Test Bank Docx Themes Of Art Chapter 3

Living with Art, 12e (Getlein)

Chapter 3 Themes of Art

1) ________ are broad areas of meaning that have been reflected in the arts of many cultures.

A) Narratives

B) Themes

C) Assemblages 

D) Forms

2) What theme best describes the content of Wang Jain's painting, White Clouds over Xiao and Xiang?

A) Politics

B) Historical record

C) The natural world

D) Daily life

3) What work illustrates a spiritual theme, serving as an image for worship?

A) Madonna Enthroned

B) Great Wall of Los Angeles: Chavez Ravine and the Division of the Chicano Community

C) The Dream

D) Guernica

4) Iconoclasm means the ________ of images based on religious beliefs.

A) creation

B) worship

C) contemplation

D) destruction

5) What aspect is NOT similar between Cimabue's Madonna Enthroned and Rathnasambhava, the Transcendent Buddha of the South?

A) A sacred theme

B) Compositional structure

C) Symbolic hand gestures

D) Identical iconography

6) Which of the following is an example of a theme in art?

A) Painting

B) Renaissance

C) Mural and tapestry

D) The natural world

7) What space served as tombs, helping rulers to become fully diving upon death?

A) The pyramids at Giza

B) Sainte-Chapelle, Paris

C) Great Mosque, Córdoba, Spain

D) Buddha niche, Bamiyan, Afghanistan

8) What principle is idealized in Eugène Delacroix's painting, Liberty Leading the People?

A) The afterlife

B) Democracy

C) The American West

D) Marcus Aurelius

9) What was Pablo Picasso's Guernica a protest against?

A) The Vietnam war

B) The bombing of a civilian population

C) The atomic bomb

D) Concentration camps

10) What type of daily life is depicted in the Florentine Codex?

A) Chinese court ladies performing domestic chores

B) Aztecs making clothing

C) Tourism in New York City

D) Egyptian women at work, spinning and weaving cloth

11) In addition to paintings, prints, and combination pieces, what artist has done extensive set and costume design for Merce Cunningham, as well as graphic design for magazines and books?

A) Jeff Wall

B) Pablo Picasso

C) Robert Rauschenberg

D) Meta Warrick Fuller

12) What work of fantasy is by the bizarrely inventive Hieronymus Bosch?

A) The Dream

B) The Garden of Earthly Delights

C) The Oxbow

D) Windward

13) For what genre is artist Frida Kahlo well-known?

A) Landscape photographs

B) Religious triptychs  

C) Self-portraits

D) Public installations 

14) The ________ often created equestrian statues of their emperors.

A) Greeks

B) Romans

C) Egyptians

D) Japanese

15) Jeff Wall's A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai) is a ________ that refers to a ________.

A) sculpture; photograph

B) photograph; print

C) building; sculpture

D) collage; earthwork

16) Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty is an example of a(n) ________, which uses natural materials in its construction.

A) earthwork

B) pyramid

C) triptych 

D) assemblage

17) In Judith Baca's work, Great Wall of Los Angeles, images cover over a half-mile of length to tell a(n) ________ of the area. 

A) iconoclasm

B) etching

C) narrative

D) triptych

18) Christian Boltanski draws upon the ________ to create his work ________.

A) French Revolution; Liberty Leading the People

B) Spanish Civil War; Guernica

C) Holocaust; Altar to the Chases High School

D) history of slavery; Talking Skull

19) What was the subject matter of Thomas Cole's work, The Oxbow? 

A) Mount Fuji, in Japan

B) The lack of women artists in contemporary museum exhibitions

C) The American landscape in the nineteenth century

D) Historical records of Native American peoples

20) Discuss several ways in which works that were created to reflect the spiritual beliefs of different cultures meet the goals and needs of those cultures, with specific reference to at least three of the works considered in the text.

21) Select one political event from the past (prior to the 20th century) that featured art to influence public perception, and one event of the 20th or 21st century that employed art in a similar manner. Discuss the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of these efforts. Be specific in mentioning works or media that were used. 

22) Discuss the value of visual representations in addressing politics and the social order. Analyze a specific artist who created a work that drew attention to, either positively or negatively, something for the public to consider. How did the artist use visual means to take a position on that issue?

23) Discuss the relationship between stories and images in creating a shared sense of culture or community. Discuss specific works that you consider effective in communicating culturally important stories and histories.

24) Discuss Robert Rauschenberg and Robert Smithson as artists who explored unusual materials and techniques in their works. How did each use humor or unconventional actions to transform their art? 

25) Musicians often "cover" songs recorded by other artists, developing a new interpretation of it. Artist Jeff Wall "covered" a work by Hokusai with his A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai). How does Wall's work create a dialogue with Hokusai's? How do the differences in their works speak to the viewer about the intentions or purposes of both artists? How does this "cover" represent the theme of "Art and Art"?

26) These three figurative works, included in this chapter of the text, represent three different themes of art: Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius; Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People; and Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned. Explain how each image communicates the theme of the work.

27) Consider the painting by Cole, The Oxbow, which depicts a view of nature that includes a human figure. Discuss the point of view and the relationship between human and nature in this work.

28) Consider Rousseau's The Dream and Piranesi's "The Sawhorse." Both works are imaginative rather than realistic. Compare the methods each artist uses in creating these images.

29) Consider Picasso's Guernica and Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People. Discuss the stories behind each of the works, paying particular attention to the political and social messages that each artist wished to convey.

30) Consider Garden of Earthly Delights, by Bosch, and identify the historical/artistic period in which it was created. Then discuss the ways in which this painting is both a work of fantasy and one that relates to the religious beliefs of its time.

31) Identify the purpose(s) of the Great Pyramids and the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius. In what ways did these works serve the leaders who commissioned their creations?

32) Consider Fuller's Talking Skull. Discuss the particular aspects of human experience that this work explores, and explain the artist's struggles to achieve personal goals and connections with her cultural heritage.

33) Discuss how Robert Smithson uses the natural world to sculpt his earthwork Spiral Jetty. Include factors such as intent, process, and construction.

34) Compare and contrast the theme of the human experience in Kahlo's Self-Portrait with Monkeys and Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance. Discuss how the artists positioned their subjects in the paintings to convey reality. Consider factors such as lighting, color, and relevant objects.