Art Appreciation Ch1-3

All art is basically Paleolithic or Neolithic: either the urge to smear soot and grease on cave walls or pile stone on stone" was said by

• Anthony Caro

• Vincent Van Gogh

• Hermon De Valley

The 10th-century copper sculpture illustrated in this chapter is the work of an artist performing the role of "giving tangible form to the unknown." The unknown, in this case, is the physical form of the deity

• Shiva

• Shivan

• Roman Language

The sculptor Constantin Brancusi spent his life searching for forms that were

• Simple

• Pure

• Timeless

• All of the above

The nature of _______ suggests that the most important key to looking at art is to become aware of the process of looking itself.

• Perception

• Depth perception

• Depth

The oldest drawings and paintings found in the Chavet cave

• were not meant to embellish their habitats

• used natural pigments and charcoal

• created a connection with the beasts depicted, established a connection with these beasts

• All of these answers

To discover why the sculptor of the Amida Nyorai depicted the subject with elongated earlobes, specific hand gestres, and a bun atop his head requires the use of

• Demography

• Iconography

• Biology

• All of the above

During the Renaissance in Western Europe, _____, ______, and ______ came to be regards as the more elevated of the arts

• Painting

• Sculpture

• Architecture

• All of the above

Context is a factor of ties that bind a work of art to the

• Life of its creator

• tradition it grows from and to which it responds

• audience for which it was madeG

• society in which it was circulated,

• All of these

Ann Hamilton’s mantle is an example of

• Installation

• Diversion

• Inclusion

Representational art with an approach to naturalism covers:

• fabric drapes over bodies,

• recording effects of light and shadow on form

• Inner structures of bodies

• All of these