Art Test 2 Q&A
1. The School of Athens 2. Raphael 3. Fresco 4. walls and ceilings 5. wet plaster 6. permanent 7. takes a lot of planning, must work very quickly, only minor changes can be made
1. name 2. artist 3. medium 4. What is the usual surface for this type of paint? 5. What is the binder? 6. Is this technique permanent or semi-permanent? Explain. 7. What are the limitations of this medium?
1. Self Portrait 2. Kathe Kollwitz 3. Charcoal 4. Dry 5. It does not adhere to slick paper, need textured paper; it is not permanent in its natural state 6. can be sprayed with a fixative 7. Crayon has a waxy binder so it is naturally permanent 8. Both dry media
1. name 2. artist 3. medium 4. Is this a wet or dry medium? 5. What is this medium's limitation? 6. What can be done to overcome this limitation? 7. How does crayon differ from this medium? 8. How are they the same?
1. Migrant Mother 2. Dorothea Lange 3. Photography 4. Straight- the image and negative have not been altered or tampered with, it was taken "as is". 5. Documentary- it records social conditions and/ or political events
1. name 2. artist 3. medium 4. Is this straight or fine art photography? Explain. 5. What specific kind of photography is this? Explain.
1. Le Souffle 2. Man Ray 3. Photography 4. Fine art- used purely artistic medium and manipulated the medium. 5. Rayograph 6. In the dark room, he put a fan on top of photographic paper then exposed it to light, created a negative effect. 7. Does not use a camera
1. name 2. artist 3. medium 4. Is this straight or fine art photography? Explain. 5. What was the name of the new technique the artist invented? 6. How did the artist achieve this final result? 7. What is unusual about this photographic process?
1. Ashurnasirpal II Hunting Lions 2. No artist 3. Relief Sculpture 4. relief sculpture- comes from flat, 2D surface and is only meant to be seen from the front. 5. Low, very low 6. Decor on walls, pillars/ columns 7. Subtractive because the artist took away material to get design
1. name 2. artist 3. medium 4. Explain this type of sculpture. 5. Is this relief high or low? 6. Where is this type of sculpture typically used? 7. Is this the additive or subtractive method? Explain.
1. Gin Lane 2. William Hogarth 3. Metal Engraving 4. Intaglio (because uses a metal plate) 5. lines are drawn on metal plate by artist using a sharp tool, in metal etching the artist relies on acid to cut the metal. 6. It is destroyed.
1. name 2. artist 3. medium 4. Is this a relief or intaglio print? 5. How does the preparation of this plate differ from that of metal etching? 6. What happens to the plate once the last print of an edition is printed?
1. The Four Horsemen 2. Albrecht Durer 3. Woodcut 4. Relief (because uses wood) 5. The artist draws a design on a block of wood, then everything that is not part of the design is cut away, then ink is rolled on it, then it is transferred to paper (like a stamp with ink) 6. Number artist is going to make from his original design, each is signed and numbered so each is considered an original, artist decides how many 7. 50 total were made and that is the 10th one 8. It is destroyed.
1. name 2. artist 3. medium 4. Is this a relief print or intaglio? 5. Explain how the plate is prepared. 6. What is meant by a print edition? 7. What does the number 10/50 on a print mean? 8. What happens to the plate once the last print of the edition is printed?
1. Christ with the Stick Around Him (Hundred Guilder Print) 2. Rembrandt 3. Metal Etching 4. Intalgio 5. The artist relies on acid to cut the metal, in metal engraving the artist uses a sharp tool to draw on the metal plate 6. It is destroyed.
1. name 2. artist 3. medium 4. Is this a relief print or intaglio? 5. How does the preparation of this plate differ from that of metal engraving? 6. What happens to the plate once the last print of an edition is printed?
