Quiz 7-Subject Matter-Cont.

______________ are paintings of the natural environment.

• Narrative

• Cityscapes

• Seascapes

• Landscapes

The ________________can be considered true masters of landscape paintings.

• English

• Japanese

• Chinese

• Spanish

The ________ placed the idealized, perfect human form at the top of artistic creation.

• Gauls

• Britons

• Greeks

• Middle Ages

During the time of the ________ the body was seen as corrupt and imperfect, inappropriate to portray the human body or to study it.

• Ming Dynasty

• Middle Ages

• Ancient Greeks

• Renaissance

Choose the correct fact (s) regarding "The 12 Views from a Thatched Hut"

(more than one answer)

• uses an atmospheric perspective ,

  Hsia Kuei

• ink on silk,

  during its creation period artists were respected

• section of a handscroll, during its creation artists could change social class and were not respected

• landscape painting that dominated this country's art since the fourth century AD,

  created about 1180-1230

"Discus Thrower"

• Greek copy created by Romans but in marble

• was created by Michelangelo, after viewing discus event

• is narrative in the main subject matter

• was created at a time when the human body was seen as corrupt

The "View of Venice"

• uses atmospheric perspective

• the artist showed where he grew up

• was created using acrylic on wood

• the artist does not tell a story or reveal his feelings

_________________sometimes had as many as 20 assistants working with him on a commission, the more important the commission the more this artist would paint, studies sculpture.

• Hans Holbein

• Peter Paul Rubens

• Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

• Hsia Kuei

Most ________________ have been done in the 20th century.

• landscapes

• cityscapes

• figures

• portraits

_______________ can come in a variety of shapes and sizes, people can be alone or in groups, can be formal or informal, can use a black background or natural environment

• The Figure

• The Portrait

• Literary Subject

• Landscapes