Chapter 1 Review

Nonrepresentational works focus the viewer’s attention on

• unusual media.

• symbolic messages.

• historical references.

• pure visual forms.

Iconography is most helpful to interpret

• the kind of media used.

• line, shape, and color.

• the authenticity of the work.

• how subjects, symbols, and motifs convey meaning.

What is one reason that people see art differently?

• Not everyone has 20/20 eyesight.

• People do not always look closely.

• People are easily confused about complex works.

• Looking at art is always an individual, subjective experience.

What statement best describes Janet Echelman’s Her Secret Is Patience?

• The formal elements and iconography together reinforce the content.

• The formal elements are most important in communicating the sculpture’s content.

• The abstraction of formal elements suggests no specific content in the work.

• Content is understood primarily through the iconography of the sculpture.

What is one way that Rashaad Newsome creates an iconographical “mash up” in Saltire Compton?

• He included text and images in the work.

• He used different medias in the work.

• He included handmade and readymade objects.

• He combined references from hip hoppers with traditional motifs associated with heraldry.

Which of the following terms best describes the ability to bring forth something new that has value?

• creativity

• talent

• experimentation

• representation

Who was the Philadelphia Wireman?

• an unknown artist who made sculptures from refuse and other objects

• an outsider artist who became famous through the public exhibition of his works in museums

• a man who used wire and other found materials to create monumental sculptures in his backyard

• a homeless man who created clothes and blankets from woven bits of wire

Which of the following activities would best be described as “seeing”?

• finding recognizable images in clouds

• flipping through pages of magazine ads

• viewing shared photographs of friends online

• window shopping while walking down the street

What was the struggle for Romare Bearden in the work Prevalence of Ritual: Tidings. 1967?

• balancing different photograph fragments

• experimenting with color

• lack of formal training

• how effectively he communicated and his need for creative expression

What distinguishes the practice of seeing from that of looking?

• People need more education to be able to correctly see.

• Seeing involves comparing different works.

• Seeing involves our memories, emotions, and imagination.

• Seeing has to be done in front of the actual object.