Midterm

Question 1

One definition of this element is “a mark that connects two points”

Answer 1

Line

Question 2

Pick the three words that would be described a regular mechanical line

Answer 2

Controlled, Geometric, and Cool headed

Question 3

A line that gives viewers the impression that they are seeing a line where there is not a continuous mark is

Answer 3

an implied line

Question 4

By orienting lines so that they are attracting attention to a specific area of a work of art the artist is using _______________.

Answer 4

Directional line

Question 5

Trye or False: A contour line defines the outer edge or profile of an object and can be used to suggest a volume in space

Answer 5

False

Question 6

If vertical lines communicate strength, horizontal lines calm and diagonal lines action, then a vacation resort might want to choose a logo consisting of ______________ lines in order to show a peaceful repose.

Answer 6

Horizontal

Question 7

a shape made perfectly straight lines would probably be classified as _______ shape

Answer 7

Geometric

Question 8

This type of shape is composed of unpredictable, irregular line

Answer 8

Organic

Question 9

The lightness or dark of a surface is called

Answer 9

Value

Question 10

A color that is lighter than its basic hue is known as tint. a color that is darker than its basic hue is called

Answer 10

Shade

Question 11

True or False: An artwork that uses many hues but only one value is called monochrome

Answer 11

False

Question 12

most commercial color printing is achieved using four separate colors, represented by the matrix ____

Answer 12

CMYK

Question 13

______ in particular is an element of art that can engage the viewer and express a wide range of emotions

Answer 13

Color

Question 14

The recurrence of a single element in a work of art is called

Answer 14

Pattern

Question 15

A design repeated as a unit in a pattern is called a

Answer 15

Motif

Question 16

in the painting the third of may, 1808, this spanish artist used alternative rhythm to contrast “good” versus “bad”

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Francisco Goya

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Representational

Question 18

an artwork can be described as non objective if its subject matter is ___

Answer 18

Unrecognizable

Question 19

True or False: Both biographical and historical analysis are important for velasquez’s las meninas

Answer 19

True

Question 20

The presence of velasquez’s self portrait in las meninas indicates that the painter ____

Answer 20

Wanted artists to be of high status

Question 21

True or False: Picasso was an inventive artist who never used artworks from the past for inspiration

Answer 21

False

Question 22

True or False: Picasso las meninas is less abstract than velazquez’s original

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False

Question 23

Picasso’s las meninas is ____

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Impressionistic

Question 24

Biographical analysis

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Considers the artist’s personal experience

Question 25

Feminist analysis

Answer 25

Considers the role of women in an artwork

Question 26

Formal analysis

Answer 26

Analyzes the use of formal elements in a work

Question 27

Contextual analysis

Answer 27

Considers the religious, political, and social environment in which the artwork was made and viewed

Question 28

Iconographical analysis

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interprets objects and figures in the artwork as symbols

Question 29

artists draw for many reasons, including:

Answer 29

All of the above

Question 30

When raphael was preparing to paint his fresco school of athens he did a large drawing called ____ to help design the wall

Answer 30

A cartoon

Question 31

this is the practice of drawing from a live model or actual objects

Answer 31

life drawing

Question 32

paint in its most basic form is composed of ___ and a liquid binder

Answer 32

pigment

Question 33

this is not a traditional paint binder

Answer 33

lye

Question 34

the binding agent in encaustic painting is ____

Answer 34

beeswax

Question 35

naturalistic encaustic portraits of the roman era, from the fyum oasis in egypt were created as ____

Answer 35

funerary adornments

Question 36

True or False: the best surface to paint the medium of encaustic is fabric

Answer 36

False

Question 37

This painting process relies on freshly applied lime plaster to hold the pigment in place

Answer 37

Fresco

Question 38

True or False: if an artist wanted to create an artwork that they could easily alter, and in which they could quickly fix any mistakes, fresco would be a good method to use

Answer 38

False

Question 39

The transparency of oil paint allows a painter to use a process called glazing in order to add a high degree of ____ to a painting

Answer 39

Luminosity

Question 40

this painting medium is opaque, applied to a paper surface, and uses gum arabic binder

Answer 40

Gouche

Question 41

which of the following is a painting process

Answer 41

Glazing

Question 42

this type of printmaking is done by carving away part of a block in order to leave a raised surface that can be inked and printed

Answer 42

Relief

Question 43

a relief print created out of a solid wood block is called _____

Answer 43

A woodcut

Question 44

to create color woodblock, such as Hokisai's famous "the great wave off shore at Kanagawa" a printer most produce a new ____ for each separate color.

