ARTS1101: Final Exam
Which of the following terms refers to paint that consists of pigment bound with a vehicle of plastic, and can be thinned with water or a water-based medium?
Acrylic paint
Which of the following terms refers to an artistic process in which material is built up or assembled to reach a desired form, such as in modeling and constructing?
Additive process
The architectural structure pictured in the diagram below was developed during which of the following time periods?
Ancient Rome
The technique of glassblowing was developed by which of the following civilizations?
Ancient Rome
All of the following statements are true of Andy Warhol and his artwork (like those pictured below), except which one?
Andy Warhol is most well-known for using the collage technique in creating his artworks.
Which of the following terms refers to the art of creating the illusion of movement through the manipulation and duplication of drawings, computer generated images, or clay figures?
Animation
Which of the following terms refers to the opening of a camera that allows light to enter, the size of which determines the amount of light that can enter the camera?
Aperture
Which of the following terms refers to a form of constructed sculpture in which preexisting, or found, objects are integrated by the sculptor into combinations that take on a life and meaning of their own?
Assemblage
The diagram pictured below is an example of which of the following architectural terms?
Basilica
Which of the following terms refers to ancient Roman architectural structures consisting of a nave flanked by two side-aisles which were used as large public meeting halls by the Romans, and served as a basic plan for cathedrals in the centuries to come?
Basilica
Match each of the different kinds of fresco techniques below with their corresponding descriptions:
Buon fresco- DAMP Fresco secco- DRY
Which of the following terms refers to a massive masonry structure on the exterior wall of a building that holds the stone blocks of arches in place?
Buttressing
Which of the following terms refers to beautiful handwriting, penmanship, and ornamental handwriting with a pen or brush?
Calligraphy
The image below shows an example of which of the following terms?
Camera Obscura
Which of the following terms refers to the area at the top of the shaft of a column that provides a decorative transition between the column and the architrave above?
Capital
Which of the following terms refers to a sculptural process in which the block of material - such as wood or stone - is cut and chipped away until the desired form is created?
Carving
Which of the following terms refers to a sculptural process in which liquid material is poured into a mold, allowing the material to harden, and then removing the mold to reveal the finished form?
Casting
Which of the following terms refers to a drawing medium in which drawing sticks are prepared by the controlled charring of special hardwoods?
Charcoal
Which of the following terms refers to the art of making motion pictures?
Cinematography
Which of the following terms refers to a clay-building method in which ropes of clay are stacked together to build up the form or create a container?
Coil Building
All of the following statements are true of Synthetic Cubism, especially as it relates to the technique of collage (such as the example pictured below), except which one?
Collage is a three-dimensional - or sculptural - artform that was developed by Picasso and Braque.
The image pictured below is an example of which of the following terms?
Daguerreotype
All of the following statements are true of the daguerreotype, except which one?
Daguerreotype images could be copied so that multiple prints of the same image could be created.
Which of the following are some of the advantages of digital photography over traditional film photography?
Digital photographic images can be displayed immediately on a camera display or computer monitor. Digital photographic images can be manipulated easily with software. Most digital photographic images are much more sharp than film images. The digital photographer does not have to deal with loading, unloading, and developing film.
Which of the following terms refers to a form of constructed sculpture in which metal parts and pieces are welded, riveted, and soldered together to achieve a desired sculptural form?
Direct metal sculpture
All of the following statements are true of Albrecht Durer and his engraving, Adam and Eve (pictured below), except which one?
Durer's Adam and Eve is focused on the moral consequences of sin and Adam and Eve's taking of the fruit.
All of the following statements are true of Titian and his painting, Venus of Urbino (pictured below), except which one?
During the time of Titian, a change occurred in preferred methods of painting - the original preferred method of painting was tempera paint on wood panels, but during this time that preference shifted to painting with oil paint on canvas.
Which of the following terms refers to pottery made from slightly porous clay that is fired at relatively low kiln temperatures (1,000-2,000 degrees F), and which is often used for plant pots?
Earthenware *remember plant pot and 1000-2000 degrees fired
Which of the following terms refers to the process of selecting, assembling, and sequencing raw shots of filmed action and effects, and combining them into a whole?
Editing
Which of the following terms refers to a method of painting in which the pigment is bound with a vehicle of hot, molten wax and then applied to a prepared surface?
Encaustic
Which of the following terms refers to artworks that have temporal immediacy or are built with the recognition that they will disintegrate - they are not meant to be permanent, but are instead temporary?
Ephemeral art
Andy Goldsworthy's Ice Star (pictured below) is an example of which of the following sculptural terms?
