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Art Midterm 09
Sculpture and Paint
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is trompe l'oeil? | Trick the Eye |
| Explain 3 uses of art. | Communicat- PropagandaDecorate-Poetry and QuiltsMake invisible- Visible- beliefs and feelings |
| What is Folk art? | Artist who are not trained and have a certain style. |
| Can propaganda also be art? | Yes, it is used as political jokes which is a form of communication. |
| Explain the word formal applied to art. | Formal elements- ex. line, shape and color..etc. |
| Our textbook is? | Preble's Art Forms, Patrick Frank. |
| Is all art beautifl or about beauty? | No, a lot of art is made to shock people or alarmt hem. Ex. protesting for war's. |
| Name an example of something art can convey besides beauty: | History, love and hate, sadness |
| The three attributes of color are | Hue, value and intensity |
| Complimentary colors are: | Colors opposite on the color wheel |
| Two uses of line are: | Line can act as a pathway or a boundary. |
| What is Value in art? | Every color correspinds to a gray on a scale of white to black. |
| "Line Character" refers to: | Thickness and thinness of the same line. |
| The 2 basic approaches to sculpture are: | additive and substractive. |
| The reason for choosing to cast in bronze: | casting gives you multiples and bronze had tensile strength. |
| "An installation" refers to: | transforming a space by bringing onto it new symbols and meaning or atist creates an enviroment in the gallery. |
| The arch solved the weaknesses of post-and-lintel contrusction by: | using the strength and weakness to overcome tension and removing the weakness of a spanning beam |
| A succession of arches in depth creates space by forming: | a barrel vault |
| What do you get when you cross two barrel vaults? | Gorin vault |
| The strength of a cathedral comes from: | a skeletion of arches and flying buttresses |
| The modern skyscraper is "the grandchild" of the cathedral because: | the skeleton of steel replaces heavy-load bearing walls |
| The modern skyscrapper originated with: | the inetnational school of the German Bauhaus |
| Using natural forms as design is referred to as: | Organic style- Le Corbusier is an example |
| How does architecture reveal values? | Greek or Romans used straight coloums- math |
| The three parts of paint are: | Pigment, glue/binder, medium/vehicle |
| Four traditional types of painting are: | Tempera, fresco, oil and watercolor |
| A very old type of painting in wet plaster is: | Fresco |
| Another very old type of painting that uses eggs as a medium is: | Tempera |
| A type of painting where paint can shrink and crack is: | Oil |
| A type of transparent painting where paper is important is: | Watercolor |
| The 4 types of printmaking are: | Relief, intaglio, serigraphy, and lithography |
| Lithography uses the principle that: | Grease and water repel |
| Serigraphy is another word for: | Silkscreen printing |
| Serigraphy depends on: | forcing ink or paint through holes |
| Printmaking is about: | making multiples of an orginal image |
| Intaglio refers to a technique of: | cutting or biting into |
| Etching and engraving are types of which process? | Intaglio |
| Leonardo's "Last Supper" is an example of: | Oil Painting |
| Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling is an example of: | Fresco |
| A pigment is: | the material used for a color in paint |
| The first attempts at Photography began with: | the Camera Obscura |
| The first photograph was: | taken by Joseph Niepce in 1828 |
| Photography is: | the youngest visual art, linked to technology and truth |
| Photography as art: | has gone through changes just as technology has changed |
| A goal of the invetion of photography was: | to get the light of nature to make its own images |
| The first useable photo: | digaratype |
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