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.   Aztec Earth Goddess, "She of the Serpent Skirts".
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 #2
Woodcut
A.   Aztec Earth Goddess, "She of the Serpent Skirts".
B.   A form of fine arts printmaking in which the image is carved into a block of wood, inked, then printed multiple times on paper.
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.   Stepped pyramidal platform for a temple, in Ancient Sumer.
Question #3
Ziggurat
A.   Stepped pyramidal platform for a temple, in Ancient Sumer.
B.   Historic linking of two concepts. One is valued over the other, both are viewed as absolutes & they are seen in conflict.
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.   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 #4
Bipolar opposition
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.   Scientific, mathematical formula for creating the illusion of three-dimensional spatial recession on a two-dimensional surface using receding parallel lines & a vanishing point.
C.   Historic linking of two concepts. One is valued over the other, both are viewed as absolutes & they are seen in conflict.
D.   Aztec Earth Goddess, "She of the Serpent Skirts".
E.   Stepped pyramidal platform for a temple, in Ancient Sumer.
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.   bell hooks
B.   Edward Said
C.   Marshall McLuhan
Question #7
John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" analyzed:
A.   How popular culture is a system of education.
B.   How text and images of the Near East stereotyped their culture for Europeans.
C.   How seeing is affected by what we know or what we believe.
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.   Gianlorenzo Bernini
B.   Jacques Louis David
C.   Caravaggio
D.   Louis XIV
Question #9
Choose the correct description: Counter-Reformation
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.   The ability to "read" the language of visual images
E.   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
Question #10
Choose the correct description: Visual literacy
A.   The ability to "read" the language of visual images
B.   Literally, the seat of the bishop: the bishop's primary or "home" church
C.   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
D.   French term meaning "advance guard" In general, t refers to innovative art
E.   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.
Question #11
Choose the correct description: Camera obscura
A.   Literally, the seat of the bishop: the bishop's primary or "home" church
B.   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.
C.   The ability to "read" the language of visual images
D.   French term meaning "advance guard" In general, t refers to innovative art
E.   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
Question #12
Choose the correct description: Cathedral
A.   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
B.   The ability to "read" the language of visual images
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.   French term meaning "advance guard" In general, t refers to innovative art
E.   Literally, the seat of the bishop: the bishop's primary or "home" church
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.   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

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