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When a metalwork artist works the front side of a sheet of metal with a hammer to imprint a texture from below it is called ________.
a. chasing d. casting
b. drafting e. welding
c. bashing
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The art of arranging colored glass into mosaic-like window forms is called ________.
a. glassblowing d. slabbing
b. stained glass e. repouss
c. coiling
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This painting tool can be used to apply thick encaustic paint.
a. arrezzo d. intonaco
b. airbrush e. palette knife
c. impasto
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This family was responsible for reviving a style of pottery-making first used by the Tewa people.
a. Keinholz d. Rivera
b. OKeeffe e. Kahlo
c. Martinez
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Naturalistic encaustic portraits of the Roman era, from the Fayum Oasis in Egypt, were created as ________.
a. historical records d. government identification
b. home decorations e. practice studies
c. funerary adornments
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This method of clay production is based on the creation of flat sheets of wet clay.
a. roping d. slab
b. coil e. pinch
c. thrown
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The best surface to paint the medium of encaustic on is fabric.
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This twentieth-century American ceramist created large expressive works using the slab method of clay construction.
a. Peter Voulkos d. Norman Rockwell
b. Andy Warhol e. Dale Chihuly
c. Jackson Pollock
Q:
Point out the advantages and disadvantages of encaustic painting. What may have been the reasons that this painting medium was preferred by the artists of the Fayum Oasis in Egypt?
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Glass was probably first used by this ancient culture.
a. Mesoamerica d. Greece
b. China e. Indus
c. Mesopotamia
Q:
This painting process relies on freshly applied lime plaster to hold the pigment in place.
a. casein d. tempera
b. encaustic e. oil
c. fresco
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The process of glassblowing was perfected in this ancient culture.
a. India d. Mesoamerica
b. Greece e. Rome
c. China
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The earliest examples of fresco, found at the Palace of Knossos on the Mediterranean island of ________, date to c. 16001500 BCE.
a. Crete d. Rhodes
b. Malta e. Sicily
c. Elba
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The Portland Vase, an amazing piece of Roman glassblowing technique, used this method to create dual glass colors and high detail on a single piece.
a. dip-overlay d. phase transition
b. float e. gob
c. thermal expansion
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There are two types of fresco. Fresco secco, which means dry fresco, and this kind, which means good fresco.
a. calabria d. buon
b. mezzo e. tondo
c. unum
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The only reason artists glaze their pottery is practical: to add a layer of protection.
Q:
A brush called a Filbert is best used for ________.
a. sketching and thinned paint application
b. applying color, its short bristles offer more control and softened edges
c. long, fluid strokes and sharp edges
d. controlled detailing and applying areas of color
e. blending slow-drying paint and softening edges
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Ceramic artwork from this Chinese era is highly regarded for its multiple glaze layers.
a. Ming Dynasty d. Shang Dynasty
b. Sung Dynasty e. Chin Dynasty
c. Han Dynasty
Q:
The binding agent in the spotted-horse paintings at Pech Merle is ________.
a. saliva d. linseed oil
b. egg yolk e. gum arabic
c. milk casein
Q:
This mythical creature from the folklore of the Tewa people is a water guardian serpent:
a. gila monster d. dragon
b. phoenix e. copperhead
c. avanyu
Q:
Recent findings, derived from studying the finger lengths from the handprints that surround the spotted horses, have caused researchers to believe that most of the paintings were done by ________.
a. Neanderthal artists d. spotted horses
b. male artists e. none of the other answers
c. female artists
Q:
A piece of thrown pottery is created using this potters tool.
a. a wheel d. a roller
b. a bat e. an extruder
c. a paddle
Q:
Artists at Pech Merle in France were using paint to create images some 25,000 years ago, and the medium is still popular today. Why do you think paint has continued to be so highly regarded? Support the reasons in your answer with examples.
Q:
The oldest pottery wheels we know of belonged to this ancient culture.
a. Mesoamerica d. Mesopotamia
b. Rome e. China
c. Egypt
Q:
The binding agent in encaustic painting is ________.
a. beeswax d. linseed oil
b. egg yolk e. gum arabic
c. milk casein
Q:
This component of paint has traditionally been extracted from minerals, soils, vegetable matter, and animal by-products.
a. glaze d. pigment
b. solvent e. impasto
c. polymers
Q:
At what point can we consider a useful object a work of art? What separates a useful ceramic object, such as a toilet or sink, from a piece of high art? Can a toilet or sink, even if they are created in some unique and original way, ever be considered a work of art?
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Kara Walkers installation Insurrection! (Our Tools were Rudimentary, Yet We Pressed On) combines:
a. silhouette drawings and projections
b. Civil War weapons and television sets
c. vintage photographs and shadows of famous trees
d. theater props and umbrellas
e. none of the other answers
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This is not a traditional paint binder.
a. beeswax d. gum arabic
b. lye e. walnut oil
c. egg yolk
Q:
The process of rolling out clay into long rope-like strands has been used to make fine ceramic objects since prehistoric times. This is called the ________ method.
a. slab d. roping
b. coil e. pinch
c. thrown
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Over time it becomes clear how an artists experiments and discoveries impact later artworks. Choose either Jackson Pollock, John Cage, or Marcel Duchamp and discuss their influence on the development of performance and conceptual art. Include specific artworks in your answer.
