Art Ch1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6

The painting technique used in the first century in Egypt, Greece, and Rome that involves the use of wax is:

Encaustic

The ________ are credited with the invention of paper around 105 C.E.

Chinese

Conte Crayon

Clay and pigment with a grease binder

A shape we detach and focus on is known as the ______.

Figure

Pencil

Graphite

Pablo Picasso worked on ____________ in response to the brutalities of the Spanish Civil War.

Guernica

A dotted line is a good example of a(n) _____________.

Implied line

Wash

Ink diluted with water

Rapidograph

Invented as a tool for technical drawing

Eugène Delacroix's ____________ is an example of an artist who was free to express the social events of his day.

Liberty Leading the People

A(n) ______ is a three-dimensional form that occupies a volume of space.

Mass

Nibs

Metal, Reeds, or Quills

During the ________ the term "art" was used roughly in the same sense as "craft."

Middle Ages

In art, shapes that suggest forms found in nature are called ________ shapes.

Organic

______is the name for a standard subject in Christian art, that of Mary, the mother of Jesus, holding her son after he was taken down from the cross

Pieta

Ink

Pigment and water

The style used by Georges Seurat in Café-concert is:

Pointillisim

If a work of art is faithful to our visual experience, its style is

Representational

The design principle that is based on repetition is called

Rhythm

Built for rulers, ____________ were tombs to aid the buried in the afterlife.

The Pyramids

Showing the ideal of philosopher-king, ____________ is one of the finest examples of ancient Roman works.

The statue of Marcus Aurelius

The difference in the color and consistency of different types of crayons and pastels is due to:

The use of different binders

The term style is used to categorize a work of art by its:

Visual Characteristics

In buon fresco, or true fresco, pigment is mixed with water and applied to:

Wet Plaster

The ancient Egyptians developed a standard set of proportions used to create images of the "correct" or "perfect" human, as have many cultures both ancient and modern. This set of proportions was created using:

a square grid

By positioning the dark, dense image of death next to the billowing, light form representing life, Gustav Klimt's painting Death and Life demonstrates artistic use of:

asymmetrical balance

Charcoal

charred wood

In painting and drawing, artists often use the technique of ________ to describe the way shadows and light define the shape of forms.

chiaroscuro

The organization of visual elements in two-dimensional art is called:

composition

A(n) _________ records the boundaries of a three-dimensional shape.

contour line

Iconoclasm means the ________ of images based on religious beliefs.

destruction

A(n) ________ carries the most energy and sense of movement.

diagonal line

In a two-dimensional work with asymmetrical balance, the appearance of balance is achieved by:

distributing visual weight accordingly

In Albrecht Dürer's woodcut The Draftsman Drawing a Reclining Nude, the draftsman is using a device to help him achieve the effect of:

foreshortening

A(n) ________ approximates regular, named shapes, such as a square, triangle, or circle.

geometric shape

The _____ is surrounding visual information.

ground

The use of scale to indicate relative importance is known as ________ scale.

hierarchical

Subject Matter

is the object or event upon which a work of art is based

Form

is the way a look of art looks

Content

is what a work of art is about

A path traced by a moving point is called a(n) ______.

line

During the 20th century, which of the following became a recognized element of art?

motion

A shape that is part of the background can be called a(n) ________.

negative shape

A shape that stands out to the viewer can be called a(n) _____________.

positive shape

Style

refers to characteristics that we recognize as constant, recurring, or coherent.

Metalpoint

requires a ground, or a preliminary coat of paint

Scale is defined as

the size relation to a standard or 'normal' size

A(n) ___________ is irregular and evokes the living forms of nature.

organic shape

A(n) _____ defines a two-dimensional shape.

outline

A two-dimensional form that occupies an area is called a(n) _______.

shape

Raphael's The Madonna of the Meadows is composed using the implied shape of a:

triangle