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an edition

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

calotypes are negatives that can be readily reproduced

A major benefit of the calotype process is that ________.

it creates very detailed images

A major benefit of the daguerreotype process is that ________.

a wheel

A piece of thrown pottery is created using this potter's tool.

a woodcut

A relief print created out of a solid wood block is called ________.

a kinetic

A sculpture intended by the artist to move is called ________ sculpture.

representational

A work that depicts people or objects in a way that makes them recognizable is called ________.

performance art

Abramavic's The Artist is Present would best be described as ________.

Roman

After the invention of the printing press, the first font was called Blackletter but it soon fell out of popularity. The new favorite type was invented by Nicholas Jenson who was inspired by lettering on what kind of monuments?

the work's monetary value political symbolism historic importance (all of these three)

Ai Weiwei's installation Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn focuses on the destruction of an urn, which asks us to think about which issues: (there are multiple answers)

instructions for viewers to perform or imagine

Although Yoko Ono is famous for marrying Beatles's John Lennon, she is an important artist. She frequently uses ________ to complete her artworks, such as Wish Tree.

splashing, pouring, and dripping paint onto a canvas as he walked around it on the floor

American Abstract Expressionist painter, Jackson Pollock is best known for:

diluting with water

An artist who is using brush and ink will often control the value of the ink by ________.

conceptual art

An artwork that features only plans, design, or drawings would best be described as ________.

an installation

An artwork which is a re-constructed bedroom with videos projected onto the walls could best be described as ________.

The work's subject or meaning.

An iconographic analysis of an artwork considers what aspect?

photographs

Andy Warhol's prints of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe or Chairman Mao are unusual because he combines silkscreen printing with what?

freestanding

Another name for sculpture-in-the-round is ________.

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

Artists draw for many reasons, including:

an armature

Artists who model forms using soft pliable materials, such as clay or wax, sometimes employ this kind of support when creating their work.

a direct, personal experience . . . visual documentation or personal accounts

Artworks made using alternative media are best accessed by ________ but often exist only in the form of ________.

performance art, conceptual art, installations, and environments

Artworks made using alternative media can be described as ______.

the camera can capture what the human eye cannot see

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

the Renaissance in Italy

As a concept, the division between art and craft began during this period.

polished metal plates

Daguerreotypes are made on ________.

Glass

Dale Chihuly pushes the limit of which medium in terms of experimenting with form, scale, composition, and texture?

Green

During the Renaissance, from the 13-15th centuries, artists used which color as a base for shading for human faces in tempera paint?

The director's vision for the film.

Films are the product of a collaborative, team effort (actors, writers, producers, make-up, effects, etc). As a result, Auteur Theory films are controversial because they prioritize:

Mesopotamia

Glass was probably first used by this ancient culture.

True

Gouache is opaque due to the chalk added to the mixture.

False

Hayao Miyazaki's film Spirited Away is impressive because it uses computer-generated imagery or CGI instead of cel animation.

False

If an artist wanted to create an artwork that they could easily alter, and in which they could quickly fix any mistakes, buon fresco would be a good method to use.

three

If an artist were to create a woodblock print with three different colors, how many separate relief blocks would he or she need?

this is the 33rd print of 1900 total print created

If you bought a print with the number 33/1900, what does this mean?

False

If you wanted to create a poster that displayed exactly the same information, and could be reproduced in thousands of copies, monoprint would be a good process to use.

Dürer

In 1525, this German master printmaker wrote a manual establishing the first set of rules for the construction of letterforms.

wrapped himself in felt and lived for five days alone in an art gallery with a coyote

In Coyote: I Like America and America Likes Me, the artist Joseph Beuys:

truthful

In order for photojournalistic news photos to be effective they need to be seen as ________.

the layout

In web page design, _______ is most important to ensure that the placement of text and images is easy to use and legible.

False

Kehinde Wiley created abstract and expressive paintings during the first part of the 1900's

False

Marina Abramovic's The Artist is Present asked museum goers to physical alter her body by writing words, cutting her clothes and even her skin, touch her, etc.

The face of a company.

Mark Beirut, famed graphic designer, explains that logos are:

charcoal

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

False

Shantell Martin is a painter who carefully plans her paintings, which is why they have such amazing compositions and color usage.

Gothic

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

False

Textile art cannot express biographical or historical meaning.

movable type

The art of typography came into existence with the introduction of this invention.

hand craftsmanship

The artists Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris believed that society should reject rampant industrialization and restore ______.

False

The basic, underlying principle of lithography is that oil and water mix well.

Moulin Rouge

The designer and artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec created poster designs for which Parisian night club?

crayons

The drawing material that has a fatty or greasy binder is which of the following?

silhouette drawings and projections

The installation Insurrection! (Our Tools were Rudimentary, Yet We Pressed On) by Kara Walker uses what combination:

a bowtie

The logo that identifies the Chevrolet Company was created based on a simple cross that looked like a _______.

serifs

The marks that are added to a letterform that were derived from the chisel marks created for words incised on Roman buildings are called ________.

a human eye

The mechanics of the camera are very similar to those of ________.

domed

The most impressive feature of the Church of Hagia Sophia is its enormous ______ roof.