Ephemeral art, Land art
Fresco secco is the more permanent of the fresco techniques, while buon fresco is less permanent and more likely to flake or peel off over time.
False
In post-and-lintel construction (see diagram pictured below), the posts are horizontal in position while the lintels are the vertical supports.
False
In printmaking, the print is the working surface upon which the image or design is created, and the transferred image is called the matrix.
False
Which of the following terms refers to a technique of mixing together different colors of hot glass that yields an iridescent finish?
Favrile glass
Which of the following terms refers to an architectural structure in which arches are elongated or placed behind one another to a desired depth in the creation of a tunnel?
Flying Buttress
Which of the following terms refers to a method of painting in which the pigment is applied directly to plaster, such as plaster walls or ceilings?
Fresco
Which of the following painting terms refers to a mixture of powdered chalk or plaster and glue that provides a smooth, white surface upon which to apply paint?
Gesso
All of the following statements are true of Godzilla (still image pictured below), except which one?
Godzilla portrayed the Japanese fears about weapons of mass destruction following World War II.
Which of the following terms refers to a western European style developed between the 12th-16th centuries, characterized by ribbed vaults, pointed arches, flying buttresses, and steep roofs?
Gothic Architecture
Which of the following terms refers to a drawing medium that consists of a mixture of powdered carbon and clay that is baked and hardened, and then encased in wood or paper?
Graphite pencil
Which of the following terms refers to the placing of barrel vaults at right angles so that a square space is covered?
Groin Vault
Which of the following terms refers to sculpture in which the imagery projects dramatically from the picture plane, so that it barely seems attached to the background?
High relief
Which of the following terms refers to a printmaking process in which the working surface consists of a metal plate which is incised with lines, and the image that is meant to be printed is incised below the surface of the matrix?
Intaglio
The arrow in the diagram image below is pointing to an architectural element referred to by which of the following terms?
Keystone
Which of the following terms refers to the wedge-shaped stone placed in the top center of an arch to prevent the arch from falling inward?
Keystone
Which of the following terms refers to a motion-picture viewing device patented by Thomas Edison in which a sequence of images on film would pass over a lamp inside of a box, into which the viewer would peer to see the moving picture?
Kinetoscope
All of the following statements are true of sculpture from the Archaic period of Greece, including kouros figures (like the one pictured below), except which one?
Kouros figures were used to represent important elder statesmen, politicians, citizens, and leaders in Ancient Greece.
Which of the following terms refers to artworks that are created or marked by an artist within natural surroundings, and often created from the natural materials of the surrounding landscape?
Land art
Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty (pictured below) is an example of which of the following sculptural terms?
Land art Site-specific art
Which of the following terms refers to the part of the camera that focuses light onto a photosensitive surface, which can be focused manually or automatically?
Lens
Which of the following terms refers to a printmaking process in which an image is drawn onto a matrix with a greasy wax crayon, which forms the areas of the image that are meant to be printed?
Lithography
Which of the following terms refers to sculpture that projects only slightly from its background surface?
Low relief
All of the following statements are true of Robert Mapplethorpe and his artwork, except which one?
Mapplethorpe worked primarily with color photography.
Which of the following terms refers to construction that uses stone, brick, concrete block, or similar materials?
Masonry
All of the following statements are true of Michelangelo's David (pictured below), except which one?
Michelangelo did not plan his sculptures before beginning the carving process - he made no calculations, sketches, or models before starting work on David.
All of the following statements are true of the Terra-cotta Army of Shi Huangdi (pictured below), except which one?
Molds were used to create the large number of figures in the Terra-cotta Army, resulting in every figure being exactly the same, with the same faces, same body parts, and same gestures.
Which of the following terms refers to a printmaking technique in which only one single image is created?
Monotype
All of the following statements are true of Vik Muniz and his piece Elizabeth Taylor (pictured below), from the Diamond Diva series, except which one?
Muniz's artworks are created with the medium of acrylic paint on canvas.
All of the following statements are true of Eadweard Muybridge and his Galloping Horses images (pictured below), except which one?
Muybridge's Galloping Horses sequence was shot using a kinetograph motion film camera, which was patented by Thomas Edison.
Which of the following terms refers to photographic film that is has been exposed to light and treated chemically, in which the areas of light and dark are reversed, and which is transparent to allow light to pass through to a print surface?
Negative
Which of the following terms refers to the dominant architectural style in France, England, and America in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, including the U.S. capital?
Neoclassical Architecture
The image pictured below shows an example of which of the following architectural terms?
Oculus
Which of the following terms refers to paint that consists of powdered pigment bound with a vehicle of linseed oil, using turpentine as a medium?
