ART104: 3D Final

Question 1

Answer 1

Charles and Ray Eames

Shell Chair

Question 2

Answer 2

Charles and Ray Eames

Armshell Rocker

Question 3

Answer 3

Donald Judd

Untitled

Question 4

Answer 4

Alberto Giocometti

City Square

Question 5

Answer 5

Eero Saarinen

Tulip Chair/Table

Question 6

Answer 6

Eero Saarinen

Dulles Airport, Washongton DC

Question 7

Answer 7

Buckminster Fuller

Geodesic Dome

Question 8

Answer 8

Richard Serra

Question 9

Answer 9

Richard Serra

Question 10

Answer 10

Philippe Starck

Stool

Question 11

Answer 11

Philippe Starck

Juicer

Question 12

Answer 12

Frank Gehry

Guggenheim Museum, Spain

Question 13

Answer 13

Frank Gehry

Guggenheim Museum, Spain

Question 14

Answer 14

Frank Lloyd Wright

Falling Water

Question 15

Answer 15

Figure/Ground

Question 16

Answer 16

similarity

Question 17

Answer 17

proximity

Question 18

Answer 18

closure

Question 19

Answer 19

closure

Question 20

Answer 20

continuation

Question 21

Formal

Question 22

Form

Answer 22

exhibiting three-dimensional characteristics

Question 23

Shape

Answer 23

a two dimensional element which is distinguished from its surroundings by visible boundaries

Question 24

Line

Answer 24

a straight or curved geometric element that is generated by a moving point that has extension only along the path of the point

Question 25

Plane

Answer 25

an element that has surface direction and slant, unaccompanied by mass

Question 26

Axis

Answer 26

invisible line running through the longest dimension of a shape or form, giving it direction

Question 27

Concavity

Answer 27

the space that is created when mass is removed

Question 28

Convexity

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the expression of positive volume or form pushing into negative space. Primary characteristic: weight and bulk.

Question 29

Aesthetic

Question 30

Fibonacci sequence

Answer 30

as close as we can get to phi. 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, … to infinity–>.

Question 31

Additive method

Question 32

Subtractive method

Answer 32

cutting and shaping

Question 33

2D Plane vs. 3D Plane

Answer 33

2D plane=axis remains flat. Does not create positive or negative space.

3D plane=create both positive and negative space around themselves (curved, broken, twisted, grouped plane)

Question 34

Cantilever

Question 35

Golden mean

Question 36

Dominant, subdominant, subordinate:

Answer 36

dominate=largest element, the most interesting and dramatic in character

Question 37

Constraints

Question 38

Abstraction

Question 39

Representational

Question 40

Non-representational

Question 41

Mass

Question 42

Volume

Question 43

Rectilinear

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any shape with or form with only 90degree angles

Question 44

Gestalt

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a structure, configuration, or pattern of physical, biological, or psychological phenomena so integrated as to constitute a functional unit with properties not derivable by the summation of its parts.

Question 45

Gestalt principal of figure/ground

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in perceiving a visual field, some objects take a prominent role while others recede into the background

Question 46

Gestalt principal of similarity

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that elements will be grouped perceptually if they are similar to each other

Question 47

Gestalt principal of proximity

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when we perceive a collection of objects, we will see objects close to each other as forming a group

Question 48

Gestalt principal of closure

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we perceptually close up, or complete, objects that are not, in fact, complete

Question 49

Gestalt principal of continuation

Answer 49

innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction