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