arts 1301 chp 8-13 graded quiz

chp 8-13

Except in the case of ________, identical multiple impressions are printed to create editions in printmaking.

monotypes

In printmaking, a(n) ________ is a surface on which a design is prepared before being transferred through pressure to a receiving surface such as paper.

matrix

What characteristic is associated with lithography?

planographic process

One of the main differences between the intaglio and the relief printing processes is that with intaglio the ink lies __________ the surface of the printing plate.

below

Which is NOT one of the four basic printmaking processes?

gouache

Shortly after the introduction of paper to Europe, woodcuts were used for book illustrations.

true (woodcuts)

A rubber stamp creates what type of print?

relief

______ is the precise alignment of impressions made by two or more printing blocks or plates on the same sheet of paper.

Registration

What are the two main differences between prints and most other forms of art?

Prints are made using an indirect process and this process results in multiples of the same image

What artist used traditional woodcut printing to create art with modern subject matter?

Käthe Kollwitz

________ is the suppression of words or pictures that a group or individuals find offensive, indecent or dangerous.

Censorship

What subject was the study of Eadweard Muybridge's photographic experiments?

motion

What 16th-century development allowed the camera obscura to focus the image it projected?

lenses

The creation of a photographic body of work around an event, place, or culture is known as ________.

photojournalism

In a daguerreotype, what type of surface is used to record light?

Copper plate covered with silver iodine

During what time period did experiments with the camera obscura first begin?

Italian Renaissance

What feature of video appeals to many artists?

Recorded footage can be instantaneously displayed on a monitor

What is "art cinema"?

independent movies that did not conform to popular storytelling techniques

What characteristic helps to define the style of "pure" or "straight" photography?

A photograph is not cropped or manipulated in any way

Early examples of art photography often imitated what genre

painting

What celebrated nineteenth-century artist created posters for the cabarets and dance halls of Paris?

 

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

What invention made it possible to devise a notice that could be reproduced in large numbers and distributed widely?

Printing press

________, such as directional arrows, convey information and embody ideas.

Symbols

When the name of a company, institution, or product is given a distinctive graphic treatment, it is known as a ________.

logotype

What term is used to describe how text and images appear on a page?

Layout

What does the rainbow symbolize on the LGBT flag?

Inclusion and acceptance

What were the two developments that created graphic design?

the printing press and Industrial Revolution

A________ is often the first and key element in creating a complete corporate identity.

logo

How is Charles-Joseph Minard's Figurative map of the successive losses of men of the French army in the Russian Campaign 1812-13 organized, in order to effectively display its subject?

movement, quantity, and temperature

A message of hope was conveyed in Shepard Fairey's immensely popular poster that became the unofficial symbol of Barak Obama's presidential campaign.

True (obama hope)

The carving method is what type of process?

Subtractive

The Indian sculpture Durga Fighting the Buffalo Demon is an example of ________ sculpture.

high-relief

Andy Goldsworthy uses ________ materials to create sculptures that are ephemeral.

natural

What term is used to described sculpture in which figures project only slightly from the background?

low relief

In sculpture, clay is the most popular modeling material.

true (sculpture)

What is a characteristic of relief sculpture?

it is meant to be viewed frontally, the way he view a painting

Terra cotta is another term used to describe fired clay

true (terra cotta)

_________ conceives of a space and everything in it as a work of art 

installation

The lost-wax process is what type of sculptural method?

casting

What method of sculpture illustrates the additive process?

modeling

What is the most common product of woodworking art?

furniture

When clay is wet, it becomes moldable and cohesive, or ________.

plastic

Blowing is the most common way to shape a hollow glass vessel

true (blowing)

Islamic cultures have focused a great deal of aesthetic attention on ________.

carpets

In weaving, the set of fibers that is held taut on a loom or frame is called the ________.

warp

The Life of Saint Nicholas is stained glass.

true (life of saint nicholas)

__________ is the principal ingredient in glass 

sand

Pueblo potter María Martínez used the coiling  method to create her striking blackware

true (pueblo)

The Arts and Crafts movement came about as a reaction to what event?

the Industrial Revolution

Why is wood such a popular craft material?

It is abundant and relatively easy to work.

Using a steel framework with masonry sheathing, the ________ Building , designed by Louis Sullivan, is thought by many to be the first genuinely modern building.

Wainwright

"Stacking and piling" is another term for what structural system?

Load-bearing construction

The Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian styles are known as what architectural style?

Greek orders

Built almost 2000 years ago, the ________ is an enduring testament to the Roman use of the arch.

Pont du Gard at Nîmes

Built for the World's Fair in 1889, the ________ was an early experiment in iron construction.

Eiffel Tower

Fallingwater (the Kaufmann House in Mill Run, Pennsylvania) is a prime example of the "organic" architecture of what designer?

Frank Lloyd Wright

The term tensile strength  is used to describe the ability of a material to withstand tension

true (tensile)

The Byodo-in Temple in Kyoto, Japan, is an elegant example of the post-and-lintel structural system.

true (byodo)

A cantilever is a horizontal form supported at only one end

true (cantilever)

What type of structure is generated by rotating an arch 360 degrees about a vertical central axis?

dome