Art Midterm Exam

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.

(comeback)

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

2

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

3D/Kinetic, go to page 116

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

Animation Special Effects**

Is a sculptor wanted to create a relief that was visible from more than one angle, bas-relief would be a good method to use: True of False?

False

The principal of rhythm does not apply to photography: True or False?

False

Wood is not strong enough to create freestanding sculptors more than about 4ft tall: True of False?

False

Cast iron was only invented in the eighteenth century: True or False?

False*

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

Fiber Art *

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

Gothic

This type of scale is common in the relief sculpture of ancient Egypt, where it is used to indicate social importance

Hierarchical Scale

A line that gives viewers the impression that they are seeing a line where there is no continuous mark is ______________.

Implied Lines

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

Implied, go to page 113

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

Intaglio

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

Linear perspective

The work of _______ was a direct influence on conceptual art movement

Marcel Duchimps, 350

Glass was probably first used by this ancient culture.

Mesopotamian

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

Michele Coughmen

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

Vine charcoal (198)

Memento mori refers to:

a symbol of mortality

When we touch an object we experience a tactile sensation that artists refer to as ________ texture

actual

A sculpture designed in the round can be viewed from ________

all sides

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, a three dimensional object is called a ________

form

In two dimensional art, this is the area in which an artist creates their work

format

A shape made of perfectly straight lines would probably be classified as ________ shape

geometric*

The glassy finished surfaced applied to a ceramic object is called _______

glaze

The principles of design are a kind of _________ that artists apply to the elements of art.

grammar

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

has no depth*

The process of using a series of parallel lines set close to one another to differentiate plans 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**

The mechanics of the camera very similar to those of _________

human eye**

Which of the following is a printmaking process?

intaglio, relief, lithography, and serigraphy

An artist might use a small scale for a portrait of a lover because it implies ________.

intimacy

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

line, implied line or contrast

A relief print created out of sheet of linoleum is called _________.

linocut

The visual form of printed letters, words, and text is called ______

logo type *

As an artist, Marina Abramovic is known for her ________.

long lasting works, testing her mental and physical abilities, 355*/ extreme performance

A color that is almost gray has a ________ chroma

low (105)

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

monumental

The traditional "artists's" primary colors are:

red, yellow, and blue

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

relief

Ron Lambert, Sublimate (Cloud Cover) replicates the natural process of the water cycle to illustrate the _______

rhythm becoming nature of natural light

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

rounded, ll the above

If a figure in a art work had drapery blowing out from behind it, appears to have multiple feet in different positions, the viewer might assume that this figure is __________

running forward

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

simple repetitive rhythm *

The opposite of emphasis is ______

subordination

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

symbol *

_______ balance is achieved when two halves of a composition are exactly the same

symmetrical

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

the camera can capture what the human eye can't see**

George Melies film A Trip to the Moon is known for being:

the first person to use multiple settings, repeated scenes, and cuts to establish a sense of time of moving forward(336)**

All sculptures have this characteristic in common:

they exist in three-dimensional space

Artist draw for many reasons including....

to define its ideas, to plan for larger projects, to resolve design issues in preparatory sketches, and to record their visual observations

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 does convey depth, but it has limited applications due to its reliance on a single ________

vanishing point

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

variety

The elements of art from the basic ___________ of art.

vocabulary

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

web design**

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

wedging

What does the word photograph mean?

writing with light**

This is the most vivid element of art and design:

color

Colors that are on the 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/page 350*

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

created, cartoon * 146

The primary colors that make up the basis for commercial printing are ______

cyan, magenta, yellow, and black(CMYK)**

When were the first successful photographs made using a camera?

early 1800**

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

editions

The binding agent for tempera paint is ________

egg

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

essays

The area is covered by a pattern is called the ________

field

This aspect of culture is integral to both ancient Greek and Yoruba figurative art, despite the differences in how the resulting artworks look.

Classical Period/Religion* 145

An artist cannot turn a trash can into a readymade artwork: True or False?

False

An artwork can have only one focal point: True or False?

False

Artist started depicting time in art only in the twentieth century, and no other work that implied movement was made before 1900: True or False?

False

Artist used oil paint on cave walls thousands of years ago: True or False?

False

Contour line defines the outer edge or profile of an object, and can be used to suggest volume in space: True or False?

True

Images in a camera obscura ca be recorded mechanically, chemically or digitally. True or False?

True**

The final steps in developing a film in a darkroom is washing and drying the print. True or False?

True**

What is the difference between analysis and critique?

analysis is when your carefully looking and researching when critique has your own viewpoints

Which of the following are acceptable resources for studying art?

artwork themselves, artists' statements, interviews with the artist, manuscripts, correspondence, and reviews written at the exhibits that the artwork has held, autobiographies, memoirs and oral history, title, reference books, books by scholars, scholarly journal activity, book review, and museum website

_______ balance is achieved when two halves of a composition are not mirror images of each other

asymmetrical

Architects consider this when designing a building

balance between tension and compression*

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

bas-relief

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

bas-relief/ subtractive

The binding agent is encaustic painting is _________

beeswax/hotwax 210*

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

bowtie * GO TO 305

Artworks made using alternative media and processes _______

breaks down traditional boundaries between art and life/conceptual performance

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

buon fresco

In the Indian painting featuring the Mughal Emperor Babur in his garden (1.8.8), the garden is punctuated by a specific feature that points to the four cardinal directions. What is this feature?

channels water in four directions, 156*

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

charcoal

This method of applying value to a two dimensional art work in order to create the illusion of a three dimensional solid form called __________

chiaroscuro

Before the invention of paper, drawings were done on _________

papyrus (a plant material), cloth, wood, and animal hide (parchment and vellum)

The recurrence of a single element in a work is called ______

pattern

Paint is in most basic form is composed of ______ and a liquid barrier

pigment

Films such as Amélie combine realistic and fantastical elements in order to:

point out the magical qualities of ordinary life**

Daguerreotypes are made on ___________

polished metal plates**

Sumerian votive figures were used as:

prayer figures, offering for the gods.

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

prism