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We have discovered paintings at Pech Merle in France that have been made by artists dating back ________ years.
a. 25 d. 25,000
b. 2,500 e. 250,000
c. 250
Q:
The ancient Zapotec people used the coil method to create ceramic objects. The Zapotec culture was located in which modern country?
a. Peru d. Brazil
b. United States e. Panama
c. Mexico
Q:
Compare two of the interactive works in this chapter, for example Vito Acconcis Following Piece and Yoko Onos Wish Tree. Describe the roles of the artist, the viewer, and the environment in each piece. What did each artist do? What did the viewers do in each case? What does each artwork look like? What is the point of each artwork? What does this comparison reveal to you about these artworks that you had not considered before making it?
Q:
Paint in its most basic form is composed of ________ and a liquid binder.
a. pigment d. beeswax
b. glaze e. tempera
c. impasto
Q:
The glassy finished surface applied to a ceramic object is called ________.
a. glaze d. kaolin
b. frit e. slurry
c. grog
Q:
In Mining the Museum Fred Wilson reorganized objects from the collection of the Maryland Historical Society, essentially taking on the role of a ________ in addition to that of an artist.
a. director d. registrar
b. curator e. shopkeeper
c. conductor
Q:
John Cages concert for the opening of the National Arts Foundation can be seen as a happening because:
a. he used lights and props
b. it was a theatrical performance
c. the artist did not fall asleep
d. it expanded the scope of art to include the lived moment
e. this concert was not a happening
Q:
Our word ceramic comes from this Greek word.
a. briki d. keramos
b. argilos e. techni
c. logos
Q:
In Joseph Beuyss Coyote, I Like America and America Likes Me, the artist:
a. became a shaman and made a curative sand painting of a mythical coyote
b. recorded himself sleeping for three days in the wilderness of the American southwest
c. wrapped himself in felt and lived for five days alone in an art gallery with a coyote
d. projected a video of a coyote on the outside of an art gallery
e. none of the other answers
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If an artist wanted to make an object that was a simple shape and very durable, stoneware would be a good clay to use.
Q:
Vito Acconci is the artist who created ________.
a. Following Piece
b. Wish Tree for Washington, D.C.
c. O Superman
d. Coyote, I Like America and America Likes Me
e. all of the other answers
Q:
What is the process that a ceramist uses to knead and remove pockets of air from the wet clay?
a. coiling d. wedging
b. throwing e. modeling
c. slabbing
Q:
As an artist, Marina Abramovic is known for her ________.
a. extroverted personality d. extremely long hair
b. extensive note-taking ability e. traditional approach
c. extreme performance pieces
Q:
What is the name of the oven used to fire clay objects so that they become ceramics?
a. an oast d. a hearth
b. a furnace e. a kiln
c. a stove
Q:
Marina Abramovics The Artist Is Present took ________ to complete.
a. nine hours d. forty years
b. twelve days e. it remains unfinished
c. three months
Q:
Clay that has a great deal of water mixed into it, making it very thin, is known as ________.
a. porcelain d. slip
b. kaolin e. grog
c. frit
Q:
Ed Kienholzs The Beanery includes sculptural replicas of ________.
a. past presidents d. famous artworks
b. nauseating food e. bar inhabitants
c. collectible cars
Q:
Composer John Cages Theater Piece No. 1 is influential because of:
a. the documentary photos and videos made of the piece
b. the performance itself and discussions of it
c. the objects he used, which are now displayed like relics
d. the movie it was turned into
e. all of the other answers
Q:
Hyo-In Kims To Be Modern #2 takes the form of a traditional Korean dress, but it is decorated with ________.
a. tiny versions of fashionable Western clothing
b. small replicas of famous buildings
c. traditional Korean beads
d. precious gemstones
e. coins from around the world
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Match the artwork with its drawing medium: a. reed pen and ink d. graphite b. charcoal e. pastel c. red chalk Michelangelo, Studies for the Libyan Sibyl
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Barbara Krugers Untitled (Your Gaze Hits the Side of My Face):
a. employs her background as a graphic designer in its use of text and image
b. references her early career as a baker in the reproduced pastries and confections
c. ignores the rules of good design in order to make an anti-feminist statement
d. agrees with the idea that women artists are not as good as male artists
e. all of the other answers
Q:
Yoko Ono often utilizes ________ to complete her artworks, such as Wish Tree.
a. mattresses from her favorite hotels
b. instructions for viewers to perform or imagine
c. manifestos of historical art groups
d. the garden tools she inherited from her grandmother
e. none of the other answers
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Mel Chins Fundred Dollar Bill Project is designed to:
a. make the artist rich
b. make the viewer rich
c. raise awareness about and campaign for the treatment of lead-toxic soil
d. clean up the corruption in the political system by eliminating the need for taxes
e. none of the other answers
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Match the artwork with its drawing medium: a. reed pen and ink d. graphite b. charcoal e. pastel c. red chalk Kthe Kollwitz, Self-portrait in Profile to Left
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The division between art and craft began during this period.
