Deck 2: Visual Communication

Question 1

In The Kiss, the artist Rodin expressed the _______ of love, while the artist Brancusi expressed the _______ of love.

A) look; touch
B) thought; heartbreak
C) risk; satisfaction
D) feeling; idea

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Compare and contrast HYPERLINK "http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/display_image.php?id=15277"Harnett's A Smoke Backstage with HYPERLINK "http://www.usc.edu/schools/annenberg/asc/projects/comm544/library/images/336.html"Rene Magritte's The Treason of Images. In what manner did the artists' motivations affect each work?

Answer 2

not answered

Question 3

The term for purity, brilliance, or saturation, of a color is:

A) hue
B) value
C) intensity
D) scale

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The symbolic meaning of visual signs and imagery is called:

A) content
B) iconography
C) form
D) aesthetics

Question 5

The phenomenon when positive and negative space change places, as seen in M.C. Escher's Sky and Water I woodcut print, is called:

A) composition
B) object exchange
C) implied exchange
D) figure-ground reversal

Question 6

Define chiaroscuro.

Question 7

The method of creating the illusion of depth on a 2-D surface through the appearance of converging parallel lines and one or more vanishing points is called _______.

A) atmospheric perspective
B) chiaroscuro
C) linear perspective
D) picture plane

Question 8

Differentiate between form and content.

Question 9

The realistic manner in which William Harnett painted A Smoke Backstage is called:

A) abstract
B) painterly
C) nonrepresentational
D) trompe l'oeil

Question 10

There are several techniques artists have used to create the illusion of depth on a flat surface. Identify three of these techniques.

Question 11

Identify the characteristics of "cool" and "warm" colors? Give examples for each.

Question 12

In his image Untitled Keith Haring has used _______ colors.

A) objective
B) analogous
C) tertiary
D) complementary

Question 13

The term "value," in the sense of art, refers to the:

A) lightness and darkness of surfaces
B) brightness and dullness of surfaces
C) foreground and background
D) quality of line and shape

Question 14

Discuss Isaac Newton's contributions to our understanding of color.

Question 15

Objective or figurative art is considered:

A) representational art
B) abstract art
C) nonrepresentational art
D) folk art

Question 16

When a work of art such as Theo van Doesburg's Composition The Cow) shows no reference to the natural world of images, it is usually called:

A) expressionistic
B) stylized
C) simplistic
D) nonrepresentational

Question 17

Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. V is typical in style and content of the artist:

A) Georgia O'Keeffe
B) Nancy Graves
C) Constantine Brancusi
D) Jean-Michel Basquiat

Question 18

In the photograph Pepper #30, this artist combines awareness, creativity, and communication by encouraging the viewer to look closely at an object.

A) Otto Dix
B) Vincent van Gogh
C) Edward Weston
D) Henri Rousseau

Question 19

The work Untitled by _______ emphasizes implied motion.

A) Jenny Holzer
B) Marc Chagall
C) Kristin Jones
D) Harold Edgerton

Question 20

Raphael's The School of Athens provides the viewer with the illusion of the three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional surface by the use of:

A) cross hatching
B) the golden mean
C) symmetrical balance
D) linear perspective

Question 21

Discuss the function of the color wheel. What is the significance of the primary colors? What are some color schemes artists have used in their work? Explain.

Question 22

Compare and contrast Betye Saar's Liberation of Aunt Jemima with Carlos Fresquez's "Yellow Wall." What social issues is each attempting to address?

Question 23

Describe how Shen Zhou uses the element of design in his artwork Poet on a Mountain Top. Which elements were excluded and why?

Question 24

Discuss how light may be utilized in artworks. Citing examples, describe how the western approach to light has differed from eastern cultures.

Question 25

Compare and contrast the use of perspective in Raphael's The School of Athens with Durand's Kindred Spirits.

Question 26

List some characteristics of line in Marc Chagall's I and the Village.
Essay Questions

Question 27

Compare and contrast Rodin's The Kiss with HYPERLINK "http://www.sculpturegallery.com/sculpture/brancusi_kiss.html"Brancusi's The Kiss. In what way does their approach change the content?

Question 28

Compare and contrast the use of mass and space in Giacometti's Man Pointing with Qennefer, Steward of the Palace.

Question 29

Describe the work of Georgia O'Keeffe. What was her unique approach toward art? What influenced her content?

Question 30

Discuss how Ancient Egyptians used mass in their sculpture. How did the Egyptians' beliefs affect their use of mass in art and architecture?