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Q: During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many masters of woodblock printing in this country, whose work reflected the lifestyle of an urban cultural class. a. United States d. Japan b. Austria e. Siam c. France

Q: Mies Van der Rohe, who was Head of the Bauhaus, is often remembered for saying: a. less is more d. the future is now b. form follows function e. straight and narrow c. machine for living

Q: This style of printmaking means pictures of the floating world and was practiced by the Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro. a. ukiyo-e d. planography b. mezzotint e. Expressionism c. fan printing

Q: The earliest existing printed artworks on paper were created in this culture. a. Rome d. Greece b. Mesopotamia e. China c. Egypt

Q: The marks that are added to a letterform that were derived from the chisel marks created for words incised on Roman buildings are called ________. a. serifs d. accents b. codex e. carriages c. italics

Q: How has the inclusion of headings, page numbers, illustrations, and boldface and italic type changed the way that we communicate compared to that of handwritten manuscripts? Describe how each of these innovations may have changed the way the written word is perceived.

Q: The visual form of printed letters, words, and text is called ________. a. media d. layout b. calligraphy e. hieroglyphics c. typography

Q: The art of typography came into existence with the introduction of this invention. a. cotton gin d. movable type b. the automobile e. the wheel c. moving pictures

Q: Who was the German inventor of the printing press and movable type? a. Johannes Gutenberg d. Charlemagne b. Albrecht Drer e. John Baskerville c. Hieronymus Bosch

Q: Which of the following is a printmaking process? a. intaglio d. intonaco b. glazing e. arriccio c. scumbling

Q: In 1525, this German master printmaker wrote a manual establishing the first set of rules for the construction of letterforms. a. Nolde d. Beckmann b. Drer e. Gutenberg c. Rembrandt

Q: When a printmaker rolls ink onto a raised surface and presses a piece of paper onto it, the resulting image on the paper is known as ________. a. a batten d. a buzz up b. an edition e. an impasto c. an impression

Q: Albrecht Drers standard of letterforms was based on the alphabetic characters of this culture. a. China d. Greece b. Germany e. Rome c. France

Q: Images were first reproduced by printmaking in this ancient culture. a. Mesopotamia d. India b. Greece e. Japan c. Rome

Q: This is a group of letterforms designed to have a uniform appearance. a. codex d. carriage b. layout e. serif c. font

Q: The first people (c. 3400 BCE) to employ picture symbols in a consistent language system were the ________. a. Indians d. Greeks b. Mesoamericans e. Mesopotamians c. Romans

Q: Match the painting with its medium: a. oil d. tempera b. watercolor and gouache e. fresco c. acrylic Riza Abbasi, Two Lovers

Q: Egyptian picture symbols are called ________. a. hieroglyphs d. calligraphy b. cuneiform e. letterforms c. script

Q: Wherever literacy takes hold, ________ usually develops as a form of art that expresses layers of meaning and feelings by means of the shape of the written letterforms. a. cuneiform d. typeface b. hieroglyphics e. media c. calligraphy

Q: Wang Xizhi was one of the great calligraphers of the Jin Dynasty from this ancient culture. a. China d. Persia b. Japan e. Siam c. India

Q: These handwritten, illustrated books were created during the Middle Ages. a. papyrus scrolls d. Books of the Dead b. Gutenbergs Bibles e. I Ching c. illuminated manuscripts

Q: Graffiti artist Banksy has created many works in public places without permission, but he has also become popular with the public. How do you think these different settings affect the way that viewers react to his artworks? What is it about spray paint that makes its artists thrive on creating works in unexpected places and away from traditional art venues?

Q: Match the painting with its medium: a. oil d. tempera b. watercolor and gouache e. fresco c. acrylic Albrecht Drer, Hare

Q: Match the painting with its medium: a. oil d. tempera b. watercolor and gouache e. fresco c. acrylic Roger Shimomura, Untitled

Q: Match the painting with its medium: a. oil d. tempera b. watercolor and gouache e. fresco c. acrylic Hung Liu, Interregnum

Q: The essence of visual communication design is the use of ________ to communicate information and ideas. a. Internet d. words b. prints e. pictures c. symbols

Q: Match the painting with its medium: a. oil d. tempera b. watercolor and gouache e. fresco c. acrylic Michelangelo, The Libyan Sibyl

Q: Match the artwork with its medium: a. ceramic d. wood b. fiber e. glass c. metal Captain Richard Carpenter (Duklwayella), Bent-corner chest

Q: 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.