a. Renaissance d. Rome
b. Sung Dynasty e. Civil War
c. Baroque
Q:
Composer John Cage hoped that his innovative performances would:
a. cause a fire in the tenement building in which he lived
b. make all people hate art
c. inspire people to pay attention to the life (and art) happening all around them
d. separate music and art
e. none of the other answers
Q:
If you were to take a piece of clothing and turn it into an art object for display in a gallery, what item of clothing would you choose and why? Think about how you would display your craft object, and what you might do to enhance it visually or to give it symbolic meaning. Do you think viewers of your craft piece would consider it art?
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This architect designed the Quadracci Pavilion at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
a. Santiago Calatrava d. Le Corbusier
b. Michael Graves e. Frank Lloyd Wright
c. Jrn Utzon
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Artworks made using alternative media are best accessed by ________ but often exist only in the form of ________.
a. direct experience . . . visual documentation or personal accounts
b. the Internet . . . still pictures
c. rooftop . . . postcards
d. videos . . . handwritten letters
e. artworks made using alternative media can never be accessed after they are completed
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In the drawing Mutter und Kind, the artist uses only contour lines because it is impossible to create areas of value using black Cont crayon.
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Why did Zaha Hadid decide to use glass as the primary building material for the ground level of the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio?
a. to give the building a weightless quality
b. because glass is stronger than concrete
c. to match all the other buildings in Cincinnati
d. to disconnect the building from the city
e. to copy the ancient Greeks
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The work of ________ was a direct influence on the conceptual art movement.
a. Albert Einstein d. Michelangelo
b. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart e. the ancient Egyptians
c. Marcel Duchamp
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The Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, co-directed by the architects Vittori and Fisk since 1991, was created to make buildings more ________.
a. transparent d. efficient
b. interesting e. environmentally friendly
c. urban
Q:
What unconventional material does Jean Tinguely use in Homage to New York?
a. firewood d. neon tubing
b. mechanized junk e. toothpaste
c. railroad ties
Q:
What style of building would you propose for the government center of your city, town, or region? Why?
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This Postmodernist building was designed by Michael Graves and is located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky.
a. the Persona Building d. the Graves Building
b. the Humana Building e. none of the other answers
c. the New Building
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Jackson Pollock is known for:
a. delivering an important speech to Congress on behalf of the art world
b. hanging upside-down from the Brooklyn Bridge for two days
c. splashing, pouring, and dripping paint onto a canvas as he walked around it on the floor
d. his miniature paintings
e. all of the other answers
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This Austrian artist focused on the contoured outline of a mother and child in his/her drawing Mutter und Kind.
a. Egon Schiele d. Georges Seurat
b. Claude Lorrain e. Mary Cassatt
c. Edgar Degas
Q:
This type of drawing aims to identify and react to the main visual and expressive characteristics of a form.
a. genre d. gesture
b. contour e. fantasy
c. life
Q:
Reinforced concrete is a raw material that has always been available, architects just did not like the look of it until the nineteenth century.
Q:
An artwork that consists of cutting off someones tie and pouring shampoo on his head would best be described as ________.
a. performance art d. a readymade
b. conceptual art e. none of the other answers
c. an installation
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This Swiss artist, who drew the work The City Square, captures the moment by focusing on and quickly recording the scene in front of him/herself.
a. Alberto Giacometti d. Georges Seurat
b. Claude Lorrain e. Mary Cassatt
c. Edgar Degas
Q:
The Danish architect Jrn Utzon designed this eye-catching structure in Sydney, Australia, using reinforced concrete.
a. Sydney Opera House d. Strand Arcade
b. Sydney Harbor Bridge e. Chifley Tower
c. Parliament House
Q:
An artwork that consists of a re-created bedroom with videos projected onto the walls would best be described as ________.
a. performance art
b. conceptual art
c. an installation
d. a readymade
e. none of the other answers
Q:
In the gestural drawing Muscular Dynamism by Umberto Boccioni, the artist used chalk and charcoal to depict the undulating surface of ________.
a. the human body d. a landscape
b. machinery e. a cityscape
c. architecture
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This style of architecture, which began in the 1980s, combines the hard rectangles of Modernism with unusual materials and stylistic features from the past.
a. Art Nouveau d. Old Empire
b. Postmodernism e. Pop art
c. Federalist
Q:
An artwork can fit into only one of the following categories: performance art, conceptual art, installation art.
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This type of drawing involves the use of long continuous lines to capture the changing surface and outline of an object.
a. contour d. genre
b. gesture e. fantasy
c. life
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This is the practice of drawing from a live model or other actual objects.
a. fantasy drawing d. genre drawing
b. gesture drawing e. life drawing
c. contour drawing