ART FINAL

How are the locations in The Wizard of Oz distinguished?

Kansas is shown in black and white and the Land of Oz is in color

Falling Woman, by Eric Fischl, represents a victim of: __________________________.

9/11

The ________ was a German school of art and design that operated in the early twentieth century. The students at the school were immersed in the idea that "form follows function."

Bauhaus

Digital filmmaking has taken over as the dominant technology in the film industry.

FALSE

Garry Winogrand frequently posed his subjects and arranged the composition of his photographs before taking them

FALSE

The Gates remains intact, while Stonehenge has had to be dismantled because it has eroded over the years and become a health-and-safety hazard.

FALSE

The only reason artists glaze their pottery is practical: to add a layer of protection.

FALSE

White space is always a bad thing in layout design

FALSE

The form of the goddess's figure in The Birth of Venus was based on ________.

Greek classical sculptures

The work of ________ was a direct influence on the conceptual art movement.

Marcel Duchamp

The process of glassblowing was perfected in this ancient culture.

Rome

Images in a camera obscura can be recorded mechanically or chemically

TRUE

James Montgomery Flagg created an illustration of this character, who the artist used for recruitment posters during World Wars I and II

Uncle Sam

The German designer Herbert Bayer created a sans-serif typeface called ________ that could not be immediately associated with any one culture.

Universal

The mechanics of the camera are very similar to those of ________.

a human eye

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

all of the above

Which of the following statements is true of the Caffenol process?

all of them

Artworks made using alternative media and processes ________.

all the answers

Loretta Lux digitally manipulates such elements as ________ to create the effect she wants in her pictures.

all the answers

The remains of the colossal statue of Constantine the Great includes: ____________________________.

all the answers

Why did the artist of The Two Fridas paint two of herself?

because she wanted to depict distinct aspects of her identity

The medium of Valley of the Shadow of Death is ________.

black-and-white photograph

A major benefit of the calotype process is that ________.

calotypes are negatives that can be readily reproduced

conceptual art

emphasizes ideas behind artwork over any material production

As an artist, Marina Abramovic is known for her ________.

extreme performance pieces

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

font

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

glaze

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

happenings

impromptu art actions

The process of using wood to create mosaic images, as used in the design by Francesco di Giorgio Martini to decorate a private studio for the Duke of Urbino around 1480, is called ________.

intarsia

One important similarity between Stonehenge and The Gates is that ________.

it took a highly organized team to construct them

Our word ceramic comes from this Greek word

keramos

What is the name of the oven used to fire clay objects so that they become ceramics?

kiln

What unconventional material does Jean Tinguely use in Homage to New York?

mechanized junk

The artist of Persistence of Memory was inspired by:

melted cheese

The theory that describes the way separate images viewed at regular intervals create the appearance of continuous motion is called ________.

persistence of vision

The marks that are added to a letterform that were derived from the chisel marks created for words incised on Roman buildings are called

serifs

Which of the following methods is not used in forming metal artworks?

wheel throwing. Methods that ARE used: Casting, Hammering,Bending,Repouese

Composer John Cage's Theater Piece No. 1 is influential because of:

the performance itself and discussions of it

People who gathered at Stonehenge on the summer solstice would have seen:

the sun rise over the Heelstone

action paintings

track gestures and movement of artist

Such films as Amélie combine realistic and fantastical elements in order to:

trick the viewer into believing everything in the film is true

Photographer Lewis Wickes Hine went undercover in factories and mines to expose the injustices of child labor.

TRUE

One of the first popular films to use color imagery was ________.

The Wizard of Oz

What is Shiva Nataraja responsible for doing?

all the answers

In order for The Gates to be made, ________, amongst others, had to get involved.

artists, engineers, politicians, and security guards

installation

artworks that transform the surrounding space

The process of rolling out clay into long rope-like strands has been used to make fine ceramic objects since prehistoric times. This is called the ________ method. Group of answer choices

coil

Mel Chin's Fundred Dollar Bill Project is designed to:

raise awareness about and campaign for the treatment of lead-toxic soil

Kara Walker's installation Insurrection! (Our Tools were Rudimentary, Yet We Pressed On) combines:

silhouette drawings and projections

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

stop-motion animation

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

symbols