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