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Chapter 2 Flashcards

1
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True of False:

Unless an artist translates his experience into a form that can be perceived, it cannot be shared by other people.

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True

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True or False:

Art has to exist in some medium to be recognized as such.

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True

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3
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______ in art refers to the material or means which the artist uses to objectify his feeling or thought: different kinds of arts

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Medium

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According to medium, the arts are classified into:

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  1. Visual or space arts
  2. Auditory or time arts
  3. Combined arts
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5
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Two categories of visual or space arts

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2D and 3D arts

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Those whose mediums can be seen and which occupy space/

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Visual or space arts

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7
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Painting, drawing, printmaking, and photography are examples of:

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Two-dimensional arts

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8
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Give examples of three-dimensional arts

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sculpture, architecture, landscaping, community planning, industrial design, ceramics, and furniture-making

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Those whose mediums can be heard and which are expressed in time

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Auditory or time arts

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10
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Those whose mediums can be both seen and heard, and which exist in both space and time

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Combined arts

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True or False:

Because each art work is apprehended as “happening” each requires time in which to occur.

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True

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12
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True or False:

The artist normally selects materials that he can handle well

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True

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13
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An artist’s choice of medium is usually influenced by such practical considerations as:

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availability of material, use, idea how to communicate it, nature and special characteristics

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14
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True or False:

Each medium has inherent limitations. as well as potentials.

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True

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15
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An artist’s knowledge of his medium and his skill in making it achieve what he wants to it

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Technique

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16
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True or False:

The making of a piece of sculpture is not the same as the making of a spoon or a cabinet

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True

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17
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True or False:

Artists are the same from the craftsman

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False

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18
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True or False:

There is really no such thing as a completely original work of art

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True

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19
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The process of applying pigment on a smooth surface to secure an interesting arrangement of forms, lines, and colors

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Painting

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20
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That part of the paint which supplies the color

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Pigment

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21
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It is mixed with a binder, usually a liquid, that allows the powder to be spread over the flat surface until it dries.

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Vehicle

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22
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The application of a mixture of hot beeswax, resin, and ground pigment to any porous surface

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Encaustic

23
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Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans used encaustic to pain portraits on:

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Coffins

24
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Are earth or mineral pigments mixed with egg yolk and egg white

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Tempera

25
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A combination of gypsum or chalk and gelatin or glue

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Gesso

26
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The application of earth pigments mixed with water on a plaster wall while the plaster is damp

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Fresco

27
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The most famous example of fresco painting

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Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo

28
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Last Supper on the refectory wall of the Sta. Maria della Grazie Convent in Milan is painted by:

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Leonardo da Vinci

29
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In asia the paintings are executed on dry wall surfaces. Italians call:

A

Fresco secco

30
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Tempered paint made of pure ground pigment bound with gum arabic

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Watercolor

31
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Paint in which the pigment has been mixed with a chalklike material

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Gouache

32
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In _____, pigment ground in linseed oil is applied to primed canvas

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Oil painting

33
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This is achieved by dabbing lumps of thick paint on the canvas with a knife

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Impasto

34
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Synthetic paints using _______ emulsions as binder are the newest medium and popular for today’s painters

A

Acrylic polymer

35
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It creates pictures on flat surfaces

A

Mosaic

36
Q

Mosaic art was an important feature of:

A

Byzantine churches

37
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The mosaic “Empress of Theodor and her attendants” is can be found in:

A

San Vitale at Italy

38
Q

It appeared as an important part of the Gothic cathedral

A

Stained glass

39
Q

What church in QC is well-known for its stained glass windows showing scenes of Battle of La Naval?

A

Sto. Domingo Church

40
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The walls of palaces, castles, and chapels in Europe were decorated in the Middle Ages with hangings called:

A

Tapestries

41
Q

Are fabrics into which colored designs have been woven

A

Tapestries

42
Q

The most fundamental of all skills needed in the arts

A

Drawing

43
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Drawing may be a _______ showing the general organization or design of a product being planned

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Sketch

44
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The full size work meant to be a basis for some other work like a tapestry or a relief print

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Cartoon

45
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One of the oldest materials still in use in drawing

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Ink

46
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Usually employed in preliminary sketches

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Chalk

47
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Useful in representing broad masses of light and shadow

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Charcoal

48
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Pigment bound by wax and compressed intro sticks

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Crayons

49
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Popular during the Renaissance. A silver pointed instrument drawn over a sheet of paper prepared beforehand with zinc white

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Silverpoint

50
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is a graphic image that results from a duplicating process

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print

51
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Involves cutting away from a block of wood or linò-leum the portions of the design that the artist does not want to show, leaving the design to stand out on the block.

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Relief Printing

52
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The principles of printing in ______ are exactly the opposite of those of relief printing.

A

Intaglio

53
Q

One of the most highly skilled methods of incising lines into a hard surface.

A

Engraving

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