Art and Perception
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Art and Perception explores the complex relationship between visual arts and human sensory experience. This course examines how individuals interpret and respond to various forms of artistic expression through the lens of psychological, cultural, and physiological frameworks. Students will engage with theories of perception, such as Gestalt principles and color theory, as well as analyze the impact of historical and contemporary artworks on viewers cognitive processes. Through lectures, discussions, and hands-on activities, the course fosters a deeper understanding of how artists manipulate visual elements to influence meaning, emotion, and interpretation.
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The Art of Seeing 8th Edition by Paul J. Zelanski
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Chapter 1: Understanding Art
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Q1) There are no absolute guidelines for judging __________ in art.
A) quality
B) meaning
C) value
D) content
Answer: A
Q2) Vera Mukhina's <i>Machine Tractor Driver and Collective Farm Girl</i> is an example of __________.
A) a genre scene
B) sociopolitical content
C) abstraction
D) capitalism
Answer: B
Q3) Ludwig Hohlwein's poster is an example of __________.
A) propaganda
B) portraiture
C) spiritual purpose
D) individualism
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Visual Elements
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Q1) A mark or area that is significantly longer than it is wide may be perceived as
A) a line
B) a picture plane
C) linear perspective
D) three-dimensional
Answer: A
Q2) The shapes in Matisse's painting <i>The Snail</i> are called hard-edged because __________.
A) she used a ruler
B) their boundaries are clearly distinguished
C) they represent brick walls
D) the colors look like steel
Answer: B
Q3) Overlapping is a way of suggesting three-dimensional space.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Organizing Principles of Design
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Q1) Rhythm in art is created by patterns that are set up through __________.
A) use of black and white
B) size and shape
C) repetition and variety
D) organic lines
Answer: C
Q2) The painter Wassily Kandinsky believed that coherence and harmony in a painting couldbe achieved by using only __________.
A) highly realistic figures, so viewers could read the narrative
B) light and shadow in order to minimize the number of elements
C) colors and shapes, with no references to the physical world
D) black and white instead of the usual range of colors
Answer: C
Q3) Rhythm in art can be compared with rhythm in music.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Drawing
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Q1) Georges Seurat was able to get a range of values from conté crayon by
A) bearing down very hard
B) smudging it with his fingers
C) mixing it with water
D) working on textured paper
Q2) During its history in China,brush and ink painting was __________.
A) a commercial enterprise, painting on commission
B) considered spiritually expressive
C) hidden from the emperor
D) none of the above
Q3) Charcoal can only be used in a quick,sketchy manner.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Due to the fact that __________,pen and ink drawings like Picasso's <i>Three Female Nudes Dancing</i> are difficult to execute.
A) the point of the pen may catch in the paper and splatter ink
B) it is difficult to control the pen
C) the width of the lines the pen produces are unpredictable
D) there is no variation to the pen points, so the lines are all the same
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Chapter 5: Painting
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Q1) In painting,the word for the surface on which the painting is created is the __________.
A) binder
B) support
C) mount
D) <i>intonaco</i>
Q2) The final layer of plaster,or __________,is applied over the underlying cartoon in sections small enough to be painted on that day while the plaster is still damp.
A) <i>buon fresco</i>
B) gouache
C) encaustic
D)<i> intonaco</i>
Q3) Marc Chagall's <i>The Crow Who Wanted to be an Eagle</i> uses the __________ medium.
A) oil
B) <i>buon fresco</i>
C) tempera
D) gouache
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Chapter 6: Printmaking
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Q1) The form of the stenciling process now used routinely is called the __________.
A) serigraph
B) aquatint
C) silkscreen
D) both A and C
Q2) Prints were originally used as __________.
A) black and white images for training artists to color
B) business cards and product promotions
C) illustrations in books
D) illuminated manuscripts
Q3) The intaglio printing technique is the exact opposite of the relief printing technique.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The process for line engraving __________.
A) uses needles for cutting lines
B) is the earliest intaglio process
C) involves using an oily paint
D) all of the above
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Chapter 7: Graphic Design
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Q1) The cover image of from <i>Computer Arts Projects Interactive</i> shows the importance of __________ in magazines.
A) illustrations
B) elaborate typefaces
C) press runs
D) whales
Q2) The typeface sans <i>serif</i> __________.
A) leads our eye through a word
B) gives elegant, calligraphic flourishes
C) was originally based on the Roman alphabet
D) all of the above
Q3) Peter Good feels that,unlike Europeans,American culture is not generally receptive to
A) a direct approach in advertising
B) a message that is obvious
C) ambiguity
D) good design
Q4) Postage stamps are an example of graphic design.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Photography and Filmmaking
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Q1) One of the very earliest popular uses of photography was __________.
A) taking snapshots at family gatherings
B) for portraits whose aim was capturing a perfect likeness
C) being able to take pocket-sized cameras when traveling
D) using a hidden camera
Q2) The __________ offers an example of how,before the advent of color photography,patrons had themselves photographed before a false backdrop with details hand painted.
A) <i>Sunday on the Banks of the Marne</i>
B) <i>The Terminal</i>
C) <i>Botanical Specimens</i>
D)<i> Portrait of a Landowner</i>
Q3) The computer-generated images used in realistic movies to show things like alien invasions,explosions,or tornadoes are called __________.
