VIAR 120 - Exam 1 - Leigh, ULL Questions
with complete solution 2025
"Work of art" - correct answer Visual expression of an idea or experience,
formed with skill, through the use of a medium.
Medium/media - correct answer A particular material(s) used to produce a
work of art. Using multiple materials is referred to as mixed media.
Now = universities/art schools - correct answer current types of training
training:
Past = workshops/apprenticeships - correct answer types of training in the
past
Folk artists - correct answer Little systemic training/mostly self taught
Outsider artists - correct answer Little or no formal training
Unaware of art history/trends
May use cast-off materials
Representational - correct answer illusionistic/figurative art that depicts the
appearance of things we can recognize from everyday life. (Works like
Trompe l'oeil which means "fool the eye")
abstract - correct answer no reference to any natural object/depict objects in
exaggerated, simplified, or distorted ways
, Nonrepresentational - correct answer non-objective/non-figurative art that
presents visual forms with no reference to to anything outside themselves
Trompe l'oeil - correct answer Style of painting that literally means "fool the
eye" in French
LOOKING - correct answer taking in what is before us in a mechanical/goal-
oriented way
Seeing - correct answer open, receptive, focused/appreciation of a form
beyond function
Form - correct answer What we see and respond to
-total effect of the combined visual qualities within a work (materials, color,
shape, line, design)
Content - correct answer message/meaning of the work, what the artist
expresses to the viewer
Iconography - correct answer Subjects, symbols, motifs used in a work to
convey its meaning (often carries the deepest levels of meaning
Philosophy of aesthetics - correct answer says that art as a universal
category is dependent on historical period and cultural context
Aristotle - correct answer art=imitation (humans feel pleasure when
recognizing likenesses; truth)
Plato - correct answer art= illusion (leans away from truth)
with complete solution 2025
"Work of art" - correct answer Visual expression of an idea or experience,
formed with skill, through the use of a medium.
Medium/media - correct answer A particular material(s) used to produce a
work of art. Using multiple materials is referred to as mixed media.
Now = universities/art schools - correct answer current types of training
training:
Past = workshops/apprenticeships - correct answer types of training in the
past
Folk artists - correct answer Little systemic training/mostly self taught
Outsider artists - correct answer Little or no formal training
Unaware of art history/trends
May use cast-off materials
Representational - correct answer illusionistic/figurative art that depicts the
appearance of things we can recognize from everyday life. (Works like
Trompe l'oeil which means "fool the eye")
abstract - correct answer no reference to any natural object/depict objects in
exaggerated, simplified, or distorted ways
, Nonrepresentational - correct answer non-objective/non-figurative art that
presents visual forms with no reference to to anything outside themselves
Trompe l'oeil - correct answer Style of painting that literally means "fool the
eye" in French
LOOKING - correct answer taking in what is before us in a mechanical/goal-
oriented way
Seeing - correct answer open, receptive, focused/appreciation of a form
beyond function
Form - correct answer What we see and respond to
-total effect of the combined visual qualities within a work (materials, color,
shape, line, design)
Content - correct answer message/meaning of the work, what the artist
expresses to the viewer
Iconography - correct answer Subjects, symbols, motifs used in a work to
convey its meaning (often carries the deepest levels of meaning
Philosophy of aesthetics - correct answer says that art as a universal
category is dependent on historical period and cultural context
Aristotle - correct answer art=imitation (humans feel pleasure when
recognizing likenesses; truth)
Plato - correct answer art= illusion (leans away from truth)
