Art 100 Final Exam Study Guide

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

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

Absorb

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

Actual motion

Which of these cultures was not part of Mesopotamia?

All were Mesopotamia cultures

A sculpture designed in the round can be viewed from ________.

Almost every angle

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

Analogous

The structure of Romanesque churches recalls architectural elements from ________

Ancient Rome

The Parthenon in Athens used to house a huge gold- and-ivory statue of:

Athena

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

The dark printed words on the page of a book are easily read because they are printed on a light ground. This is an example of the principle of ________.

Contrast

The following are architectural orders developed by the Greeks:

Corinthian, Doric, Iionic

Jackson Pollock made paintings by:

Dripping paint onto a canvas on the floor

The binding agent for tempera paint is ________.

Egg

Hieroglyphic is the written language used by the:

Egyptians

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Chinese art?

Encourages a state of despair

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

Etching

What does the most common type of prehistoric female figurines suggest the celebration of?

Fertility

This particular medium uses threads, fabrics, and other textiles.

Fiber

Which two Gothic architectural innovations allowed cathedral walls to be built higher than before?

Flying Buttresses and Rib Vaults

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?

Foreshortening

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

Form

The medium of the artwork that decorates the Sistine Chapel ceiling is ________.

Fresco

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

Fresco

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

Geometric

The German word that refers to something in which the whole seems greater than the sum of its parts is ________.

Gestalt

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

Andy Warhol used commercial processes to create many of his works because ________.

He wanted his work to have a depersonalized and mass-produced quality

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

Height

Egyptian picture symbols are called ________.

Hieroglyphics

These handwritten illustrated books were created during the Middle Ages.

Illuminated Manuscripts

The kind of motion that is created by showing a series of static images in quick succession is called ________.

Illusion of motion

Vincent van Gogh used thick swirls of paint in his work Starry Night, this technique is called ________.

Impasto

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

Implied line

Which of the following is a printmaking process?

Instaglio

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

Installation

This system, which derives its name from the Greek meaning "equal measure," uses diagonal parallel lines to communicate depth.

Isometric perspective

Which term refers to part of a church doorway?

Jamb

The Dome of the Rock is located in ________.

Jerusalem

What is the name of the oven used to fire clay objects so that they become ceramics?

Kiln

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

Kinetic

An Archaic Greek sculpture portraying a nude male is called ________.

Kouros

This is the system for creating an illusion of depth using three basic components: horizon line, vanishing point, and convergence lines.

Linear perspective

This printmaking process means "stone writing" in Greek.

Lithography

A woodcut allows an artist to do which of the following?

Make multiple prints of an image

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

The traditional primary colors are ________.

Red, yellow, blue

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

Unlike freestanding sculpture, this type of sculpture is created to be viewed from one side only.

Relief

Which of the following terms means "rebirth" and is used to describe an artistic movement characterized by renewed interest in the Classical world of Greece and Rome?

Renaissance

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

Representational

We generally associate a color with its purest, most intense state, or its highest level of ________.

Saturation

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

The art of arranging colored glass into mosaic-like window forms is called ________.

Stained Glass

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

Symmetrical

Color ________ can be relative to the other colors nearby. For example, violet can be warm if we see it next to a hot color like red, or cool if we see it next to a colder color like blue.

Temperature

What cultures are included in Mesoamerica?

Teotihuacanos, Maya, Aztec, Olmecs

The subject of Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People is ________.

The July Revolution of 1830 in France

The Arnolfini Portrait is part of which period in art?

The Northern Renaissance

It was possible to decipher hieroglyphs because of ________.

The Rosetta Stone

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

The human eye

Architects consider this when designing a building.

The site, engineering, needs of the user, materials

Joseph Kosuth's One and Three Chairs consists of ________.

Three things that a chair could be

This kind of stress pushes on the structure of a building and must be countered by a pulling stress.

Thrust

Artists draw for many reasons, including: ________

To define their ideas

This is a kind of visual diversity that can bring many different ideas, media, or elements together in one composition.

Variety

The element of art that defines the amount of space occupied by an object is ________.

Volume

One of the advantages of acrylic paint is that it can be cleaned up using this liquid.

Water

Which of these materials can be used to create a sculpture?

Wax, ice, stone, plastic

What does the Japanese word Chanoyu mean in English?

Way of the Tea

This type of design can incorporate text, image, recorded sound, and moving images.

Web Design

What does the word "photograph" mean?

Writing with light

Leonardo da Vinci indicates that Christ is the most important figure in his painting of The Last Supper by ______.

-locating Christ at the center of the composition -creating a stable triangular form for Christ, in contrast to the activity of the other figures -framing Christ's head with light from the windows behind -arranging the vanishing point directly behind Christ's head

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

1950's

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

Bas-relief

Duration, tempo, intensity, scope, setting, and chronology are:_______.

Basic attributes of time

Which of the following colors was NOT used in a traditional Kente?

Blue

This printmaking tool is a sharp instrument used to mark the surface of a plate.

Burin

The visual form of printed letters, words, and text is called ________.

Calligraphy

Which of these is not a subtractive method of sculpting?

Casting

The earliest examples of Christian art have been discovered in ________.

Catacombs

Samples of this drawing medium have been dated back to 30,000 BCE.

Charcoal

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

China

The artist of Christ in the House of Levi had to change the painting's name because ________.

Church officials objected to Christ being shown with clowns, dwarves, and dogs at this key moment in the gospels

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

Complementary

The three kinds of unity are:

Compositional, conceptual, gestalt

Glass was probably first used by this ancient culture.

Mesopotamia

What is the medium used for the depiction of Theodora and Attendants in the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy?

Mosaic

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

Motif

The artist can more readily reflect the complexities of the real world by using more than one vanishing point. This is known as ________ perspective.

Multi-point

What city replaced Paris as the art central of the world?

New York City

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

Overlapping

The recurrence of a single element in a work of art is called ________.

Pattern

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

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

Perspective

Where was Machu Picchu located?

Peru

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

Pigment

This architectural construction method consists of two uprights and a crossbeam.

Post-and-Lintel

The kind of scale used for objects that appear larger than they are in real life is called ________ scale.

Proportional

Marcel Duchamp's Bicycle Wheel is an example of ________.

Readymade