Art Appreciation
These cave images are:a.A painting made over 15,000 years agob. graffiti made as a joke by some boys around 60 years ago.
Cave painting Lascaux, c. 15,000 B.C. France
This picture is :a.An illustration for a children’s storyb. an artwork
Blue Hole, Flood Waters, Little Miami River 1851- Robert S Duncanson
This is:a.A briefcaseb. An artwork
H.R.H Briefcase, 1985-Marilyn Levine
This is :a.Diagram of color/value relationshipsb. An artwork
Homage to the Square : Glow 1966, Josef Albers
This is:a.A panel from a comic stripb. An artwork
Whaam! 1963- Roy Lichtenstein
This is a photograph of:a.An oil spill cleanupb.An environmental artwork
Wrapped Coast, One Million Square Feet , Little Bay, Sydney, Australia 1968-69-Christo and Jeanne-Claude
This is :a.An artworkb.A western movie costume
Shirt, Broule Sioux, early 19th century
This is:a. A protest by animal rights activistsb. An artwork
Monogram 1959-Robert Rauschenberg
This is:
a.A major piece of American architecture
b.Just another old office building
Wainwright Building, St. Louis Missouri 1890-91- Louis Sullivan
This is :
a.An artwork
b.A suit of clothes
Felt Suit, 1970
Joseph Beuys
Ch. 1 Review Questions
1. What does art involve besides artworks?
2. What were the three forms generally accepted as art prior to 1900?
3. Define- archaeologist.
4. Define the word medium as it is used in art.
5. Explain why people today might think of a stuffed goat as an artwork.
Ch. 1 Review Questions
6. Choose an object you like and use regularly (i.e pen, a mug, a key chain) write a short paragraph describing what the object tells about life in your culture today.
7. Divide the works in this chapter into two groups: those made before 1940, and those made after 1940. Explain what the works in each group have in common.
Ch. 1 Review Questions
8. Imagine you are an art buyer for a museum. Recommend three non-traditional works from this chapter for purchase by the museum. Justify your choices: What makes these works nontraditional?
9. Define abstract art.
10. Define relics.