ART Exam

We have discovered paintings at Pech Merle in France that date back _________ years.

25,000

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

The mechanics of the camera are very similar to those of_________

A human eye

This contemporary painting medium uses a polymer resin as a binder.

Acrylic

What method of sculpture is the artist using when he or she gathers objects and fabricates them into an artwork?

Assemblage

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

Casting

Which of these is not a subtractive method of sculpting?

Casting

Using a sequence of specially generated drawings to create scenes in a movie is called

Cel animation

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

Charcoal

Where was paper invented?

China

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

Diluting with water

Sculptures created using this method often require the movement of large amounts of soil from one location to another.

Earthworks

The binding agent for tempera paint is ______________.

Egg

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

Fresco

This earthwork, constructed by the prehistoric inhabitants of North America, is located in Ohio.

Great Serpent Mound

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

Guache

Another name for freestanding sculpture is ___________.

In the round

This method of sculpture involves the construction of a space or the assembly of objects to create an environment, often encouraging the viewer to experience the work physically, using all of his or her senses

Installation

A major advantage of the daguerreotype process is that _____________.

It creates very detailed images

How are the locations of the Wizard of Oz distinguished?

Kansas is in black and white and oz is in color

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 printmaking process means "stone writing" in Greek.

Lithography

The name of this bronze casting process relies on a modeled original form made made from a pliable material. This method is known as ____________.

Lost-wax casting

Painting that incorporates many different painting media and materials is classified as _____________ painting

Mixed-media

Paint in it's most basic form is composed of ___________ and a liquid binder.

Pigment

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

Relief

This drawing medium utilizes a piece of silver wire set in a holder.

Silverpoint

Using puppets, dolls or models to to create scenes in a movie is called __________.

Stop-motion animation

The name of the opening that lets light into any camera is called ____________ .

The aperture

As Edweard Muybridges experiments with motion showed, ____________.

The camera can capture what the human eye cannot see.

Which two types of charcoal are used most commonly as drawing materials?

Vine and compressed

Erasers can be used by artists as drawing tools. In 1953 Robert Rauschenberg created a work by erasing a drawing by this famous Abstract Expressionist painter.

Willem de Kooning

If an artist painted a garden scene with one red flower in a field of yellow flowers, this would be an example of using color to create contrast. For the viewer, the single red flower would be ________.

a focal point in the artwork

A relief print created out of a sheet of linoleum is called ____________ .

a linocut

A shape on a flat picture surface that is defined by surrounding empty space is known as _____________ shape.

a positive

A pattern with regular intervals creates ________ ryhthm.

a repetitive

Georges Melies film, A Trip to the Moon is known for being:

a. All of these answers are correct b. A fictional account of astronomers launching their rocket from a cannon c. A silent film known for humor and special effects d. One of the first films to show a progression of time e. One of the first films to change locations in various scenes a. All of these answers are

Before the invention of paper, drawings were done on __________.

a. Animal hide b. Papyrus c. Cloth d. Wood e. All of these answers are correct e. ALL ARE CORRECT

Georges Melie's film, A Trip to the Moon is known for being:

a. One of the first films to change locations in various scenes b. A silent film known for humor and special effects c. A fictional account of astronomers launching their rocket from a cannon d. One of the first films to show a progression of time e. All of these answers are correct E. All are correct

Artists draw for many reasons, including:

a. To define their ideas b. To plan for larger projects c. To resolve design issues in preporatory sketches d. To record their visual observations e. All of these answers are correct e. ALL ARE CORRECT

When we touch an object we experience a tactile sensation that artists refer to as __________ texture.

actual

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

an edition

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

an implied line

If an artist painted a street scene with one large building on one side and two smaller buildings on the other side, this would be an example of ___________ balance.

asymmetrical

When objects are far away they lack contrast, detail. And sharpness of focus. Artists take advantage of this when they use the process called:

atmospheric perspective

Creating visual weight and counterweight is part of the artist's use of the principle of _________ in creating a work of art.

balance

The binding agent in encaustic painting is ___________ .

beeswax

Silkscreen printing uses a stencil process, and was first developed in ___________ during the Sung Dynasty.

china

The earliest existing printed artworks on paper were created in this culture

china

Colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel are called__________.

complimentary

Closely spaced parallel and perpendicular lines in a drawing are called _____________.

cross-hatching

This intaglio process is achieved by pulling a burin across the surface of a metal plate, leaving a burr where the ink will collect.

drypoint

Any of the ____________ of art can help us focus our interest on specific areas of a work of art.

elements

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

etching

This is the specific part in an area of emphasis to which the viewers eye is drawn.

focal point

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

form

When she made the photograph called Migrant Mother, Dorothea Lange:

idk, not- First passed the pea pickers camp, but decided to turn back

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

intaglio

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

kinetic

This intaglio process is achieved by roughening the entire metal plate surface with a rocking tool, then burnishing the areas where the ink is to be applied and wiped away.

mezzotint

The relationships between the sizes of different parts of a work of art make up its _________.

proportions

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

We generally associate a color in its purest, most intense state as having a high level of ___________.

saturation

The opposite of emphasis is ___________.

subordination

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

symmetrical

The lightness or darkness of a surface is the element of art called __________.

value

Compositional unity strikes an interesting balance between the monotony of too much similarity, and the chaos of too much ____________ in a work of art.

variety

This painting medium is transparent, applied to a paper surface, and has a gum arabic binder.

watercolor

Artists' crayons are made by mixing pigments with _________.

wax