Mid-Term Flashcards
True or False?
The cave of Lascaux dates to the early Stone Age.
True
true or False?
Scholars are not in agreement that all art has a purpose.
True??
True or False?
Psychology is not traditionally associated with the humanities.
True
True or False?
The nature of how art historians see art is different today than it was in the
past.
True
True or False?
According to Susan Lacy (Mapping the Terrain) experiencer, reporter and
analyst is a description of what an artist might be at a given time.
true
True or False?
Creativity is the realm of art, science and craft.
True
True or False?
Aesthetics is the term defined by the phrase, “the study of the nature of beauty and of art”.
True
What were included in the ancient Greek concept of art.
Handcrafts
What could be defined as a tangible emblem of something abstract?
A symbol
True or False?
The difference between “fine art” and “applied art” lies in the fine arts being
prized for their purely aesthetic qualities.
True
What is a painting medium that is transparent and must be worked wet.
Watercolor
Oils, perhaps the most popular of the painting media, were developed near
the beginning of what century?
the 15th century
What is responsible for the fact that watercolors produce a delicacy
that cannot be produced by other media.
Transparency
What is a modern, synthetic painting medium?
Acrylic
What is a wall-painting technique in which pigments are applied to fresh,
wet plaster.
Fresco
What is a watercolor medium in which gum is added to ground opaque
colors mixed with water?
Gouache.
Because of the process used to produce them, prints and reproductions are
always considered to be what kind of works of art.
original works of art
What is a planographic process?
Lithography
What is an example of intaglio?
Aquatint
Woodcut and wood engraving are examples of what?
relief printing
What is a term for carved works of sculpture?
Subtractive
Built sculpture uses what?
Addition
Cast sculpture utilizes what process?
Substitution
Sculptural worksthataremodeled utilize which processes.
manipulation processes
The mold for sculpture is called what?
negative
What best represents the additive method of execution?
The Bakota ancestor figure
Sculpture is a ____-dimensional art.
Three
Freestanding sculpture works are called what?
full round
Sculpture designed to be seen from one side only is called what?
relief
What is the term for sculpture that employs such materials as wire or neon tubing?
Linear
Which is a structural system that consists of horizontal beams and vertical supports?
Post and Lintel
What’s a structural system that defines space by transferring stress outward to its legs?
arch
What is a structural system in which an overhanging beam or floor is supported at one end?
Cantilever
What is a structural system in which the wall supports itself?
Bearing Wall
what is a Greek architectural order with a simple slab as a capital?
Doric
What is a Greek architectural order with a scroll-like capital?
Ionic
What is a Greek architectural order with a complex acanthus leaf capital?
Corinthian