Introduction to Art History
What are five questions you should consider whether something is
"good"art? - ✔ ✔ What is it intending to express and is it doing so
successfully?Does it seem to mature or become richer as time goes on?
Is it something that sticks in your head? Do you feel a little more
amazed every time you look at it? Does it have some sort of intrigue
that holds the viewers attention?
What is the definition of art that will be used throughout this course? -
✔ ✔ Art is when anyone in the world takes any sort of material and
fashions a deliberate statement with it.
What should you consider when deciding what you should wear at an
art museum? - ✔ ✔ dress code & comfortable shoes
Select three things to do when you first go to an art museum. - ✔ ✔
Ask a docent. Try the gift shop. Ask what the LEAST visited area of the
museum is and figured out why.
_________makes final decisions and oversee the direction of the
museum. ________gives information and directions; usually are
volunteers - ✔ ✔ Director & Docent
What are four common theories to the reasoning behind many of the
cave art paintings? - ✔ ✔ The animals were painted as a historical
account of the hunting and living of the time; a painted history of sorts.
The animals had something to do with fertility. This theory is out there,
but seldom are the animals ever gender specific.
, The animals were so majestic artist simply wanted to paint them. In
other words, they painted them because they needed to express their
admiration through creativity.
The animals are symbols of what mankind strived to be at the time. If
they created the symbols, they must have admired the characteristics
of that particular animal. In some ways, it could be thought of how we
see our mascots. Most mascots reveal an animal we admire: The Bears,
The Lions, The Mustangs, etc.
We can agree that art is all of the following except _____. - ✔ ✔
objects created for payment
If you paid an artist to paint a picture of your dog for your living room
wall, she might consider you her _____. - ✔ ✔ patron
When an art historian looks at the formal elements, he is examining
_____. - ✔ ✔ the individual design elements of the work
An art historian does all of the following except _____. - ✔ ✔
evaluate a work in terms of its beauty
Which of the following is NOT a question that an art historian would ask
when doing his work? - ✔ ✔ what is the monetary value of the
work?
The style of a particular work may tell us all of the following except
_____. - ✔ ✔ what the symbols mean
When we look at objects in a painting for their symbolic values, we are
using which approach? - ✔ ✔ an iconic approach
What are five questions you should consider whether something is
"good"art? - ✔ ✔ What is it intending to express and is it doing so
successfully?Does it seem to mature or become richer as time goes on?
Is it something that sticks in your head? Do you feel a little more
amazed every time you look at it? Does it have some sort of intrigue
that holds the viewers attention?
What is the definition of art that will be used throughout this course? -
✔ ✔ Art is when anyone in the world takes any sort of material and
fashions a deliberate statement with it.
What should you consider when deciding what you should wear at an
art museum? - ✔ ✔ dress code & comfortable shoes
Select three things to do when you first go to an art museum. - ✔ ✔
Ask a docent. Try the gift shop. Ask what the LEAST visited area of the
museum is and figured out why.
_________makes final decisions and oversee the direction of the
museum. ________gives information and directions; usually are
volunteers - ✔ ✔ Director & Docent
What are four common theories to the reasoning behind many of the
cave art paintings? - ✔ ✔ The animals were painted as a historical
account of the hunting and living of the time; a painted history of sorts.
The animals had something to do with fertility. This theory is out there,
but seldom are the animals ever gender specific.
, The animals were so majestic artist simply wanted to paint them. In
other words, they painted them because they needed to express their
admiration through creativity.
The animals are symbols of what mankind strived to be at the time. If
they created the symbols, they must have admired the characteristics
of that particular animal. In some ways, it could be thought of how we
see our mascots. Most mascots reveal an animal we admire: The Bears,
The Lions, The Mustangs, etc.
We can agree that art is all of the following except _____. - ✔ ✔
objects created for payment
If you paid an artist to paint a picture of your dog for your living room
wall, she might consider you her _____. - ✔ ✔ patron
When an art historian looks at the formal elements, he is examining
_____. - ✔ ✔ the individual design elements of the work
An art historian does all of the following except _____. - ✔ ✔
evaluate a work in terms of its beauty
Which of the following is NOT a question that an art historian would ask
when doing his work? - ✔ ✔ what is the monetary value of the
work?
The style of a particular work may tell us all of the following except
_____. - ✔ ✔ what the symbols mean
When we look at objects in a painting for their symbolic values, we are
using which approach? - ✔ ✔ an iconic approach
