ARTH 121 Exam II Review

Crystalline form of carbon, discovered in 16th c.

Fired clay is sometimes called by its Italian name

 _________________ is a technique in which the figures project only slightly from the background.

What is ground (in art)?

An entablature consists of what 3 basic elements?

To make a woodcut, the areas not meant to print are ________ so that the image stands out in relief.

1.    Joseph Paxton’s, Crystal Palace, built for the 1851 “Works of Industry of All Nations” in London was erected using

____ is the most common method for casting metal.

This consists of pigment bound with a non-greasy binder, such as gum arabic or gum tragacanth.

Crayons use a binder made of what substance?

What are the two basic families of structural systems?

_____ studied photography & motion, proving that all 4 horses hooves leave the ground in a full gallop.

Maman by Louise Bourgeois, 1999 (cast 2001) is an example of what type of sculpture?

What area of the plate is inked in relief printmaking?

Built between 1890 and 1891 ______________ is considered to be the first genuinely modern building in the U.S.

B/c of tensions & compressions inherent in the form, the arch is stable only complete, when topmost stone is in place.

The word photography comes from two Greek words that mean?

Lithography is a _____ process, which means that the printing surface is flat.

________ is done with acids, which "eat" lines & depressions into a metal plate.

Greek artists developed a distinctive stance for standing figures called _______

This is made from charred wood.

___ involves a mold, into which liquid or semiliquid material is poured & allowed to harden.

Pigment is a coloring material.

What area of the plate is inked in intaglio printmaking?

This is a full-size preparatory drawing of a work of art.

Machine made paper was first available in the 19th c.

The earliest surviving woodcut was made is what country?

The _________________ is an example of dome construction.

Construction requires erecting a framework or skeleton & nailing it together w/ sturdy, but light lightweight boards...

What are the 3 basic Greek orders of architecture?

In this medium, the artist works small areas at a time, as the plaster must be worked at the proper degree of dampness.

These two men are typically credited with the birth of photography.

Light coming through a pinhole projected an image onto a glass screen, where the the artist could easily trace is a...

The temple Amon-Mut-Khonsu in Luxor, Egypt is an example of what type of construction?

 _____________________ is a work of art made for a specific place using natural materials.

A metal tipped pen that channels a reservoir of ink into a fine line.