Tcc Art Appreciation review test #2

charcoal

A ___________ drawing must be sprayed with a solution of thinned varnish to keep particles of the medium affixed

Cartoon

A full-sized drawing made as a guide for a work in another medium is a:

Glassy

A glaze has a silica base that causes it to vitrify during firing this means the glaze becomes

Cartoon

A preparatory drawing is often called a:

Ansel Adams

A promoter of environmentalism and social problems, this artist is known primarily for photographs of the natural environment, such as Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California.

assemblage

A subcategory of constructed sculpture--seen in the works of Deborah Butterfield--that lets artists use familiar objects in new ways is called:

Tempera

A type of paint utilizing egg yolk as a binder is:

fresco

A type of painting utilizing plaster as a medium is

a coin

A typical example of a low-relief sculpture found in abundance in every day life would be:

glaze

A very thin, transparent film of color painted over an already-painted surface is called:

original

A(n) _________ work of art is one that an artist is physically involved with the production of the work of art.

gouache

All of the following are examples of dry media EXCEPT

It differs greatly from chalk

All of the following are true of pastel except:

impasto

An extremely thick application of oil paint is called

Logo

An identifying mark or trademark is referred to as a

Written material

An illustration is commonly used alongside:

Gouache

An opaque, water-soluble paint.

symbolic

Architecture is the art and science of designing and constructing buildings for practical, aesthetic and ______ purposes

Glass

Dale Chihuly is noted for his intricate and colorful works in ________, as seen in his work Mauve Seaform Set with Black Lip Wraps.

foundation

Drawing is considered to be the _______ of all other media.

washes

Drawings done with ink thinned with water and executed with a brush

motion.

Eadweard Muybridge is best known for photographing people and animals in

beeswax

Encaustic is an ancient painting medium in which the pigments are suspended in

Drypoint

Engraving, etching and _______ are intaglio processes.

Tar Beach

Faith Ringgold' s story quilt called _______ tells about an eight-year-old's dream of overcoming obstacles.

Pablo Picasso

From a bicycle seat and handle bars, this artist formed a sculpture and titled it Bull's Head:

Flowers

Georgia O'Keeffe is well known for both paining and drawings of:

buttresses

Gothic builders were able to open large areas for windows because of the use of the pointed arch and

Cross-hatching

In Preacher, Charles White gives the figure a feeling of mass, using the technique of:

wet plaster

In buon fresco the pigments, combined with water, are applied to

shot

In filmmaking, each unbroken sequence of movie frames, with the camera still rolling, is called a

color

In painting media, the pigment most notably provides:

Lithography

In which of the following media does the artist draw an image with a greasy crayon directly on a flat stone slab?

oil

Madonna and Child with the Chancellor Rolin, by the Flemish artist Jan van Eyck, is an excellent example of a(n)___________ painting.

digital

Many contemporary photographers use new ____ technology, exemplified by Jeff Wall's Boy Falls from a Tree.

The Depression in the United States

Margaret Bourke-White's Louisville Flood Victims is an iconic image of

montage

One of Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein's major contributions to film was his skilled use of ___ to heighten the dramatic intensity.

slow drying time

One of the advantages of oil paint is its:

daguerreotype

One of the earliest forms of photographic images was a:

Editions

Original prints are produced in quantities called:

conte crayon

Pastel, Charcoal, conte crayon and_____ are all used in dry drawing media.

linoleum cut.

Sharecropper by Elizabeth Catlett's is an example of

water

Tempera paint is always thinned with

Ceramics

The Art and science of making objects from Clay is called

Louis Sullivan

The Chicago School of architecture was led by the first great modern American architect:

calligraphy

The Chinese believe that painting is derived from the art of:

Arch

The Roman aqueduct Pont du Gard is a good example of the _____________ method of construction.

linoleum

The ______________ cut is a modern development in relief printing.

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

The architect Frank O. Gehry has the idea that architecture is similar to functional sculpture, as can be seen in his _______________.

