stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Art and Experience Final Study Guide Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Art and Experience Final Study Guide
Art and Experience Final Study Guide
100 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
39 plays
Let this quiz inspire your own quiz for formative assessment.
Flashcards
100 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
100
Answers
1
The principal ingredient of glass is:
lead
sand
resin
kaolin
2
Builders of Gothic cathedrals reinforced the walls of their architecture from the outside with:
both piers and flying buttresses.
groin vaults.
3
Andy Goldsworthy uses ________ materials to create sculptures that are ________.
natural; ephemeral
artificial; permanent
4
Which of the following is made from the sap of a tree?
Lacquer
Porcelain
5
Carved in a broad style of plain surfaces and subtle modeling, Colossal Head is thought to represent ________ rulers.
Olmec
Italian
Egyptian
Indian
6
Except in the case of ________, identical multiple impressions are printed to create editions in printmaking.
monotypes
intaglio prints
7
In printmaking, a plate or block will be canceled so that:
An artist may rework their ideas.
Dr. Suess can't publish any more books.
No more prints can be made from it.
So that ink can be applied.
8
The supervision by one individual or group over the artistic expression of another individual or group is known as:
afterimage
censorship.
political arena.
editorial photography.
9
Fallingwater (the Kaufmann House in Mill Run, Pennsylvania) is a prime example of the “organic” architecture of:
Frank Gehry.
Le Corbusier.
Frank Lloyd Wright.
I. M. Pei.
10
What is the famous Neolithic structure in England, made of megaliths that once formed several concentric circles?
Stonehenge
Jahangir
Chauvet
Megalopolis
11
___is actually an arch extended in depth, as if there are “many arches placed flush one behind the other.”
barrel vault
volute
pediment
buttress
12
The earliest-known woodcut was made in:
India
Germany
China
Italy
13
In weaving, the set of fibers that is held taut on a loom or frame is called the:
warp
weft
14
Two factors that decide the success of any structural system are:
the placement of its dome and its pendentives
the tension and compression of each buttress
the linear ratio of foundation to wall and wall to roof
weight and tensile strength
15
is closely associated with Stieglitz’s assertion that for photography to be an art, it should be true to its own nature.
Migrant Mother
Fading Away
The Steerage
Sand Springs
16
Maria Martinez reconstructed a pot from a broken piece, launching her career and the revival of Pueblo pottery.
False
True
17
The two basic families of structural systems in architecture are:
the Postmodern and the Classical.
the pier and the cantilever.
the Romanesque and the Greek.
the shell and the skeleton-and-skin.
18
In art, shapes that suggest forms found in nature are called ________ shapes.
three-dimensional
geometric
organic
environmental
19
A rubber stamp creates what type of print?
Intaglio
relief
lithography
Silkscreen
20
Early examples of art photography often imitated:
the aesthetics of painting.
Renaissance mosaics.
Leonardo da Vinci’s realistic architectural designs.
the Dada photographic collages of Hannah Höch.
21
Iconoclasm means the ________ of images based on religious beliefs.
destruction
contemplation
worship
creation
22
What structure is a horizontal form supported at only one end?
Cornice
Flying buttress
Cantilever
Keystone
23
Which of the following is NOT one of the techniques of intaglio printing?
Aquatint
messotint
lino-cut
Engraving
24
According to the author, what is the most important meaning of an artwork?
The work's subject matter
The explanation given by a critic
The interpretation of each viewer
An art historian's interpretation
25
Which is NOT one of the four basic printmaking processes?
relief
intaglio
goauche
aquatint
26
Traditional Chinese artists used _________, the oldest painting medium in continuous use.
ink sticks
watercolor
27
Watercolor’s primary characteristic is its:
Permanency
Opacity
Textural quality
Transparency
28
In 1878, Eadweard Muybridge photographed a galloping horse and discovered that:
racing horses resemble hobby-horses with legs stretched forward and backwar
galloping horses occasionally have all four hooves off the ground.
off-track betting is an easy way to make a living.
light-sensitive materials of that day could not stop action.
29
What separates the art object from the craft object?
Artists use traditional materials.
There is no definite line.
30
The sculptor Olowe of Ise is associated with what culture?
Egyptian
Yoruba
Pueblo
Indian
31
The ancient symbol from Chinese philosophy that embodies a worldview of mutual interdependence is the?
