Exam 41: Introduction

The self-portrait of the Dutch artist Rembrandt stolen from the Swedish National Museum was one of many that the artist painted on copper.

David Hockney emphasized the figure of Peter Schlesinger in his artwork Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two figures),using:

The medium of Marc Quinn's Self is:

The work now known as the Watts Towers was in fact given a different title by its creator.That title was ________.

Allan Houser's work Reverie is:

Choose a museum that is close to your home town or in your state.Research its history: in what year was it founded,and by whom? Did a private collector donate artworks to the museum? Did it always function as a museum,or did it have other uses too,for example as an art school? Write a short essay on your findings.

Louise Nevelson's work White Vertical Water is made of ________.

Identify four recognizable brand logos,at least one that is pictorial only,with no text.Do you think the logos without text are less or more successful? Why?

Louise Nevelson's work White Vertical Water is a realistic depiction of fish in a river.

When artists are censored it usually stops them from producing any further work.

Even though Jeff Koons did not make the sculpture Rabbit with his own hands,it is considered his work because ________.

Artist Ai Weiwei was arrested by Chinese government officials in 2011,just three years after he had been involved in designing the stadium for the Beijing Olympics.

In Japan,ceramic tea bowls were appreciated because ________.

When conducting a formal analysis of a work of art,you would probably want to consider the artist's use of:

The head of a woman from Benin (0.0.22)shows the influence of European trade routes,as well as having local spiritual significance.

José de Rivera's sculpture Infinity can be described as non-objective because its subject matter is ________.

Gustav Klimt's portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer was famous partly because it was ________.

The ancient Egyptian artist who painted The Journey of the Sun God Re (0.0.1)on a coffin chose his subject because ________.

The pose,facial expression,and landscape background of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa communicate to the viewer a mood of ________.

Which of the following can be considered part of visual culture?