Chapter 1

Question 1

Abstraction

Answer 1

The degree to which an image is altered from an easily recognizable subject

Question 2

Academies

Answer 2

Institutions training artists in both the theory of art and practical techniques

Question 3

Atmospheric perspective

Answer 3

Use of shades of and clarity to create the illusion of depth. Closer objects have warmer tones and clear outlines, while objects set further away are cooler and become hazy

Question 4

Background

Answer 4

The part of a work depicted furthest from the viewer’s space, often behind the main subject matter

Question 5

Baroque

Answer 5

European artistic and architectural style of the late sixteenth to early eighteenth century, characterized by extravagance and emotional intensity

Question 6

Calligraphy

Answer 6

The art of emotive or carefully descriptive hand lettering or handwriting

Question 7

Cast

Answer 7

A sculpture or artwork made by pouring a liquid (for example molten metal or plaster) into a mold

Question 8

Ceramic

Answer 8

Fire-hardened clay, often painted, and normally sealed with a shiny protective coating

Question 9

Composition

Answer 9

The overall design or organization of a work

Question 10

Content

Answer 10

The meaning, message, or feeling expressed in a work of art

Question 11

Context

Answer 11

Circumstances surrounding the creation of a work of art, including historical events, social conditions, biographical facts about the artist, and his or her intentions

Question 12

Contrast

Answer 12

A drastic difference between such elements as color or value (lightness/darkness) when they are presented together.

Question 13

Emphasis

Answer 13

The principle of drawing attention to a particular content within a work

Question 14

Focal point

Answer 14

The center of interest or activity in a work of art, often drawing the viewer’s attention to the most important element

Question 15

Foreground

Answer 15

The part of a work depicted as nearest to the viewer

Question 16

Form

Answer 16

An object that can be defined in three dimensions (height, width, and depth)

Question 17

Formal

Answer 17

In art, refers to the visual elements and principles in a work

Question 18

Geometric

Answer 18

Predictable and mathematical

Question 19

Graphical design

Answer 19

The use of images, typography, and technology to communicate ideas for a client or to a particular audience

Question 20

Guilds

Answer 20

Medieval association of artists, craftsmen, or tradesmen

Question 21

Implied Line

Answer 21

A line not actually drawn but suggested by elements in the work

Question 22

In situ

Answer 22

In the location for which it was originally made

Question 23

Logo

Answer 23

A graphic image used to identify an idea or entity

Question 24

Manuscripts

Answer 24

Handwritten texts

Question 25

Medieval

Answer 25

Relating to the Middle Ages; roughly, between the fall of the Roman Empire and the start of the Renaissance

Question 26

Medium (plural media)

Answer 26

The material on or from which an artist chooses to make a work of art

Question 27

Middle ground

Answer 27

The part of a work between the foreground and the background

Question 28

Monumental

Answer 28

Having massive or impressive scale

Question 29

Non-objective, non-objectivity

Answer 29

Art that does not depict a recognizable subject

Question 30

Oil Paint

Answer 30

Paint made of pigment suspended in oil

Question 31

Organic

Answer 31

Having irregular forms and shapes, as though derived from living organisms

Question 32

Patron

Answer 32

An organization or individual who sponsors the creation of works of art

Question 33

Renaissance

Answer 33

A period of culture and artistic change in Europe from the fourteenth century to the seventeenth century

Question 34

Romantic/ Romanticism

Answer 34

Movement in nineteenth century European culture, concerned with the power of the imagination and greatly valuing intense feeling

Question 35

Scale

Answer 35

The size of an object or artwork relative to another object or artwork, or to a system of measurement

Question 36

Space

Answer 36

The distance between identifiable points or planes

Question 37

Style

Answer 37

A characteristic way in which an artist or group of artists uses visual language to give a work and identifiable form of visual expression

Question 38

Subject Matter, subject

Answer 38

The person, object, or space depicted in a work of art

Question 39

Tempera

Answer 39

Fast-drying painting medium made from pigment mixed with water-soluble binder, such as egg yolk

Question 40

Texture

Answer 40

The surface quality of a work, for example fine/coarse, detailed/ lacking in detail

Question 41

Two-dimensional

Answer 41

Having height and width

Question 42

Value

Answer 42

The lightness or darkness of a plane or area