Art History Chapter 4 Pre/PostTest

The meaning, mood, or idea communicated to the viewer.

• Design Qualities
• Expressive Qualities
• Literal Qualities
• Aesthetic Qualities

realistic presentation of subject matter

• Expressive Qualities
• Literal Qualities
• Design Qualities
• Aesthetic Qualities

How well the work is organized, or put together

• Design Qualities
• Expressive Qualities
• Literal Qualities
• Aesthetic Qualities

The qualities that can increase their understanding of the works and serve as the criteria on which their judgments are based

• Expressive Qualities
• Design Qualities
• Literal Qualities
• Aesthetic Qualities

Stressing the importance of literal qualities

• Formalism
• Description
• Imitationalism
• Judgment

Focus: subject matter and/ or elements of art noted in the work

• Judgment
• Description
• Interpretation
• Nonobjective Art

Any artwork that contains no apparent reference to reality

• Nonobjective Art
• Analysis
• Emotionalism
• Formalism

Focus: Decision-making about the work's artistic merit

• Judgment
• Analysis
• Imitationalism
• Formalism

Focus: Moods, feelings, and ideas communicated by the work

• Analysis
• Interpretation
• Judgment
• Description

Success of the work depends on the design qualities or the way it is organized

• Formalism
• Emotionalism
• Nonobjective Art
• Interpretation