Test 1 Study Guide

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Who invented movable type?

1. Cai Lun

2. Pi Sheng

3. Johannes Gutenberg

4. Kentaro Miura

2

The number of copies of a print made in a single printing is called __________.

1. an Artists' Book

2. a Matrix

3. an Edition

4. a Monoprint

3

In the world of printmaking the term 'Matrix' means__________.

1. The final product of the printmaking process.

2. The surface that organizes the ink into the image to be transferred to another surface.

3. The reality behind the illusion.

4. The number of prints in an edition.

2

If the inked image is lower than the surface of the matrix the process is called ___________.

Intaglio

Planographic

Serigraphic

Relief

1

Which types of printmaking use acid to burn the image into the matrix?

Select all answers that apply.

1. Drypoint

2. Etching

3. Mezzotint

4. Aquatint

2, 4

Prints cannot be one of a kind.

1. True

2. False

2

This type of digital printmaking recreates images by spraying drops of ink.

1. 3-D printing

2. Graffiti

3. Ink Jet printing

4. Laser printing

3

Who is responsible perfecting the printing press and thus revolutionizing the world?

1. Otto von Apspach

2. Cai Lun

3. Pi Sheng

4. Johannes Gutenberg

4

Any print process where the inked image and the non-inked areas of the matrix are at the same height is called___________

1. Flatography

2. Planographic

3. Intaglio

4. Relief

2

Printmaking is an art form that allows an artist to make multiple copies of the same image.

1. True

2. False

1

A pattern constructed out of a single shape, with no overlaps or gaps is a ________.

1. tessellation

2. pattern

3. motif

4. rhythm

1

_____________ is an arrangement of predictable repeated elements.

1. A pattern

2. A polyrhythm 

3. A Motif

4. A Subdivision

1

__________ is the regular or ordered repetition of elements in a work.

1. Pattern

2. Motif

3. Subdivion

4. Rhythm

4

A repetitive rhythm...

1. balances multiple subdivisions against each other

2. has subdivisions that change in size or frequency at a predictable rate

3. uses the same subdivisions without variation

3

The regular or ordered repetition of elements in a work is called...

1. rhythm

2. pattern

3. motif

4. tessellation

1

The optic effect that happens when light of the visible spectrum is divided into separate wavelengths is called...

1. heat

2. induction

3. color

4. reflection

3

The primary colors for projected light - or additive color - are _______________.

1. Cyan, Magenta and Yellow

2. Red, Blue and Green

3. The Rainbow

4. Red, Blue and Yellow

2

White sunlight contains all of the colors of the visible spectrum - the rainbow.

1. True

2. False

1

When the eye mixes two adjacent colors, causing the viewer to perceive a different color between the two, this is called...

1. color relativity

2. optical mixing

3. color constancy

4. equiluminance

2

What is the feature of human perception which ensures that the perceived color of objects remains relatively constant under varying illumination conditions?

1. color relativity

2. color constancy

3. optic mixing

4. equiluminance

2

The optic effect that happens when light of the visible spectrum is divided into separate wavelengths is called...

1. reflection

2. heat

3. induction

4. color

4

A water-based paint that uses egg yolk as a binder is called...

1. gouache

2. fresco

3. tempera

4. encaustic

3

This is a type of paint in which pigment are bound gum and a white filler to produce a paint similar to watercolor but more opaque...

1. oil

2. impasto

3. acrylic

4. gouache

4

A painting technique in which pigments suspended in water are applied to a damp lime-plastered surface is called...

1. tempera

2. encaustic

3. fresco

4. graffiti

3

Any type of painting in which pigment is suspended in a binder of hot wax is called...

1. fresco

2. encaustic

3. tempera

4. gouache

2

This paint uses pigment mixed with a clear, synthetic resin used as a binder...

1. acrylic

2. watercolor

3. oil

4. gouache

1

This transparent paint is made from pigment suspended in a water-soluble binder, usually gum-arabic...

1. oil paint

2. gouache

3. watercolor

4. acrylic

3

A work of art assembled by gluing materials onto a surface is called a...

1. collage

2. fresco

3. painting

4. mural

1

When paint is applied in thick layers, we call this...

1. chiaroscuro

2. gouache

3. tenebrism

4. impasto

4

What are markings that are scratched, scribble, or sprayed on a wall without the owner's consent called?

1. graffiti

2. mural

3. impasto

4. fresco

1

A painting done directly on a wall is called a...

1. fresco

2. mural

3. impasto

4. graffiti

2

_____________ is the design of lettering that can include variations, such as extra bold, bold, regular, light, italic, condensed, etc.

