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An abstract work must be non representational |
False |
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What refers to the name of a color on the color wheel |
Hue |
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Art and aesthetics encompasses more than pure beauty. Art can be ugly or uncomfortable and yet be valid. A good example of this type of work is: |
William de Koonings Woman and Bicycle |
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Caravaggio’s sacrifice of Isaac utilizes chiaroscuro. Chiaroscuro means: |
A dramatic contrast between light and dark |
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A graphic designer is responsible for creating |
Logos, magazine layouts, advertisements, posters and book covers |
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The Navaho “eye dazzler” rug is a great example of: |
Crafts or decorative arts |
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Contour lines describe: |
The outer edges of a form |
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When elements in a design or a painting revolve around a central fixed point this referred to as: |
Radial balance |
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Local color refers to: |
The simplified or general large areas of color on an object |
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Functional objects that are mass-produced are referred to as: |
Industrial designs |
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Ceramics |
Clay, used by sculptors to model statues, is also the media used to make ceramics |
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Plastic |
Clays are types of earth that have the property of becoming moldable, or plastic, when wet, and then more rigid again as they dry |
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Stoneware or porcelain |
Baking at a high temperature transformed their clay objects into a material of glasslike hardness called stoneware or porcelain, or what Europeans simply called ‘china’ |
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Matte |
Dull black |
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Throwing |
As the wheel turns, a lump of clay can be lifted and shaped by hand into a vessel |
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What is medium? |
Artists material |
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What is medium? |
Artists material |
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What is two-dimensional art? |
Flat |
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What is medium? |
Artists material |
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What is two-dimensional art? |
Flat |
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What is three-dimensional art? |
It was width, height, and depth |
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What are the elements of art? |
Line, shape, value, color, and texture |
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What is gestural line? |
Free and loose |
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What is shading/modeling? |
Graduations of light gives a 3-D appearance |
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What is impasto? |
Thick paint that creates actual texture |
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What is value? |
Relative lightness and darkness |
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What are warm colors? |
Red, orange, and yellow - come forward |
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What are warm colors? |
Red, orange, and yellow - come forward |
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What are cool colors? |
Blue and green - recede |
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What is naturalistic color? |
Realistic |
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What is arbitrary color? |
Not realistic |
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What is figure? |
The object |
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What is ground/negative space? |
The space around the object |
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What is unstable composition? |
Diagonal lines predominate |
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What is stable composition? |
Calm horizontal and vertical lines predominate |
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Iconography |
Story depicted with artwork |
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What is linear perspective? |
Portrays depth using line foreshortening - objects with recede into depth appear shortened or compressed |
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What is atmospheric perspective? |
Objects in the distance appear hazy |
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What is fine arts? |
The main purpose or function is aesthetics |
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What is applied arts? |
The main purpose or function is both aesthetic and utilitarian. The applied arts are compromised of well-designed utilitarian objects. Design and crafts fall under the category of applied arts |
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What is crafts? |
Crafts are skilled works done by hand using any of the following media: clay, glass, fiber, metal, or wood |
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Fine arts vs applied arts |
The division between the fine and the applied arts is a gray area |
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What is video art? |
Video art is an art form that incorporates the video screen and video images in works of art |
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What is avant-garde? |
Is the leader of new directions in the arts |
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What is Lascaux Cave, France? |
It is a cave painting in Rome referred to as : the hall of bulls |
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What is post-and-lintel? |
It has low tensile strength |
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What are columns (lintels)? |
They are used for support |
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What is a pediment ? |
It has a ledge for sculptures |
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What is relief sculpture? |
It is a sculpture image that projects from a two-dimensional background |
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What is art conservation? |
Preserve art as found |
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What is mosaic? |
Small pieces of tile embedded in ground to make an image symbolism - an image represents something else |
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What is manuscript illumination? |
Painted book page |
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What is flying buttresses? |
To support the walls and allow for windows |
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What is fresco? |
Painting on plaster |
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What is oil paint? |
Titian introduces oil on canvas |
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What is restoration? |
Return art to its original condition - display only the original image (as in the recent restoration of the Sistine Chapel ceiling) |
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Michaelangelo |
The creation of Adam - Sistine Chapel |
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Leonardo da Vinci |
Mona Lisa and Last Supper |
