Art Appreciation Midterm 2024

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What contributed to the development of perspective in painting?

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Research in geometry and mathematics.

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What effect is created by the use of three-point perspective?

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Objects look as though they are being seen from above or below.

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What is the effect of making objects in a painting duller than others?

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The duller objects will seem farther away.

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Look at this painting by Diego Velázquez, painted between 1634 and 1635. What is its primary purpose?

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To serve as an historical document.

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Which of these statements explains why artists in different times and places produce different kinds of art? Artists want to depict the reality they see. Artists are products of their environments. Artists are all historians.

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Artists are products of their environments.

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What was the main thematic focus of art during the Middle Ages?

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Religion

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Look at this image. These paintings were found in...

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a cave

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The afterlife was the main concern of which of these ancient civilizations? China, Japan, Egypt

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Egypt

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Look at this mural. It demonstrates that Minoan art was largely...

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decorative

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Take a look at Giotto's Crucifixion. In this painting, Jesus is portrayed...

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as a real life symbol