exam 2

Question 1

vincent van gogh’s “carpenter” demonstrates

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careful attention to detail

Question 2

michelangelo created “study of a reclining male nude” as

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prep for a larger work

Question 3

list the characteristics of pastels (not oil)

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• not much detail
• purity of color
• similar to chalk
• pigment w little binder
• doesn’t need to dry

Question 4

list examples of dry media

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• graphite
• charcoal
• conte crayon
• pastels

Question 5

what media used today is most similar to drawing media used by prehistoric people?

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charcoal

Question 6

list types of liquid drawing media

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• ink
• wash
• gouache
• water color
• tempera

Question 7

Jan van eyck’s “arnolfini portrait” is an example of

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oil painting

Question 8

which artist is considered a leader in the revival of fresco painting in the 1920s/30s

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diego rivera

Question 9

in painting media, the pigment most notably provides

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color

Question 10

opaque watercolor is also called

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gouache

Question 11

the chinese regard painting to derive from the art of

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calligraphy

Question 12

a very thin, transparent film of color painted over an already painted surface is called

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glaze

Question 13

a type of painting utilizing egg gold as a binder is

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tempera

Question 14

in “buon fresco”, the pigments, combined with water, are applied to

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wet lime plaster

Question 15

encaustic is an ancient painting medium in which pigments are suspended in

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bees wax

Question 16

what doe the term “impasto” refer to in painting?

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heavy application of paint

Question 17

list advantages of using oil paint:

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• altered easily
• blending easily
• slow drying
• allow for use of canvases

Question 18

identify the type of painting medium Michelangelo used for the Sistine Chapel ceiling

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buon fresco

Question 19

whom, when and how was oil paint developed?

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the Flemish, 1400s, lin seed oil

Question 20

why would Utagawa Hiroshige have needed to be careful in his registration in creating “Shono hakuu”?

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required multiple blocks of color

Question 21

Elizabeth Catlett’s “Sharecropper” is an example of

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linocut

Question 22

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

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proofs

Question 23

the process of printing came to Europe from

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China

Question 24

The word “photography” literally means

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light writing

Question 25

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

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American Great Depression

Question 26

the camera obscura cannot do what?

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permanently fix an image

Question 27

who made photographs of national parks to increase public awareness of the beauty of nature?

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Ansel Adams

Question 28

although color photographic film was available to artists in the early twentieth century, many preferred black and white film because it was less expensive and less susceptible to technical problems, and because color prints

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tend to fade

Question 29

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

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shot

Question 30

Oskar Fischinger's "Circles" is considered to be the first

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experimental color film

Question 31

what is an example of a Surrealist film?

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An Andelusian Dog

Question 32

Director Ridley Scott states that his creative process is strongly aided by

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Story boarding

Question 33

film noir originated in

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hollywood

Question 34

Donald Meeker was instrumental in updating the font of

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highway interstate signs

Question 35

an identifying mark or trademark is referred to as a

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logo

Question 36

a 2009 building in Japan broke new ground by integrating into its facade a

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QR code

Question 37

list the advantages of the QR5 windturbine:

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- birds don't get hurt - smaller - nearly silent

Question 38

Robert Longo's "Corporate Wars: Wall of Influence" is an example of

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high relief

Question 39

due to its monumental size, Viola Frey's "Stubborn Woman, Orange Hands" is supporting using

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armature

Question 40

what is also called a subsitution process?

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casting

Question 41

a typical example of a low-relief sculpture is

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coin

Question 42

Julio Gonzalez was the first sculpture to use

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welding torch

Question 43

Olafur Eliasson's "The Weather Project" is an example of

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sight specific art

Question 44

what is a style of constructed sculpture- seen in the works of Deborah Butterfield- that involves the use of familiar objects in new ways?

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assemblage

Question 45

which nineteenth-century artist attempted to bring craft and fine art together by creating a design company?

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William Morris

Question 46

to be a ceramist, one must

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work with clay

Question 47

the potter's wheel was invented in

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mesopotamia

Question 48

in muslim regions of the middle east, which craft was practiced with great sophistication?

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metal inlay

Question 49

which material is said to possess a vitality, or living spirit?

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wood

Question 50

what was sixteenth century Persia noted for producing?

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rugs

Question 51

what is a full sized drawing made as a guide for a large work in another medium?

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cartoon

Question 52

what are the original main purposes of printmaking?

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- widen art market by making art more affordable | - influence social change

Question 53

what are the three main purposes of drawing?

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- notation - preparation - work of art

Question 54

which medium allowed the use of canvases in painting?

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oil

Question 55

who destroyed "the Man at the Crossroads" by diego rivera?

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Neison Rockefellar

Question 56

who was an early pioneer for oil painting?

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jan ven eyck

Question 57

what printmaking technique is based on the inability of oil and water to mix?

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lithography

Question 58

who developed the first vague photographic image in 1826?

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Joseph Niepce

Question 59

what film did Orson Welles coauthor, direct and act in?

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Citizen Cane

Question 60

which artist pioneered close-ups and lighting in photography?

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Julia Margaret Cameron

Question 61

who was an early crusader for photography as an artform? he opened the first photography art gallery and published the first photography art magazine, called "Camera Work"?

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alfred steiglitz

Question 62

what is a template of moving shapes with spaces for the insertion of dates of upcoming events and photos of performers?

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info peel

Question 63

what is an early photographic process developed in the 1830, requiring a treated mental plate that was exposed to light, creating the first satisfactory photographs?

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daguerreotype

Question 64

what printmaking technique flourished in japan from the 17th to 19th centuries?

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relief

Question 65

what are the four types of Intaglio printmaking?

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etching, engraving, dry point, aqua tint

Question 66

what is Fresco Secco?

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paint onto dry plaster

Question 67

which artists created works depicting dignified images of African-Americans, such as "The sharecropper"?

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Elizabeth Catlett

Question 68

what is an artist's tool to develop ideas or for taking notes?

Answer 68

sketch book

Question 69

Albrecht Durer is considered the father of what form of art?

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intaglio

Question 70

the total number of prints made and approved by the artist. a limited number of multiple originals of a single design in any medium?

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edition

Question 71

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

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lithography