ART100 test 2

a sculpture process in which the artist builds a form by adding material

additive

Artists who model forms using soft pliable materials, such as clay or wax, sometimes employ this kind of support when creating their work.

an armature

A group of prints that are identical and produced in a limited number is called ________.

an edition

Artwork made of three-dimensional materials, including found objects

assemblage

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.

glazing

These simple, symbolic graphics are often used for products that people of many different cultures use, so that there is no need for language translation

icons

a work involving the human body, usually including the artist, in front of an audience

performance art

______ is the use of photography to tell a news story.

photojournalism

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

pigment

The drawing medium utilizes a piece of silver wire set in a holder

silverpoint

The person, place, or thing that is being photographed

subject

The methodical removal of material to produce a sculptural form

subtractive

What does the word "photograph" mean?

Drawing with light

The binding agent for tempera paint is _____.

Egg yolk

This is a group of letterforms designed to have a uniform appearance.

Font

Michelangelo's famous Sistine Chapel painting used the painting process of _____, which relies on freshly applied lime plaster to hold the pigment in place.

Fresco

A mid-20th-century art movement that came from England that was inspired by popular culture.

Pop Art

Sculptures created to be viewed from one side only is _____.

Relief

Albert Durer's standard of letter-forms was based on the alphabetic characters of this culture.

Roman

This Greek sculpture titled Myron shows the ideal proportion because the Greeks believed in the perfect balance between _____ and _______.

???

What is two kinds of drawing media?

???

This photograph by Abelard Morell shows the principles of _____ where the Pantheon is projected upside down inside of his hotel room

Camera obscura

the simple principle of _____ is when a small hole is placed in an exterior wall of a darkened room, light rays project the outside scene on the opposite wall inside the room

Camera obscura

This is one of the earliest surviving photographs made with a copper plate in 1837, which the process _____ is named after the artist.

Daguerreotype

This type of drawing captures the expressive characteristics of a form.

Gesture

Artists' chalk is powdered calcium carbonate combined with this binder

Gum Arabic

Egyptian picture symbols are called ________.

Hieroglyphics

Who was the German inventor of the printing press and moveable type?

Johannes Gutenberg

Artist Yves Klein's "Anthropometrics of the Blue Period" was a performance artwork where he directed the women, and hired an orchestra for the public performance of the

Living brushes

One of the most obvious ways for an artist to explore his or her identity is to make a _____.

Self-portrait

a stationary scene arranged for artistic impact is

Tableau

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

Typography

A genre of painting that emphasizes the transient nature of Earthly materials and beauty; often seen in still-life painting.

Vanitas

Maya Lin designed the _______ to pay tribute to the many fallen men and women of the Vietnam War.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

This sculpting process involves adding a liquid or pliable material to a mold.

casting

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

charcoal

The process where the artist applies thick layers of paint to a surface.

impasto

When a printmaking rolls ink on a printing plate and then presses paper onto it, the resulting image on the paper is known as an ______________.

impression

Artworks that transform the surrounding space in order to become environmental artworks.

installation

A sculpture intended by the artist to move is called ________ sculpture.

kinetic

This painting binder is a by-product of flax production and first came into common use during the late Middle Ages and the Northern Renaissance.

linseed oil

This is most often a carefully designed piece of type that is unique and easily identified.

logo

This process can be used to create a unique printed image and involves a clean plate which the artist inks the image before printing.

monotype

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 ________.

readymade

Michelangelo believed in an unusual carving technique by _____ the figure from the stone.

releasing

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 printmaking process is used for t-shirts, solar panels, and circuit boards.

silkscreen

The essence of visual communication design is the use of ________ to communicate information and ideas.

symbols

Color pencil is much like graphite pencil, but the lead is made from pigment and ________.

wax

In which country was paper invented?

China