Visual Arts Studies
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Course Introduction
Visual Arts Studies provides an in-depth exploration of artistic expression across diverse media such as painting, sculpture, photography, digital art, and installation. This course examines the fundamental principles and elements of art, offering students both practical and theoretical perspectives on visual creation. Through analysis of historic and contemporary artworks, students gain insight into the cultural, social, and intellectual contexts that influence artistic trends and techniques. The course encourages creative problem-solving, critical thinking, and personal engagement with the visual arts, preparing students for further study or participation in the creative industries.
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Art Past Art Present 6th Edition by David G. Wilkins
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Chapter 1: Experiencing Art
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Q1) The design of the Katsura Imperial Villa was inspired by the tenets of Zen Buddhism to create an integration of the building with ____________.
Answer: its environment
Q2) Daniel Chester French's Minuteman is animated by a suggested sense of movement created by the contrast of the vertical axis with the:
A) horizontals of the base.
B) cantilever of the hat.
C) diagonals of right leg and musket.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Answer: C
Q3) The most striking feature of Wright's Fallingwater is that the building's structure responds to:
A) European building style.
B) the Pittsburgh skyline.
C) ancient material limitations.
D) the site.
E) all of these.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Prehistoric Art
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Q1) In settled Neolithic communities,how did pottery begin and what did it become?
Answer: Pottery in settled Neolithic communities began as a practical and functional craft, used for storing and cooking food. As communities became more established, pottery evolved into an art form, with intricate designs and decorations. It also became a symbol of cultural identity and was used for trade and exchange between different communities. Over time, pottery became an important part of Neolithic society, serving both practical and symbolic purposes.
Q2) Bacchus was the ancient Roman god of ____________ and ____________.
Answer: wine; fertility
Q3) In the image of Bulls from Lascaux cave,the application of line and color reveals:
A) understanding of the animals' anatomy.
B) careful observation.
C) understanding of the animals' movement.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Answer: D
Q4) The first European Paleolithic cave paintings were discovered in 1879 near ____________.
Answer: Altamira
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Chapter 3: Ancient Art
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Q1) In Greek Doric architecture,the walled inner sanctuary,or ____________,contained the cult statue.
Answer: naos
Q2) The Doryphoros (Spear Carrier) by Polykleitos is best understood as a visual exemplar of:
A) the Canon.
B) Egyptian proportions.
C) rigid symmetry and geometry.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Answer: A
Q3) The animal forms that create a fang ding vessel's patterns are believed to represent the enormous wealth of the patron.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The plan of the palace at Knossos is rambling and labyrinthine.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Later Ancient Art
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Q1) At the Pantheon,the thickness of the concrete of the dome is only one foot at the oculus.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The wedge-shaped blocks that make up the parts of an arch are called voussoirs.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In Roman engineering,how has the transition from the circular base of the dome to the piers or walls below been traditionally handled?
Q4) The intersection at right angles of two tunnel vaults is a called:
A) an angular vault.
B) a pendentive.
C) a groin vault.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q5) Related to the philosophical outlook of Aristotle,Hellenistic art places an emphasis on ____________ and ____________ naturalism.
Q6) In Roman fresco technique,what is the difference between buon fresco and fresco secco?
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Chapter 5: Art From 200 to 1000
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Q1) In Europe during the tenth century,"lay" artists in cities began to gather themselves into professional organizations,like trade unions,called ____________.
Q2) What influential Carolingian architectural innovation in church design is evident in the Plan of St.Gall Monastery?
Q3) The Buddhist temple called Borobudur was:
A) sited in central Java.
B) designed legendarily by a divine architect.
C) originally considered sacred by Hindus.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q4) At Santa Costanza,what is symbolized by the cross circumscribed by the circular plan?
Q5) One common element of Islamic mosques from all periods is the marking of a wall that indicates which direction Muslims should turn when they pray,called the
Q6) Why was care taken in the creation of a mosaic to adjust each tessera so that its surface was at a slight angle to that of the neighboring tesserae?
Q7) What does the word catacomb mean,and from where is it derived?
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Chapter 6: Art From 1000 to 1400
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Q1) The ceiling over the nave at the Abbey Church of Ste.-Foy at Conques is a coffered,domical ceiling like the Pantheon.
A)True
B)False
Q2) By transferring the thrust and weight to an exterior support,what does the flying buttress permit in a Gothic cathedral?
Q3) The sculpted trumeau figure of Beau Dieu at Amiens exhibits:
A) a human, solemn dignity.
B) a quiet, stately presence.
C) naturalistic drapery.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q4) An aspect of Gothic art that is particularly true of the decorative arts,both secular and liturgical,is the use of:
A) imported non-Christian labor.
B) sumptuous, colorful materials.
C) only children as artisans.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
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Chapter 7: Fifteenth-Century Art
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Q1) Discuss the idea of the Renaissance. What does it mean literally, historically, culturally, and artistically?
Q2) As seen in the Mandala of Jnanadakini from Tibet,a mandala is the Buddhist symbol for the structure of the ____________.
Q3) What about Jan van Eyck's Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami suggests that an oath is being taken?
A) hanging pillows
B) position of the couple's hands
C) view outside the window
D) all of these
E) none of these
Q4) Originally,the Inka mountain retreat of Machu Picchu included:
A) ceremonial plazas.
B) housing for various classes.
C) sectors devoted to agriculture.
D) temples.
E) all of these.
Q5) Humanistic studies in Renaissance Italy involved what disciplines in its curriculum?
