OK, artsy DUers! Test your knowledge of “terms of art" in the Friday afternoon challenge!

[CTyankee]

The following 6 images illustrate the application of 7 “terms of art.” Correctly identify each image’s term(s).

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[gateley]

1. I never know the answers, CTyankee, and never even try, but I'm always enthralled

by the photos you post. Thanks! :hi:

[CTyankee]

2. Thanks, gateley! You're so nice!

I love "doing" art stuff...it's my favorite pastime...and something I can indulge in now that I'm retired...:hi:

[gateley]

31. I mean it! I get kind of an art education from you. I love that you love doing this!

So many here enjoy it! :pals:

[seabeyond]

25. me too me too. lol. my mom had THE art book and i use to spend so much time and years

looking at the pictures. i always recognize so many of them from the book

[gateley]

32. Oh what a nice memory! Makes me smile. nt

[CTyankee]

33. Nice to revisit, yes?

[elleng]

3. Lovely; how's that?

yhm

[CTyankee]

5. Hi, Ellen. lovely is good!

Betcha you know these terms!

[Angry Dragon]

4. #2 is marble

#1 is pen and paper
#3-6 is painting

I don't know

[CTyankee]

6. well...yes...but...

[horseshoecrab]

61. Shape and Form?

Sculptures all have shape and form?

[horseshoecrab]

62. Form and Space?

Sculpture possessed form and space?

[Pathwalker]

7. Would that make it a sketch, or an etching?

And one of them is a fresco. :shrug:

[CTyankee]

8. One is a fresco but that is not the term I was looking for...

[Angry Dragon]

10. sketch i believe

etching is a subtraction of sorts

just trying to broaden my mind

[CTyankee]

13. I am looking for the general term behind the concept of "sketching."

It's out there in the art history books...

[horseshoecrab]

60. Line? n/t

[CTyankee]

64. Hi, horseshoecrab! No it isn't line. Look at who he artist is and what he

"prescribed" for art in his era...this is a major concept in Renaisance art...

[horseshoecrab]

68. Leonardo?

An example of naturalistic movement in the composition?

Thanks CTyankee, ya know I love these challenges! :-)

horseshoecrab

[CTyankee]

70. Yes, Leonardo of course...what did he "prescribe" for artists?

[BrklynLiberal]

9. Foreshortening, perspective, chiarascuro,balance, fresco...????????

That's all I've got...

[blondeatlast]

11. That's all I've got, too. Wish I had my Janson back (wished that for a long time, actually!). nt

[CTyankee]

12. no, sorry...(see fresco response above, tho)...

[elleng]

14. Hey Brklyn, 'chiarascuro' one of my faves!!!

[BrklynLiberal]

15. ....

:hi:

[EC]

16. what do you mean?

media used or school of art?

[CTyankee]

18. Art terms that refer to certain gestures, poses, aesthetic concepts, styles.

I don't know what "media used" means...I mean what art historians use when discussing these paintings...

[CTyankee]

21. Oh, DUH! I just realized what you meant by "media used"!

But no, it's not the media used...I had a bit of a memory fog on that...sorry...

[Uncle Joe]

17. Is #2

Persephone?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persephone

Thanks for the thread, CTyankee.

[CTyankee]

19. Actually, it's not. However, the subject of the work is not a name of someone...

[Manifestor_of_Light]

20. Uhhhhh....

I took art history in college, had a great teacher, and took a lot of studio art, and still can never answer these questions! But they are fun!

1. chiaroscuro (light and dark sketching) The word literally means "light" and "dark" (obscured).


2. Rape of the Sabines by Giambologna (dynamic composition -- off center, asymmetrical, looks very active) One chunk of Carrara marble.

3. Fresco (wet pigment on wet plaster/cement) or The Annunciation (Announcement of the Angel that Mary is pregnant with Jesus) 1500s or so.

4. Contrapposto (position of naked lady - one leg straight, one bent). Not sure what the guy in black is doing. The medium looks like gouache.

5. sfumato (smoky)

6. I got no clue - ?? Hunter with dogs and naked lady?? Mars, Venus, Cupid, Psyche? :shrug:

[CTyankee]

26. You got #4. The person in black is really not the question...

You identified the artist and work in 2 but it is not the term that describes it...altho you right that it is dynamic...but there is a specific term here...

Fresco is right, of course, but there is another thing in this actual work that has a term I am looking for. Look at the content, not the medium...

You have a clue on 6. Keep going...

[Generic Other]

44. is #2 serpentinata?

You have to walk around the sculpture to view it. Sculpture in the round.

[CTyankee]

54. Excellent! "La figura serpentinata". Tell me how you knew...

[Generic Other]

65. I knew it was a milestone in the history of sculpture

Sculpture was viewed from the front before it. You can see how this one looks like a twisting snake-like form. I just googled "sculpture in the round" to get the actual term.

[CTyankee]

66. That was important that you knew it was a milestone.

Now do you know what the milestones of #1 and #6 are? They are also pretty well known (in terms of art)...

[Generic Other]

45. is #2 serpentinata?

You have to walk around the sculpture to view it. Sculpture in the round.

[Mimosa]

22. All of the works were done during the Renaissance, all are italian..

But this non-practicing artist never heard of 7 terms of art. Maybe I forgot something with age.

Do you mean styles? Mediums?


I saw a drawing ( black and white), a sculpture, an egg tempura painting, a fresco and an oil painting. The Boticelli was oil on a wood panel. Don't know about which type of surface the Veronese is on. Canvas?

[CTyankee]

27. They are all Italian but not what is important here...

"Drawing" is correct, but you need to get the concept behind it...