Q: This Japanese-American artist used acrylic paint to express the relationship between American and Japanese cultures. a. Melchor Peredo d. Riza Abbasi b. Hung Liu e. Roger Shimomura c. Suzuki Shnen

Q: The work Coalopolis by American artist Ralph M. Larmann utilizes acrylic paint. This medium is derived from modern manufacturing processes and conveys ________. a. the relationship between economic progress and ecological damage b. an industrial, menacing landscape c. twisting clouds of coal soot rising to fill the sky over a fictional town d. a message of impending environmental disaster e. all of the answers

Q: Painting that integrates many different painting media and materials is classified as ________ painting. a. alternative d. mixed-media b. performance e. time-based c. crazy

Q: This mural painter involved the entire community when she created Danza de la Tierra at the Dallas Latino Cultural Center: a. Frida Kahlo d. Joan Brown b. Georgia OKeeffe e. Jane Frank c. Judy Baca

Q: This painting technique was used by the prehistoric cave painters of Pech Merle, France, and is still used by contemporary graffiti artists. a. broken stroke d. glazing b. scumbling e. impasto c. spray paint

Q: This British artist practices street art using a process that involves stencils and spray paint. a. Banksy d. Vincent van Gogh b. Mary Cassatt e. Edgar Degas c. Georges Seurat

Q: This contemporary painting medium uses a polymer resin as a binder. a. acrylic d. tempera b. oil e. ink c. encaustic

Q: One of the advantages of acrylic paint is that it can be cleaned up using this liquid. a. turpentine d. kerosene b. oil e. Dr. Pepper c. water

Q: If an artist wanted to create an artwork sure to last for many thousands of years, wood would be a good material to use.

Q: This painting medium is opaque, applied to a paper surface, and uses a gum arabic binder. a. soot ink d. oil b. gouache e. acrylic c. tempera

Q: The process of using wood to create mosaic images, as used in the design by Francesco di Giorgio Martini to decorate a private studio for the Duke of Urbino around 1480, is called ________. a. typography d. embroidery b. repouss e. weaving c. intarsia

Q: An artist paints the US flag using the medium of watercolor, but forgets to do the white stars. To add them to the painting, the artist just needs to use the white watercolor pigment.

Q: The native American Heiltsuk artists who create wooden bent-corner chests use a method where the wood is softened and bent to create the corners. Which of the following processes is integral to this method? a. fluting d. whittling b. hammering e. steaming c. drilling

Q: This German artists naturalistic depiction A Young Hare was created using a combination of watercolor and gouache highlighting. a. Hung Liu d. Sonia Delaunay b. Melchor Peredo e. Joan Brown c. Albrecht Drer

Q: Wooden objects, like many traditional craft objects, are common in daily life. Can you think of any objects made of wood that are useful in your everyday life? Have any of these objects been cut, carved, or polished in a particular way? Do you consider these objects to be beautiful or well-crafted? Do you think they are works of art? Give your reasons why, or why not.

Q: Sonia Delaunay used this medium for her lively illustrations accompanying Blaise Cendrarss poetry in their simultaneous artists book. a. oil d. watercolor b. ink e. fresco c. acrylic

Q: The South African wood turner Andrew Early creates his work using a power-driven spinning support called a ________. a. lathe d. wheel b. loom e. kiln c. forge

Q: Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi used this medium for her Allegory of Painting, a self-portrait of the artist with a paintbrush in hand. a. acrylic paint d. tempera b. fresco e. encaustic c. oil paint

Q: Textile art cannot express biographical or historical meaning.

Q: This medium is made of pigment suspended in water so that it adheres to the fibers of paper to which it is commonly applied. Usually there is a small amount of gum arabic in this medium, and it most often uses only black pigment. a. ink d. acrylic b. tempera e. encaustic c. oil

Q: The Tlingit people of the Pacific Northwest use this fiber process to create their ceremonial Chilkat blankets, by intertwining goat wool and cedar bark into a large flat textile decorated with abstract patterning. a. weaving d. repouss b. embroidery e. batik c. felting

Q: This Japanese artist exploited the rich, dark value of ink painting to capture the character of a river by moonlight. a. Hung Liu d. Melchor Peredo b. Suzuki Shnen e. Albrecht Drer c. Roger Shimomura

Q: This Japanese artist knits large-scale structures, such as Knitted Wonder Space II (2.6.19), which viewers interact with as if they are childrens playgrounds. a. Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam d. Maria Martinez b. Faith Ringgold e. Mary Linwood c. Hyo-In Kim

