ART 170

Cool

color ranging from green to violet on the color wheel

Split Compliment

color scheme using three colors, two of which are on both sides of the colors' compliment on the color wheel

Warm

colors ranging from yellow to red on the color wheel

Complimentary

colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. When mixed together they make grey or brown

Rhythm

complex syncopated visual effect

A subjective level of looking at art involves: - context surrounding the work - emotional reactions - the work's physical characteristics

emotional reactions

shape

flat area created by line, color, or value. Can be positive or negative

Perspective

geometric pictorial construct using a single vanishing point to give the illusion of receding space on a 2-d surface

Implied

line created by the visual connection between two or more areas

Feminist

meaning derived through issues of gender bias - now extended to underrepresented groups

Ideological

meaning derived through relationship between art and structures of power including political and social issues

Formalists

meaning is inherent in materials and processes

Psychoanalytic

meaning rests on personal expression

Deconstructive

more than one meaning attached to a work of art. Used to remove stereotypes to uncover understanding

Kinetic sculpture is different from other forms because they - move by way of ambient airflow or mechanical means - remain static - are always in relief - take up immense spaces

move by way of ambient airflow or mechanical means

Three basic ingredients of paint are: - pigment, binder and solvent - oil, tempera and encaustic - gesso, watercolor and ink

pigment, binder and solvent

Proportion

relative difference in size

Traditional Chinese painting uses: - polymer paints - pastel - charcoal - water - based inks and pigment

water-based inks and pigmnents

Which of the following are characteristics of straight photography? (chose all that apply) - Images are manipulated heavily in the darkroom - Images from the everyday - Little manipulation in the darkroom - Big cameras are used - Black and white photography is primarily used - Small cameras are used - Images are carefully staged

Images from the everyda, Little manipulation in the darkroom, small cameras are used

Modern skyscrapers of glass and steel characterize which architectural style?

International

What is the major contribution to architectural building materials made during the Industrial Revolution? Group of answer choices Glass International Style Plastic Iron and steel framing

Iron and steel framing

"Vanitas" painting is defined by: -Complexity of the subject matter - Self indulgent subject matter - Issues of mortality and impermanence

Issues of mortality and impermanence

How does the aperture in a camera function? -it advances the film roll - it inverts the image - it regulates the amount of light directed onto the film - it trips the shutter

It regulates the amount of light directed onto the film

Form is defined as: - Physical and visible characteristics of a work of art - Cultural ideas surrounding a work of art - meaning derived from a work of art

Physical and visible characteristics of a work of art

Space

The empty or open area between, around, above, below and within objects.

Definitions of art vary between different cultures.

True

Some artists don't actually make their own work. - True - False

True

The objective level focuses on the work's physical characteristics only. -True - False

True

Post and Lintel construction uses: Group of answer choices vertical posts at intervals spanned by horizontal beams columns supporting a dome or arch Brick walls with wood overlay

Vertical posts and intervals spanned by horizontal beams

Asymetric

Visual balance of compositional elements that are offset from each other.

Spectrum

visible bands of the sequence of colors

Radial

visual balance using a circular composition of the mail elements and principles

Equiluminance

visual effect when two colors are next two eachother and share the same intensity

An extension or overhang without exterior bracing is called Group of answer choices a matrix an arch a cantilever a dome

A Cantilever

Subtractive

A color created my mixing paints or inks

Triadic

A color scheme involving three equally spaced colors on the color wheel.

Primary

A color that cannot be created by mixing

Contrast

A large difference between two things; for example light and dark or rough and smooth

Motion

A sense of action or implied movement in static works of art

Installation artworks are defined by: - a single or multiple objects often using various mediums that take up entire spaces - kinetic forms surrounding traditional sculpture - require many people to put them together - a single sculpture installed in a small space

A single or multiple objects often using various mediums that take up entire spaces

Artistic categories include Fine Art, Popular Culture, and _________.

Craft

Support networks for artists include: Group of answer choices -Galleries - Critics - Materials suppliers - Museums

ALL OF THEM!

Name the three common artistic styles - Abstract - Non-objective - Naturalistic - Sculpture - Bas relief

Abstract, Non-objective, Naturalistic

Construction/Assemblance

Additive process using found objects or materials combined to create desired form

Casting

Additive process using liquid material poured into a mold, then solidifies as it cools

Artistic roles include: - Enhancing our surroundings - Narrative - All of the above - spirit, myth, and fantasy - Description

All of the above

How did George Eastman's invention of the hand held camera and its use of roll film advance photography for everyone? - Could take moving pictures - Allowed for easy access at an affordable price - Used only color film

Allowed for easy access at an affordable price

Analagous

Another name for related colors. Found next to one another on the color wheel

The Kheops pyramid from Egypt In terms of community, what kind of art does it represent? - Art as an intellectual activity - Art as a physical activity - Art as a scholarly activity - Art as a social activity

