Art 101 Study Guide

Study Guide for Art Appreciation 101 Final

Golden Age of Pericles
Gothic
Roman Empire
Neoclassicism
Baroque
Romanesque
Early Christian/Byzantine Era
Renaissance

Place the period names from above in the right place
and name of a work of art from the period.

Time Line

480 BCE.- 350 BCE__________________________________________________

200 BCE - 315 CE

315 CE - 800 CE

800-1150 CE.

1150-1350 CE

1300-1600 CE

1600-1750's

1770-1850

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Below is a list of the vocabulary words you need to know for the final. You will need to be able to define the term and apply it to a work of art we have studied this semester. I may couple some of the images below with the vocabulary terms and ask you to use the term in reference to this work of art:

Here's an example of this:

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Explain how the work of art on the left is a good example of chiaroscuro.

Explain how the work of art on the left is a good example of non-local color.

You must know all of the below terms for the final exam. You should practice by applying them to works of art already on this exam.

Define the following terms and provide an example for each term. Use the example to illustrate your definition: you will not receive credit for just naming an example, you must demonstrate how the example exhibits this quality.

hue
value
chiaroscuro
tenebrism
intensity (this is NOT how light or dark something is)
saturation (this is NOT how light or dark something is)
neoplatonism
neoclassical
genre painting
vanitas
memento mori
medium
symmetry
asymmetry

fresco
optical mixing
iconographic analysis
linear perspective
aerial perspective
chiaroscuro
formal analysis
non-local color
earthtone/low key palette
abstract
content
illusionistic
wet drapery style

naturalistic
nonobjective (or nonrepresentational)
reformation
genre
arches,
domes,
concrete,
post and lintel,
volcanic rock,
veneer, facade,
encaustic
linear perspective
intuitive perspective

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Do a formal analysis of the work above use as much of this vocabulary as possible: (symmetry, hue, stylization, naturalistic, perspective, naturalistic,)

Below are the images that you will need to memorize for the final exam. For each pair of images you should be able to:
Develop a main idea or thesis and then write a short paragraph, in complete sentences, comparing and contrasting the two works in terms of their form, context, AND iconography.
Use the vocabulary from above to discuss the works.

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How might the idea of schema and correction apply to the development of the technologies and decorations used for each building. Be specific. Name particular decorative elements and specific technologies and how they evolved and changed. (Hints: arches, domes, concrete, post and lintel, volcanic rock, veneer, facade, encaustic)

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These two works of architecture illustrate the evolution of technology from the Romanesque period to the Gothic period. Discuss the types of technologies used in each and how the later built on the earlier technologies. (Here are some of the architectural terms you should use in your discussion. Post and lintel, ribbed groin vaults, groin vaults, intersecting arches, flying buttress, stain glass, cement, stone tracery.)

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How do the two sculptures above relate to the concept of schema and correction (also called schema and mimesis)?
Specifically discuss the schema and correction in terms of iconography.
Specifically discuss the schema and correction in terms of form. (Hint, medium, pose, contrapposto.)

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Discuss the idea of schema and correction and apply it to these two works. Think about what the later piece is borrowing from th earlier work and how and why they kept some things and changed others.

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Discuss the idea of schema and correction and apply it to these two works.
Think about what the later piece is borrowing from the earlier work and how and why they kept some things and changed others.

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Compare and contrast how color is used in each of these paintings. (You should be able to use some of the following terms, hue, value, intensity, primary color, secondary color, tertiary color and complimentary color.)

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Write a short paragraph, in complete sentences, comparing and contrasting the two works in terms of their formal qualities. Please focus on color and color techniques. Use some of the vocabulary from above.(You should be able to use some of the following terms, hue, value, intensity, primary color, secondary color, tertiary color and complimentary color.)

Monet, Claude Rouen Cathedral
(Dawn) 1894

Monet, Claude Rouen Cathedral
(Dull Dawn) 1894

Monet, Claude Rouen Cathedral
(Harmony in Blue) 1894

Monet, Claude Rouen Cathedral
(Harmony in Full Sunlight) 1894

These four paintings by Claude Monet were painted out of doors and record the fleeting effects of color as time passes through the day. Please explain how Monet used analogous color to paint three of these images. Which painting does not use analagous color as its scheme.

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Discuss how perspective is the same or different in each work. Specifically explain why one uses linear perspective and one uses intuitive even though they are both from about the same time.

Discuss how art from the Northern Europe is different from Italian Art. (Terms you will want to think about are, perspective, theological and humanistic perspective, genre scene, genre imagery)

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Which painting uses non-local color? Explain where it is used in the painting. Name the specific hues and the hue's location. Why do impressionists use non-local color in their work?
(You should be able to use some of the following terms, hue, value, intensity, primary color, secondary color, tertiary color and complimentary color.)

What is atmospheric perspective and how and why is it used in the paintings above? (Specifically discuss what happens to color and value structure.)

