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Midterm Flashcards

1
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One definition of this element is “a mark that connects two points”

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Line

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2
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Pick the three words that would be described a regular mechanical line

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Controlled, Geometric, and Cool headed

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A line that gives viewers the impression that they are seeing a line where there is not a continuous mark is

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an implied line

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By orienting lines so that they are attracting attention to a specific area of a work of art the artist is using _______________.

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Directional line

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5
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Trye or False: A contour line defines the outer edge or profile of an object and can be used to suggest a volume in space

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False

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If vertical lines communicate strength, horizontal lines calm and diagonal lines action, then a vacation resort might want to choose a logo consisting of ______________ lines in order to show a peaceful repose.

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Horizontal

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7
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a shape made perfectly straight lines would probably be classified as _______ shape

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Geometric

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This type of shape is composed of unpredictable, irregular line

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Organic

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9
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The lightness or dark of a surface is called

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Value

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10
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A color that is lighter than its basic hue is known as tint. a color that is darker than its basic hue is called

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Shade

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True or False: An artwork that uses many hues but only one value is called monochrome

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False

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12
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most commercial color printing is achieved using four separate colors, represented by the matrix ____

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CMYK

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13
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______ in particular is an element of art that can engage the viewer and express a wide range of emotions

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Color

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14
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The recurrence of a single element in a work of art is called

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Pattern

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15
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A design repeated as a unit in a pattern is called a

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Motif

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16
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in the painting the third of may, 1808, this spanish artist used alternative rhythm to contrast “good” versus “bad”

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Francisco Goya

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17
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a work that depicts people or objects in a way that makes them recognizable is called

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Representational

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18
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an artwork can be described as non objective if its subject matter is ___

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Unrecognizable

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19
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True or False: Both biographical and historical analysis are important for velasquez’s las meninas

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True

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The presence of velasquez’s self portrait in las meninas indicates that the painter ____

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Wanted artists to be of high status

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21
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True or False: Picasso was an inventive artist who never used artworks from the past for inspiration

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False

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True or False: Picasso las meninas is less abstract than velazquez’s original

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False

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23
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Picasso’s las meninas is ____

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Impressionistic

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24
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Biographical analysis

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Considers the artist’s personal experience

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25
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Feminist analysis

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Considers the role of women in an artwork

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Formal analysis

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Analyzes the use of formal elements in a work

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Contextual analysis

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Considers the religious, political, and social environment in which the artwork was made and viewed

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28
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Iconographical analysis

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interprets objects and figures in the artwork as symbols

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29
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artists draw for many reasons, including:

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All of the above

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30
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When raphael was preparing to paint his fresco school of athens he did a large drawing called ____ to help design the wall

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A cartoon

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31
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this is the practice of drawing from a live model or actual objects

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life drawing

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32
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paint in its most basic form is composed of ___ and a liquid binder

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pigment

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33
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this is not a traditional paint binder

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lye

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34
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the binding agent in encaustic painting is ____

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beeswax

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35
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naturalistic encaustic portraits of the roman era, from the fyum oasis in egypt were created as ____

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funerary adornments

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36
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True or False: the best surface to paint the medium of encaustic is fabric

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False

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37
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This painting process relies on freshly applied lime plaster to hold the pigment in place

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Fresco

38
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True or False: if an artist wanted to create an artwork that they could easily alter, and in which they could quickly fix any mistakes, fresco would be a good method to use

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False

39
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The transparency of oil paint allows a painter to use a process called glazing in order to add a high degree of ____ to a painting

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Luminosity

40
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this painting medium is opaque, applied to a paper surface, and uses gum arabic binder

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Gouche

41
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which of the following is a painting process

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Glazing

42
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this type of printmaking is done by carving away part of a block in order to leave a raised surface that can be inked and printed

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Relief

43
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a relief print created out of a solid wood block is called _____

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A woodcut

44
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to create color woodblock, such as Hokisai’s famous “the great wave off shore at Kanagawa” a printer most produce a new ____ for each separate color.