False

The only way an artist can work with metal is to heat it to a liquid state.

coil

The process of rolling out clay into long rope-like strands has been used to make fine ceramic objects since prehistoric times. This method is called ________.

consider more than an individual work of art transform the traditional space of an exhibition immerse viewers in the artwork design an entire exhibition space as an artwork (all of them)

The purpose of installation art is to ______.

papyrus

The thin material made up of stalks of plants that are woven together and were historically used for both documents and drawings or pictoral images prior to the invention or availability of paper.

typography

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

the actions take place in an art context

Theater and performance art are different because ______.

illuminated manuscripts

These handwritten illustrated books were created during the Middle Ages.

Color

This painting demonstrates how oil paint creates amazing effects in what element? (guy with stab wound on chest)

fiber

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

casting

This sculpting process involves adding a liquid or pliable material to a mold.

False

True or False: This summer, the famous grafitti artist Banksy shared the first video that shows him actively creating an artwork. It's message is focused on LGBTQ+ rights.

False

True or False: an artwork can only be categorized into one of the following: performance art, conceptual art, installation art.

on television screens b. in art galleries or at art events c. in such a way that they transform a space d. projected on walls (all of them)

Videos, like those Bill Viola creates, are designed to be art are often made to be presented ________.

They rely on the participants for their completion.

What do Yoko Ono's Wish Trees and Mel Chin's Fundred Dollar Bill Project have in common?

earthworks

When an artist moves large quantities of dirt and land around, the resulting sculpture is called _______.

formal

When analyzing the artistic choices an artistic makes, such as the colors chosen or the composition, this is called _______________ analysis.

break down categories of traditional artworks break down the traditional boundaries between art and life focus our attention on objects, actions, and events we might otherwise overlook (all of them)

When artists use alternative media and processes, they ________.

calligraphy

When the feeling or meaning behind the words affects the font, it is often an example of decorative script or ________.

early 1800s

When were the first successful photographs made using a camera?

slip

When you mix lots of water into clay so that it becomes extremely thin, it is known as ________.

Muslims

Which group of people was instrumental in getting paper from Asia to Europe?

Marcel Duchamp Jackson Pollock Edward Keinholz Yoko Ono (all of them)

Which of the following artists were influential for artists who employed alternative use of media and processes?

chiseling

Which of these is not an additive process of sculpting?

tempera

Which paint process has egg yoke as a binder?

paintings on canvas and sculptures on pedestals

"Fine art" as a traditional, and narrow, definition includes ______.

stereotypes that are commonly presented in graphic design powerful institutions, such as museums the problematic ways in which some institutions treat women the fact that gazing at beauty is a form of voyeurism (all of them)

Barbara Kruger's Untitled (Your Gaze Hits the Side of My Face) makes the viewer consider which of the following issues?

employs her background as a graphic designer in its use of text and image

Barbara Kruger's Untitled (Your Gaze Hits the Side of My Face):

the idea behind the artwork

Conceptual art is extremely diverse and often seems confusing and overly complicated; but the most important aspect is ______.

True

Contemporary printmaking in the United States looks very different in comparison to many of the older styles of Durer and Rembrandt, even compared to Warhol. The main reason for this is because contemporary American printmakers are using cutting-edge technology.

action paintings: artworks that track the movements and gestures the artist makes during their production conceptual art: a general tendency, as well as an art movement originating in the 1960s, that emphasizes the ideas behind an artwork over any material production to represent those ideas happenings: impromptu art actions, initiated and planned by an artist, the outcome of which is not known in advance installation: artworks that transform the surrounding space in order to become environmental artworks performance art: an art action or event that incorporates elements of music, dance, poetry, video, and multimedia technology

Match the alternative medium or process with its definition:

biographical analysis: considers the artist's personal experiences feminist analysis: considers the role of women in an artwork formal analysis: analyzes the use of formal elements in a work. contextual analysis: considers the religious, political, and social environment in which the artwork was made and viewed iconographical analysis: interprets objects and figures in the artwork as symbols

Match the methodological approach with its definition:

raise awareness about and campaign for the treatment of lead-toxic soil

Mel Chin's Fundred Dollar Bill Project is designed to:

False

Metalpoint involves drawing with precious gold.

lime

Michelangelo's fresco paintings are extra bright in terms of colors and lighting compared to other frescos. He achieved this effect by using more ______________ in his plaster, which dries white.

A variety of printing techniques.

Mixed media artworks use what materials?

Racism Colonization Class inequality (all of these three)

Often installation artists like Yayoi Kusama, Yinka Shonibare and Kara Walker, explore themes of ______________ in their artworks.

is longer lasting

One advantage of using a metal plate over a woodblock for printmaking is that it ________.

water

One of the advantages of acrylic paint is that it can be cleaned up using this liquid.

True

One of the best methods for analyzing Ingres's painting Grand Odalisque is to use a feminist perspective.

form follows function

One of the major mottos of the design company Bauhaus is:

pigment

Paint in its most basic form is composed of ________ and a liquid binder.

True

Pastels, commonly used by Edgar Degas, are considered to be "chalky" drawing material and therefore have non-fat binder

False

Photographic portraits can never be poetic or introspective.

true forms of art

Photographs were only recently collected by fine art museums because for a long time they were considered by some not to be ______.


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