Q: This painting medium is transparent, applied to a paper surface, and has a gum arabic binder (the French version uses honey.) a. watercolor d. bister b. soot ink e. sepia c. gall ink

Q: The British artist Mary Linwood used sewn thread to create her fiber art. This process is called: a. embroidery d. quilting b. weaving e. batik c. felting

Q: ________ can create many different effects, depending on how it is applied. Chinese-born artist Hung Liu utilized these qualities to separate reality and the ideal in her work Interregnum. a. oil paint d. encaustic b. tempera e. all of the other answers c. fresco

Q: This American artist used quilting as a way to express her experiences of childhood growing up in New York City. a. Dale Chihuly d. Georgia OKeeffe b. Tilleke Schwarz e. Karen Karnes c. Faith Ringgold

Q: This twentieth-century American painter chose tempera to describe his neighbors extraordinary conquest of life in the work Christinas World. a. Roger Shimomura d. Hung Liu b. John Matos e. Andrew Wyeth c. Joan Brown

Q: When a metalwork artist works the back side of a sheet of metal with a hammer to imprint a design from behind it is called ________. a. repouss d. chasing b. drafting e. welding c. bashing

Q: If an artist wanted to paint a very detailed miniature forest scene, tempera would be a good medium to use.

Q: The only way an artist can work with metal is to heat it to a liquid state.

Q: This painting binder is a by-product of flax production and first came into common use during the late Middle Ages and the Northern Renaissance. a. beeswax d. milk casein b. linseed oil e. egg c. gum arabic

Q: This Italian goldsmith created an elaborate salt cellar for King Francis I of France. a. Georges Fouquet d. Pol Limbourg b. Benvenuto Cellini e. Donatello c. Nicolas Poussin

Q: Artists used oil paint on cave walls thousands of years ago.

Q: The significance of the figures on the sumptuous gold Salt Cellar of Francis I has nothing to do with the function of the object.

Q: The Renaissance artist and writer Giorgio Vasari credited this Flemish painter with the invention of oil paint. a. Robert Campin d. Peter Paul Rubens b. Pieter Bruegel e. Rembrandt van Rijn c. Jan van Eyck

Q: This craft medium uses threads, fabrics, and other textiles. a. fiber d. intarsia b. ceramics e. porcelain c. repouss

Q: 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. a. sgraffito d. luminosity b. saturation e. impasto c. value

Q: Which of the following is not used in works of fiber art? a. polyester d. cotton b. wool e. aluminum c. silk

Q: Californian artist Joan Brown used this painting technique, created by applying thick layers of paint to a surface. a. sgraffito d. scumbling b. glazing e. broken stroke c. impasto

Q: Taking four years to complete, the Sistine Chapel ceiling was painted by this artist in sections using the buon fresco method. a. Michelangelo d. Leonardo b. Raphael e. Bronzino c. Giotto

Q: Stained glass was integral to the development of this medieval French architectural style. a. Gothic d. Impressionism b. Art Nouveau e. Dada c. Neoclassicism

Q: If an artist wanted to create an artwork that he or she could easily alter, and in which he or she could quickly fix any mistakes, buon fresco would be a good method to use.

Q: Before its use in Gothic stained-glass windows, glass was not employed as decorative art at all.

Q: Why do you think that fresco was chosen as the medium for the political works of the Mexican Muralists? Discuss how the medium plays a role in enhancing the message in works of art. What kind of role do you think art played in the Mexican Revolution?

Q: This American artist uses glass to create dramatic and colorful interior installations, such as the one at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. a. Paul Stankard d. Dale Chihuly b. Thomas Kinkade e. Peter Voulkos c. Richard Marquis

Q: The binding agent for tempera paint is ________. a. egg d. oil b. milk e. gum arabic c. beeswax

Q: The use of metal was extremely important in this period of human history. a. the Bronze Age d. the Paleolithic b. the Neolithic e. the Stone Age c. the Mesolithic

Q: Tempera lends itself to high ________ because it is usually applied with a brush in short, thin strokes. a. impasto d. detail b. color e. gloss c. value

Q: Which of the following methods is not used in forming metal artworks? a. repouss d. bending b. casting e. wheel throwing c. hammering

Q: Islamic and Renaissance artists often used tempera in conjunction with oil and this material, which adds a rich appearance to the work. a. wax d. marble dust b. gold leaf e. chalk c. polished stones