A) special effects
B) imitations of life
C) rashomon effects
D) cinematography
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Chapter 9: Digital Art
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Q1) Janet Cummings Good states the "digital technology has fed and fueled my obsession with __________."
A) machines
B) the properties of light
C) color
D) romanticism
Q2) Artists like Charles Csuri pioneered the use of computers in creating art __________.
A) in the early twentieth century
B) twenty-five years ago
C) in the 1960s
D) right after World War II
Q3) The computer's ability to perform long strings of calculations quickly has made possible complicated forms in __________ to become realized in three-dimensions.
A) architecture
B) drama
C) nature
D) none of the above
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Chapter 10: Sculpture
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Q1) In casting,a mold is used into which __________.
A) clay is pressed
B) plaster is poured
C) molten material is poured
D) gesso is added
Q2) The carved ivory mask from Benin was carved for the king and __________.
A) never used
B) worn at his waist
C) worn as a mask at a ritual ceremony
D) hung on a wall of the palace
Q3) A gouge,a mallet,and a scraper are tools used for __________.
A) carving wood
B) making maquettes
C) casting bronze
D) none of the above
Q4) The Greeks developed the __________ process of casting,which is still used.
A) lost-wax
B) foundry
C) slip
D) granite
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Chapter 11: Craft Media
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Q1) A common clay body,or mixtures of different kinds of clay,is __________.
A) earthenware
B) glazeware
C) placeware
D) all of the above
Q2) Some woodworkers look for "defects" in a piece of wood,like __________,as seen in Mark Lindquist's <i>Toutes Uncommon Bowl .</i>
A) burls
B) veneers
C) splits
D) none of the above
Q3) Dale Chihuly is a major artist in the field of __________.
A) wood sculpture
B) metal casting
C) fiber arts
D) art glass
Q4) Wood cannot be used for extremely ornate forms.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Product and Clothing Design
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Q1) Some contemporary designers attempt to maintain or revive older labor-intensive techniques as a symbol of cultural heritage.
A)True
B)False
Q2) __________ are flourishing in many countries,some of which receive government support.
A) Product recyclers
B) Automobile manufacturers
C) Internet design service companies
D) Design houses
Q3) In post-World War I Germany,the Bauhaus led a pioneering approach to
A) teach people how to make their own crafts
B) instill the idea that functionality in household goods was more important than aesthetics
C) bring an aesthetic approach to mass-produced functional goods
D) none of the above
Q4) Mario Fortuny's <i>Delphos dress</i> was inspired by the draped garments of Classical Greece.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Architecture
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Q1) The interiors of buildings with steel frameworks __________.
A) required solid load-bearing walls
B) are broad open spaces
C) have low ceilings
D) are disrupted by the frequent need for steel columns
Q2) A major architectural development that appeared in Roman architecture was the __________.
A) nave
B) pediment
C) arch
D) squinch
Q3) Of the names listed below,the one that is not a Greek order is __________.
A) Corinthian
B) Rhodian
C) Ionic
D) Doric
Q4) The International Modern Style evolved from the designs created at the Bauhaus.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Designed Settings
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Q1) In Japanese Kabuki theater,the actors __________.
A) use highly stylized gestures
B) wear symbolic masks
C) use their bodies as armatures for large, ornate costumes
D) all of the above
Q2) The intensely stimulating environment of Greg Natale's <i>Conano Apartment</i> bedroom come from the wallpaper and bedding patterns designed by __________.
A) Gianlorenzo Bernini
B) Florence Broadhurst
C) Frank Lloyd Wright
D) Eric Kuhne
Q3) Because the samurai warrior class embraced Zen Buddhism during the Kamakura Period,they sponsored the designing of gardens for the purposes of contemplation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Cultivated gardens have been found only in Western societies.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Historical Styles in Western Art
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Q1) As seen in <i>Still-Life with Apples</i> ,Cézanne is considered a pioneering figure in modern art because he __________.
A) returned to painting the figure as it actually appeared, not impressionistically
B) brought back linear perspective
C) focused on the formal issues and two-dimensional aspects of painting
D) reinvigorated painting with emotion and drama
Q2) The term "postmodernism" refers to __________.
A) a variety of late-twentieth-century art styles and interests
B) New Realism art
C) the architecture of the International Modern style
D) the reinforcement of Modernist ideals
Q3) Western art has been influenced by art of non-Western societies.
A)True B)False
Q4) The main subject of Surrealist art was folk tales illustrated in a hyper-real style. A)True B)False
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Chapter 16: Understanding Art on All Levels
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Q1) The Basque Public Authority approached the __________ which is dedicated to collecting and displaying contemporary art to place a branch in the city of Bilbao,Spain.
A) J. Paul Getty Trust
B) Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
C) Museum of Modern Art in New York
D) all of the above
Q2) The temples of Angkor Wat (figs.16.8-12)represent __________.
A) a pictorial history of Hindu rulers
B) a vast burial complex
C) the oldest known example of bas-relief
D) an immense model of the Hindu cosmic world
Q3) Before Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel it was __________.
A) painted with white clouds on a light blue background
B) painted to look like blue sky, studded with stars
C) covered with sixth century mosaics
D) unpainted white plaster
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