Art 305 - Art and Mass Culture » Fall 2022 » Mid-Term, Part Two

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Question #1
Linear Perspective
A.   Scientific, mathematical formula for creating the illusion of three-dimensional spatial recession on a two-dimensional surface using receding parallel lines& a vanishing point.
B.   Historic linking of two concepts. One is valued over the other, both are viewed as absolutes & they are seen in conflict.
C.   Stepped pyramidal platform for a temple, in Ancient Sumer.
D.   Aztec Earth Goddess, "She of the Serpent Skirts".
E.   A form of fine arts printmaking in which the image is carved into a block of wood, inked, then printed multiple times on paper.
Question #2
Woodcut
A.   A form of fine arts printmaking in which the image is carved into a block of wood, inked, then printed multiple times on paper.
B.   Stepped pyramidal platform for a temple, in Ancient Sumer.
C.   Scientific, mathematical formula for creating the illusion of three-dimensional spatial recession on a two-dimensional surface using receding parallel lines & a vanishing point.
D.   Historic linking of two concepts. One is valued over the other, both are viewed as absolutes & they are seen in conflict.
E.   Aztec Earth Goddess, "She of the Serpent Skirts".
Question #3
Ziggurat
A.   A form of fine arts printmaking in which the image is carved into a block of wood, inked, then printed multiple times on paper.
B.   Historic linking of two concepts. One is valued over the other, both are viewed as absolutes & they are seen in conflict.
C.   Aztec Earth Goddess, "She of the Serpent Skirts".
D.   Scientific, mathematical formula for creating the illusion of three-dimensional spatial recession on a two-dimensional surface using receding parallel lines & a vanishing point.
E.   Stepped pyramidal platform for a temple, in Ancient Sumer.
Question #4
Bipolar opposition
A.   Scientific, mathematical formula for creating the illusion of three-dimensional spatial recession on a two-dimensional surface using receding parallel lines & a vanishing point.
B.   Aztec Earth Goddess, "She of the Serpent Skirts".
C.   Historic linking of two concepts. One is valued over the other, both are viewed as absolutes & they are seen in conflict.
D.   Stepped pyramidal platform for a temple, in Ancient Sumer.
E.   A form of fine arts printmaking in which the image is carved into a block of wood, inked, then printed multiple times on paper.
Question #5
Coatlicue
A.   Historic linking of two concepts. One is valued over the other, both are viewed as absolutes & they are seen in conflict.
B.   Scientific, mathematical formula for creating the illusion of three-dimensional spatial recession on a two-dimensional surface using
C.   Stepped pyramidal platform for a temple, in Ancient Sumer.
D.   A form of fine arts printmaking in which the image is carved into a block of wood, inked, then printed multiple times on paper.
E.   Aztec Earth Goddess, "She of the Serpent Skirts".
Question #6
Theorized that the historic development from preliterate societies to today's mass media, that the content of any media system consists of the preceding media environment and that advertising is a "magical" environment constructed to maintain the economy.
A.   Edward Said
B.   Marshall McLuhan
C.   bell hooks
Question #7
John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" analyzed:
A.   How seeing is affected by what we know or what we believe.
B.   How popular culture is a system of education.
C.   How text and images of the Near East stereotyped their culture for Europeans.
Question #8
He founded the French Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the 17th century in order to maintain state control of image-making.
A.   Louis XIV
B.   Caravaggio
C.   Jacques Louis David
D.   Gianlorenzo Bernini
Question #9
Choose the correct description: Counter-Reformation
A.   The period from the mid-18th to late 17th centuries during which the Catholic Church responded to the Protestant Revolution with a vigorous social & artistic campaign.
B.   The ability to "read" the language of visual images
C.   French term meaning "advance guard" In general, t refers to innovative art
D.   Literally, "dark room," a lightproof box with a lens for projecting an image of an object or scene onto a surface from which the image can be viewed or traced
E.   Literally, the seat of the bishop: the bishop's primary or "home" church
Question #10
Choose the correct description: Visual literacy
A.   Literally, the seat of the bishop: the bishop's primary or "home" church
B.   Literally, "dark room," a lightproof box with a lens for projecting an image of an object or scene onto a surface from which the image can be viewed or traced
C.   The period from the mid-18th to late 17th centuries during which the Catholic Church responded to the Protestant Revolution with a vigorous social & artistic campaign.
D.   The ability to "read" the language of visual images
E.   French term meaning "advance guard" In general, t refers to innovative art
Question #11
Choose the correct description: Camera obscura
A.   The period from the mid-18th to late 17th centuries during which the Catholic Church responded to the Protestant Revolution with a vigorous social & artistic campaign.
B.   French term meaning "advance guard" In general, t refers to innovative art
C.   The ability to "read" the language of visual images
D.   Literally, "dark room," a lightproof box with a lens for projecting an image of an object or scene onto a surface from which the image can be viewed or traced
E.   Literally, the seat of the bishop: the bishop's primary or "home" church
Question #12
Choose the correct description: Cathedral
A.   French term meaning "advance guard" In general, t refers to innovative art
B.   Literally, the seat of the bishop: the bishop's primary or "home" church
C.   The period from the mid-18th to late 17th centuries during which the Catholic Church responded to the Protestant Revolution with a vigorous social & artistic campaign.
D.   Literally, "dark room," a lightproof box with a lens for projecting an image of an object or scene onto a surface from which the image can be viewed or traced
E.   The ability to "read" the language of visual images
Question #13
Choose the correct description: Avant garde
A.   The period from the mid-18th to late 17th centuries during which the Catholic Church responded to the Protestant Revolution with a vigorous social & artistic campaign.
B.   The ability to "read" the language of visual images
C.   Literally, the seat of the bishop: the bishop's primary or "home" church
D.   Literally, "dark room," a lightproof box with a lens for projecting an image of an object or scene onto a surface from which the image can be viewed or traced
E.   French term meaning "advance guard" In general, t refers to innovative art

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