Prelims

Question 1

One of the most famous items of prehistoric sculpture

Answer 1

The Venus of Willendorf (25,000 BCE)

Question 2

Latin derivation of ART

Answer 2

ARS / ARTIS

Question 3

Count Lev Nikolayevich
Tolstoy

Answer 3

> capacity of man to receive another man’s
expression of feeling and experience
thanks to man’s capacity to be infected with the feelings of others by
means of art

Question 4

What did Plato say about Arts?

Answer 4

art as an instrument
in bringing harmony in worlds beauty.

Question 5

What did Publius Terentius Afer say about ARTS?

Answer 5

> I am a man; I hold nothing human
foreign to me
Many people seek to
find ways we are different (including race, religion,
politics, gender, skin color, class, and level of education)
while we are all unique, we also share many of the
qualities that make us human.

Question 6

the arts may…

Answer 6

transform us into highly – cultured, dignified, and respectable
human beings.

Question 7

5 sensories

Answer 7

1. Visual
2. Olfactory
3. Auditory
4. Tactile
5. Gustatory

Question 8

Visual arts…

Answer 8

1. Painting
2. Sculpture
3. Architecture

Question 9

Visual - Auditory Arts

Answer 9

1. Literature
2. Dance
3. Music

Question 10

Artworks that are easily recognized by
people

Answer 10

Representational or Objective Arts

Question 11

Artworks that have no resemblance
to any real subjects.

Answer 11

Non –representational Arts

Question 12

Importance of Arts

Answer 12

1. Art brings beauty into our world
2. Art allows for the expression of
   truth and beliefs.
3. Art has the ability to transport
   us to a different time and place.
4. Art immortalizes people, places, and
   events.
5. Art helps us organize our world.
6. Art is important as an
   intellectual stimulant.
7. Art triggers emotions.
8. Art has the intrinsic ability to
   elevate the commonplace.

Question 13

4 Common Essentials of
Arts

Answer 13

1. Art must be man-made
2. Art must be creative not
   imitative
3. Art must benefit and satisfy
   man
4. Art is expressed through a
   certain medium or material by
   which the artist communicates
   himself to his fellows

Question 14

Functions of Art

Answer 14

1. Aesthetic function
2. Utilitarian function
3. Cultural function
4. Social function

Question 15

2 dimensions of art

Answer 15

1. Fine arts or independent arts
2. Practical arts of useful or utilitarian
   arts

Question 16

Focused towards creative activity for the contemplation of the mind and the
upliftment of the spirit.

Answer 16

Fine arts

Question 17

Intended for practical use.

It is the development of raw materials
for utilitarian purpose.

Answer 17

Practical arts

Question 18

Different periods of the arts

Answer 18

1. Pre-historic art
2. Classical Art
   a. Classic Art
   b. Archaic period
   > Greek Art
   > Roman Art
3. Medieval Art
4. Gothic Art
5. Renaissance Art
6. Baroque Art
7. Rococo Art
8. Romanticism

Question 19

It was the Product of a hunting
society

Answer 19

Pre-historic art

Question 20

Where was cro-magnon art diffused ?

Answer 20

1. France
2. Spain
3. Austria
4. Switzerland
5. Yugoslavia

Question 21

Who created pre-historic art?

Answer 21

1. Cro-Magnon men
2. Grimaldi tribes

Question 22

refers to the art of
ancient Greece and Rome, as
well as the art of the Etruscan
and Roman provinces.

Answer 22

Classical art

Question 23

the pinnacle of human civilization
because it represents the height of
human achievement in terms of
technical skill, aesthetic beauty,
and cultural significance

Answer 23

Classical art

Question 24

Themes in classical art

Answer 24

1. Simplicity
2. Symmetry
3. Proportion
4. Balance

Question 25

reflects the cultural values and beliefs of the ancient societies that produced it.

Answer 25

Classical art / Greek Art

Question 26

Athena separates the Giant Alkyoneus from Earth (in which way he dies), while Gaia, mother of Giants rises from the ground. The goddess Nike helps Athena;

Answer 26

Pergamon Altar's frieze

Question 27

Where was Altar's frieze preserved

Answer 27

Pergamon Museum (2nd century BCE)

Question 28

A clear example of how they idealized the representation of human figures is the taste developed for athleticism, which served as an inspiration to the Greeks and was very cultivated by these.

Answer 28

Archaic period

Question 29

Common themes of the Archaic period

Answer 29

> scenes from everyday life > slaves > perfect bodies of athletes

Question 30

The subject matter here were commemorative statues, Roman senators, equestrian statues, sarcophagi, frescoes, and designs with vine motifs.

Answer 30

Roman Art

Question 31

A STONE COFFIN, TYPICALLY ADORNED WITH A SCULPTURE OR INSCRIPTION AND ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS OF EGYPT, ROME, AND GREECE.

Answer 31

ROMAN SARCOPHAGI

Question 32

is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid (“wet”) lime plaster.

Answer 32

Frescoe

Question 33

The subject matter of early Christian was symbols: the cross, the fish, the lamb, Alpha and Omega, triumphal wreaths, grapes, doves, and peacocks. Later the haloed Christ, Christ with lamb, saints and the Virgin Mary, and martyrs.

Answer 33

Medieval Art

Question 34

The subject matter was co- mingling of the religious and the grotesque; hence we have the Madonna’s and gargoyles together in their works.

Answer 34

Gothic Art

Question 35

a skeleton of arches or ribs on which masonry can be laid to form a ceiling or roof.

Answer 35

Rib Vault

Question 36

simply a supportive arch that sticks out from the exterior side of a wall.

Answer 36

Flying buttress

Question 37

broadened to include all aspects of the natural world. Mythological motifs competed with sacred ones.

Answer 37

Renaissance Art

Question 38

The art appealed to the emotions of the faithful. It was a period of uneasy and conflicting tendencies

Answer 38

Baroque Art

Question 39

sensual and highly decorative,

Answer 39

Rubens

Question 40

restraint and moralizing criticism,

Answer 40

Poussin

Question 41

an up surge of religious impulse

Answer 41

Rembrandt

Question 42

Where was the 3 kings brought to?

Answer 42

Cologne Cathedral

Question 43

Who were the 3 kings?

Answer 43

1. Melchor 2. Baltazar 3. Gaspor

Question 44

Play of light and darkness in paintings

Answer 44

Chiaroscuro art

Question 45

Italian rennaissance painter,sculptor,architect, and poet

Answer 45

Michael Angelo