No Veronese here...and canvas and panel are not the issue...

[Duer 157099]

23. Would, for example, #2 be "sculpture"?

I'm trying to gauge the level of what you're asking...

Or perhaps "statue" even?

:shrug:

[CTyankee]

28. A little more precise...

[Duer 157099]

35. A contraposto curvilinear expressionist statue?

:shrug:

[CTyankee]

39. Contraposto is correct....what else is there in that figure?

[Duer 157099]

47. Dynamism?

[CTyankee]

55. See above. It is called "La figura serpentinata." nt

[CTyankee]

56. I'm sorry...# 4 is not figura sepentinata...another term...

[Duer 157099]

24. #1 = monochromatic? n/t

[CTyankee]

30. Concept, here...

[End Of The Road]

29. I was hoping the was a multiple choice test!

But I probably would have failed anyway.

Love these challenges, especially after this depressing week.

Have a great weekend.

[gateley]

36. Haha! That was my first thought when I read the subject line! And ditto for

me on 'failing'. :7

[CTyankee]

38. NO, no failing...just dig a litle deeper...

[lunatica]

34. 1. Sketch, 2. Sculpture, 3,4 and 6 are oil paintings and 5 is a fresco mural

How did I do?

[CTyankee]

37. Well, it is not that simple, actually. You have to look at pose, gesture, style

and art concept (aesthetic). These are terms that art critics and historians typically use to describe what is happening or what is the dominant style of the work.

[Mimosa]

40. Titian.

The Venetian blondes during that period all look alike. ;)

7 terms I know -the basics- are:

Line, Shape, Value, Form, Texture, Space, Colour.

Is that what you mean?

[CTyankee]

50. Form and color important...

[CTyankee]

57. Titian is correct...but what was the art concept here?

[Duer 157099]

41. #3 = foreshortening?

:shrug: :shrug:

[Duer 157099]

42. #5 - I don't know the term, but it's the visual equivalent of when

people won't use the word "God" but instead type "G-d" or whatever. Like the Hebrews did with YHWH.

The face of baby Jesus is obscured. Don't know what that is called.

[CTyankee]

52. This is a very common term in art history...it is actually in Italian. ..

I used an example from a "different" era than the usual...

[Fire Walk With Me]

43. Okay, I'll tell you what I see.

1. Perfect rendering of what the world looks like during a sneeze.

2. Perhaps oiling ourselves prior to doing ballet tosses was a bad idea.

3. Angel shares compassion with gastro-intestinal suffering, but does -not- share Pepto-Bismol.

4. Misdirection. "I'm not nekkid in church, look at that interesting thing up there."

5. "Maybe you should rip out my eyeballs and hoist them upon a plate too; I'm seein' a freaking angel here. Do you see the angel? I hope you can see this angel."

6. Frankly my dear, I don't give a dog.

How'd I do?

[blondeatlast]

48. !00%...

If you were specifically trying to make me giggle uncontrollably. Thanks, I needed a good laugh!

[Fire Walk With Me]

51. Guilty as charged.

*tickle*

[IcyPeas]

46. is #6 mannerism?

[CTyankee]

53. No, I know it's close to the Mannerist era but it really isn't...

but it is a work by a MAJOR artist of the High Renaissance...

[Poll_Blind]

49. Number three means it's cold and we're both nipping out.

Number one: The old man has a boner, I can totally see it.

Number two: Stop fighting, she's only 17 and you'll meet better chicks in college.

Number four: My sash smells funny now.

Number five: That hag in yellow is coming after your eyes next.

Number six: This chick has no gay-dar.

Remember, nobody made you read this: You brought it on yourself!

:rofl:

PB

[CTyankee]

74. Sounds to me like this wasn't your cup of tea?

hmmm?

[CTyankee]

58. MAJOR HINT: numbers 1 and 6 are opposites.

[Hawkeye-X]

59. Are you some sort of art teacher or what?

I took art history (at that time it was called media arts) in college, but that was over 17 years ago, so forgotten most of what I remember. Even at that time, I was learning ASL and missing half of what the interpreters said. Now that I have over 17 years, and a deaf wife to boot, and I can hold an actual conversation with deaf people :)

[CTyankee]

63. Oh, how nice of you to say that! Thank you and I hopeyou have had a good experience with

this thread.

Your situation is actually a major hint to # 5. Do you know what the description is?

[kath]

67. Multiple choice might make it too easy, but could you make it a "matching" type test-

maybe giving 10 or 12 choices instead of just 7 to make it harder?
I didn't peek, promise!

Did have 2 quarters of Art History more than 30 years ago, but at my age pulling up terms (or sometimes even simple words or names) from memory out of thin air can be tough!!

[CTyankee]

69. OK, here are those other examples I can readily give you that are available:

4.

5.

6.


Don't get hung up on #4...remember there are 7 terms and 6 images...

[CTyankee]

71. I'll post correct answers tomorrow, folks...thanks for participating...it's been fun!

Feel free to make any guesses you want tonight...have a great night!...

[Duer 157099]

72. I didn't sleep all night, waiting for these answers

The suspense is killing me!!

[CTyankee]

73. How did you make out with your guesses?

I think I might have overdone the difficulty of the questions this time...

[IcyPeas]

75. okay, it's tomorrow now....

put us out of our misery................ PLEASE


(I love when you do these quizzes - they are always interesting)

[CTyankee]

76. Here ya go.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9497850

I thought for sure folks would get "disegno" but I was wrong. "Venus pudica" and "hieratic gesture" were both a little far out there, tho.

I have another one dealing with art terms in mind but not till next month. I'm trying not to be too obscure.

The next challenge is different...you'll LOVE it!!!