1. Typography

2. Font

3. Typeface

4. Calligraphy

3

User Interface Design and User Experience Design are two words that describe the same design practice.

1. True

2. False

2

Right now, using Canvas, you are interacting with which kind of design?

1. Layout Design

2. Advertising Design

3. User Interface Design

4. Industrial Design

3

A picture used as a symbol in writing is called a ______________.

1. Petroglyph

2. Icon

3. Calligram

4. Pictograph

4

The rendering of digital images onto real world objects is called ____________.

1. Artificial Intelligence

2. Augmented Reality

3. Virtual Reality

4. The Metaverse

2

_______________ is the art of emotive or carefully descriptive hand lettering or writing,

1. Risography

2. Petrogylphy

3. Calligraphy

4. Scribery

3

Ai Weiwei was imprisoned by Chinese authorities in response to his art that criticized the government. This is an example of...

1. Institutional Critique

2. Critique

3. Appropriation

4. Censorship

4

Formed in 1985, this is an anonymous group of female, feminist artists who fight sexism (and racism) in the art world. 

1. The Pussycat Artists

2. The Standup Ladies

3. The Guerilla Girls

4. The Problem Women

3

This is an independent U.S. federal government agency founded in 1965 that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. 

1. Federal Endowment for Artistic Excellence (F.E.A.E.)

2. National Endowment for the Arts (N.E.A.)

3. National Society for the Promotion of the Arts (N.S.P.A.)

4. Federal Association for the Arts (F.A.A.)

2

Fred Wilson rearranged exhibits at the Maryland Historical Society to reveal how the museum had previously overlooked the African American perspective. This is an example of..

1. Institutional Critique

2. Censorship

3. Institutional Censorship

4. Appropriation

1

Many artists deliberately incorporate material originally created by other artists into their work. This is called...

1. Appropriation

2. Censorship

3. Memeification

4. Critique

1

Human devised structures of rules and norms that shape and constrain individual behavior are...

1. Equations

2. Institutions

3. Systems

4. Complexes

2

Imagery created without precise lines or borders, in the manner of smoke, is called...

1. chiaroscuro

2. tenebrism

3. sfumato

4. hatching

3

The use of non-overlapping parallel lines to convey darkness or lightness is called...

1. chiaroscuro

2. tenebrism

3. hatching

4. stippling

3

Dramatic use of intense light and darkness to heighten the impact of an image is called...

1. hatching

2. sfumato

3. tenebrism

4. chiaroscuro

3

The value an object appears to be regardless of context is called...

1. local value

2. cast value

3. true value

4. relative value

1

A steady increase or decrease in the visible magnitude of value is called a...

1. shift

2. gradient

3. tint

4. steppe

2

A surface that is blocked from the light source by another object is perceived as being in a...

1. highlight

2. cast shadow

3. luster point

4. core shadow

2

The use of dots being closer together or further apart to covey lightness or darkness is called...

1. tenebrism

2. chiaroscuro

3. stippling

4. hatching

3

The surface of a form that is facing away from the light source will be perceived as a...

1. highlight

2. core shadow

3. luster point

4. cast shadow

2

The lightness or darkness of a plane or area is called...

1. color

2. saturation

3. value

4. hue

3

This is a subset of organic shapes that resemble actual living organisms:

1. anatomic

2. biomorphic

3. geometric

4. algorithmic

2

This type of shape has irregular forms, as though derived from living organisms...

1. anatomic

2. geometric

3. organic

4. algorithmic

3

This is a property of perception in which there is a tendency to focus on the subject matter of your attention and downplay everything else in the visual field. It is called...

1. focus-ignorance relationship

2. subject-landscape relationship

3. figure-ground relationship

4. fore-/back- ground relationship

3

A two dimensional area defined by a line or changes in value/color is...

1. volume

2. line

3. shape

4. form

3

What do we call the space surrounding a subject of attention in a visual field?

1. negative space

2. silhouette

3. figure

4. positive shape

1

This type of shape is predictable and mathematical...

1. biomorphic

2. algorithmic

3. geometric

4. organic

3

What do we call the psychological subject of attention in a visual field?

1. silhouette

2. figure

3. negative space

4. ground

2

The center of interest or activity in a work of art, often drawing the  viewer’s attention to the most important element is called the ______________.

1. coolest part

2. apex

3. focal point

4. highlight

3

When you emphasize something in a work of art you are ___________.

1. drawing attention away from it.

2. drawing attention to it.

