Deck 10: Content and Analysis

Question 1

The atmosphere of Edward Hopper's Nighthawks,created by the lack of people on the street,the absence of street lights,and the somber mood of the customers in the diner,is one of ________.

A) pleasure
B) excitement
C) anger
D) loneliness
E) romance

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The presence of Velázquez's self-portrait in Las Meninas indicates that the painter ________.

A) was vain
B) was handsome
C) wanted artists to be of high status
D) really painted the work
E) disliked the King

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Do a detailed formal analysis of an artwork in person.You might go to a local museum or your school's art gallery,find a sculpture in a nearby park,or study a building.Spend a significant amount of time in front of the artwork and be sure to consider how the artist used all of the elements and principles.Conclude with what you think the artist's focal point or emphasis is and hypothesize what the artist may be saying.

Answer 3

Answer will vary.

Question 4

Picasso was an inventive artist who never used artworks from the past for inspiration.

Question 5

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's portrayal of the woman in Grande Odalisque ________ her body.

A) depicts accurately
B) distorts
C) depicts the flaws of
D) represents a feminist analysis of
E) none of the other answers

Question 6

Feminist analysis of Grande Odalisque by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres considers the role of women in nineteenth-century France,but not viewers' perspectives on gender.

Question 7

Formal analysis can be done on paintings,but not on sculptures.

Question 8

Holbein's The Ambassadors has several references to religious content.

Question 9

Sumerian votive figures were used as:

A) prayer figures
B) fertility figures
C) dolls
D) puppets
E) all of the other answers

Question 10

What does the cross on Velázquez's tunic in Las Meninas signify?

A) that he was a painter of the court
B) that he was a Catholic
C) that he was a member of the Order of Santiago
D) that he painted this on a Sunday
E) none of the other answers

Question 11

Palmer Hayden's Midsummer Night in Harlem is about:

A) A play by Shakespeare
B) Summer in the Netherlands
C) A community in Harlem, New York
D) A community on the Upper East Side, New York
E) None of the other answers

Question 12

Robert Mapplethorpe created traditional gendered roles for men and women to connect modern photography with painters from the past.

Question 13

Edvard Munch's The Scream depicts a suicide witnessed by the artist.

Question 14

Memento mori refers to:

A) a locket or other symbol of love
B) a symbol of mortality
C) a letter written a long time ago
D) musical instruments
E) none of the other answers

Question 15

Which of the following are acceptable resources for studying art?

A) A museum website
B) An essay found on the internet from a person who saw the artwork
C) A bestselling fictional book based on the artwork
D) None of the other answers

Question 16

The neighborhood shown in Palmer Hayden's Midsummer Night in Harlem could represent any neighborhood in America in the 1930s.

Question 17

Both biographical and historical analysis are important for understanding the meaning of Velázquez's Las Meninas.

Question 18

Hieronymous Bosch worked closely with and was deeply influenced by the Surrealist artists of the twentieth century.

Question 19

Which of these terms relates to Hans Holbein the Younger's painting The Ambassadors?

A) memento mori
B) iconography
C) anamorphosis
D) memento mori and anamorphosis
E) all of the other answers

Question 20

Which of the following is not a primary source for studying a work of art?

A) a blog about a painting
B) a letter written by the artist of an artwork
C) the artwork itself
D) the title of an artwork
E) an interview with the artist

Question 21

Match the methodological approach with its definition:
a.analyses the use of formal elements in a work.
b.considers the role of women in an artwork
c.interprets objects and figures in the artwork as symbols
d.considers the artist's personal experiences
e.considers the religious, political, and social environment in which the artwork was made and viewed
contextual analysis

Question 22

Match the methodological approach with its definition:
a.analyses the use of formal elements in a work.
b.considers the role of women in an artwork
c.interprets objects and figures in the artwork as symbols
d.considers the artist's personal experiences
e.considers the religious, political, and social environment in which the artwork was made and viewed
formal analysis

Question 23

Do research on an artwork,perhaps one that you have seen in person.Conduct three different methodological analyses.Write one or two paragraphs exploring each method,and then write a paragraph in which you combine these methods to present a single interpretation of the artwork.

Question 24

Match the methodological approach with its definition:
a.analyses the use of formal elements in a work.
b.considers the role of women in an artwork
c.interprets objects and figures in the artwork as symbols
d.considers the artist's personal experiences
e.considers the religious, political, and social environment in which the artwork was made and viewed
feminist analysis

Question 25

Match the methodological approach with its definition:
a.analyses the use of formal elements in a work.
b.considers the role of women in an artwork
c.interprets objects and figures in the artwork as symbols
d.considers the artist's personal experiences
e.considers the religious, political, and social environment in which the artwork was made and viewed
iconographical analysis

Question 26

Thomas Struth photographs ________.

A) famous artworks
B) people looking at art
C) the inside of museums
D) paintings in the Prado museum
E) all of the other answers

Question 27

Match the methodological approach with its definition:
a.analyses the use of formal elements in a work.
b.considers the role of women in an artwork
c.interprets objects and figures in the artwork as symbols
d.considers the artist's personal experiences
e.considers the religious, political, and social environment in which the artwork was made and viewed
biographical analysis