Unit 4- Art Appreciation

The carving method is what type of sculptural process

subtractive

What method of sculpture illustrates the additive process

modeling

In sculpture, what is the most popular modeling material

clay

What is another term used to describe fried clay

Terra Cotta

The lost-wax process is what type of sculptural method

Casting

Casting is known as an ____________ method

indirect

Sculptors will often create a “sketch” out of __________ to test ideas before proceeding to their medium of choice

clay

___________ is a sculptural process of bringing together individual pieces, segments, or objects to form a sculpture

Assemblage

What is a characteristic of Minimalist art

Attempt to offer a pure experience by letting the materials speak for themselves

Serpent Mound and Spiral Jetty are what type of works

Earthworks

Andy Goldsworthy uses _________ material to create sculptures sculptures that are ephemeral

Natural

What genre conceives of a space and everything in it as a work of art

Installation

____________ was developed by ancient Greeks as a naturalistic pose for sculptures of the human figure, setting it in a gentle S-shaped curve to suggest the possibility of motion

Contrapposto

The secret of _________ was discovered and perfected in China, and for hundreds of years potters elsewhere failed to duplicate it

porcelain

What is the fastest method of creating a hollow, rounded clay form?

Potter’s wheel

What is the principal ingredient in glass

sand

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

blowing

The Life of Saint Nicholas is what type of work

Stained glass

What technique shapes metal through hammer blows

forging

What is the most common product of woodworking art

furniture

Why is wood such a popular craft material

abundance and ease of work

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

Wrap

Islamic cultures have focused a great deal of aesthetic attention on ___________

textiles

What art form has changed ecosystems drastically

Ivory

The ancient Olmecs of Mesoamerica prized __________ for its translucence, which they associated with rainwater

Jade’s

What material is made from the sap of a tree

Lacquer

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

Industrial Revolution

“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

The Byodo-in Temple in Kyoto, Japan, is an elegant example of what structural system

Post-and-lintel

A flying buttress is an arched exterior support system found on what style of building

Gothic

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

domes

The round opening in the dome of the Pantheon is called an ___________

Oculus

The Taj Mahal was built by the 17th-century Moslem emperor for what purpose

A tomb for beloved wife

The skeleton-and-skin structure the Crystal Palace was designed by __________ in 1851

Joseph Paxton

Built for the world’s Fair in 1889, the ___________ was an early experiment in iron construction

Eiffel tower

What term is used to describe the ability of a material to withstand tension

Tensile strength

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

Frank Lloyd Wright’s

What structure is a horizontal form supported at only one end

Cantiever

What structure used digital fabrication in its construction

Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain