Art 200 Chapter 4-6

Would this piece need preliminary drawings?

No

Which option matches the picture shown?

Smaller forms contribute to balance in this work

Visual closure will most likely result from what type of line?

actual

How does Rembrandt vary the line thickness in his piece Cottage among Trees?

adjusting pen pressure

What are the common themes in depicted in many of Howling Wolf's drawings?

daily life and warfare

A(n) _________ is a three-dimensional form that occupies a volume of space.

mass

Which principle matches the picture shown?

scale is a dominant principle

Mixing two primary colors produces a _________ color.

secondary

A two-dimensional form that occupies an area is called a(n)

shape

What element in Ansel Adam's photography was especially important?

shape

High quality charcoal that is light weight and easily broken is made from:

willow

Which descriptions apply to the work "The Singer in Green" by Edgar Degas?

A soft effect is created through minimal use of lines. The lighting on the girl is cast from below. Pastels are used throughout.

Which artist innovated a new use for paper, creating an artistic approach known as papier colle?

Georges Braque

Which artist was known for using pointillism, a technique in which tiny dots of color are massed together to build form.

Georges Seurat

Which artist was considered one of the greatest draftsperson, making thousands of drawings over his lifetime?

Rembrandt van Rijn

What is a module?

a basic unit upon which patterns are based

What visual instance would NOT create a line?

a broad area of texture or color

In his work, artist Frieder Nake uses what tool to create his drawings?

a computer

How does pano art push the boundaries of traditional drawing surfaces?

artists draw on torn handkerchiefs

Which option matches the picture shown?

balance is created by the smaller forms

What is the main drawing instrument used in pano art?

ballpoint pen

What subject was common to the majority of Ansel Adams's photographs?

beauty of nature

To create the small text in "No Title (Not a single...), what did Raymond Pettibon use?

brush

Graphite is a form of what mineral?

carbon

Rather than depend solely upon visual unity, an artist will sometimes create ________ unity by unifying the ideas in a work of art.

conceptual

Which crayon uses pigment mixed with clay and a small amount of binder?

conte

A(n) __________ records the boundaries of a three-dimensional shape.

contour line

A mixture of powdered pigments and a wax or oil-based binder results in what medium?

crayon

A shape we detach and focus on is known as the _________.

figure

A(n) _________ approximates regular, named shapes, such as a square, triangle, or circle.

geometric shape

Traditionally, the preparatory ground of a metal point drawing is made from which materials?

glue, white pigment, and bone ash

The ________ is surrounding visual information.

ground

What are not characteristics of graphite?

hard to erase & use of color

A path traced by a moving point is called a(n)

line

How is a brush and ink drawing different from a pen and ink drawing?

line characteristics

Why does the artist Luis Tapia choose to draw on the surface of a car, rather than on a piece of paper?

lowrider culture in New Mexico

What medium matches this piece?

metalpoint

Light and shadow can ______ an object, giving it a three-dimensional appearance.

model

A shape that is part of the background can be called a(n) _______.

negative shape

Which method of applying ink has the most controlled, sustained, and flexible line?

pen

What two basic visual cues are used to imply depth in the 18th-century Indian panting of Maharana Amar Singh and others watching musicians and acrobats?

position and overlap

Which principle matches the picture shown?

proportion is demonstrated

What are inking methods?

radiograph, brush, quill

The light value of flowers in "Prince Among Thieves with Flowers" indicate what about the pencil used?

the graphite consists of lots of clay

Shades of light and dark are also referred to as _____?

value

In additive process of color mixing, red light; green light, and blue light combine to produce _________ light.

white

In Frances Hercules, by Peter van Lint, uses _______ to add highlights and create contrast.

white chalk

What are the most common colors used in ink?

brown & black

What feature must be present in a work that is symmetrically balanced?

central axis

Which medium characterizes Peter van Llint's artwork the Farnese Hercules?

