art test #1

This type of relief, which takes its name from the French word for low, does not imply great depth.

Bas Relief

Our word ceramic comes from this Greek word.

Keramos

one of the first popular films to use color imagery was___________

The Wizard of Oz

which of the following is not a primary source for studying a work of art

a blog about painting

Memento mori refers to:

a symbol of mortality

when using a series of circles the are exactly the same shape, implied depth can be achieved by __________________

alternating vale, relative position, relative size, overlapping (all of the above)

the binding agent in encaustic paint is ________

beeswax

when an artist wants to highlight the entire of surface of his or her work without regard for any particular are this is called _________

broad emphasis

When Raphael was preparing to paint his fresco The School of Athens he did a large drawing called ________ to help place the design on the wall.

cartoon

samples of this drawing have been dated back to 30,000 BCE

charcoal

the earliest existing printed artworks on paper were created in which culture ______________

china

3 kinds of unity are?

compositional, conceptual, gestalt

in the funeral of st. Bonaventure the artist used the principle of __________ to create emphasis and focal point

contrast

commercial painting is achieved through 3 primary colors and black. these primary colors are _______________

cyan, magenta, and yellow

By orienting lines so that they attract attention to a specific area of a work of art the artist is using ________.

directional line

when were the first successful photographs made

early 1800s

the binding agent for tempura paint is _______

egg

the area covered by a pattern is called the __________

field

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

foral point

If an artist were to draw a figure whose arm was pointing directly toward the viewer, what technique would the artist have to use when drawing the outstretched arm?

foreshadowing

a two dimensional object is called a shape, a 3 dimensional object is known as ________.

form

A shape made of perfectly straight lines would probably be classified as ________ shape.

geometric

if an artist wanted to create an area of darkness using the medium silver point he/she would use the technique of _______________

hatching

These handwritten illustrated books were created during the Middle Ages.

illuminated manuscripts

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

implied movement

another name for a free standing sculpture is _____________

in the round

which of the following is a printmaking process?

intaglio

this architectural term describes a structure created from a pile of material

load bearing

the work of ___________ was a direct influence on the conceptual art movement

marcel Duchamp

A design repeated as a unit in a pattern is called a ________.

moils

in ancient Egypt this part of the human body was used as a standard of measurement. six of these equaled a cubit.

palm

the reassurance of a single element in a work of art is called _______

pattern

an artwork that consists of cutting off someones tie and pouring shampoo on his head would be best described as

performance art

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

pigment

daguerrotypes are made on

polish metal plates

this is architectural construction consists of two uprights and crossbeams

post and intel

Sumerian votive figures were used as _______________

prayer figures

the size relationships between parts of an object, or its ___________, affects how a viewer will interpret it.

proportions

only be viewed from on side _________

relief

this type of print making is done by carving part of a block in order to raised surface that can be inked and printed

relief

the division between art and craft during this period

renaissance

An artist might use a small scale for a portrait of a lover because it implies ________.

small scale intimacy

the opposite of emphasis is __________

subordination

as Eadweard muybridges experiments with the motion showed:

the camera can capture what the human eye cannot see

All sculptures have this characteristic in common:

they exist in three-dimensional space

this visual form printed letters, words, and text is called _________

typography

what elements describe the imposition of order and harmony on a design?

unity

complementary colors used next to each other they produce a visual anomaly called simultaneous contrast. the visual effect makes the color appear to ___________ along the boundary.

vibrate

in josephs beuys's coyote, I like America and America likes me the artist:

wrapped himself in felt and lived for 5 days alone in an art gallery with a coyote

what does the word photograph mean

writing with light