Swastika
Sand-serif
Yin-yang
Shiseido
32
A dome is generated by rotating ________ 360 degrees about a vertical central axis.
an arch
a pier
33
The artworks of Christo and Jeanne-Claude are intended:
to be temporary and transitory.
as works that have as the subject matter the entire process of the project.
as self-financing works.
All of these answers are correct.
34
A difference between the intaglio and relief is that with intaglio the ink lies below the surface of the plate.
False
True
35
In weaving, the set of fibers that is held taut on a loom or frame is called the:
warp
weave
weft
woop
36
The sculpture
The Dying Slave
, employing the contrapposto stance, was created by which artist?
Kiki Smith
Michelangelo
Martin Puryear
Rodin
37
A ___ is often the first and key element in creating a complete corporate identity.
logo
title
layout
composite
38
Islamic cultures have focused a great deal of aesthetic attention on ___.
carpets
tapestries
jade
stained glass
39
In buon fresco, or true fresco, pigment is mixed with water and applied to what surface?
Dry plaster
Stretched canvas
Hot beeswax
Wet plaster
40
By far the fastest method of creating a hollow, rounded clay form is by means of the:
potter’s wheel.
loom
41
In art, artists often use the technique of ___ to describe the way shadows and light define the shape of forms.
values
analogous
chiaroscuro
foreshortening
42
When discussing the size, shape, material, color & composition of a work of art we are discussing its:
Form
Place in history
Measurements
Dates
43
Islamic cultures have focused a great deal of aesthetic attention on:
carpets and rugs.
jade and lacquer.
44
Forging:_
can only happen when metal is cold.
is a relatively new method of metal working
is when metal is shaped by hammer blows.
is a roller coaster at Silver Dollar City
45
Watercolor that has been made opaque by adding inert white pigment to it.
encaustic
fresco
gouache
impasto
46
Raphael’s
The Madonna of the Meadows
is composed using the implied shape of a:
triangle
trapezoid
47
A daguerreotype was an early photographic method created using a:
copper plate covered with silver iodine
rayogram
plate of glass
carte viste
48
The creation of a photographic body of work around an event, place, or culture is known as:
editorial photography.
solarization
photojournalism.
Dada and surrealism.
49
Which of the following is true about the process of lithography?
printing surface is treated with a water soluble gun
all of the above
the image is created with a greased material
non-image areas repel all oil based ink applied with roller
50
Pablo Picasso’s Guernica was a protest against
the bombing of a civilian population.
the draft.
concentration camps
the atomic bomb.
51
The use of scale to indicate relative importance is known as ________ scale.
proportional
rhythmic
golden
hierarchical
52
One of the advantages of oil painting is that it dries very quickly.
True
False
53
The Arts and Crafts movement came about as a reaction to:
the fall of the Roman empire.
the Dark Ages.
the Renaissance.
the Industrial Revolution.
54
During the ________ the term “art” was used roughly in the same sense as “craft.”
Middle Ages
Baroque
19th Century
Renaissance
55
What are the two main differences between prints and most other forms of art?
Prints are copies of works of art and don’t involve artists
Prints are always machine-made and relatively inexpensive.
Prints are an indirect process and result in multiples
Prints have little resale value and are a poor investment
56
Leonardo da Vinci used drawings to explore ideas in
All these answers are correct.
engineering.
mathematics.
art
57
The most common way to shape a hollow glass vessel is by:
forging
blowing
staining
chasing
58
If a work of art is faithful to our visual experience, its style is
naturalistic
nonrepresentational.
iconographic
abstracted
59
In oil painting, linseed oil acts as
ground
pigment
binder
acrylic coating
60
Van Gogh’s paintings are of high value because
there are a limited number of his paintings
his work had a major influence on subsequent artists.
he plays a large role in Western art history.
All these answers are correct
61
The ancient Olmecs of Mesoamerica prized jade for its translucence, which they associated with rainwater.
False
True
62
The Indian sculpture
Durga Fighting the Buffalo Demon
is an example of:📷
Low relief sculpture
High Relief Sculpture
assemblage
Lost wax
63
In sculpture, what is the most popular modeling material?
wood
gold
clay
leather
64
A large hall built using post-and-lintel construction methods, resulting in a "virtual forest of columns" is called a __
portico
hypostyle hall
grouin vault
barrel vault
65
In printmaking, where multiple images are made from the same original design, each individual print is called:
an edition
an impression
a burin
an etching
66
Which of the following concepts conceives of a space and everything in it as a work of art?
installation art
high relief
pop-art
bas-relief
67
Which of the following is an example of a nonaqueous medium?