High-relief

The cast aluminum work Corporate Wars: Wall of Influence by artist Robert Longo is an excellent example of this type of sculpture.

camera obscura

The device invented in the 16th century as a means of capturing and fixing images from the natural world whose name means "dark room" is:

Vincent van Gogh

The drawing Carpenter was made at the beginning of this artist's career, yet it reveals his careful observation and attention to detail.

edition

The fraction that appears in the center of a print below the image is referred to as the _________ number

Get us to do something

The goal of graphic design is to:

daguerreotype

The method of photography that first allowed families in the United States and Europe to collect photos of themselves was:

Mesopotamia

The potter's wheel was invented in

Japanese woodblock prints

The print, The Letter, by American artist Mary Cassatt, illustrates the influence of ________________ on her work.

China

The process of printing came to Europe from:

squeegee

The rubber-edged tool used in silk screening is called a _________.

serifs

The short lines or feet at the base of type are called:

"light-writing"

The word photography literally means

Nam June Paik

This artist is best known for expanding the traditional limitations of artistic media by incorporating video and electronic media into his or her artwork, as can be seen in Video Flag Z.

Alexander Calder

This artist is most famous for creating the mobile called Untitled.

Pablo Picasso

To create Guernica, a monumental painting depicting the horrors of war, this artist made many preliminary sketches.

Warp and weft

Weaving combines and interlace lengthwise and cross fibers called

hatching

When an artist places parallel lines closely together to create shade in a drawing

armature

When sculptors work with soft materials they often use this to prevent sagging:

Diego Rivera

Which artist is considered a leader in the revival of fresco painting in the 1920s and 1930s?

wood engraving.

Which of the following is a type of relief printing?

serigraphy.

Which of the following is a type of stencil printing?

Charcoal

Which of the following media used today is most similar to drawing media used by prehistoric people?

It required multiple blocks of color.

Why would Utagawa Hiroshige have needed to be careful in his registration in creating Shono hakuu (Light Rain at Shono)?

an original print

a print in which an artist is physically involved with production is know as

proofs

at various stages in the printmaking process artist check on the developing image by making

sub-carving away ex; marble, wood, stone add-molding, clay, wax, plaster

citing examples explain the differences between a type of sculpture that uses the subtractive process and one that employs the additive process

Having to do with motion. Kinetic art incorporates real or apparent movement, such as film.; Calder

define kinetic sculpture and provide an example that best represents this type of art form

gesso keeps paint form soaking into structure

define primer or ground and explain its significance to painting

using drawing in sequence, to plan shots

define storyboard and identify its function for filmmakers

piece was commissioned for certain location

define the term site specific

-pointed arches -flying buttresses allowed more light -stain glass windows taler the better closer to god

discuss the characteristics of gothic architecture

-round arch -barrel vault -groin vault -arcade used in aqueducts -concrete -dome

discuss the roman contribution to architecture

dry media

ex: pencils, chalk and charcoal

to make multiple copies

identify one of the purposes of prints

called parie house all doors were open important to him to see everything outside used canti levers

identify the style attributed to the residential architecture of frank lloyd wright

etching, line point, graving

identify three types of points associated with the intaglio printmaking process

wood cut, wood graving,

identify two types prints associated with relief printmaking process

artist proof

if an artist marks a print "AP", what does that indicate

stone, limestone

lithography is usually done on what type of material

freestanding

sculpture that is meant to be seen from all sides

Typography

the art and technique of composing printed material from letter forms.

Ansel Adams

used photographs to increase public awareness of the beauty of nature.in his or hers photos of national parks

Alfred Stieglitz

was an early advocate of photography as an art form; he opened a gallery in New York City in 1905

using very thick paint

what does the term impasto mean

jan van

who is credited with the development of oil paint

Alfred Stieglitz was a photographer, former pictorialist, founder of the photo-secessionist movement, curator, editor of Camerawork, he devoted his whole life to promoting photography as a fine art. The work he did in the promotion of photography as a fine art is in some ways considered more influential than his own photography work.

who was alfred stieglitz and what was his contribution to photography

wood is easy to find you don't need no special tools ex; glass you need fire glass blowing materials

why is woo regarded as a vital art material? what is it about wood that sets apart from glass clay and metal

stone house

zimbabwe as in the great zimbabwe means