Oil paint
All of the following statements are true of digital photography, except which one?
One of the advantages of digital photography is that most digital images have a much higher quality and resolution than film images.
Which of the following painting terms refers to a liquid material such as water, turpentine, or other spirits that are used to dilute paint for easier handling?
Painting medium
The architectural element in the picture below is located inside of which of the following structures?
Pantheon
Which of the following terms refers to a drawing medium that consists of ground chalk mixed with powdered pigments and a binder?
Pastels
The image pictured below is an example of which of the following terms?
Photogenic Drawing
Which of the following terms refers to a surface that reacts to light exposure, and therefore it is capable of recording imagery?
Photosensitive
Which of the following terms refers to the material from which the color in paint comes?
Pigment
Which of the following terms refers to a clay-building method in which a lump of clay is shaped by hand, using the thumb and forefinger, into a small cup-like container or shape?
Pinching
Which of the following terms refers to a printmaking process in which a working surface - such as wood or linoleum - is carved, and areas that form the image to be printed are left raised from the surface of the matrix?
Relief printing
Which of the following terms refers to the quality and sharpness of a photographic image?
Resolution
All of the following statements are true of Auguste Rodin and his famous sculpture, The Burghers of Calais (pictured below), except which one?
Rodin preferred carving his sculptures from hard materials in order to capture a great amount of realism and distinctive features.
Which of the following terms refers to the mechanism in a camera that opens and closes to allow light inside, which can be made to open for only a few thousandths of a second or it can be left open for a second or more?
Shutter
Which of the following terms refers to a printmaking process in which stencils are applied to a screen stretched on a frame, and paint or ink is forced through the open areas of the stencil to create the desired image on the paper beneath?
Silkscreen printing
Which of the following terms refers to artworks that are produced in or for one location and are not intended to be relocated - the content and meaning of the works are inextricably bound to the location in which they exist?
Site-specific art
Which of the following terms refers to a dome-shaped Buddhist shrine?
Stupa
Which of the following terms refers to an artistic process in which material is removed or taken away from an original, raw mass to define a figure or image, such as in carving?
Subtractive process
Which of the following terms refers to a method of painting in which, traditionally, the pigment would be bound with a vehicle of egg yolk or whole eggs thinned with water?
Tempera
Which of the following terms refers to hard-baked red clay that is fired at higher temperatures (2,070-2,320 degrees F), and is often used to create pottery, sculpture, building bricks, and roof tiles with a characteristics reddish-brown hue?
Terra Cotta *think of reddish brown clay
All of the following statements are true of the Bauhaus (pictured below), except which one?
The Bauhaus was an architecture firm and business that was employed to create many government and state buildings in Germany during its time.
All of the following statements are true of the Roman Colosseum (pictured below), except which one?
The Colosseum was built to be a monument and a temple to all of the Roman gods and goddesses, and sculptures of the gods were originally placed on the interior of the structure.
All of the following statements are true of the Great Pyramids at Gizeh (pictured below), except which one?
The Great Pyramids were meant to underscore the pharaoh's status as a deity.
All of the following statements are true of Edgar Degas' sculpture, including his most famous sculpture, Small Dancer Aged 14 (pictured below), except which one?
The Small Dancer Aged 14 sculpture was modeled in a Classical manner and created entirely from the traditional Classic medium of bronze.
All of the following statements are true of the Imperial Procession (pictured below) from the Ara Pacis Augustae, except which one?
The artist of this sculpture created a very shallow and unrealistic sense of space, due to using only low relief throughout the image.
All of the following statements are true of the Great Stupa at Sanchi (pictured below), except which one?
The large dome of the Great Stupa at Sanchi symbolizes the earth cut in half.
All of the following statements are true of Old Kingdom Egyptian ka sculptures like the Statue of Khafre (pictured below), except which one?
The long, thin beard seen on the Statue of Khafre would only be present on the carved faces of male pharaohs in Ancient Egypt.
All of the following statements are true of Jan van Eyck and his painting, Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride (pictured below), except which one?
This painting is an example of an altarpiece, or a large painting depicting solely religious imagery that would be displayed inside of a chapel.
During the Edo period in Japan, innovative woodblock techniques made it possible for artists like Katsushika Hokusai to create multiple copies of his prints (such as The Great Wave, pictured below) for a growing audience of collectors.
True
During the Renaissance, the camera obscura was used by artists to help them accurately portray perspective, as artists would project images using the camera obscura and then trace the images onto a surface.
True
Francesco Borromini was a 17th century architect who incorporated the Baroque elements of motion, space, and light within his buildings, such as his San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (pictured below).
