Cumulative Exam

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_____________ gradually change direction, while ____________ create a sense of motion.

A. (1) curvilinear lines; (2) diagonal lines

What is asymmetry?

A. A sense of balance achieved by placing objects or forms that are different on either side of a central line.

Which of the following is the best and most complete definition for graphic design?

A. An artistic and professional form of communication that focuses on the use of symbols and stylistic elements to convey a message.

Which of the following statements does not define what art is?

A. Art combines balance, proportion, composition, and imagery.

______________ is a durable material and is widely used for casting, which is a process by which the melted material is poured into a mold.

A. Bronze

What is the difference between design and technique?

A. Design refers to the overall organization of a work of art, where as technique refers to the materials the artist uses.

All of the following are examples of commonly used tools in relief printing, except which?

A. Lead

What method of art analysis considers the underlying unconscious meaning of an artwork?

A. Psychoanalysis

The image above is of the color wheel used by artists. If an artist wanted to create a artwork with analogous colors, how would he/she use the color wheel to achieve this result?

A. The artist would want to decide on a single hue, and then he/she would use the neighboring colors to the left and/or right of the chosen hue.

Which of the following is not true of sculpture in the round?

A. There are three main techniques of sculpture in the round which include, casting, carving, and assemblage.

In a picture, the objects decrease in size as they recede towards the ______________.

A. Vanishing point

The primary difference between a high relief and a low relief is that _________________

A. a high relief must project at least halfway off the background.

Depth is the ________________

A. apparent distance from front to back in a piece of artwork.

A disadvantage to liquid media is that ________________

A. it can be costly to use.

This is an example of a ________________ because it not only shows skills and beauty, but was also created to hold or transport something.

A. piece of functional art

This image is an example which technique in ceramics?

A. red figure painting

The main purpose of artists studying the human body is to ________________

A. understand its parts and functions, so they can more accurately portray it.

Perspective influences how a person looks at a piece of art and its qualities.

C. Always true

______________ means to enclose something tightly, such as is done with stones or tiles, and a filler, when creating mosaics.

C. Embedding

In the image above, entitled Raft of the Medusa, the artist wanted to give ______________ to the man waving the flag or cloth in the upper right corner.

C. Emphasis

Which of the following pieces of art would be considered a form of social protest?

C. Guernica

Which of the following is not true regarding the use and importance of symmetry?

C. It creates differentiation between each part through the use of dimension and scale.

Which of the following is true about two point perspective?

C. Objects in the picture may not be perpendicular to the picture plan.

For which painting media is egg yolk combined with water?

C. Tempera

Line is defined as a ______________________

C. a path through space.

Art is often controversial because __________________

C. artists and observers have varying ideas of what art is.

When making an intaglio print, ________________

C. ink is added to the engraved grooves.

A craft ___________________

C. is made using hand skills and generally serves a utilitarian rather than fine art function.

If you examine the images below, you will notice they are examples of sculpture. Which would not be considered an example of an environment sculpture?

B

A ______(1)______ is used to spin the clay while the ceramicist shapes it into a form, where as a ______(2)______ is used to fire, or heat the clay.

B. (1) potters wheel; (2) kiln

What is aquatint?

B. A type of etching that uses powdered resin that stops the acid from eating away at the surface, creating a tonal effect.

Which of the following is not a category of form in art?

B. Abstract art

______________ is a type of sculpture that was inspired by forms and processes from nature.

B. Natural sculpture

A precious metal is _________________

B. a highly sought after dense, shiny, soft precious metal that has been used as money for many centuries.

Silverpoint is _____________

B. a technique involving the use of a metal point, and a thin silver wire, popular in the 14th and 15th Centuries.

In a work of art, the arrangement of visual elements is known as the ____________.

B. design

Secondary colors are __________________

B. hues made by combining equal parts of two primary colors.

A freestanding sculpture _________________

B. is surrounded by space on all sides, allowing it to be viewed from multiple perspectives..

In painting, medium is ____________________

B. the substance that is added to a color in order to help application.

What is Deconstruction in art?

D. A branch of analysis that questions traditional assumptions about what we see, think, or do.

The art of using and understanding space involves _______________

D. All of the above

Although the two portraits shown are different, what overall message do they have in common?

D. All of the above are true

All of the following are examples of materials used for carving, except which?

D. Clay

Which of the following forms of Intaglio are most similar to drawing?

D. Etching

To create watercolor, water is mixed with ____________.

D. Gum arabic

This image is by Milton Glaser, and was a poster for tenth anniversary of Holocaust Museum. It was created using a stone press on which areas are made receptive to ink. This form of printing is known as ________________.

D. Lithography

Mosaics are __________________

D. images made by arranging stones or tiles that are then embedded with a filler to connect the colored pieces.

Realistic art is intended to show ____________________

D. object as they truly appear, without necessarily providing emotion or an experience.

Symbolism is ____________________

D. the art of using symbols, or having symbolic meaning.

Iconography refers to ______________________

D. the study of symbols and images in art.


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