Iwc1 - Mod 2 - Literature, Arts, And The Humanities

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Texture

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the surface quality of materials, either actual or implied.

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Space

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A sense or feeling of depth, either actual or implied

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Color

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the perception of reflected or emitted light

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Hue

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The common name of a color and its position in the spectrum

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Value

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The relative lightness or darkness of a color.

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Intensity

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The strength or purity of a color

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Form

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The shape or mass of an object within an artwork

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Line

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The path of a moving point through space

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Artistic Media

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The materials (and techniques) employed to create works of art

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Balance

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Equilibrium in an artwork, achieved through weight, attention, or attraction of visual elements.

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Repetition

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The use of the same visual element several times in a work of art

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Unity

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When all elements in a work of art give a sense of oneness or self-contained completeness

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Focal area

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The place to which a viewer's eye is drawn in a work of art

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1. Which of the following purposes of art (as defined by Dennis Sporre) is met by a Baroque composer wiring a requiem mass?

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Revealing Spiritual Truths

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2. Which of the following functions or art (as defined by Dennis Sporre) is reflected in an anti-war protest song?

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Political

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Artists often employ _____ to achieve the effect of three-dimensions on flat surfaces.

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Shading and perspective

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The use of the same visual element several times in a work of art is called:

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Repetition

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The strength and purity of a color is its:

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Intensity

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A natural and comforting arrangement of visual elements is called:

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Harmony

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Which of the following purposes of art (as defined by Dennis Sporre) is most clearly in a documentary on the NASA space shuttle program?

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Providing a record of the world

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The uneven distribution of elements throughout an artwork is:

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Asymmetry

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A sense or feeling of depth, either actual or implied, is called:

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Space

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______ has the properties of direction, width and length.

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Line

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The surface quality of materials, either actual or implied, is:

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Texture

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Which of the following statements is NOT true?

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In two-dimensional art, circles and squares are directional lines

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An artist's use of color is sometimes called:

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Palette

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In two-dimensional art, texture is _____.

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In two-dimensional art, circles and squares are directional lines

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______ makes a work of art feel cohesive and finished, with all the elements looking as though they belong together.

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Unity

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Which of the following functions of art (as defined by Dennish Sporre) is reflected in a museum collection of 19th century Wedgewood china?

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Artifact

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_______ is a method of etching that imitates the broad tints of a water color.

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Aquatint

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What is the Planographic process?

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Lithography

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A vivid water-based paint usually applied to paper, with outstanding brilliance and translucence; also resulting artwork.

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Watercolor

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A painting technique that applied water-based paint to a wet-plaster surface; also, resulting artwork.

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Fresco

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Watercolor to which an opaque white has been added: also, resulting artwork

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Gouache

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A printing technique in which the intended printing surface is left raised, with remaining areas cut away

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Relief Printing

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A printing technique in which an image is printed from a recessed design incised or etched into the surface of a plate.

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Intaglio

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A printing technique employing the antipathy if oil and water in which a flat surface with a design area that is ink-receptive is printed and the non-printed area is ink-repellent.

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Lithography

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Soft colored chalk stick or crayon made of pigments and a gem binder, usually applied to paper; also, resulting artwork.

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Pastel

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A printing technique in which images are made by forcing ink through a stencil on a screen stretched with a fine silk or similar fabric; also called silkscreen printing.

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Serigraphy

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A way to create the illusion of depth based on the fact that parallel lines or edges appear to converge and objects appear smaller as the distance between them and a viewer increases.

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Linear perspective

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A way to create the illusion of a distance by reducing color saturation, value contrast, and detail in order to imply the natural haziness between a viewer and distant objects.

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Atmospheric Perspective

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A way to create the illusion of depth through gradation's of light and shade; (Italian for "light-dark".

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Two dimensional art that is so naturalistic that it appears to have depth and distance (French for "fool the eye")

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Representational art which retains some of the natural appearance of the objects depicted.

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Naturalism

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The American photographer was a leading advocate of Pictoralism.

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Alfred Stieglitz

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Which if the following statements about drawing is false?

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Drawing is confined to the use of dry media

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Serigraphy is also known as ______.

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Screenprinting

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Photography as a visual art requires the photographer to:

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Design an image, compose an image, and execute an image

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A water-based paint that uses egg , glue or casein as a binder is called:

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Tempera

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One advantage of this media for painting is that it does not yellow with age.

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Acrylic Paint

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This technique creates the illusion of depth through gradation's of light and shade.

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Chiaroscuro

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Straight or pure photography was advocated by these photographers.

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Group f/64

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In drawing, using dots for tone, texture, and shading is called ____.

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Stippling

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Two-dimensional art that is so naturalistic that it appears to have depth and distance has been dubbed by the French ____.

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Trompe l'oeil

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The printmaking technique of _______ prints an image from a recessed design incised or etched into the surface of the plate.

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Intaglio

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Which of the following elements is involved in making a photographic image a work of art?

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Designing the image, Composing the image, and Executing the image

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Casting a sculpture is an example of which of the following processes

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Sculpture

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In ________ sculpture, the image is carved into the stone or material.

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Sunken Relief

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The type of sculpture is transitory, designed to make a statement.

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Ephemeral

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A sculpture employing three dimensions and meant to be viewed from any and all angles.

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Full Round Sculpture

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A sculpture employing two-dimensional materials

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Linear Sculpture

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The relative relationship of shapes or forms to one another.

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Proportion

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The belief that architects should design a building based on the purpose of that building

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Functionalism

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An architectural design where horizontal pieced or beams are held up by vertical columns.

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Post-and-lintel

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A decorative place generally placed at the top of a column as a transition for the eye as it moves from post (column) to Lintel (beam)

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Capital

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A sculpture employing three-dimensions attached to a background and meant to be seen from one side

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Relief sculpture

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Those sculptures that are built

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Additive

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A way of connecting the parts of a work of art.

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Articulation

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The inclusion or combination of several different styles in one composition or work of art.

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Eclecticism

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A common structural element or architecture resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.

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Dome

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The size or apparent size of an object seen in the relation to other objects, people, or its environment

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Scale

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The size or apparent size of an object seen in relation to other objects, people, or its environment is

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Scale

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A sculpture employing three-dimensions attached to a background and meant to be seen from one side is called:

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Relief sculpture

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Frederick Law Olmstead is known for his design of:

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Central Park (NYC)

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A projecting beam or bracket stabilizing by the weight of the wall from which it extends is called a:

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Cantilever

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_______ is when a sculptor shapes the material by hand.

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Manipulation

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Marcel Duchamp 's Bicycle Wheel is an example of a:

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Found Sculpture

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When a sculptor casts an artwork, he or she is using the process of ________.

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Substitution

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A Kinetic Sculpture in which parts move, often by air currents, is called:

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Mobile

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Which of the following is NOT one of the three factors in landscape design?

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The connection between art theory and landscape practice

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Architects who design buildings based on the purpose of the structure are following _______.

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Functionalism