art app final exam

Pencils have a range of values from very light to very dark. If you wanted a dark value, which of these pencil numbers would be the darkest?

9B

A sculpture designed in the round can be viewed from

nearly every angle

This type of shape is composed of unpredictable, irregular lines.

organic

If an architect wanted to build a large square building with a domed roof, he or she would use this structural feature to transfer the load of the roof.

pendentive

An artwork that consists of cutting off someone's tie and pouring shampoo on his head would best be described as ________.

perfomance art

This medium involves the human body and usually includes the artist.

performance art

Paint in its most basic form is composed of ________ and a liquid binder.

pigment

This component of paint has traditionally been extracted from minerals, soils, vegetable matter, and animal by-products.

pigment

This type of printmaking does not require the artist to cut into a surface; the ink is suspended by other means to complete the print.

planographic

This architectural construction method consists of two uprights and a crossbeam

post and lintel

The relationships between the sizes of different parts of a work make up its ________.

proportions

If you were to create an artwork by throwing open cans of paint over your shoulder onto a canvas behind you, this work would be an example of ________.

randomness

The traditional primary colors are

red, yellow, blue

A three-dimensional surface that is designed to be viewed from only one direction is known as a ________.

relief

This type of printmaking is done by carving away part of a block in order to leave a raised surface that can be inked and printed.

relief

he mechanics of the camera are very similar to those of ________.

a human eye

In order to create an interior space, an architect must design a distance between two supports called ________.

a span

Artists draw for many reasons, including: to define their ideas to plan for larger projects to resolve design issues in preparatory sketches to record their visual observations

all of the other answers

Before the invention of paper, drawings were done on ________. animal hide wood papyrus cloth

all of the other answers

Videos designed to be art are often made to be presented ________. on television screens in art gallaries or art events in such a way that they transform a space projected on walls

all of the other answers

Which of the following can create a pattern? the warp and weft of woven cloth fish scales dried, cracked mud stacks of cans

all of the other answers

Which of these materials can be used to create a sculpture? wax ice stone plastic

all of the other answers

in the nineteenth century, this material became both less costly and more widely available for construction. glass iron concrete steel

all of the other answers

When using a series of squares that are exactly the same shape, implied depth can be achieved by ________.

alternating value, relative position, relative size, overlapping (all of these answers)

Artists who model forms using soft pliable materials, such as clay or wax, sometimes employ this kind of support when creating their work.

an armature

A line that gives viewers the impression that they are seeing a line where there is not a continuous mark is ________.

an implied line

_______ balance is achieved when all elements in a work of art are equidistant from a central point and repeat in a symmetrical way from side to side and top to bottom.

asymmetrical

When objects are far away they lack contrast, detail, and sharpness of focus because of the interference of air. Artists take advantage of this when they use the process called:

atmospheric perspective

Creating visual weight and counterweight is part of an artist's use of the element of ________ in creating a work of art.

balance

Duration, tempo, intensity, scope, setting, and chronology are

basic attributes of time

The binding agent in encaustic painting is ________.

beeswax

Artworks made using alternative media and processes ________.

break down the traditional boundaries between art and life

Which of these is not a subtractive method of sculpting?

casting

this sculpting process involves adding a liquid or pliable material to a mold.

casting

This method of applying value to a two-dimensional artwork in order to create the illusion of three dimensional solid form is called ________.

chiaroscuro

In which country was paper invented by Cai Lun, who made it out of macerated plant fibers suspended in water?

china

The earliest existing printed artworks on paper were created in this culture.

china

Which of these is not an additive process of sculpting

chiseling

An artist can use color to indicate depth. When a color is very pure and intense then it seems to be ________.

closer

The first cameras were ________.

room sized

The ancient Romans perfected this type of arch and often used it in their architecture.

rounded

Which of these artists is not involved with the creation of architecture?

sculptor

A color that is lighter than its basic hue is known as a tint. A color that is darker than its basic hue is called a ________.

shade

This drawing medium utilizes a piece of silver wire set in a holder.

silverpoint

What is it called when a photographer chooses to make a photograph look candid and spontaneous?

snapshot aesthetic

This kind of motion is occurring when we see movement in real life.

