Living with Art Chapter 12

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India has banned the _____________ trade because of the destruction caused to the elephant population

ivory

When glass is heated, it becomes _________, or melted

molten

Being hollow helps a ceramic object because _________

most ceramics are meant to hold things it is hard to fire solid clay

According to 18th century philosophers, fine arts includes _____

painting and sculpture

Lacquer is made from tree ______

sap

The ceramic technique in which the artist rolls out clay in flat sheets, allows some drying, then molds the clay is called _____________

slab construction

European cathedrals built during the 12th and 13th centuries are famous for their ____________ glass

stained

Sheets of colored glass joined together with strips of lead is called ____________

stained glass

Any fiber that can be turned into cloth is called a

textile

Jade, ivory, and lacquer were prized by numerous cultures largely because of ____________

their rarity

The process of putting clay on the spinning disk of a potter's wheel, then shaping it with the hands, is called _____________

throwing

One task of a designer is to _____________

translate technological advances into aesthetically pleasing objects

Referring to ceramics, textiles, metalwork, and woodwork as applied arts suggests that these objects are merely

utilitarian

Ancestors to the lion aquamanile probably have their origin in _____________

Iran

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

1960s

This ivory vessel from Sierra Leone combines ___________ and __________ forms and imagery

African and European

The 19th century movement that promoted the handmade object and held exhibitions of pottery, textiles, and woodworking is called the ________

Arts and Crafts movement

This porcelain vessel from _______ was thrown out on a wheel and produced in large numbers during the 18th century

China

Which of the following are considered to be vegetable fibers?

Flax Cotton Raffia

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

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

Fiber is

a pliable, threadlike strand

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 Rhyton Lion's Head is made from gold, which is a metal that ____________

can be worked at room temperature

When ______ has been first shaped, then dried, then finally fired, it is most permanent

clay

Because _________ is renewable, available, and easily carved, almost all civilians have made objects from it

wood


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