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Chapter 8: Sixteenth-Century Art
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Q1) Giorgio Vasari considered the art of the Middle Ages to be very worthy and highly estimable.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What explains the appearance of the "onion" domes placed on Russian orthodox churches,such as St.Basil's?
Q3) On the interior of Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights triptych,the wings show:
A) a vision of Hell.
B) the creation of Eve.
C) God the Father.
D) the Garden of Eden.
E) all of these.
Q4) In Raphael's Philosophy,what does Aristotle's right hand gesture with palm down over the earth mean?
Q5) Why was Veronese's Last Supper considered so controversial by the Inquisition tribunal in 1573?
Q6) In Michelangelo's Florence Pietà,the normal Renaissance harmony is broken by the unstable composition and the ____________.
Q7) Why is Titian's technique known as having a painterly quality?
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Chapter 9: Seventeenth-Century Art
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Q1) Bernini's Baldacchino at St.Peter's solved the problem of providing:
A) shade for the Pope.
B) a focal point for the interior.
C) an entrance to the dome.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q2) Evidence in many Vermeer paintings suggests that he used a camera obscura.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Why and how did seventeenth-century art theorists neglect and underestimate still-life painting? Who excelled at seventeenth-century still-life painting?
Q4) Caravaggio's Christ with the Doubting Thomas is arresting because:
A) the actions of the figures are convincing.
B) the strong light gives sharp physical presence.
C) the figures are naturalistic.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q5) In his Arrival and Reception of Marie de´ Medici at Marseilles,how did Rubens satisfy the aspirations of his royal client?
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Chapter 10: Eighteenth-Century Art
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Q1) The French word that refers to a European artistic style of the 17 and 18 centuries characterized by fanciful imagery of an imaginary China is called:
A) orientalism.
B) Japonisme.
C) Chinoiserie.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q2) Because of the web of gold woodwork,the stucco ornament,the rhythmic curving cornice,and the delicate arches,the effect of Boffrand's Salon de la Princesse is:
A) spiritual and meditative.
B) elegant and ebullient.
C) robust and heroic.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q3) David's Death of Socrates offered a guide for ____________ in the troubled social climate of France in the late 1780s.
Q4) In William Hogarth's Marriage à la Mode,Scene II,what suggests that the wife's lover is the music teacher?
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Chapter 11: Nineteenth-Century Art
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Q1) The creation of an ukiyo-e woodblock print,such as Hokusai's The Great Wave,was the result of the work of:
A) a carver.
B) printing specialists.
C) an artist-designer.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q2) What was the advantage of William Henry Fox Talbot's invention of the photographic negative?
Q3) At the Parisian Salon of 1863,there was such an outcry about the rejected works that a special exhibition of rejected works was set up,known as the ____________.
Q4) In Thomas Eakins's Portrait of Dr.Samuel Gross,the touches of red are used for what purposes?
Q5) In the period of Romanticism,a revealing consistency in the various arts can be discerned.
A)True
B)False
Q6) In Thomas Cole's paintings,why is his emphasis on the uniqueness of American scenery significant?
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Chapter 12: Art From 1900 to 1949
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Q1) The duality felt by Frida Kahlo is revealed in The Two Fridas by the:
A) two hearts.
B) contrasting costumes.
C) Catholic and Aztec implications.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q2) Gropius' design for the new Bauhaus building at Dessau was guided by his philosophy on the unity of the arts.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Picasso used the African masks in Les Demoiselles d'Avignon because to him they were:
A) reminiscent of Greek vases.
B) exotic, magic things.
C) references to Goya.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q4) Alfred Stieglitz's 1907 photograph The Steerage balances the relationship between form and ____________,and thus should be understood as a work of art in itself.
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Chapter 13: Art From 1950 to 1999
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Q1) Nancy Graves's Canoptic Legerdemain makes use of laser-cut steel produced by a computer program,plus cast and molded resins; it is thus an exemplary use of ____________ in art.
Q2) Of what is the AIDS Memorial Quilt an expression?
Q3) In order to understand it,Le Corbusier's Nôtre-Dame-du-Haut forces us to do what?
How do the building's exterior,interior,and its site aesthetically work on a viewer?
Q4) Warhol's multiple images of Marilyn Monroe are born from the aesthetic numbness produced by the commercial environment.
A)True
B)False
Q5) At exhibitions of the sculptural works of Duane Hanson,viewers sometimes:
A) damage the works in frustration.
B) leave the gallery in anger.
C) speak to the works.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q6) In each of the works in his series Homage to the Square,Albers sets square planes of color within larger ____________.
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Chapter 14: Art in the New Millennium
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Q1) What sort of unexpected materials have been used for art in the last few years?
Q2) In creating Torqued Ellipses,Richard Serra was influenced by Borromini's:
A) ramp of his Guggenheim Museum.
B) steeples of the Church of Sagrada Familia.
C) dome in San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.
Q3) Battle of the Giants by Armit and Rabindra K.D.Kaur Singh involves two elephants whose bodies are composed of football and rugby players.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Through their ephemeral quality,Andy Goldsworthy's works partake in the cycle of growth and decay; how are they thus preserved?
Q5) Ann Hamilton's corpus was installation art on a massive scale that proposed a contemplation on the modes of human communication.
A)True
B)False
Q6) How will James Turrell's Roden Crater project be like Stonehenge?
Q7) What facts,in part,have inspired Joyce Kozloff's Targets?
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