Art Appreciation Test 2
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Chapter 3 — What is vertical placement?
We perceive objects placed lower in an image as closer to us and objects placed higher as farther away.
Chapter 3 — What is overlap?
When objects partially overlap other objects, we perceive them as closer than the covered objects.
Chapter 3 — What is diminishing size?
Larger objects appear closer than smaller objects.
Chapter 3 — What is diminishing detail?
As objects recede, detail disappears.
Chapter 3 — What is linear perspective?
A calculated system of lines and diagonals that go to vanishing points.
Chapter 3 — What is chiaroscuro?
The strong use of contrast between dark and light in a painting to make the subject look more dimensional.
Chapter 3 — What is atmospheric perspective?
Close objects have greater intensity of color, detail, and value contrast; distant objects become lighter in value and/or more blue in color.
Chapter 3 — What is a tint?
Mixing white with a color.
Chapter 3 — What are analogous colors?
Colors close to each other on the color wheel.
Chapter 3 — What does tone mean in the color handout?
Not bright.
Chapter 3 — What is a shade?
Mixing black with a color.
Chapter 3 — What is neutral color, according to the handout?
Mixing all colors together.
Chapter 3 — What are complementary colors?
Colors opposite each other on the color wheel.
Chapter 3 — What does monochromatic mean?
Different tints and shades of the same color.
Chapter 6 — What is calligraphic line?
Lines that change sizes and flow like handwriting; each one is different.
Chapter 6 — What is contour line?
Lines that outline the edges of an object, emphasizing the shape’s boundaries and significant internal lines.
Chapter 6 — What is hatching?
Shading created by lines that go in only one direction; different values are created by the density or size of marks.
Chapter 6 — What is cross-hatching?
Shading created by lines that overlap or cross; different values are created by the density or size of marks.
Chapter 6 — What are the three purposes of drawing?
As a sketch or record; as studies for other works; as final works.
Chapter 6 — What is a pencil?
A thin stick of graphite enclosed in a case.
Chapter 6 — What is charcoal?
A dry drawing medium made from charred twigs, usually vine or willow.
Chapter 6 — What is chalk?
Soft white limestone.
Chapter 6 — What is a crayon?
A drawing medium developed in the late eighteenth century, similar to pencil in its graphic content, and including clay and small amounts of wax.
Chapter 6 — What are pastels?
Sticks of powdered pigment held together with a gum binding agent.
Chapter 6 — What is brush and ink?
Use of a brush and ink for writing, sketching, calligraphy, and painting.
Chapter 6 — What is pen and ink?
A pen used to write.
Chapter 7 — What is encaustic?
A painting medium that uses wax mixed with pigment; it must be applied before the wax cools down.
Chapter 7 — What is fresco?
Pigments suspended in water are applied to a damp lime-plaster surface; it must be painted while the plaster is wet, and once dried it is permanent.
Chapter 7 — What is egg tempera?
A permanent, fast-drying painting medium made by mixing colored pigment powders with a water-soluble binder, specifically egg yolk.
Chapter 7 — What is oil paint?
A painting medium that dries the slowest and can crack or yellow.
Chapter 7 — What is acrylic?
A painting medium that combines pigment and plastic; it dries quickly and flat unless a thickening agent is added; it is water-soluble.
Chapter 7 — What is watercolor?
Pigments bound together with water-soluble gum and water in the vehicle; characterized by transparent colors.
Chapter 7 — What is gouache?
Opaque watercolor created by adding white chalk powder to watercolor paint.
Chapter 7 — What is collage?
Sticking different materials together onto a flat surface.
Chapter 7 — What is mixed media?
Combines two or more different materials, mediums, or techniques into a single, unified artwork.
Chapter 7 — What is pigment?
Dry powdery substances that produce different colors in paintings; made from natural or synthetic materials.
Chapter 7 — What is vehicle?
Liquid emulsifier used as a spreading or carrier agent in paints.
Chapter 7 — What is binder?
Material used in paint that causes the pigment particles to adhere to one another.
Chapter 7 — What is support?
The surface, such as canvas or wood, on which an artist paints.
Chapter 7 — What is impasto?
Thick paint applied to a surface so that the brush strokes are visible.
Chapter 7 — What is medium?
Physical or digital materials.
Chapter 7 — What does media mean?
Plural of medium.
Chapter 7 — What is a mural?
Large-scale art on a wall, ceiling, or similar surface.
Chapter 8 — What is an impression?
Each individual print made from a block.
Chapter 8 — What is an edition?
The total number of impressions made from a block.
Chapter 8 — What is relief printmaking (woodcut, linocut)?
A printmaking process in which the design to be printed is carved or cut below the surface of the metal plate.
Chapter 8 — What is intaglio printmaking (drypoint, etching, engraving)?
A printmaking process in which design lines incised into the plate hold ink.
Chapter 8 — What is lithography?
A planographic printmaking process in which a design is drawn onto a flat stone and affixed by means of a chemical reaction.
Chapter 8 — What is screen printing (silk screen or serigraph)?
Ink is forced through a fine mesh screen onto paper.
Chapter 8 — What is monotype or monoprint?
Ink is applied to a non-absorbent surface and transferred once to paper.
Chapter 8 — What is collagraph?
Textured materials are glued onto paper and then printed.
Chapter 8 — Who is Andy Warhol, and what is he known for?
Pop Art; famous for bright, colorful prints and paintings of celebrities and everyday objects.
Chapter 8 — Who is Albrecht Dürer, and what is he known for?
Northern Renaissance artist known for extremely detailed religious engravings and woodcuts.
Chapter 8 — Who is Käthe Kollwitz, and what is she known for?
Famous for black-and-white drawings and prints about social issues.
Chapter 8 — Who is Michelangelo, and what is he known for?
Renaissance artist famous for paintings, drawings, sculptures, and architecture.
Chapter 8 — Who is Josef Albers, and what is he known for?
Experiments on how colors interact and influence each other.
Chapter 8 — Who is Winslow Homer, and what is he known for?
Began as an oil painter but found his true love in watercolor painting.
Chapter 8 — Who is Christo, and what is he known for according to the study guide?
Utilized color to make his work stand out from its surroundings.