Final Exam

Question 1

Were they decorative in nature?

Answer 1

These paintings were found deep within the cave in a time when leisure activities were non-existent.

Question 2

Is art beautiful? Is beauty a requirement of art?

Answer 2

Beauty is deeply linked to our thinking about art.

Question 3

What is a line?

Answer 3

A path traced by a moving point.

Question 4

What is shape?

Answer 4

An enclosed line.

Question 5

What are the primary colors?

Answer 5

Red, Yellow, and Blue. Cannot be made by any mixture of colors.

Question 6

What are secondary colors?

Answer 6

Made by mixing 2 primary colors., Red+Yellow= Orange

Question 7

What are tertiary colors?

Answer 7

Made by mixing a primary color with an adjacent secondary., Yellow+Green= Yellow-Green

Question 8

What are complementary colors?

Answer 8

Colors opposite on the color wheel

Question 9

Composition

Answer 9

When the elements of art are organized in such a way as to satisfy the artist’s expressive intent.

Question 10

Design

Answer 10

Refers to this organization with ALL kinds of art., sculpture, pottery, painting

Question 11

Pigment

Answer 11

The color

Question 12

Oil Painting

Answer 12

Ground pigments combined with linseed oil vehicle and turpentine medium or thinner.

Question 13

Glazes

Answer 13

Thin translucent veils of color applied over a thick layer of under painting

Question 14

Impasto

Answer 14

Italian meaning “paste”. It refers to when paint has been applied very thickly and can actually extend somewhat off of the canvas or support.

Question 15

Watercolor

Answer 15

Transparent films of paint are applied to a white, absorbent, surface.

Question 16

Gouache

Answer 16

Watercolor with an inert white pigment added for
Opacity.

Question 17

Acrylic

Answer 17

Synthetic/ polymer paint perfected in 1950’s.Medium is acrylic resins and water.

Question 18

Collage

Answer 18

A French word for pasting or gluing. It refers to the practice of attaching actual objects to the surface. It was developed by Picasso and Georges Braque in the early 20th century.

Question 19

Graffiti Art

Answer 19

The place where you believe in an infinity of possibilities is the place within ourselves in which we are able to make positive change.

Question 20

Mona Lisa

Answer 20

This painting has become so ingrained in our popular culture that other artists over the course of history, including Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol, have used the image to make various statements.