Art Appreciation: Final Exam

The Dura Europos synagogue contains ___________________.

A shrine for the Torah

A relief print created out of a solid wood block is called _________________.

A woodcut

This German artist's naturalistis depiction A Young Hare was created using a combination of watercolor and gouache highlightening.

Albrecht Dürer

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

All of the other answers (Framing christs head with light from the windows behind, arranging the vanishing point directly behind christ's head, creating a stable triagnular form for christ, in contrast to the activity of the other figures.

Artists draw for many reasons, including:

All of the other answers. (to record their visual observations, to plan for larger projects, to resolve design issues in preparatory sketches, to define their ideas)

Which of these cultures was not part of Mesopotamia?

All of these were Mesopotamian cultures (Assyrians, Babylonians, Akkadians, and Sumerians)

If an artist wanted to work on a painting over a number of days, blending and making changes, acrylic paint would be a good medium to use.

False

Leonardo da Vinci's sketched studied of a foetus in the womb, c. 1510-13, were commissioned by the Catholic Church.

False

The Sumarian lyre sound box was found buried under a colosseum dedicated to Dionysus

False

The ka is the name of a tool used to make relief carvings for Egyptian pharaohs.

False

The techniques of hatching and cross hatching can be used only in dry media.

False

The glassy finished surface applied to a ceramic object is called _____________.

Glaze

This painting medium is opaque, applied to a paper surface, and uses a gum arabic binder.

Gouache

If an artist wanted to create an area of darkness using the medium of silverpoint, he or she would use the technique of _________________.

Hatching

Californian artist Joan Brown used this painting technique, created by applying thick layers of paint to a surface.

Impasto

This medium is made of pigment suspended in water so that it adheres to the fibers of paper to which it is commonly applied. Usually there is a small amount of gum arabic in this medium, and it most often uses only black pigment.

Ink

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

Intaglio

Which of the following is a printmaking process?

Intaglio

A "deposition" scene shows which of the following?

Jesus's body being removed from the cross

The transparency of oil paint allows a painter to use a process called glazing in order to add a high degree of _____________ to a painting.

Luminosity

Glass was probably first used by this ancient culture.

Mesopotamia

The ancient Zapotec people used the coil method to create ceramic objects. The Zapotec culture was located in which modern country?

Mexico

__________ can create many different effects, depending on how it is applied. Chinese born artist Hung Liu utilized these qualities to seperate reality and the ideal in her work Interregnum.

Oil paint

What a printmaker rolls ink onto a raised surface and presses a piece of paper onto it, the resulting image on the paper is known as _______________.

an impression

This intaglio printing process involves carefully and cleanly scoring a metal plate.

engraving

If an artist wants to create a print with very fine detail and precise, even lines, drypoint would be a good method to use

false

If an artist wanted to make an object that was a simple shape and very durable, stoneware would be a good clay to use.

True

Lions were important to both the Assyrians and Babylonians.

True

Prehistoric female figurines that refer to reproduction are called fertility figures.

True

To make their artworks appear realistic, Renaissance artists sometimes distorted the way certain objects and elements looked.

True

Early wall painting have been found in the Çatalhöyük in modern ________.

Turkey

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

Watercolor

Colored pencil is much like graphite pencil, but the lead is made from pigment and ______.

Wax

What is the process that a ceramist uses to knead and remove pockets of air from wet clay.

Wedging

The art of arranging colored glass into a mosaic-like window forms what is called __________________.

stained glass

What does D.J. Hall's rich use of colored pencil communicate to the viewer in her drawing Piece of Cake?

the intense light of a california afternoon

Before its use in Gothic stained glass windows, glass was not employed as decorative art at all.

False

Sticks of chalk, pastel, and crayon are all made by combining pigment with ____________.

Binder

In Leonardo da Vinci's design for a flying machine he used a ____________ as his inspiration.

Bird's wing

Brunelleschi's design for the dome of Florence Cathedral was a triumph over adversity because ________________.

Building such an enormous dome was a technological challenge

The oldest pottery wheels we know of belonged to this ancient culture.

China

For his print, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Albrecht Dürer hired expert craftsman to ___________.

Create the block and cut the lines into it

This American artist uses glass to create dramatic and colorful interior installations, such as the one at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.

Dale Chihuly

An artist who is using brush and ink will often control the value of the ink by _________________.

Diluting with water

The Portland Vase, an amazing piece of Roman glassblowing technique, used this method to create dual glass colors and high detail on a single piece.

Dip-overlay

Artists used oil paint on cave walls thousands of years ago.

False

Pencils are a common medium, but they may not be appropriate for every drawing. What are the attributes of pencils that make them a desirable art medium? Can you think of a situation where a pencil might not be the best choice for a drawing?

Pencils are commonly used by artists for the purpose of shading and sketching. However, not all pieces of art can be done using pencils. A piece that requires alot of depth with color and value, pencils cant give you the same since they are so fragile and can break easily. If pressed too hard, they can change the color making it look different than the other marks. This is when it is better to pick a different medium

The twentieth century American Ceramist created large expressive works using the slab method of clay construction.

Peter Voulkos

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

Pigment

Artist, such an Vincent van Gogh, vary the width of a reed pen stroke by ____________________.

Pressing harder

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

This seventeenth- century Dutch artist was a master of etching and used it to depict Adam and Eve as well as other religious subjects.

Rembrandt

The division between art and craft began during this period.

Renaissance

Which of the following terms means "rebirth" and is used to describe an artistic movement characterized by renewed interest in the classical work of greece and rome?

Renaissance

Linear perspective is used to______________________.

Represent the illusion of three-dimensional space in two dimensions

This Japanese-American artist used acrylic paint to express the relationship between American and Japanese cultures.

Roger Shimomura

The painting Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel includes a _________________.

Self portrait of Michelangelo as St. Bartholomew's flayed skin

Clay that has a great deal of water mixed into it, making it very thin, is known as ___________.

Slip