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Relief block

45
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this term for plate printmaking means, “ cut into” in italian

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Intaglio

46
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A group of prints that are identical and produces in a limited number is called ____

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An edition

47
Q

landscape photographs, such as those taken by Ansel Adams, help raise awareness about:

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Nature’s grandeur and the wilderness of the american west

48
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True or False: Photographer Lewis Wickes Hine went undercover in factories and mines to expose the in justices of child labor

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True

49
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Loretta Lux digitally manipulates such elements as ____ to create the effect she wants in her photographs

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All of the above

50
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Compare and contrast loretta lux’s “the waiting girl” and Sally Man’s “ The New Mothers”

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Lux is more editied while mans is more realistic; Mans created a bond were lux artwork makes you fell uncomfortable

51
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the lines that create the image of the nazca spider drawing define the ___ of a ___

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Boundary,,, shape

52
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Mel Bochner used ___ lines in the work vertigo because it is controlled and measured

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Regular

53
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A line that is a continuous mark is

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An actual line

54
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Some jewish texts create images using this kind of line made up of small letters

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Implied line

55
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In Goyas The third of may . Lines that draw the viewers attention in this way are know as _____ lines

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Directional

56
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An empty space defined by its surrounding is known as ____ shape.

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Negative

57
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Artists can create a sense of __ by using light and dark values

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Depth

58
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When ___ colors are mixed, they make a duller and darker color because more of the visible spectrum is absorbed

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Substractive

59
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by using ___ color scheme in his painting twilight in the wilderness, federic edwin church intensified the drama of the vast natural landscape

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a complementary

60
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When a color is associated with hot or cold we refer to this as color ___

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Temperature

61
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Color affects the way we think and react to the world and can be used for healing purposes. this practice is called

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Chromotherapy

62
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Hokusai, in his woodcut “ the great wave” simplified and ordered the visual elements in the work to create

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Compositional unity

63
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The german word that refers to something in which the whole seems greater than the sum of its parts is ___

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Gestalt

64
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Creating visual weight and counterweight is part of an artists use the element of ____ in creating a work of art

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Balance

65
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____ Balance is achieved when both sides of a composition look exactly the same

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Symmetrical

66
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in his work six persimmons the thirteen century chinese monk Muqi used different visual weights on each side of the composition. this is known as ___ balance

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Asymmetrical

67
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Jean-Auguste - dominique ingres representational portrayal of the woman in Grande odalisque ____ her body

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Distorts

68
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Edward hoppers nighthawks reflects the solemn mood of the usa at ___

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Its entry into world war II

69
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Pencils have a range of values from very light to very dark, if you wanted a dark value, which of these pencil numbers would be the darkest?

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9B

70
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This is the practice of drawing from a live model or other actual objects

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life drawing

71
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This contemporary painting medium uses a polymer resin as a binder

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Acrylic

72
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taking four years to complete, the sistine chapel ceiling was painted by this artist in sections using the buon fresco method

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Michelangelo

73
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This German artists naturalistic depiction Hare was created using a combination of watercolor and gouache highlighting

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Albrecht Durer

74
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This intaglio process is achieved by pulling a burin across the surface of metal plate, leaving a burr where the ink will collect

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Etching

75
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This process can be used to create a unique printed image, and incolves a clean plate of metal or glass on which the artist carefully inks the image then prints.

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monotype

76
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What does the word photograph mean?

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Writing with light

77
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Which of the following is used as a symbol of vanitas in Audrey Flacks Marilyn Monroe

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All of the Above

78
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True or False: The equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius is a representational artwork

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True

79
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The atmosphere of Edward hoppers Nighthawks, created by the lack of people on the street the absence of street lights, and the somber mood of the customers in the cafe, is one of ____

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Loneliness

80
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Thomas Struth’s Mueso del prado 7 is ____

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Representational

81
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Velasquez’s Las Meninas

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Naturalism

82
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Ingre’s Grande Odalisque

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Idealism

83
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Allan Houser’s Reverie

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Abstraction

84
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These two types of charcoal are the most commonly used as drawing materials:

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Vine and compressed

85
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True or False: Matisse called his later works “Drawing with scissors” because in them he concentrated on the contours of shapes

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True

86
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Trye or False: if an artist wanted to work on a painting over a number of days, blending and making changes, acrylic paint would be a good medium to use.

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False

87
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This intaglio process employs acid to mar the surface of a metal plate

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etching

88
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Silkscreen printing uses a stencil process, and was first developed in ____

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China

89
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These handwritten illustrated books were created during the middle ages

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Illuminated Manuscript

90
Q

The art of typography came into existence with the introduction of this invention

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Movable type

91
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Images are created to inform as well as to embellish a written or printed text are called

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Illustrations

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