Living with Art Chapter 12
India has banned the _____________ trade because of the destruction caused to the elephant population
ivory
When glass is heated, it becomes _________, or melted
molten
Being hollow helps a ceramic object because _________
most ceramics are meant to hold things it is hard to fire solid clay
According to 18th century philosophers, fine arts includes _____
painting and sculpture
Lacquer is made from tree ______
sap
The ceramic technique in which the artist rolls out clay in flat sheets, allows some drying, then molds the clay is called _____________
slab construction
European cathedrals built during the 12th and 13th centuries are famous for their ____________ glass
stained
Sheets of colored glass joined together with strips of lead is called ____________
stained glass
Any fiber that can be turned into cloth is called a
textile
Jade, ivory, and lacquer were prized by numerous cultures largely because of ____________
their rarity
The process of putting clay on the spinning disk of a potter's wheel, then shaping it with the hands, is called _____________
throwing
One task of a designer is to _____________
translate technological advances into aesthetically pleasing objects
Referring to ceramics, textiles, metalwork, and woodwork as applied arts suggests that these objects are merely
utilitarian
Ancestors to the lion aquamanile probably have their origin in _____________
Iran
When did artists working in tradition "craft" media began to claim as a place in the fine arts world?
1960s
This ivory vessel from Sierra Leone combines ___________ and __________ forms and imagery
African and European
The 19th century movement that promoted the handmade object and held exhibitions of pottery, textiles, and woodworking is called the ________
Arts and Crafts movement
This porcelain vessel from _______ was thrown out on a wheel and produced in large numbers during the 18th century
China
Which of the following are considered to be vegetable fibers?
Flax Cotton Raffia
What is true about the life and career of Olowe of Ise?
He was the royal sculptor to the king of Ise He oversaw a workshop and dozens of apprentices
Fiber is
a pliable, threadlike strand
According to Gustav Stickley, in industrial design, the role of a(n) ____________ is to design an object that can be made by industrial methods
artist
The Rhyton Lion's Head is made from gold, which is a metal that ____________
can be worked at room temperature
When ______ has been first shaped, then dried, then finally fired, it is most permanent
clay
Because _________ is renewable, available, and easily carved, almost all civilians have made objects from it
wood