Art midterm review

Artists draw for many reasons, including: (a) as an end in itself (b) to think (c) to prepare (d)plan other works (e) all of the above

(E) all of the above

As Eadweard Muybridge's experiments with motion showed, ________.

A camera can capture What the human eye cannot see

A shape made of perfectly straight lines would probably be classified as_______shape

A geometric

Which of the following are acceptable resources for studying art?

A museum website

When we touch an object we experience a tactile sensation that artists refer to as______texture

Actual

Architects consider this when designing a building

All of the above

Artists can use _______ to organize the elements in a work and draw our attention to areas of emphasis and focal points

All of the above

Before the invention of paper,drawings were done on_________

All of the above

Geroges Melies film a trip to the moon is known for being

All of the above

Intimacy

An artist might use a small scale for a portrait of a lover

A line that gives viewers the impression that they are seeing a line where there is not a continuous mark is ________

An implied line

What is the difference between analysis and critique?

Analysis refers to the appearance or meaning of the artwork itself

Artworks made using alternative media and processes ________.

Answers A,B, and C are correct

Format

Area in which an artist creates their work

Asymmetrical

Balance is achieved when two halves of a compositition are not mirror images of each other

This type of relief, which takes its name from the French word for low, does not imply great depth

Bas-relief

Which of the following is not a primary source for studying a work of art?

Blog of painting

This pictorial logo, used to identify Chevrolet products, has come to replace words when identifying the company

Bowtie

The principle of rhythm does not apply to photography.

False

Wood is not strong enough to create freestanding sculptures more than about 4ft tall?

False

This craft medium uses threads, fabrics, and other textiles.

Fiber

The area covered by a pattern is called the ________

Field

This is the specific part in an area of emphasis to which the viewer's eye is drawn.

Focal point

A two-dimensional object is called a shape, and a three-dimensional object is known as a

Form

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

Glaze

Stained glass was integral to the development of this medieval French architectural style

Gothic

The principles of design are a kind of ____that artists apply to the elements of art

Grammar

The process of using a series of parallel lines set close to one another to differentiate planes of value in a work of art is called

Hatching

The chiaroscuro method uses five defined values: cast shadow,reflected light,core shadow, light, and ______

Highlight

What genre might a filmmaker be working in if he or she used ominous music, fake blood, and shot many of the scenes at night?

Horror

This type of sculpture can move and change its visual form.

Kinetic

This is the system for creating an illusion of depth using three basic components: horizon line, vanishing point, and convergence lines

Linear perspective

A color that is almost gray has a _____ chroma

Low

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

Marcel Duchamp

Glass was probably first used by this ancient culture.

Mesopotamia

Which architect began a movement in architectural sustainability in 2004 with the innovative modular glidehouse?

Michelle Kaufman

A sculpture designed in the round can be viewed from

Nearly every angle

Ron Lambert's sculptural work Sublimate (Cloud Cover) replicates the natural process of the water cycle to illustrate the______

Passage of time

The recurrence of a single element in a work of art is called_____

Pattern

If an architect wanted to build a large square building with a domed roof, he or she would use this structural feature to transfer the load of the roof.

Pendentive

To transfer the design of the school of athens to the wall,raphael_______ a large drawing,then used powdered charcoal dust to leave an impression of the original image

Perforated

Paint in its most basic form is composed of ________and a liquid binder

Pigment

Religion

Plays a massive part in art work throughout time

Films such as Ameile combine realistic and fatastical elements in order to

Point out magical qualities of ordinary life

Sumerian votive figures were used as:

Prayer figures

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

Prism

A three-dimensional surface that is designed to be viewed from only one direction is known as a

Relief

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

Stop motion animation

The kind of motion that is created by showing a series of static images in quick succession is called ________

Stroboscopic motion

The opposite of emphasis is ___

Subordination

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

Symbols

___________ balance is achieved when both sides of composition look exactly the same.

Symmetrical

This is a kind of visual diversity that can bring many different ideas, media, or elements together in one composition

Variety

This type of charcoal is commonly used as drawing material and is easy to erase

Vine

What is the process that a ceramist uses to knead and remove pockets of air from wet clay?

Wedging

Memento mori refers to:

a symbol of morality

A group of prints that are identical and produced in a limited number is called ________.

an edition

This term for plate printmaking means "cut into" in Italian.

intaglio

Which of the following is a a printmaking process?

intaglio

A relief print created out of a sheet of linoleum is called ________.

linocut

The traditional "artist's" primary colors are

red yellow Blue

If a figure in an artwork has drapery billowing out behind it, and appears to have multiple feet in different positions, the viewer might assume that this

running forward

The mechanics of the camera are very similar to those of _

the human eye

All sculptures have this characteristic in common:

they exist in three-dimensional space

the visual form of printed letters words adn text is called

typography

This type of arch was created by the Romans to open space overhead

vault

The elements of art form the basic of art is

vocabulary

This type of design can incorporate text, image, recorded sound, and moving images

web design

what does the word "photograph" mean

writing with light

When were the first successful photographs made using a camera?

early 1800s

The binding agent for tempera paint is

egg

As an artist, Marina Abramovic is known for her________

extreme preformance pieces

What is the name for any side of a building that is intended to be looked at?

facade

Samples of this drawing medium have been dated back to 30,000 BCE

Charcoal

This method of applying value to a two-dimensional artwork in order to create the illusion of three-dimensional solid form is called

Chiaroscuro

This is the most vivid element of art and design.

Color

Colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel are radically different in wavelength and are called

Complementary colors

An artwork that consists exclusively of drawings, designs, and plans would best be described as_________

Conceptual art

the primary colors that make up the basis for commercial priting are

Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow

Because it is three-dimensional, a form has these three spatial measurements: height, width, and

Depth

An artist cannot turn a trash can into a readymade artwork.

False

An artwork can have only one focal point.

False

Arists used oil paint on cave walls thousands of years ago

False

Artists started depicting time in art only in the twentieth century, and no other artwork that implied movement was made before 1900.

False

Cast iron was only invented in the 18th century?

False

If a sculptor wanted to create a relief that was visible from more than one angle, bas-relief would be a good method to use.

False

Monumental

The kind of scale used for objects that appear larger than they are in real life

Contour line defines the outer edge or profile of an object, and can be used to suggest a volume in space.

True

Images in a camera obscura can be recorded mechanically or chemically or digitally

True

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

Two

Hierarchial

Type of scale is common in the relief sculpture of ancient egypt, social importance

What element describes the imposition of order and harmony on a design?

Unity

An artist creates an artwork made up of many different shapes, all in varying shades of blue. This artwork uses the following principles of art

Unity and variety

One-point perspective convey depth, but it has limited applications due to its reliance on a single

Vanishing point

The sculptural process in which the artist carves only in shallow depth is called ________.

bas-relief

The binding agent in encaustic painting is_____

beeswax

There are two types of fresco. Fresco secco, which means "dry fresco," and this kind, which means "good fresco."

buon fresco

Daguerreotypes are made on ________.

polished metal plates