ART FINAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
An introspective language, communicative of the human experience - art
The study of the philosophy of beauty - aesthetics
The attitudes and behavior characteristic of a particular social group - culture
The study of human produced objects and images in their historical development and
stylistic contexts, i.e. Genre, design, format, and style. - art history
The study of human produced objects and images in their historical development and
stylistic contexts, i.e. Genre, design, format, and style. - artifact
The style in which a building is designed or constructed, reflective of a specific period,
place, or culture - architecture
New and unusual or experimental ideas, especially in the arts, or the people introducing
them - avant-garde
An activity involving skill in making things by hand; work or objects made by hand; skill -
craft
An activity involving skill in making things by hand; work or objects made by hand; skill -
form
The essence or "aboutness" or the subject matter of an artwork - content
A "...distinctive manner which permits the grouping of works into related categories". Or
"...any distinctive, and therefore recognizable, way in which an act is performed or an
artifact made or ought to be performed and made" - style
A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building,
garment, or other object before it is built or made; the art or action of conceiving of and
producing - design
The nature of something's ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or
mixture is made up - compositon
Refers to the materials that are used to create a work of art - media/medium
Refers to the depiction of realistic objects in a natural setting - naturalism
The art of today, produced in the late 20th century or in the 21st century - contemporary
art
, A movement that uses the natural landscape to create site-specific structures, art forms,
and sculptures - earth art
Artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1960s,
and denotes the styles and philosophy of the art produced during that era. The term is
usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in
a spirit of experimentation. - modern art
Encompasses art produced from an indigenous culture or by formally untrained;
primarily utilitarian and decorative - folk art
Affirms imagination and attempts to realize a mental conception of beauty, a standard of
perfection, juxtaposed to aesthetic naturalism and realism - idealism
Representing forms that are recognizably derived from life - figurative
The fall of classical culture leads to feudalism and gothic religion - the middle ages
An evolving set of ideas among a number of painters, sculptors, writers, and performers
who - both individually and collectively - sought new approaches to art making -
modernism
A loud, dirty, dangerous and ugly mechanical solution to sleek mass reproduction that
births concepts like leisure, consumption, museums, a thriving middle class, and
modernity (modern art movements) - the industrial age
Ritual artifacts and standing stones from the foggy years before written history -
prehistory
The invention of written language to the fall of the roman empire - the ancient world
A shift from traditional industry to the commodification of information via the internet and
computerization leading to globalization, transportation, and the internet - the
informative age
Trans-continental travel open art to global influence - the age of discovery
1800 - 1945 - the industrial age
1400 - 1800 - the age of discovery
500 - 1400 - the middle ages
3000 bce - 500 - the ancient world
An introspective language, communicative of the human experience - art
The study of the philosophy of beauty - aesthetics
The attitudes and behavior characteristic of a particular social group - culture
The study of human produced objects and images in their historical development and
stylistic contexts, i.e. Genre, design, format, and style. - art history
The study of human produced objects and images in their historical development and
stylistic contexts, i.e. Genre, design, format, and style. - artifact
The style in which a building is designed or constructed, reflective of a specific period,
place, or culture - architecture
New and unusual or experimental ideas, especially in the arts, or the people introducing
them - avant-garde
An activity involving skill in making things by hand; work or objects made by hand; skill -
craft
An activity involving skill in making things by hand; work or objects made by hand; skill -
form
The essence or "aboutness" or the subject matter of an artwork - content
A "...distinctive manner which permits the grouping of works into related categories". Or
"...any distinctive, and therefore recognizable, way in which an act is performed or an
artifact made or ought to be performed and made" - style
A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building,
garment, or other object before it is built or made; the art or action of conceiving of and
producing - design
The nature of something's ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or
mixture is made up - compositon
Refers to the materials that are used to create a work of art - media/medium
Refers to the depiction of realistic objects in a natural setting - naturalism
The art of today, produced in the late 20th century or in the 21st century - contemporary
art
, A movement that uses the natural landscape to create site-specific structures, art forms,
and sculptures - earth art
Artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1960s,
and denotes the styles and philosophy of the art produced during that era. The term is
usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in
a spirit of experimentation. - modern art
Encompasses art produced from an indigenous culture or by formally untrained;
primarily utilitarian and decorative - folk art
Affirms imagination and attempts to realize a mental conception of beauty, a standard of
perfection, juxtaposed to aesthetic naturalism and realism - idealism
Representing forms that are recognizably derived from life - figurative
The fall of classical culture leads to feudalism and gothic religion - the middle ages
An evolving set of ideas among a number of painters, sculptors, writers, and performers
who - both individually and collectively - sought new approaches to art making -
modernism
A loud, dirty, dangerous and ugly mechanical solution to sleek mass reproduction that
births concepts like leisure, consumption, museums, a thriving middle class, and
modernity (modern art movements) - the industrial age
Ritual artifacts and standing stones from the foggy years before written history -
prehistory
The invention of written language to the fall of the roman empire - the ancient world
A shift from traditional industry to the commodification of information via the internet and
computerization leading to globalization, transportation, and the internet - the
informative age
Trans-continental travel open art to global influence - the age of discovery
1800 - 1945 - the industrial age
1400 - 1800 - the age of discovery
500 - 1400 - the middle ages
3000 bce - 500 - the ancient world