Answer 44

Relief block

Question 45

this term for plate printmaking means, " cut into" in italian

Answer 45

Intaglio

Question 46

A group of prints that are identical and produces in a limited number is called ____

Answer 46

An edition

Question 47

landscape photographs, such as those taken by Ansel Adams, help raise awareness about:

Answer 47

Nature's grandeur and the wilderness of the american west

Question 48

True or False: Photographer Lewis Wickes Hine went undercover in factories and mines to expose the in justices of child labor

Answer 48

True

Question 49

Loretta Lux digitally manipulates such elements as ____ to create the effect she wants in her photographs

Answer 49

All of the above

Question 50

Compare and contrast loretta lux's "the waiting girl" and Sally Man's " The New Mothers"

Answer 50

Lux is more editied while mans is more realistic; Mans created a bond were lux artwork makes you fell uncomfortable

Question 51

the lines that create the image of the nazca spider drawing define the ___ of a ___

Answer 51

Boundary,,, shape

Question 52

Mel Bochner used ___ lines in the work vertigo because it is controlled and measured

Answer 52

Regular

Question 53

A line that is a continuous mark is

Answer 53

An actual line

Question 54

Some jewish texts create images using this kind of line made up of small letters

Answer 54

Implied line

Question 55

In Goyas The third of may . Lines that draw the viewers attention in this way are know as _____ lines

Answer 55

Directional

Question 56

An empty space defined by its surrounding is known as ____ shape.

Answer 56

Negative

Question 57

Artists can create a sense of __ by using light and dark values

Answer 57

Depth

Question 58

When ___ colors are mixed, they make a duller and darker color because more of the visible spectrum is absorbed

Answer 58

Substractive

Question 59

by using ___ color scheme in his painting twilight in the wilderness, federic edwin church intensified the drama of the vast natural landscape

Answer 59

a complementary

Question 60

When a color is associated with hot or cold we refer to this as color ___

Answer 60

Temperature

Question 61

Color affects the way we think and react to the world and can be used for healing purposes. this practice is called

Answer 61

Chromotherapy

Question 62

Hokusai, in his woodcut " the great wave" simplified and ordered the visual elements in the work to create

Answer 62

Compositional unity

Question 63

The german word that refers to something in which the whole seems greater than the sum of its parts is ___

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Gestalt

Question 64

Creating visual weight and counterweight is part of an artists use the element of ____ in creating a work of art

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Balance

Question 65

____ Balance is achieved when both sides of a composition look exactly the same

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Symmetrical

Question 66

in his work six persimmons the thirteen century chinese monk Muqi used different visual weights on each side of the composition. this is known as ___ balance

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Asymmetrical

Question 67

Jean-Auguste - dominique ingres representational portrayal of the woman in Grande odalisque ____ her body

Answer 67

Distorts

Question 68

Edward hoppers nighthawks reflects the solemn mood of the usa at ___

Answer 68

Its entry into world war II

Question 69

Pencils have a range of values from very light to very dark, if you wanted a dark value, which of these pencil numbers would be the darkest?

Answer 69

9B

Question 70

This is the practice of drawing from a live model or other actual objects

Answer 70

life drawing

Question 71

This contemporary painting medium uses a polymer resin as a binder

Answer 71

Acrylic

Question 72

taking four years to complete, the sistine chapel ceiling was painted by this artist in sections using the buon fresco method

Answer 72

Michelangelo

Question 73

This German artists naturalistic depiction Hare was created using a combination of watercolor and gouache highlighting

Answer 73

Albrecht Durer

Question 74

This intaglio process is achieved by pulling a burin across the surface of metal plate, leaving a burr where the ink will collect

Answer 74

Etching

Question 75

This process can be used to create a unique printed image, and incolves a clean plate of metal or glass on which the artist carefully inks the image then prints.

Answer 75

monotype

Question 76

What does the word photograph mean?

Answer 76

Writing with light

Question 77

Which of the following is used as a symbol of vanitas in Audrey Flacks Marilyn Monroe

Answer 77

All of the Above

Question 78

True or False: The equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius is a representational artwork

Answer 78

True

Question 79

The atmosphere of Edward hoppers Nighthawks, created by the lack of people on the street the absence of street lights, and the somber mood of the customers in the cafe, is one of ____

Answer 79

Loneliness

Question 80

Thomas Struth's Mueso del prado 7 is ____

Answer 80

Representational

Question 81

Velasquez's Las Meninas

Answer 81

Naturalism

Question 82

Ingre's Grande Odalisque

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Idealism

Question 83

Allan Houser's Reverie

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Abstraction

Question 84

These two types of charcoal are the most commonly used as drawing materials:

Answer 84

Vine and compressed

Question 85

True or False: Matisse called his later works "Drawing with scissors" because in them he concentrated on the contours of shapes

Answer 85

True

Question 86

Trye or False: if an artist wanted to work on a painting over a number of days, blending and making changes, acrylic paint would be a good medium to use.

Answer 86

False

Question 87

This intaglio process employs acid to mar the surface of a metal plate

Answer 87

etching

Question 88

Silkscreen printing uses a stencil process, and was first developed in ____

Answer 88

China

Question 89

These handwritten illustrated books were created during the middle ages

Answer 89

Illuminated Manuscript

Question 90

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

Answer 90

Movable type

Question 91

Images are created to inform as well as to embellish a written or printed text are called

Answer 91

Illustrations