Abstract art Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Abstract Expressionism CORRECT ANSWER First major American avant-garde movement; emerged 1940s in NYC; artists focused on automatism and revealing their subconscious through automatism artmaking; broad gestural strokes on huge canvases Amarna Style CORRECT ANSWER Based on newly introduced monotheism, this style rejected traditional artistic conventions; utilized elongated forms, androgynous bodies and scenes of daily life Ancient Egypt CORRECT ANSWER Aimed to evoke timelessness and traditi...

ILTS 305: Fine Arts, Physical Development, and Health Questions and Answers Already Passed Sculptures of ancient Rome had primarily which of the following qualities? A. whimsical B. realistic C. surreal D. abstract B During the Elizabethan era in England, the plays of William Shakespeare served primarily which of the following purposes? A. entertaining the public B. teaching moral lessons C. promoting political leaders D. debunking historical inaccuracies A Most of ...

Pablo Picasso correct answers Modernist. Co-founder of Cubism, he enjoyed an extremely productive career because of his radical handling of form and shape. He and his partner concentrated artwork's underlying geometric form and the construction of pictorial space. He painted works such as Les "Demoiselles d'Avignon", "The Old Guitarist", "Girl Before a Mirror", and "Guernica", among others. Georges Braque correct answers Modernist. Co-founder of Cubism, along with Picasso, he emphas...

Exam 3approximately which year did the Postmodern ear begin? - correct answer Later 20th century Which of the following statements best characterizes postmodernism? - correct answer Truth is relative Which of the following statements best characterizes postmodernism? - correct answer Art is best when is uses collaboration and a pastiche Which of the following statements best characterizes postmodernism? - correct answer Less is a bore Which of the following statements best characteri...

Sculptures of ancient Rome had primarily which of the following qualities? A. whimsical B. realistic C. surreal D. abstract - Answer-B During the Elizabethan era in England, the plays of William Shakespeare served primarily which of the following purposes? A. entertaining the public B. teaching moral lessons C. promoting political leaders D. debunking historical inaccuracies - Answer-A Most of the art of the Renaissance served primarily which of the following purposes? A. reflecting ...

Humanities Clep Test 100% Correctly Solved Greek Philosophers Before Socrates - Answer- Pre-Socrates Pythagoras - Answer- 6th Century B.C., a Greek philosopher and mathematician, founder of a religous movement called Pythagoreanism Thales - Answer- "Father of Western Philosophy". Greek philosopher who taught that the universe had originated from water. Parmenides - Answer- a pre-socratic Greek philosopher born in Italy. Denied the existence of time, plurality, and motion. NO Change. Fou...

CMN 140 Exam1, CMN 140 Exam 2, CMN 140 Final 194 Questions with Verified Answers "Hardware" vs "Software" of the brain - CORRECT ANSWER *Hardware:* -Biological organ of communication -Computation is processed in gray matter -> e.g. how info is processed in the brain -Info is transmitted via white matter *Software:* -The brain gives rise to the mind -Some programs are innate (e.g. capacity for language) -Some are learned (e.g. English language) *There is a deep physical conn...

Arts- Postmodernism Art Abstract Expressionism - correct answer art movement that is characterized as ''non-representative'' United States - correct answer Where the ''non-representative'' art movement began Action Painting and Color-field Painting - correct answer Two distinct styles of Abstract Expressionism Action Painting - correct answer energetic style in which the paint is splashed, dripped, or spilled onto the canvas splashing, dripping, spilling - correct answer 3 w...

Praxis Art- Content Knowledge (5134) Practice Test 1 (2023 Exam) In terms of textile arts, the final stage of handmade textile production that adjusts the shape of the finished piece is which of the following? A. stitching B. blocking C. molding D. none of the above - ANS-B. Blocking Blocking is a final stage of handmade textile production that adjusts the shape of the finished piece. Blocking is only effective on natural fibers. What term is used to describe an artistic genre in...

WGU C100 Introduction to Humanities Definitions | Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| Latest 2023/ 2024 DEFINITION "Discophoros"? Answer: An example of "mass produced" early art, this is one of many marble copies of a bronze original by Polykleitos. The sculpture shows the ideal human form of the disc thrower and uses a marble stump behind him to support his posture; 450-400 BCE, Classical Period, Roman marble copy after a bronze original, Greek DEFINITION ...