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Relate these two images to the story "A Simple Heart." What kind of symbolism or points of view do these images share with the story?

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Compare and contrast the iconography used for each painting. Account or explain why they are similar or different.

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Each one of these paintings has a "classical" title, however the Manet at left was rejected from the Salon of 1863 as being too modern.
Why was the Manet rejected while the Cabanal was accepted into the Salon's show?

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Here are several possible questions that I may ask on the exam:
Compare and contrast how each of these artists uses neoplatonic and humanistic thought in their iconography?
Compare and contrast these two paintings in terms of their iconography.
Compare and contrast these two works in terms of their form.

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artist________________________________

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What are some of the main ideas in Martin Luther's "An Open Letter to Christian Nobility?
Explain how the work of art above might express this idea.

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How does this work relate to the concept of the "imaginary orient" that Linda Nochlin discusses in her article.

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What is an "Apollonian/Dionysian Conflict"?
Explain how the work of art above might express this idea.
Make sure you discuss how the mythology and the mythological creatures express this idea.

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What is a major theme that both of these works share? Explain how they express this concept. (Hint: Look at the question above.)

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Compare and contrast the formal elements of these two images.

Compare and contrast the iconography and content of these two images. What kinds of messages do they share? What kinds of messages or symbols do they not share? (Hints: Think about the use of chiaroscuro, genre elements vs classicism.)

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Compare and contrast the iconography of these two paintings. Which one is more humanistic which one is more platonic? (Hint: Both of these paintings use iconography that contain references neoplatonic and humanistic philosophy.)

Briefly describe some of the main ideas Castiglione's "The Courtier." (Three to four sentences minimum.)

What are some of the specific ideas expressed in Thomas Aquinas "Five Ways" from his SUMMA THEOLOGIAE and how this text might relate to the mindset of the Renaissance thought? (Three to four sentences minimum.) You may include quotations but make sure you explain what they mean. (Interpret your quotes.) (Three to four sentences minimum.)

Briefly describe some of the main ideas in Martin Luther's "An Open Letter to Christian Nobility?" (Three to four sentences minimum.)

What is the difference between the mediums of oil paint and fresco paint?

Name the title, artist, date, period/style and country of origin of this work.
What was the movement know as the reformation? How does the iconography of this work express reformation ideas?

Name the title, date, period/style and country
of origin of this work.

Name the title, date, period/style
and country of origin of this work.

Compare the icons used in the two works above. Is the message the same or different? Explain what the meanings are and account for the similarities or differences.. (Three to four sentences minimum.)

17) Name the title, artist, date, period/style and
country of origin of this work.

18) Name the title, artist, date, period/style and country of origin of this work.

19) One of these painters did not quite understand linear perspective, the other did. Using these two paintings as examples explain what is the difference between intuitive perspective and linear perspective? (Three to five sentences.)

Name the title, artist, date, period/style and country of origin of this work.
What is atmospheric perspective and how and why is it used in the painting above?

Name the title, artist, date, period/style and country of origin of this work.

Both the fresco above and the quotes from "Hamlet" (exerpted in Liaisons) deal with the concept of the memento mori. Explain what a memento mori is and explain how the message similar or different between the two? Explain or describe the differences and or similarities.(Three to five sentences.)

Name the title, artist, date, period/style and country of origin of this work.
What are some basic ideas involved in the philosophy of humanism and neoplatonism? How and why does this artist express these ideas in this painting? (DO NOT USE A DICTIONARY OR ENCYCLOPEDIA FOR THIS. You need to rely on class notes.)

Name the title, artist, date, period/style and country of origin of this work.
How is this painting a genre scene? You answer should explain why artists painted genre scenes at that time and what this particular genre scene communicates to the viewer. What other kinds of iconography might it contain? Look at your questions above.

9) Name the title, artist, date, period/style and country of origin of this work.
10)What is chiaroscuro and how and why is it used in the painting above?

24) Name the title, artist, date, period/style and
country of origin of this work.

25) Name the title, artist, date, period/style and
country of origin of this work.

Explain how the two paintings above demonstrate the concept of schema and correction (also called schema and mimesis).
How have they evolved from the earliest work to the lastest? (You need to write a minimum of six sentences.)
Hints: iconography, naturalism, stylized, idealized, contrapposto,
Look back at the terms and answers you've written above for more hints!

Explain how the three works above demonstrate the concept of schema and correction (also called schema and mimesis).

Name the title, date, period/style
and country of origin of this work.

Name the title, date, period/style
and country of origin of this work.

Explain how the two buildings above demonstrate the concept of schema and correction (also called schema and mimesis).
How did the the later building evolved from the earlier? (You need to write a minimum of six sentences.)
Hints: Go back and look at the chapter on architecture in Sayre.
Look up these vocabulary terms: basilica, basilican plan, orders, latin cross, cruciform, post and lintel, dome, cement, concrete, arch, vaulting, buttress, flying buttress