2

Thing that are more in focus tend to draw more attention than things that are out of focus.

1. True

2. False

1

Intense colors draw more attention than subdued colors.

1. True

2. False

1

Subordination means to draw attention to a particular piece of content withing a work of art.

1. True

2. False

2

Intense colors draw more attention than subdued colors.

1. True

2. False

1

Recognizable symbols such as letters and numbers tend to be ignored by viewers of art.

1. True

2. False

2

These drawings aim to register the essential qualities of three-dimensional form by rendering an edge - or contour - of an object...

1. contour drawings

2. perspective drawings

3. life drawings

4. sight drawing

1

What is the substance that makes a pigment stick to the ground?

1. binder

2. fixer

3. glue

4. medium

1

The surface or background an artist draws on  (like paper) is called a...

1. ream

2. binder

3. pigment

4. ground

4

The textural quality of a paper surface, which helps hold the media in place is called...

1. ream

2. binder

3. fixative

4. tooth

4

The material an artwork is made from is called...

1. moren

2. conte

3. contour

4. medium

4

A grey crystalline form of carbon which occurs as a mineral in some rocks. It is used in pencils. It is called...

1. conte

2. graphite

3. pastel

4. ink

2

Many artists use quick, simple drawings to test ideas and plan larger artworks. This type of drawing is called a...

1. note

2. composition

3. sketch

4. render

3

What is a drawing made while looking at a living model?

1. model drawing

2. sight drawing

3. life drawing

4. perspective drawing

3

Which type of line is thought to suggest energy, motion, action, lack of stability, etc?

1. Vertical

2. Contour

3. Horizontal

4. Diagonal

4

Which type of line is thought to suggest strength, power, ambition, success, etc?

1. Diagonal

2. Horizontal

3. Expressive

4. Vertical

4

Which kind of lines are used to map the three-dimensional volume of a form?

1. Parabolas

2. Contour

3. Cross-contour

4. Curves

3

In "The Incredulity of St. Thomas," Carravaggio uses ___________ to draw attention to Jesus' open wound.

1. Horizontals

2. Cross-Contour Lines

3. Pyschic-Lines

4. Body Horror

3

Which type of line is thought to suggest rest, stability, safety, etc?

1. Horizontal

2. Contour

3. Diagonal

4. Vertical

1

The way the surface of an object feels is called ___________.

1. Texture

2. Volume

3. Mass

4. Gross

1

The pleasing arrangement of variety into a unified whole is called ___.

1. Harmony

2. Interior Design

3. Geomancy/Feng Shui

4. Chaos

1

The basic 'vocabulary' of Art are known as __________________.

1. Gibberish

2. The Formal Elements of Art

3. Mediums

4. The Formal Principles of Design

2

Mass is the same thing as Volume.

1. True

2. False

2

In the formal vocabulary of Art the word 'Value' means how much money a piece of art is worth.

1. True

2. False

2

Which of the following words matches this definition?

"A mark, or implied mark, between two points."

1. Road

2. Drawing

3. Shape

4. Line

4

A two-dimensional area is called a _________.

1. Form

2. Volume

3. Shape

4. Mass

3

Which of the following words fits this definition?

"The space filled or enclosed by a three-dimensional object."

1. Mass

2. Air

3. Form

4. Volume

4

The optical effect caused when reflected white light of the spectrum is divided into separate wavelengths is called __________.

1. A hallucination

2. Heat

3. Color

4. A gradient

3

When you change place over time you are ___________.

1. Meditating

2. Static

3. Evolving

4. Moving

4

The term "Craft" is used to refer to man-made artifacts that are designed for functional as well as aesthetic purposes.

1. True

2. False

1

The French term 'Trompe L'oeil' translates to_________.

1. Trump lies

2. Made from oil

3. Fool the eye

4. The foolish eye

3

The art terminology "in situ" means that an artwork moves from location to location.

1. True

2. False

2

Which Italian family was known as a Patron of the arts during the Rennaissance?

1. Mario and Luigi Boriga

2. The Mousilinis

3. The da Vincis

4. The Medicis

4

A work of art that has only height and width is called _______.

1. Three Dimensional

2. Four Dimensional

3. An N^th Dimensional Tesseract

4. Two Dimensional

4

An "Artifact" is any item made by a living being.

1. True

2. False

1

The art terminology "in situ" means that an artwork moves from location to location.

1. True

2. False

2

Artworks that involve the Element of Time are typically referred to as ____________?

1. Four Dimensional

2. Three Dimensional

3. Hyper Dimensional

4. Two Dimensional

1