Midterm Review Living with Art

Except in the case of ________, identical multiple impressions are printed to create editions in printmaking.

Which artist uses light itself as the main material and increases our awareness of light as a presence in the world:

In 1888 the Kodak camera changed the history of photography:

In oil painting, thin veils of translucent color applied over a layer of opaque paint are known as:

No society that we know of has lived without some form of art. The impulse to make and respond to art appears to be as d

One of the main differences between the intaglio and the relief printing processes is that with intaglio the ink _______

 the chemical composition of ________ changes when exposed to extreme heat, ________ doesn’t change chemically

The work Fractal.MGX was created using:

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

By far the fastest method of creating a hollow, rounded clay form is by means of the:

Artists primarily used the camera obscura to:

The carving method:

Which of the visual elements can best be described as “the path of a moving point”?

Theo van Gogh was Vincent van Gogh’s:

This bronze sculpture is the work of an artist performing the role of “giving tangible form to the unknown"

Pen and ink was the favorite sketching medium of ________, one of the greatest draftsmen of the 17^th century.

What part of the pen conveys the ink to the drawing surface?

Andy Goldsworthy uses ________ materials to create sculptures that are ________.

In Shahzia Sikander’s I from 51 Ways of Looking, _________ was used as the medium.

The 20^th-century master of the fresco technique who created the work Mixtec Culture is:

Leonardo da Vinci used drawings to explore ideas in:

Four basic methods for making a sculpture are:

Lines are used in art to indicate:

The artworks of Christo and Jeanne-Claude are intended:

Georgia O'Keeffe's Deer's Skull with Pedernal, which is set directly on the vertical axis, utilizes ___________ balance.

In a two-dimensional work with asymmetrical balance, the appearance of balance is achieved by:

Although wood engraving sounds like an intaglio process, it is actually a ________ process.

The use by artists of the camera obscura (literally dark room) began in:

Fired clay is sometimes called:

Andy Warhol’s film Empire:

Which of the following is NOT one of the techniques of intaglio printing?

Which of the following printing techniques is especially capable of producing subtle shades of gray?

Which of the following media is the most common of all drawing media?

Serigraphy means, literally:

Man Ray created mysterious images, called _________, that looked like ordinary photographs but did not require a camera

The ________ process of casting metal dates back to the 3^rd millennium B.C.E.

________ was a photographer who promoted the idea that photography should be true to its own nature.

To achieve full-color woodcut prints requires careful alignment careful alignment called:

Traditional Chinese artists used _________, the oldest painting medium in continuous use.

In fresco painting, a drawing called a ________ is transferred to the prepared surface prior to applying the pigment.

The organization of visual elements in two-dimensional art is called:

A black-and-white photograph of a scene eliminates the hues of the scene’s colors but captures the _____ of the colors.

According to the author, the most important meaning of an artwork is:

Annette Messager's MesVoeux demonstrates the use of:

Minimalists:

In painting and drawing, artists often use the technique of ________ to describe the shadows and light

Forging:

Ideas quickly jotted down for later development are called:

Singing Their Songs was created by:

Using a steel framework with masonry sheathing, the ________ is thought by many to be the first modern building

Built almost 2000 years ago, the ________ is an enduring testament to the Roman use of the arch.

Chris Ofili created Prince among Thieves with Flowers using ________ as his medium.

Wheel of Fortune was created by:

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

What separates the art object from the craft object?

Pope Julius II employed which two Italian Renaissance artists to paint frescoes for him?

A necessary feature of pattern is:

The Lumière brothers:

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

In a two-dimensional work of art that is balanced symmetrically, the implied center of gravity is:

Vonne Jacquette’s Three Mile Island, Night I uses the medium of:

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

Builders of Gothic cathedrals reinforced the walls of their architecture from the outside with:

Relief sculpture is:

The design principle that is based on repetition is called:

The style used by Georges Seurat in Café-concert is:

Which of the following is an example of a nonaqueous medium?

Scale is defined as:

In buon fresco, or true fresco, pigment is mixed with water and applied to:

The Tree of Jesse is a work from:

Nam Jun Paik is best known for:

According to the author, the impulse to create art comes from basic human interests in:

The earliest known printed book contains the earliest surviving woodcut image. The book was made in:

Radiocarbon testing indicates that the earliest images made by humans date back to:

Symmetrical balance, as used by Georgia O'Keeffe, expresses:

Vincent van Gogh was able to give his emotions tangible form in works such as:

Raphael’s The Madonna of the Meadows is composed using the implied shape of a:

________ is most famous for his design of the geodesic dome.

One common issue facing those who work to conserve works of art is:

The use of atmospheric perspective is a prominent aspect of which work?

The two basic families of structural systems in architecture are:

The chair of Hetepheres:

The Byodo-in Temple in Kyoto, Japan, is an elegant example of:

Which ancient Roman's writings on architecture related the human body to geometric shapes?

Technically, tempera is paint in which the vehicle is in:

The predecessor of the graphite pencil, especially popular during the Renaissance, is:

The printing technique invented by a German playwright in search of an inexpensive means of publishing his plays is:

A dome is generated by rotating ________ 360 degrees about a vertical central axis.

Which of the following is made from the sap of a tree?

Two ancient painting media that are still in use today are:

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

The sculptor Constantin Brancusi spent his life searching for forms that were:

Mixing two primary colors produces a ________ color.

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

________ is watercolor that has been made opaque by adding inert white pigment to it.

The supervision by one individual or group over the artistic expression of another individual or group is known as:

The oldest drawings and paintings found in the Chauvet cave:

Stacking and piling is another term for:

Georgia O'Keeffe's painting Deer's Skull with Pedernal is a prime example of: