Arts

Question 1

These are basic elements that are used by
artist in creating art; they are what you use to
create an aesthetically pleasing work. When we make art, we need to understand and
apply these seven elements of art.

Answer 1

elements of arts

Question 2

A mark made by a tool such as a brush, pen or stick

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line

Question 3

A flat, enclosed area that has two dimensions, length and width

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shape

Question 4

Is one of the most dominant elements. It is created by light

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color

Question 5

Degrees of lightness or darkness

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value

Question 6

Objects that are three dimensional having length, width and height.

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form

Question 7

Describes the feel of an actual surface.

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texture

Question 8

Used to create the illusion of depth. ___ can be two dimensional, negative and/ or positive

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space

Question 9

These are the standards or rules to be observed by artist in creating works of Art; they are how to create and organize artwork.

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principle of arts

Question 10

A distribution of visual weight on either side of the vertical axis

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balance

Question 11

The arrangement of opposite elements (light vs. dark, rough vs. smooth, small vs. large, etc.)

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contrast

Question 12

Uses to make certain parts of an Artwork stand out

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emphasis

Question 13

How the eye moves through the composition leading the attention of the viewer from one aspect of the work to another.

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movement

Question 14

The repetition of specific visual elements such as a unit of shape or form.

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pattern

Question 15

Regular repetition of or alternation in elements to creare cohesiveness and interest.

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rhythm

Question 16

Visually pleasing agreement among the elements in a design

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unity

Question 17

Pre-historic includes all human existence before the e mergence of writing. Their art is of interest not only t o the art historians but also to archeologist and anthropologist, for whom the art is only one clue-along with fossils, pollens and other finds to an understanding of early human life and culture.

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ancient era

Question 18

Their paintings were found inside the caves which may have been their way of communicating with each other

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cave of Lascaux

Question 19

era were most commonly found in vases, panels and tomb. It depicts natural figures with dynamic compositions. Most of the subjects were battle scenes, mythological figures, and everyday scenes. It reveals a grasp of linear perspective and naturalist representation.

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classical era

Question 20

water-based pigments

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fresco

Question 21

developed to use by Greek ship builders, wh o used the hot wax to fill the cracks of the s hip. Soon pigments (colors) was added and used to paint a wax hull

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encaustic

Question 22

are red-figured pottery na med after the place where it was found

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kerch vase

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wine container

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pelike

Question 24

a low bowl with two horizontal handles and a low broad foot

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lekanis

Question 25

with high handles and lid use to carry bridal bath

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lebes gamikos

Question 26

bowl use for mixing wine and water

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krater

Question 27

painting made on a flat panel of wood, either a single piece or a number of pieces joined together.

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panel painting

Question 28

was very popular during the classical period. It uses the method frescos either tempera (water-base) or encaustic (wax).

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tomb/wall painting

Question 29

Most of the paintings in this era were copied or imitated from Hellenic Greek paintings. Roman paintings have a wide variety of subjects, animals, everyday life, still life, Mythological subjects, portraits and landscapes.

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paintings from romantic era

Question 30

an art process where an image is created using an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stones, or other materials. This technique use for decorative art or interior decorations.

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mosaic

Question 31

Paintings during the medieval era were mostly related t o religion and churches. They were taking arts to an elegant and sophisticated level

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medieval era

Question 32

The lively styles of paintings which h ad been invented in Greek and Rome lived on in Byzantium

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byzantine painting

Question 33

These are largely placed mosaics on the walls of the churches that follows a strict frontal pose

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Romanesque painting

Question 34

Paintings have been confined in the illumination of manuscript pages and the painting of frescoes on the walls of churches in cosmopolitan style, elegant, mannered and sophisticated.

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gothic painting

Question 35

Materials used in sculptures vary according to region and locality. Archeologists believed that their sculpture is a result of natural erosion and not of human artistry.

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pre historic sculpture

Question 36

Symbolic elements were widely used such as f orms, hieroglyphics, relative size, location, materials, color, actions and gestures

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Egyptian sculpture

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were tense and s tiff, their bodies were hidden within enfolding robes

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greek sculpture

Question 38

Most Roman sculptures are made of monumental terra-cotta

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roman sculpture

Question 39

are religious, everyday life scenes, and motifs from nature. Animals were used as s ymbols (dove, deer, peafowl) while some had acrostic signs (form of writing in which taking the first letter, syllable or word of different lines and putting them together it can be read a message) that contained a great theological significance.

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byzantine sculpture

Question 40

pieces are reliquaries, altar frontals, crucifixes, and devotional images

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Romanesque sculpture

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greater freedom of style

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gothic sculpture

Question 42

This architecture is made of huge stone blocks which were probably intended for burial.

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Stonehenge (pre historic architecture)

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a huge stone standing vertically on the ground, usually standing in the middle of the field

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menhir

Question 44

form of table consisting of two Huge standing stones supporting horizontal giant stone it is red that it served as grave or as an altar

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dolmens

Question 45

a Brythonic word where "crom" me ans bent or curved and believech" which means slab ortlegato annes Literary it is a circle of standin g stones.

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cromlech

Question 46

The structure has thick sloping walls with few openings to obtain stability. The exterior and interior walls along with columns and piers were covered with hieroglyphics and pictorial frescoes and carvings painted in brilliant colors

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pyramid of Giza (Egyptian architecture)

Question 47

Temples consisted of a central shrine or room in an aisle surrounded by rows of columns. These buildings were designed in one of three architectural style or orders

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the Parthenon (greek architecture)

Question 48

They built sturdy stone structures both for use and to perpetuate their glory. The emperors erected huge halls and a renas for public games, baths and procession. They built them of gigantic arches of stone, bricks and concrete or with barrel vaults

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The colosseum (roman architecture)

Question 49

It has a lot in common with the early Christian architecture. Mosaic decoration was perfected by the Byzantines, as was the use of Clerestory to bring light in from high windows.

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hagia sophia (byzantine architecture)

Question 50

displayed solid masonry walls, rounded arches and masonry vaults

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Romanesque architecture

Question 51

pointed arch which enabled builders to construct much higher celling vaults and stone vaulting borne on a network of stone ribs supported by piers and clustered pillars,

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gothic architecture