ox
A large oval covering 6 acres, the _______ could accommodate some 50,000 spectators.
Colosseum
A group of sculptures known as the ____ reveal that art continues to make news today.
Benin. Bronzes
A young artist performing menial tasks in a master artist’s workshop is a/an ____.
apprentice
The personal, social, cultural, and historical setting in which art was created, received, and interpreted create the ________.
context
Religious-themed art, such as paintings of Christ, Buddha, or Shiva, would be categorized into which theme of art?
the sacred realm
Interpretation of symbols is called
iconography
A distinctive, recognizable ensemble of recurring characteristics is called ____.
style
____ art intentionally simplifies or otherwise distorts forms of the visual world.
Abstract
_____refers to characteristics that are repeated, recognizable, and distinctive.
Style
The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 shows a _____theme by capturing the moment this important document was signed into law.
political
________ was a symbol of wealth in Bali and was believed to hold power over good and evil.
gold
In European art, works that remind viewers of our mortality are called _______ images.
vanitas
_____ art enables us to observe a likeness to the natural world.
Representational
_____ accounts for the entirety of what the eye registers about an artwork.
Form
Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat shows the artist as he saw himself at a moment in time. This is about ________
the here and now
_____ perespective is when the mountain tops and far away things have a bluish tone.
Atmospheric
The museum as we know it today, a structure housing art and open to the public, developed in Europe during the decades heading into the ________ century.
19th
______ art represents nothing we might find around us, instead conveying meaning and expression through art elements such as color and shape.
Nonrepresentational / nonobjective
_____ entails identifying, describing, and interpreting art’s subject matter.
Iconography
Shades of Pines in a Cloudy Valley would be categorized into which theme of art?
The Natural World
This Old Testament word ________was used to determine who belonged and who did not.
Shibboleth
________ perspective was invented by the Italians during the Renaissance. It has the lines that point to the vanishing point.
linear
The street artist known as _____ grapples with issues of art and ownership.
Banksy
A distinctive, recognizable ensemble of recurring characteristics is called
style
Art that moves is called _____art.
kinetic