Acrylic
Oil Paint
68
Artists primarily used the camera obscura to:
spy on their neighbors
protect their unexposed photographic plates from the sun.
produce naturalistic drawings of the world.
develop photographic film in total darkness.
69
The secret of porcelain was perfected in China, and for hundreds of years potters elsewhere failed to duplicate it.
False
True
70
What type of printing process is this?
Lithography
Screen Printing
Relief Printing
Digital Printing
71
The Lumière brothers:
originated the concept of the auteur in filmmaking.
invented the first workable film projector.
72
Andy Warhol’s film
Empire
:
is noted for its epic battle scenes.
about the construction of the Empire State Building
A film about watching time pass.
stars Morgan Freeman
73
The painting technique used in the first century in Egypt, Greece, and Rome that involves the use of wax is:
Encaustic
Fresco
Intaglio
Gouache
74
The subject matter of Edward Hopper’s
Gas
is based on fantasy.
depict aspects of everyday life.
is framed in scenes of the natural world.
provides for early examples of graphic design.
75
Four basic methods for making a sculpture are:
modeling, casting, carving, and assembling
modeling, firing, lashing, and casting
casting, stacking, rolling, and carving
casting, turning, rolling, and modeling
76
Sculptor Claes Oldenburg tends to challenge viewers' idea of
preportion
Fortnite
unity
scale
77
Which of the following is an example of a non-aqueous medium?
watercolor
Fresco
oil paint
acrylic
78
________ was a photographer who promoted the idea that photography should be true to its own nature.
Alfred Steiglitz
Thomas Ruff
79
The 20th century master of the fresco technique who created the work Mixtec Culture is?
Andy Warhol
Frida Kahlo
Diego Rivera
Pablo Picasso
80
Built almost 2000 years ago, the ________ is an enduring testament to the Roman use of the arch.
Reims Cathedral
Hagia Sophia
Acropolis in Athens
Pont du Gard @ Nimes
81
The printing technique invented by a German playwright in search of an inexpensive means of publishing his plays is:
lithography
intaglio
wood engraving
seriogrpahy
82
The term
style
is used to categorize a work of art by its
visual characteristics.
theme.
subject matter.
social context.
83
Serpent Mound and Spiral Jetty are known as?
Lost-wax moldings
Sculptures in the round
Installation
Earthworks
84
Mixing two primary colors produces a ________ color.
tertiary
secondary
85
In 1888 the Kodak camera changed the history of photography:
by making photography accessible to the general public.
By making paintings obsolete
with the invention of the daguerrotype
86
Built for the World’s Fair in 1889, the ________ was an early experiment in iron construction.
Wainwright Building
Eiffel Tower
Lever House
Crystal Palace
87
The Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian styles are known as the:
International style
Greek orders
Gothic architecture
hypostyle
88
What invention made it possible to devise a notice that could be reproduced in large numbers and distributed widely?
printing press
Lithography
typography
Computer
89
Sculptors will often create a “sketch” out of ________ to test ideas before proceeding to their medium of choice.
clay
bronze
90
What is pigment in paint?
A solvent
A powdered color
A medium
a vehicle
91
A RELIEF sculpture...
Is an isolated form, viewable from all angles
has forms projecting out from a flat surface
92
The carving method:
is a subtractive process.
All of these.
is more aggressive than modeling.
is more direct than casting.
93
The additive process of sculpture includes:
assembling
carving
both carving and modeling
both assembling and modeling
94
The steel framed Wainwright, designed by Sullivan, is thought to be the first modern building.
False
True
95
The Dada movement was formed as a reaction to:
World War I.
engineering and machinery.
pictorialism and photography of the American West.
the American Civil War.
96
________ is most famous for his design of the geodesic dome.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Buckminster Fuller
97
When a large hall is built using post-and-lintel construction methods, the “forest of columns” is called:
Hypostyle Hall
Portico
Nave
Barrel Vault
98
________ is a sculptural process of bringing together individual pieces, segments, or objects to form a sculpture.
Assemblage
Contrapposto
99
The Taj Mahal was built by the 17th-century Muslim emperor for what purpose?
As a home
As a monument
As a tomb for his wife
As a mosque
100
The ability of a material to span horizontal distances with a minimum of support is called:
vaulting
compression
buttressing
tensile strength