art
education, untrained artists, natural talent
Define creativity Right Ans - the ability to bring forth something new that
has value, has the potential to influence future thought or action and is vital to
most walks of life,
Define representational art and name an example Right Ans - depicts the
appearance of things, rene magritte: cect nest pas une pipe> this is not a pipe
with a picture of a pipe; type of abstract art
Define non-representational art Right Ans - presents visual forms with no
specific references to anything outside themselves; type of abstract art
define abstract art Right Ans - works of art that have no reference at all to
natural objects, or works that depict natural objects in simplified, distorted, or
exaggerated ways
theo van doesburg's "Composition" (the cow) Right Ans - we see the stages
of abstraction in Theo van Doesburg's series of drawings and paintings, artist
wanted to see how far he could abstract the cow through simplification and
still have his image symbolize the essence of the animal
, Describe georgia o'keefe's "Jack in the Pulpit" Right Ans - painting: the
work depicts a jack-in-the-pulpit flower. artist enlarged it to 4 ft in height,
focused closely on the flower. have to look at the flower in a different way
define line Right Ans - mark made by a tool that goes across a piece of work
list the characteristics of a line Right Ans - -active or static, aggresive or
passive, sensual or mechanical.
-indicate directions, define boundaries of shapes and spaces, imply volumes or
solid masses, and suggest motion or emotion
-be grouped to depict light and shadow and to form patterns and textures
define implied line, and give an example Right Ans - suggest visual
connections, form geometric shapes can serve as an underying organizational
structure, marc chagall used implied lines to createa large circle at the lower
center that brings together scenes of Russian Jewish village life, "I and the
Village"
define shape and give an example Right Ans - refers to the expanse within
the outline of a two-dimensional are or within the outline of a two-
dimensional area or within the outer boundaries of a three-dimensional
object. MC Escher print "Sky and Water I" adding value makes form
define Mass. Right Ans - a three dimensional area, the physical bulk of a
solid body of material
define Form. Right Ans - the total effect of the combined visual qualities
within a work, including such components as materials, color, shape, line and
design
define implied depth. Right Ans - almost any mark on a picture plane
begins to give the illusion of this third dimension: depth
define overlap Right Ans - the most basic way to achieve the effect of depth
on a flat surface. when two shapes do this, we immediately assume from
experience that one is in front of the other.
define diminishing size Right Ans - depth effect that gives a sense of
increasing distance between each of the shapes
What is art? Right Ans - the visual expression of an idea or experience,
formed with skill, through the use of a medium
Define medium. Right Ans - particular material, along with its
accompanying technique
Define mixed media. Right Ans - art made with a combination of different
materials, as many artists do today
Aesthetics Right Ans - the study and philosophy of the quality and nature of
sensory responses related to, but not limited by, the concept of beauty pg 20
Define folk artists Right Ans - those with a small amount of or no formal art
education, untrained artists, natural talent
Define creativity Right Ans - the ability to bring forth something new that
has value, has the potential to influence future thought or action and is vital to
most walks of life,
Define representational art and name an example Right Ans - depicts the
appearance of things, rene magritte: cect nest pas une pipe> this is not a pipe
with a picture of a pipe; type of abstract art
Define non-representational art Right Ans - presents visual forms with no
specific references to anything outside themselves; type of abstract art
define abstract art Right Ans - works of art that have no reference at all to
natural objects, or works that depict natural objects in simplified, distorted, or
exaggerated ways
theo van doesburg's "Composition" (the cow) Right Ans - we see the stages
of abstraction in Theo van Doesburg's series of drawings and paintings, artist
wanted to see how far he could abstract the cow through simplification and
still have his image symbolize the essence of the animal
, Describe georgia o'keefe's "Jack in the Pulpit" Right Ans - painting: the
work depicts a jack-in-the-pulpit flower. artist enlarged it to 4 ft in height,
focused closely on the flower. have to look at the flower in a different way
define line Right Ans - mark made by a tool that goes across a piece of work
list the characteristics of a line Right Ans - -active or static, aggresive or
passive, sensual or mechanical.
-indicate directions, define boundaries of shapes and spaces, imply volumes or
solid masses, and suggest motion or emotion
-be grouped to depict light and shadow and to form patterns and textures
define implied line, and give an example Right Ans - suggest visual
connections, form geometric shapes can serve as an underying organizational
structure, marc chagall used implied lines to createa large circle at the lower
center that brings together scenes of Russian Jewish village life, "I and the
Village"
define shape and give an example Right Ans - refers to the expanse within
the outline of a two-dimensional are or within the outline of a two-
dimensional area or within the outer boundaries of a three-dimensional
object. MC Escher print "Sky and Water I" adding value makes form
define Mass. Right Ans - a three dimensional area, the physical bulk of a
solid body of material
define Form. Right Ans - the total effect of the combined visual qualities
within a work, including such components as materials, color, shape, line and
design
define implied depth. Right Ans - almost any mark on a picture plane
begins to give the illusion of this third dimension: depth
define overlap Right Ans - the most basic way to achieve the effect of depth
on a flat surface. when two shapes do this, we immediately assume from
experience that one is in front of the other.
define diminishing size Right Ans - depth effect that gives a sense of
increasing distance between each of the shapes
