Test 1 Study

Question 1

mimesis

Answer 1

art that reflects reality

Question 2

aesthetics

Answer 2

contextual beauty

Question 3

institutional theory

Answer 3

art is art because the art community says so

Question 4

convention

Answer 4

an agreed upon way of thinking, acting, speaking, or acting in a social context

Question 5

monument

Answer 5

a statue or other structure meant to commemorate a famous person or event

Question 6

secular

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lacking in religious or spiritual content, not bound by religious rule

Question 7

catharsis

Answer 7

bringing hidden emotion to the surface so that it may be recognized and understood more clearly

Question 8

gestalt

Answer 8

an approach in which a work of art is experienced as a whole, single and unified, and an institute conclusion is drawn

Question 9

elements of design

Answer 9

line, shape, mass/volume, perspective, texture, color

Question 10

gesture

Answer 10

line produced by the artist’s movement

Question 11

crosshatching

Answer 11

#

Question 12

hatching

Answer 12

///

Question 13

contour

Answer 13

shape outline or implication

Question 14

implied line

Answer 14

{[ ]}

Question 15

psychic line

Answer 15

PROLONGED EYE CONTACT

Question 16

hard edge

Answer 16

2D

Question 17

soft edge

Answer 17

3D

Question 18

organic shape

Answer 18

found in nature
often more complex

Question 19

geometric shape

Answer 19

easily mathematically defined
follows a clear pattern

Question 20

positive space

Answer 20

the statue’s form itself

Question 21

negative space

Answer 21

everything that isn’t the statue

Question 22

mass/volume

Answer 22

weight/size

Question 23

closed form

Answer 23

positive and negative space DON’T interact

Question 24

open form

Answer 24

positive and negative space DO interact

Question 25

linear perspective

Answer 25

uses a vanishing point, horizon line, and orthogonal lines

Question 26

intuitive perspective

Answer 26

not rigorously geometric like linear perspective

Question 27

atmospheric perspective

Answer 27

uses color to mimic the way that things become more faded and blue the further they are from the viewer

Question 28

impasto

Answer 28

paint layered thick to create real texture

Question 29

implied texture

Answer 29

done through shading and contour, 2D

Question 30

hue

Answer 30

the difference between red, blue, yellow, etc.

Question 31

saturation

Answer 31

white <-->pure color

Question 32

value

Answer 32

black<-->pure color

Question 33

local color

Answer 33

the actual color of an object

Question 34

observed color

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the appearing color due to lighting conditions

Question 35

monochromatic

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one color

Question 36

complimentary

Answer 36

colors that oppose each other on the color wheel

Question 37

analogous

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colors that exist on the same "slice" of the color wheel

Question 38

principles of design

Answer 38

unity/variety, scale/proportion, balance, emphasis/movement, rhythm/repitition

Question 39

unity

Answer 39

similarity

Question 40

variety

Answer 40

difference

Question 41

scale/proportion

Answer 41

size of elements both standing alone and in relation to others

Question 42

forced perspective

Answer 42

arrangement of figure and ground that distorts the scale of objects

Question 43

balance

Answer 43

the presence or lack of symmetry (asymmetry)

Question 44

emphasis

Answer 44

attention drawn to an object or area of a painting due to use of line or color

Question 45

rhythm/repitition

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a pattern, often used to bring emphasis to a break in the pattern established

Question 46

drawing

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to observe an object's appearance and transfer to a set of marks

Question 47

charcoal

Answer 47

compressed coal or burnt twigs

Question 48

conte crayon

Answer 48

graphite or charcoal with wax or clay

Question 49

metalpoint

Answer 49

malleable metal on a rough surface

Question 50

graphite

Answer 50

crystalline carbon mixed with clay for hardness

Question 51

pastel

Answer 51

ground pigment with a binder

Question 52

oil pastel

Answer 52

high pigment oil paint

Question 53

ink

Answer 53

colored pigment with a binder and a liquid

Question 54

painting

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using brushes to apply colored liquids to a support (canvas)

Question 55

oil paint

Answer 55

binder: vegetable oil solvent: turpentine

Question 56

acrylic paint

Answer 56

binder: acrylic polymer (plastic) solvent: water

Question 57

encaustic

Answer 57

binder: bees' wax solvent: heat

Question 58

fresco

Answer 58

binder: plaster

Question 59

tempura

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binder: egg yolk

Question 60

printmaking

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pigment from matrix to a final surface

Question 61

relief print

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material removed from matrix, ink added, paper pressed

Question 62

intaglio

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relief, but on metal

Question 63

planographic

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chemically altering final surface to accept or reject water (typically done with stone)

Question 64

water color

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binder: gum arabic solvent: water

Question 65

stencil

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passing inks through a fine porous mesh matrix

Question 66

original prints

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handmade

Question 67

reproductions

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mechanically produced

Question 68

giclee

Answer 68

digital inkjet

Question 69

freestanding

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"in the round"

Question 70

relief (sculpture)

Answer 70

projects from a background surface

Question 71

modeling

Answer 71

additive process using clay or plaster

Question 72

armature

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rigid inner support of wire

Question 73

carving

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subtractive process using stone or wood

Question 74

casting

Answer 74

substitutive process to make metal sculptures, uses a mold of clay and wax

Question 75

assembly

Answer 75

mixed media and found objects attached to each other, a 3D collage

Question 76

collage

Answer 76

mixed media; paper, text, cloth, photos