Midterm Flashcards
One definition of this element is “a mark that connects two points”
Line
Pick the three words that would be described a regular mechanical line
Controlled, Geometric, and Cool headed
A line that gives viewers the impression that they are seeing a line where there is not a continuous mark is
an implied line
By orienting lines so that they are attracting attention to a specific area of a work of art the artist is using _______________.
Directional line
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
False
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.
Horizontal
a shape made perfectly straight lines would probably be classified as _______ shape
Geometric
This type of shape is composed of unpredictable, irregular line
Organic
The lightness or dark of a surface is called
Value
A color that is lighter than its basic hue is known as tint. a color that is darker than its basic hue is called
Shade
True or False: An artwork that uses many hues but only one value is called monochrome
False
most commercial color printing is achieved using four separate colors, represented by the matrix ____
CMYK
______ in particular is an element of art that can engage the viewer and express a wide range of emotions
Color
The recurrence of a single element in a work of art is called
Pattern
A design repeated as a unit in a pattern is called a
Motif
in the painting the third of may, 1808, this spanish artist used alternative rhythm to contrast “good” versus “bad”
Francisco Goya
a work that depicts people or objects in a way that makes them recognizable is called
Representational
an artwork can be described as non objective if its subject matter is ___
Unrecognizable
True or False: Both biographical and historical analysis are important for velasquez’s las meninas
True
The presence of velasquez’s self portrait in las meninas indicates that the painter ____
Wanted artists to be of high status
True or False: Picasso was an inventive artist who never used artworks from the past for inspiration
False
True or False: Picasso las meninas is less abstract than velazquez’s original
False
Picasso’s las meninas is ____
Impressionistic
Biographical analysis
Considers the artist’s personal experience
Feminist analysis
Considers the role of women in an artwork
Formal analysis
Analyzes the use of formal elements in a work
Contextual analysis
Considers the religious, political, and social environment in which the artwork was made and viewed
Iconographical analysis
interprets objects and figures in the artwork as symbols
artists draw for many reasons, including:
All of the above
When raphael was preparing to paint his fresco school of athens he did a large drawing called ____ to help design the wall
A cartoon
this is the practice of drawing from a live model or actual objects
life drawing
paint in its most basic form is composed of ___ and a liquid binder
pigment
this is not a traditional paint binder
lye
the binding agent in encaustic painting is ____
beeswax
naturalistic encaustic portraits of the roman era, from the fyum oasis in egypt were created as ____
funerary adornments
True or False: the best surface to paint the medium of encaustic is fabric
False
This painting process relies on freshly applied lime plaster to hold the pigment in place
Fresco
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
False
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
Luminosity
this painting medium is opaque, applied to a paper surface, and uses gum arabic binder
Gouche
which of the following is a painting process
Glazing
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
Relief
a relief print created out of a solid wood block is called _____
A woodcut
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.
Relief block
this term for plate printmaking means, “ cut into” in italian
Intaglio
A group of prints that are identical and produces in a limited number is called ____
An edition
landscape photographs, such as those taken by Ansel Adams, help raise awareness about:
Nature’s grandeur and the wilderness of the american west
True or False: Photographer Lewis Wickes Hine went undercover in factories and mines to expose the in justices of child labor
True
Loretta Lux digitally manipulates such elements as ____ to create the effect she wants in her photographs
All of the above
Compare and contrast loretta lux’s “the waiting girl” and Sally Man’s “ The New Mothers”
Lux is more editied while mans is more realistic; Mans created a bond were lux artwork makes you fell uncomfortable
the lines that create the image of the nazca spider drawing define the ___ of a ___
Boundary,,, shape
Mel Bochner used ___ lines in the work vertigo because it is controlled and measured
Regular
A line that is a continuous mark is
An actual line
Some jewish texts create images using this kind of line made up of small letters
Implied line
In Goyas The third of may . Lines that draw the viewers attention in this way are know as _____ lines
Directional
An empty space defined by its surrounding is known as ____ shape.
Negative
Artists can create a sense of __ by using light and dark values
Depth
When ___ colors are mixed, they make a duller and darker color because more of the visible spectrum is absorbed
Substractive
by using ___ color scheme in his painting twilight in the wilderness, federic edwin church intensified the drama of the vast natural landscape
a complementary
When a color is associated with hot or cold we refer to this as color ___
Temperature
Color affects the way we think and react to the world and can be used for healing purposes. this practice is called
Chromotherapy
Hokusai, in his woodcut “ the great wave” simplified and ordered the visual elements in the work to create
Compositional unity
The german word that refers to something in which the whole seems greater than the sum of its parts is ___
Gestalt
Creating visual weight and counterweight is part of an artists use the element of ____ in creating a work of art
Balance
____ Balance is achieved when both sides of a composition look exactly the same
Symmetrical
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
Asymmetrical
Jean-Auguste - dominique ingres representational portrayal of the woman in Grande odalisque ____ her body
Distorts
Edward hoppers nighthawks reflects the solemn mood of the usa at ___
Its entry into world war II
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?
9B
This is the practice of drawing from a live model or other actual objects
life drawing
This contemporary painting medium uses a polymer resin as a binder
Acrylic
taking four years to complete, the sistine chapel ceiling was painted by this artist in sections using the buon fresco method
Michelangelo
This German artists naturalistic depiction Hare was created using a combination of watercolor and gouache highlighting
Albrecht Durer
This intaglio process is achieved by pulling a burin across the surface of metal plate, leaving a burr where the ink will collect
Etching
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.
monotype
What does the word photograph mean?
Writing with light
Which of the following is used as a symbol of vanitas in Audrey Flacks Marilyn Monroe
All of the Above
True or False: The equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius is a representational artwork
True
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 ____
Loneliness
Thomas Struth’s Mueso del prado 7 is ____
Representational
Velasquez’s Las Meninas
Naturalism
Ingre’s Grande Odalisque
Idealism
Allan Houser’s Reverie
Abstraction
These two types of charcoal are the most commonly used as drawing materials:
Vine and compressed
True or False: Matisse called his later works “Drawing with scissors” because in them he concentrated on the contours of shapes
True
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.
False
This intaglio process employs acid to mar the surface of a metal plate
etching
Silkscreen printing uses a stencil process, and was first developed in ____
China
These handwritten illustrated books were created during the middle ages
Illuminated Manuscript
The art of typography came into existence with the introduction of this invention
Movable type
Images are created to inform as well as to embellish a written or printed text are called
Illustrations
