Art Appreciation Final Exam

Casting is known as a(n) ________ method.

indirect

Why is wood such a popular craft material?

it is abundant and relatively easy to work

The ancient Olmecs of Mesoamerica prized ________ for its translucence, which they associated with rainwater.

jade

What material is made from the sap of a tree?

lacquer

When the name of a company, institution, or product is given a distinctive graphic treatment, it is known as a ______.

logotype

What is the role of the Kwakiutl mask?

mythical bird who eats human flesh

Andy Goldsworthy uses ________ materials to create sculptures that are ephemeral.

natural

When clay is wet, it becomes moldable and cohesive, or ______.

plastic

What type of drawing medium is most likely to produce a line that swells in the middle, but tapers at both ends?

Brush and ink

What does the rainbow symbolize on the LGBT flag?

Inclusion and acceptance

What qualities are common in the artwork of Christo and Jeanne-Claude?

Installations are temporary and transitory.

What was perhaps the most important art form in the Japanese Heian period?

Poetry

What quality of the Kodak camera helped change the history of photography?

Portability

What are the two main differences between prints and most other forms of art?

Prints are made using an indirect process and this process results in multiples of the same image.

What is now understood to be the primary concern of Mayan art?

Recording history

What traditional craft does contemporary artist Faig Ahmed incorporate into his art?

Rug weaving

Alexsandr Rodchenko worked in the ______ style, his works marked by abstraction and geometric shapes that emphasized the formal elements of line, color, and texture.

constructivist

What belief is common to both Hinduism and Buddhism?

Devotion to deities

The Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian styles are known as what architectural style?

Greek orders

Why was Quetzalcoatl, who frequently appeared in much art of Central America, so important to Mesoamerican cultures?

He brought rain and water through windstorms.

In 1525, with the advent of moveable type, ________ created a unified alphabet that could be mass-produced.

Albrecht Dürer

The Taj Mahal was built by the 17th-century Moslem emperor for what purpose?

As a tomb for his wife

What is the most common product of woodworking art?

Furniture

A flying buttress is an arched exterior support system found on what style of building?

Gothic

What aspect of media design has been introduced by the digital revolution?

Interactivity

How can the purpose ofMaya Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial be described?

It creates a space for contemplation and remembrance.

In printmaking, when an edition is complete, what will typically happen to the matrix?

It will be canceled so that no more prints can be made from it.

What printing process is considered the most direct and effortless, features that lead to its use in daily newspapers?

Lithography

What building method was used to construct Pyramid of the Sun ?

Load-bearing

From where does the theme of the Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes come?

The Old Testament

Buddhism spread to other parts of Asia through what means?

The Silk Road

Islamic cultures have focused a great deal of aesthetic attention on ______.

carpets

What is a principle aim of Daoism?

To bring human life into harmony with nature

The carving method is what type of process?

subtractive