The Visual Experience: CH 1 & 2

A ____________ of Van Gogh's "Wheat Field with Cypresses" would state something like the following: The sky is a multitude of blue hues, This piece is a landscape of a field during the daytime.

• interpretation

• evaluation

• description

• analysis

An _______________ of Renoir's "Luncheon of the Boating Party" when examining would ask such questions as: Are the object groupings balanced? Are the composition subjects unified? Is there variety?

• Analysis

• Description

• Interpretation

• evaluation

If one were examining the ____________________ of Renoir's piece "Luncheon of the Boating Party" the theme depicted was spirited, healthy young people, in lively colors, to depict ideas about his time.

• use of line

• elements of art

• formalism

• expressiveness

_________________ has to do with simply how one finds a piece of art. Is it enjoyable to look at, does it evoke emotion, attraction, and have pleasurable qualities?

• philosophy of art

• aesthetic experience

• traditional

• evaluation

Making a critique of Monet's "Cliffs at Etretat" if the critic uses the following criterion the Elements of Art such as line, and the Principles of Design such as balance this would be known as ________________

• formalism

• expressiveness

• evaluation

• Interpretation

The study of art that involves asking and answering all kinds of questions about art, how people respond to it, and how it relates to our lives.

• aesthetic experience

• ceramics

• philosophy of art

• analysis

The plan the artist uses to organize the art elements (line, shape, form, space, etc.) in a work of art to achieve a unified composition

• criticism

• expressiveness

• aesthetics

• design

________________ the process to determine the quality or lasting importance of a work.

• formalism

• evaluation

• interpretation

• analysis

A ________________ looks at the FACTS in an artwork.

• description

• evaluation

• perception

• interpretation

When we begin a composition we look at placement of objects, and we start at the _______________ to help guide our positioning of objects.

• the middle

• the focal point

• perimeter

• the smallest items