chalk

What drawing material is made of charred wood?

charcoal

A painting technique perfected by Italian Renaissance painters that employs light and shadow is known as _______.

chiaroscuro

In painting and drawing, artists often use the technique of __________ to describe the way shadows and light define the shape of forms.

chiaroscuro

What paper technique did artists like Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque experiment with?

collage

To create detailed work that is semi-permanent, an artist will use what kind of charcoal?

compressed

To create work that is semi-permanent, an artist will use what kind of charcoal?

compressed

Oil pastels are similar to what drawing material?

crayon

A(n) __________ carries the most energy and sense of movement.

diagonal line

What characteristic does not result from unity in an artwork?

difference

What are attributes of pastel?

easily-blended strokes & full range of colors

Drawing attention to an area by contrasting dark and light is one way of demonstrating ________.

emphasis

What is the focus of Tawaraya Sotatsu's "The Bird's Nest Patriarch"?

emptiness

How is value created using metalpoint?

hatching

The use of closely spaced parallel lines to indicate three-dimensionality is called _________.

hatching

what technique is illustrated in Elizabeth Catlett's "Sharecropper" to suggest value?

hatching

How does Chris Ofili create depth in his piece "Prince among Thieves with Flowers?"

he uses pencils that vary in hardness and softness

The use of scale to indicate relative importance is known as _________ scale.

hierarchical

A dotted line is a good example of a(n)

implied line

Artist Mia Pearlman challenges paper's flatness in her site-specific:

installations

What is the vanishing point in Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper"?

just behind the head of the figure of Jesus

The lines in this Filippino Lippi sketch are typical of those found in _________ drawings.

metalpoint

What does a work of art with extreme unity run the risk of being?

monotonous

Is this a geometric or organic shape?

organic

A(n) _________ is irregular and evokes the living forms of nature.

organic shape

A(n) __________ defines a two-dimensional shape.

outline

In drawing, the outer boundaries of two-dimensional forms are defined by _________, while the outer boundaries perceived among three-dimensional forms are defined by _________.

outlines; contour lines

Which are considered liquid media?

pen and ink & brush and ink

A shape that stands out to the viewer can be called a(n)

positive shape

What principle of design is based on repetition?

rhythm

What term is used to describe the size of a form in an artwork when compared to its real-world counterpart?

scale

What is metalpoint made of?

soft metal

Ancient Egyptian artists depended on this type of grid to control their figures proportions.

squared

The technique of ______ uses dots to suggest value through optical mixing.

stippling

What design principle is exemplified in Lucy Mingo's "Chestnut Bud"?

symmetrical balance

What principle is used in the Mandala of Jnanadakini to suggest that there is a logic and order to the universe?

symmetry

What characteristics can be found in pano art?

tattoo and graffiti art

How are Howling Wolf's drawings similar to the way artists use sketchbooks?

they are intimate drawings meant for private viewing

How does Mia Perlman use paper in her piece "Inrush"

to capture motion and movement with simple materials

How can white chalk be used in drawings or paintings?

to highlight small areas

What are the probable reasons Rembrandt created the drawing Cottage Among Trees?

to practice his drawing skills, to record an idea for future reference, and to do a preliminary sketch for a painting

Metalpoint creates what kinds of line work?

uniform & delicate

The repetition of elements, characteristics, or designs typically contributes to _________.

unity

Many still-life works attempt to capture what art and design element?

visual texture

What aspect is manipulated to affect the balance of the composition?

visual weight

The process of diluting ink with water when drawing is known as:

wash

To prepare his paper before drawing Cottage among Trees, Rembrandt used a __________, a mixture of ink diluted with water, to coat the paper in a pale brown shade

wash

Which option matches the picture shown?

captivating rhythm guides our eye throughout this work

What are characteristics of graphite?

carbon & the pencil & has a slight sheen

Which principle matches the picture shown?

color and curves create rhythm

Where does the term pano come from?

torn cloth