Art History

Why did Rembrandt make so many self-portraits

-He had access to his subject whenever he wanted it -He could show himself in many guises and character types -He had the opportunity to examine different facial expressions

Which two printmaking methods did the artist Kathy Strauss combine to create her unique artwork Kepler Underneath 1?

-Intaglio -Monoprint

The Maya flint depicting a crocodile canoe with passengers

-Is a representation of the Maya story of creation -Shows five figures riding a crocodile -Refers to the arrangement of the stars in the Milky Way

3 words that describe irregular line

-Loose -Wild -Choatic

The composition of this photographer's work Fading Away appears to conform to a proportional ratio called the Golden Section.

Dorothea Tanning

This photographer revealed a natural example of progressive rhythm in his photograph titled Artichoke Halved

Edward Weston

This intaglio printing process involves carefully and cleanly scoring a metal plate.

Engraving

This feature of Gothic architecture allowed the weight of the ceiling to be transferred away from the walls so that larger windows could be built.

Flying Buttresses

The scribbled appearance of Jean Dubuffet's Suite ave 7 Personnages characterizes it as a drawing that exhibits

Irregular Line

By using _____ texture to contradict previous tactile experience, artists can invite viewers to reconsider the world around them.

Subversive

This group of artists sometimes used distorted scale to create dreamlike images that subvert our conscious experiences.

Surrealists

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

Symbols

What is unconventional about Self-Portrait Sideways No. 3?

The body it shows is that of an older individual.

There is rhythm in an artwork when it has at least this many points of reference

Two

Sonia Delaunay used this medium for her lively illustrations accompanying Blaise Cendrar's poetry in their simultaneous artist's book.

Watercolor

The elements of art form the basic _____ of art

vocabulary

3 Words that describe a regular line

-Controlled -Geometric -Cool-headed

Which two types of line shape our examination of a work of art by directing the movement of our gaze?

-Actual Line -Implied Line

Red is a color that can arouse universal feelings such as:

-Aggression -Eroticism -Passion

These two types of charcoal are the most commonly used as drawing materials

-Vine -Compressed

When was The Hip Hop Project (25) made?

2001

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

Chaotic Line

This type of arched span was first used in ancient Babylon Mycenae

Corbeled

The Chinese artist Fan Kuan created _____ in his work Travelers amoung Mountains and Streams by alternating bands of lighter and darker values.

Depth

If an artist wanted to create an are of darkness using the medium of silverpoint, he or she would use the technique of

Hatching

This architectural term means creating a structure out of a pile of material

Load-Bearing

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

Lost-wax Casting

This artist took a urinal, turned it on its side, made some other slight alterations, and presented it as an art object titled, Fountain

Marcel Duchamp

_____ can create many different effects, depending on how it is applied. Chinese_born artist Hung Liu utilized these qualities to separate reality and the ideal in her work Interregnum

Oil Paint

In his figural portraits, Robert Lostutter uses this kind of scale to create an intimate viewing experience.

Small Scale

This twentieth-century American ceramist created large expressive works using the slab method of clay contruction

Peter Voulkos

This object can be used to separate white light into the colors of the spectrum.

Prism

The Italian Futurist artist Giacomo Balla illustrated the rapid movement of a dog running on a leash by painting a series of ______ in order to give the impression that we are seeing motion as it happens.

Repeating Marks

What is the medium of (Unititled) Baalbek Bird Cage?

Scultupural Installation

The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, by Damien Hirst, is an example ofthe broad range of materials that can be used in a work of art. It presents a _____ suspended in a a tank of formaldehyde.

Shark

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

The Aperture