F lettered words

Question 1

Facade

Answer 1

The front of a building; sometimes, more poetically, a speaker can refer to a “side facade” or a “rear facade.”

Question 2

Fang People

Answer 2

An ethnic group of Central Africa.

Question 3

Fauvism

Answer 3

An early-20th-century art movement led by Henri Matisse. For the Fauves, color became the formal element most responsible for pictorial coherence and the primary conveyor of meaning.

Question 4

Fenestration

Answer 4

Types of arrangement of windows.

Question 5

Fibula

Answer 5

A clasp used to fasten garments.

Question 6

Fleur-de-lis

Answer 6

The fleur-de-lis is a stylized lily (in French, fleur means “flower”, and lis means “lily”) that is used as a decorative design or symbol. It was the official emblem of the kings of France from 1150 to 1830.

Question 7

Flute / Fluting

Answer 7

In architecture, consists of shallow grooves running along a surface.

Question 8

Flying Buttress

Answer 8

A stone arch and its pier that support a roof from a pillar outside the building. Flying buttresses also stabilize a building and protect it from wind shear.

Question 9

form

Answer 9

Describes the physical nature of the artwork, as in metal sculpture, an oiling painting, etc.

Question 10

Form

Answer 10

In art, an object’s shape and structure, either in two dimensions (for example, a figure painted on a surface) or in three dimensions (such as statue.)

Question 11

Forum

Answer 11

A public square in a Roman city.

Question 12

Fresco

Answer 12

Painting technique that involves applying water-based paint onto a freshly plastered wall. The paint forms a bond with the plaster that is durable and long-lasting.

Question 13

Frieze

Answer 13

A horizontal band of sculpture.

Question 14

Function

Answer 14

That which a piece of art was designed for.