ART APPRECIATION- MIDTERM EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH
150 EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS &
EXPLANATIONS 100% CORRECT. ALREADY GRADE A+
1. Aesthetic Our sense of what is beautiful.
2. Subject matter The literal, visible image in a work of art.
3. Content The meaning of an image, beyond its
overt sub- ject matter; as opposed to
form.
4. Representational art Any work of art that that seeks to resemble
the
world of natural appearance.
5. Abstract art The rendering of images and objects in a
stylized
or simplified way, so that through they
remain rec- ognizeable, their
formal/expressive aspects are
emphasized.
6. Realism The tendency to render the facts of
existence.
7. Naturalism A brand of representation in which the artist
re-
tains apparently realistic elements but
presents the visual world from a distinctly
personal or sub- jective p.o.v.
8. Photorealistic A drawing/painting so realistic in
appearance that
it appears to be a photo.
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,9. Nonobjective art
Art that makes no reference to the natural
world also referred to as
nonrepresentational art.
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,10. Form Literal shape/mass of an object or figure.
11. Composition The organization of the formal elements in a
work
of art.
12. Iconography The study or description of images and
symbols.
13. Symbols Images that represent something more
than their literal meaning.
14. Line A mark left by a moving point, actual or
implied, and varying in direction,
thickness, and density.
15. Outline The edge of a shape or figure depicted
by an actual line drawn or painted on
the surface.
16. Contour line The perceived lines that mark the
border of an object in space.
17. Implied line A line created by movement or direction.
• line established by a pointing finger.
• direction of a glance.
• body moving through space.
18. Shape A two dimensional area, the boundaries of
which are measured in terms of height
and width. More broadly, the form of any
object or figure.
19. Figure-ground relation The relationship between a work of art and
the
surface upon which the work is made.
20. Positive shape The figure in a figure-ground relation.
21. Negative shape or space Empty space, surrounded and shaped so
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, that it
requires a sense of form or volume.
22. Mass Any solid that occupies a three
dimensional vol-ume.
23. Perspective A system for portraying the visua
impression of
three-dimensional space and objects in it
on a two dimensional surface.
24. Linear perspective Based on the observation that parallel lines
ap-
pear to converge as they recede from the
viewer, finally meeting at a vanishing point
on the horizon. Relies on a fixed viewpoint.
25. One-point linear A version of linear perspective in which
per- spective there is only one vanishing point in the
composition.
26. Two-point linear
per- spective A version of linear perspective in which
there are two or more vanishing points in
the composition.
27. Foreshortening The visual phenomenon whereby an
elongated
object projecting toward or away from a
viewer appears shorter than its actual
length, as though compressed.
28. Atmospheric Based on the observation that distant
perspec- tive objects ap- pear less distinct, paler, and
blue are the nearby objects due to the
way moisture in the intervening
atmosphere scatters light.
29. Value The relative lightness or darkness of a
color.
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150 EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS &
EXPLANATIONS 100% CORRECT. ALREADY GRADE A+
1. Aesthetic Our sense of what is beautiful.
2. Subject matter The literal, visible image in a work of art.
3. Content The meaning of an image, beyond its
overt sub- ject matter; as opposed to
form.
4. Representational art Any work of art that that seeks to resemble
the
world of natural appearance.
5. Abstract art The rendering of images and objects in a
stylized
or simplified way, so that through they
remain rec- ognizeable, their
formal/expressive aspects are
emphasized.
6. Realism The tendency to render the facts of
existence.
7. Naturalism A brand of representation in which the artist
re-
tains apparently realistic elements but
presents the visual world from a distinctly
personal or sub- jective p.o.v.
8. Photorealistic A drawing/painting so realistic in
appearance that
it appears to be a photo.
1/
,9. Nonobjective art
Art that makes no reference to the natural
world also referred to as
nonrepresentational art.
2/
,10. Form Literal shape/mass of an object or figure.
11. Composition The organization of the formal elements in a
work
of art.
12. Iconography The study or description of images and
symbols.
13. Symbols Images that represent something more
than their literal meaning.
14. Line A mark left by a moving point, actual or
implied, and varying in direction,
thickness, and density.
15. Outline The edge of a shape or figure depicted
by an actual line drawn or painted on
the surface.
16. Contour line The perceived lines that mark the
border of an object in space.
17. Implied line A line created by movement or direction.
• line established by a pointing finger.
• direction of a glance.
• body moving through space.
18. Shape A two dimensional area, the boundaries of
which are measured in terms of height
and width. More broadly, the form of any
object or figure.
19. Figure-ground relation The relationship between a work of art and
the
surface upon which the work is made.
20. Positive shape The figure in a figure-ground relation.
21. Negative shape or space Empty space, surrounded and shaped so
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, that it
requires a sense of form or volume.
22. Mass Any solid that occupies a three
dimensional vol-ume.
23. Perspective A system for portraying the visua
impression of
three-dimensional space and objects in it
on a two dimensional surface.
24. Linear perspective Based on the observation that parallel lines
ap-
pear to converge as they recede from the
viewer, finally meeting at a vanishing point
on the horizon. Relies on a fixed viewpoint.
25. One-point linear A version of linear perspective in which
per- spective there is only one vanishing point in the
composition.
26. Two-point linear
per- spective A version of linear perspective in which
there are two or more vanishing points in
the composition.
27. Foreshortening The visual phenomenon whereby an
elongated
object projecting toward or away from a
viewer appears shorter than its actual
length, as though compressed.
28. Atmospheric Based on the observation that distant
perspec- tive objects ap- pear less distinct, paler, and
blue are the nearby objects due to the
way moisture in the intervening
atmosphere scatters light.
29. Value The relative lightness or darkness of a
color.
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