True
Green buildings are architectural structures that are efficient in terms of energy, water, and materials, and are often sought by clients to save money, protect the environment, or sometimes to boost a corporate image.
True
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is seen by some as the "father" of the color lithograph poster, and he designed many posters for concerts and other performances throughout Paris (as seen in the image below).
True
In the casting sculptural process, the mold is the negative impression of a three-dimensional form which is the pattern or matrix for giving form to molten or liquid material.
True
Marcel Duchamp's Fountain (pictured below) caused an uproar when he exhibited it in 1917 - it was simply a porcelain urinal turned on its side, and an example of an art-form which he called a "ready-made," or "an ordinary object elevated to the dignity of a work of art by the mere choice of an artist."
True
One of the reasons printmaking is an important artistic medium is because prints are less expensive than unique works of art, and they make it possible for the general public - not just the wealthy few - to own original artworks.
True
Photographic technology and photographic portraits made it possible for more people to have a likeness of oneself, something that was formerly reserved for the wealthy who could afford to commission painters.
True
Pottery refers to objects like pots, bowls, dishes, and similar wares that are made out of clay and hardened by baking them with heat.
True
Printmaking permits the reproduction of one-of-a-kind works of art, as well as the production of multiple copies of original prints.
True
Robert Rauschenberg is best known for introducing an artistic construction referred to as "combine painting," in which stuffed animals, bottles, clothing, furniture, and photographs were attached to the painting's canvas, as seen in the image below.
True
Romare Bearden arrived at his signature style of combining painting and collage in 1960s Harlem, and his seminal work, The Dove (pictured below) represents a synthesis of Cubism and Abstract Expressionism.
True
Stained-glass windows achieved their peak of perfection during the Middle Ages in French and German cathedrals.
True
Talbot's photogenic drawings (such as the one pictured below) are examples of a negative images, in which the light and dark values of the image were inverted, and from which many contact prints (copies) of the image could be made.
True
The Crossing (still image pictured below) is an example of art created using the medium of video.
True
The Hagia Sophia (pictured below), or Church of the Holy Wisdom, was built by Justinian in Constantinople as an Eastern Orthodox church, but later was also used as an Islamic mosque and as a museum.
True
The Palace of Versailles, including the Hall of Mirrors (pictured below), is considered one of the grandest monuments to the French Gothic style.
True
The Romans adopted structural systems and certain motifs from Greek architecture, but introduced several of their own innovations in building design, the most important of which were the arch and the use of concrete.
True
The figures on the vessels in Ancient Greek black-figure painting (see the picture below) were painted on the clay pots using slip, which is a thinned liquid of sifted clay.
True
The opening of trade between Japan and the West revealed new artistic worlds to the artists of Western Europe, and artists such as Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, and Vincent van Gogh displayed the influence of Japanese art during the modern era.
True
The relative hardness or softness of the lead of a pencil depends on the quantity of clay that is mixed with the graphite - the more clay, the harder the pencil.
True
The term "watercolor" when used today refers to a specific technique called aquarelle, in which transparent films of paint, which are diluted with a medium of water, are applied to a white, absorbent surface.
True
The word photography is derived from Greek roots meaning "to write with light."
True
Which of the following painting terms refers to a binding agent that is mixed with powdered pigment to adhere the color to a surface?
Vehicle
Which of the following terms refers to a thin, watery film of paint (or ink) that is applied with even, sweeping movements of the brush?
Wash
Which of the following terms refers to a device invented by Eadweard Muybridge which projected a series of still photographs onto a screen in rapid succession, creating the illusion of actual motion?
Zoopraxiscope
Which of the following terms refers to a sculptural process in which soft, pliable material - such as clay or wax - is manipulated and shaped into a three-dimensional form?
modeling
Which of the following terms refers to clay that is made from minerals such as feldspar, quartz, and flint, and usually fired at high kiln temperatures (2,400-2,500 degrees F), resulting in hard, nonporous, and usually white or gray ceramic objects, and is often used for fine dinnerware?
porcelain *think fine fancy dinnerware and 2400-2500 temp fired
Which of the following terms refers to a clay-building method in which flat pieces of clay are seamed together into a container or shape?
slab building
Which of the following terms refers to pottery created from clay with impurities that result in a gray or brown color, used to create very strong and durable ceramic objects and commonly used for cookware and dinnerware?
stoneware
Which of the following terms refers to a clay-building method in which a more perfectly symmetrical and smooth clay object or container can be created rapidly by shaping clay that is spun by a machine?
wheel throwing