stroboscopic motion

________ balance is achieved when both sides of a composition look exactly the same.

symmetrical

The name of the opening that lets light into any camera is called ________.

the aperture

It was possible to decipher hieroglyphs because of

the rosetta stone

Colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel are radically different in wavelength and are called ________.

complementary colors

This building material is a mixture of cement and ground stone.

concrete

What method of sculpture is the artist using when they assemble component parts in order to create an artwork?

construction

this type of arched span was first used in ancient Babylon and Mycenae.

corbeled

All sculptures have this characteristic in common:

they exist in three-dimensional space

Hatching and cross-hatching use two-dimensional lines to communicate ________ depth.

three-dimensional

Because it is three-dimensional, a form has these three spatial measurements: height, width, and ________.

depth

There is rhythm in an artwork when it has at least this many points of reference.

two

An artwork can be described as non-objective if its subject matter is ________.

unrecognizable

The lightness or darkness of a surface is the element of art called

value

Sculptures created using this method often require the movement of large amounts of soil from one location to another.

earthworks

Artists' crayon is made by mixing pigment with ________.

egg

he binding agent for tempera paint is ________.

egg

________ films often include innovative technology, unexpected subject matter, and/or manipulated images.

experimental

This is a ceiling based on the structural principles of the arch.

vault

the elements of art form the basic ______ of art

vocabulary

this painting medium is transparent, applied to a paper surface, and has a gum arabic binder (the French version uses honey.)

watercolor

If vertical lines communicate strength, horizontals calm, and diagonals action, then a vacation resort might want to choose a logo consisting of ________ lines in order to show peaceful repose.

horizontal

Which of the following is a printmaking process?

intaglio

Physicists have explained that when we see a color, it is the portion of the light spectrum that a surface fails to ________.

absorb

When we touch an object we experience a tactile sensation that artists refer to as ________ texture.

actual

An artwork that consists of a re-created bedroom with videos projected onto the walls would best be described as ________.

an installation

Colors that do not contrast strongly with each other, and which are similar in wavelength, are _______ colors.

analogous

This process involves taking over a pre-existing image or object and altering its appearance in a way that changes its original meaning or purpose.

appropriation

This type of drawing aims to identify and react to the main visual and expressive characteristics of a form.

contour

This intaglio process employs acid to mar the surface of a metal plate.

etching

This feature of Gothic architecture allowed the weight of the ceiling to be transferred away from the walls so that larger windows could be built

flying buttresses

This is the specific part in an area of emphasis to which the viewer's eye is drawn.

focal point

A two-dimensional object is called a shape, and a three-dimensional object is known as a ________.

form

This painting process relies on freshly applied lime plaster to hold the pigment in place.

fresco

Forms that tend to be irregular, and similar to naturally occurring objects, are known as ________ forms.

geometric

The principles of design are a kind of ________ that artists apply to the elements of art.

grammar

The process of using a series of parallel lines set close to one another to differentiate planes of value in a work of art is called ________.

hatching

A flat work of art has two dimensions: ________ and width

height

The chiaroscuro method uses five defined values: cast shadow, reflected light, core shadow, light, and ________.

highlight

The term used for referring to the basic colors of the spectrum is ________.

hue

When an artist employs visual clues to suggest movement in a work of art that is static and motionless, this is known as ________.

implied motion

This term for plate printmaking means "cut into" in Italian.

intaglio

This type of sculpture can move and change its visual form.

kinetic

This is the practice of drawing from a live model or other actual objects.

life drawing

One definition of this element is "a mark that connects two points."

line

The Great Pyramid of Khufu is an example of sophisticated engineering and ________ construction.

load-bearing

This architectural term means creating a structure out of a pile of material.

load-bearing

The name of this bronze-casting process relies on a modeled original form made from a pliable material. This method is known as ________.

lost-wax casting

A color that is almost gray has a ________ saturation.

low

A design repeated as a unit in a patter is called a __________

motif

Objects found or already existing outside of the context of art, which are used as component parts in a work or to create an entire sculpture, are called ________.

readymades

A work that depicts people or objects in a way that makes them recognizable is called ________.

representational

What does the word "photograph" mean

writing with light

When did it become common for photographs to be collected in major fine arts museums?

1950s