Art as a social Activity

Name two historical learning models used in art education - Art school degree programs - Scholarships - Apprenticeships - Trial and error

Art school degree programs and apprenticeships

The German teaching and learning center for modern industrial and architectural design was called

Bauhaus

Modeling

Both additive and subtractive process where a soft material is successively built up and taken away to create a desired form

What is burning? - Removing areas in a photograph - Burning the edges of a photograph - Creating darker areas in a photograph by allowing more light onto the exposed print

Creating darker areas in a photograph by allowing more light onto the exposed print

Cultural styles often change within short periods of time. - True - False

False

Ideas of 'good' and bad' are not based on cultural information and beliefs

False

The photographic process has no role to play in scientific research True False

False

What ancient cultural development resulted in the first towns and cities to be established?

Farming or Agriculture

What is dodging? - Darkening areas of the image - Lightening areas of the image - Removing areas of the image

Lightning areas To darken areas, is to burn them

One traditional role of drawing is to: Group of answer choices apply the medium make a sketch for a larger composition experiment with techniques give a detailed description

Make sketches for a larger composition

Content is defined as: - meaning derived from a work of art - culture surrounding a work of art - Specific location where work was creating

Meaning derived from a work of art

Three-dimensional works that incorporate the artist themselves (sometimes the artist is the work) are called: - in-the-round sculptures - performance art - installations - ambient works

Performance art

Scale

Relative size of an object or form with another

Two types of loads (gravitational forces) exert themselves on every architectural form. What are they? Group of answer choices Slippage Shear Resistance force Compression

Shear and Compression

Early human structures were made to provide - ornament - religious sanctuary - shelter - community markets

Shelter

Digital cameras and editing software let artists explore fabricated set-ups that bend our sense of what is real. See the image by Sandy Skoglund (Links to an external site.). What is the term used to describe an image like Skoglund's? - cross over imagery - installation realism - staged reality

Staged reality

Which of the following is not an artistic medium? - Style - Sculpture - Photography - Painting

Style

List the four levels of meaning you may find in a work of art. - Structural - Subject - Medium - Formal - Iconography - Context

Subject, Formal, Iconography, Context

Carving

Subtractive process using sharp tools to remove material

Principles

This means by which the elements in a work are arranged

Photojournalism -- translating news stories through photographic images -- is defined by three elements: What are they? - Color - Objectivity - Narrative - Timelessness - Framing - Composition

Timelessness, Objectivity, and Narrative

Which sentence best describes the zone system? - Sets of large cameras that photograph overlapping areas of landscape - A series of geographic zones that hold similar subject matter - Visualization of a photograph before it's taken, and the correct light calibration for the shot that translates the subject into zones of white, grays and black.

Visualization of a photograph before it's taken, and the correct light calibration for the shot that translates the subject into zones of white, grays and black.

Identify three traditional building materials Group of answer choices Green technologies Wood Reinforced concrete Stone Masonry (brick) High strength plastics

Wood, Stone, and Brick

Additive

a color created by mixing light

Secondary

a color created by mixing two primaries

Expressive

a curved line

Line

a mark with length and direction, created by a point that moves across a surface

Golden Ratio

a relationship between the natural generation of organic systems and their ultimate form. This relationship is both mathematical and aesthetic

Negative

a shape adjacent to a more significant object or form

Form

a shape or 3-D volume that haves or gives the illusion of having weight, density, or bulk

Positive

a shape that defines an actual object

point

a singularity in a space

plane

a surface area in a space

Weight

a visual effect created by the placement of elements in certain areas in a composition

Painting mediums are extremely versatile because they - all of the above - can be applied to different surfaces - can take a lot of manipulation - offer diverse effects depending on the chosen paint type

all of the above

Symmetrical

balance using mirror image (or near mirror image) arrangements in a composition

Structural

based on language, communication and preconceived ideas

Name four examples of dry pigment drawing materials: -ink - chalk - pencil - charcoal - wax - pastel

chalk, pencil, charcoal, pastel

The two processes involved with three-dimensional works of art are: - subtractive - additive - modeling - in the round

subtractive and additive

Pattern

systematic arrangement of a repeated shape or form

Value

the element of art that describes the darkness or lightness of an object

Color

the element of art that is produced when light, striking an object, is reflected back to the eye

Texture

the element of art that refers to how things feel, or look as if they might feel if touched

Emphasis

the focal point in a composition

Saturation

the purity or intensity of a color

Variety

the use of diverse elements and principles in a composition

Monochrome

the use of variations of a single hue

figure-ground relationship

the visual reaction between a mark and the surface it's created on

Unity

the visual sense that all parts of the composition work together

In painting, a glaze is a - thick buildup of color - thin layer of color - sanded and heated area of color

thin layer of color

Repitition

two or more like elements or forms within a composition