ART-110-160 Chapter Twelve

For the ancient Olmecs, what was jade?

It represented plant life and rainwater.

Which was an innovation of the ancient Egyptian Chair of Hetepheres?

It was portable with a high black and armrests.

When did artists working in tradition "craft" media begin to claim as a place in the fine arts world?

1960's.

This ivory vessel from Sierra Leone combined __________ and __________ forms and imagery.

African; European

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 19th-century movement that promoted the handmade object and held exhibitions of pottery, textiles, and woodworking is called the __________.

Arts and Crafts movement

The Rhyton Lion's Head, produced in Greece during the 16th century B.C.E., is made from gold, which is a metal that __________.

Can be worked at room temperature

Where is lacquer unique to?

East Asia.

True of False: If we no longer know the original context in which an object was created, we can not evaluate or appreciate it was a work of art.

False.

How can you tell pomegranate juice was held in the ancient Egyptian glass vessel?

Glass was a luxury item, and pomegranate juice was symbolically important.

What is true about the life and career of Olowe of Ise?

He was the royal sculptor to the king of Ise, and he oversaw a workshop and dozens of apprentices.

Ancestors to the lion aquamanile, which holds water for priests to wash their hands, probably have their origin in __________.

Iran

Which material is derived from the teeth of large mammals?

Ivory.

The Ardabil carpet from the 16th-century Persia, like most Islamic carpets, was labor-intensive because it used the __________ technique, in which segments of wool were tied to a woven ground.

Knotting

Artists using lacquer need to exercise great patience because __________.

Lacquer requires many layers to make a solid coat

When glass is heated, it becomes __________, or melted.

Molten

According to 18th-century philosophers, fine arts includes __________.

Painting and sculpture

When clay is fired in a kiln, it is no longer __________.

Plastic

A hard white translucent ceramic made of white clay is called __________.

Porcelain

Which of the following are considered to be vegetable fibers?

Raffia, cotton, and flax.

What does the coiling technique involve?

Rope-like strands of clay that are joined together.

To create her special blackware pottery, the Pueblo potter Maria Martinez __________.

Smothered the fire during the firing

What are sheets of colored glass joined together with strips of lead called?

Stained glass.

Any fiber that can be turned into cloth, or the material that results, is called a __________.

Textile

Which of the following types of artwork does decorative arts describe?

Textiles, ceramic, and metalwork.

Why do historians believe that this example of 1st century Indian earrings were a royal commission?

The elephant and winged lion were royal emblems.

Jade is the common name for __________.

Two minerals, nephrite, and jadeite.

The fastest method of creating a hollow, rounded form in clay is __________.

With a potter's wheel

Because __________ is renewable, available, and easily carved, almost all civilizations, old and new, have made objects from it.

Wood