Cumulative Exam Questions And Answers 2022/2023

The primary difference between a high relief and a low relief is that _________________ A. a high relief must project at least halfway off the background. A freestanding sculpture _________________ B. is surrounded by space on all sides, allowing it to be viewed from multiple perspectives.. In a work of art, the arrangement of visual elements is known as the ____________. B. design What is Deconstruction in art? D. A branch of analysis that questions traditional assumptions about what we see, think, or do. This is an example of a ________________ because it not only shows skills and beauty, but was also created to hold or transport something. A. piece of functional art This image is by Milton Glaser, and was a poster for tenth anniversary of Holocaust Museum. It was created using a stone press on which areas are made receptive to ink. This form of printing is known as ________________. D. Lithography Although the two portraits shown are different, what overall message do they have in common? D. All of the above are true Silverpoint is _____________ B. a technique involving the use of a metal point, and a thin silver wire, popular in the 14th and 15th Centuries. Perspective influences how a person looks at a piece of art and its qualities. C. Always true A precious metal is _________________ B. a highly sought after dense, shiny, soft precious metal that has been used as money for many centuries. The image above is of the color wheel used by artists. If an artist wanted to create a artwork with analogous colors, how would he/she use the color wheel to achieve this result? A. The artist would want to decide on a single hue, and then he/she would use the neighboring colors to the left and/or right of the chosen hue. ______________ is a durable material and is widely used for casting, which is a process by which the melted material is poured into a mold. A. Bronze Which of the following pieces of art would be considered a form of social protest? C. Guernica A disadvantage to liquid media is that ________________ A. it can be costly to use. When making an intaglio print, ________________ C. ink is added to the engraved grooves. All of the following are examples of commonly used tools in relief printing, except which? A. Lead Iconography refers to ______________________ D. the study of symbols and images in art. If you examine the images below, you will notice they are examples of sculpture. Which would not be considered an example of an environment sculpture? B Depth is the ________________ A. apparent distance from front to back in a piece of artwork. Art is often controversial because __________________ C. artists and observers have varying ideas of what art is. What is the difference between design and technique? A. Design refers to the overall organization of a work of art, where as technique refers to the materials the artist uses. Which of the following is not true regarding the use and importance of symmetry? C. It creates differentiation between each part through the use of dimension and scale. What method of art analysis considers the underlying unconscious meaning of an artwork? A. Psychoanalysis Realistic art is intended to show ____________________ D. object as they truly appear, without necessarily providing emotion or an experience. The art of using and understanding space involves _______________ D. All of the above In painting, medium is ____________________ B. the substance that is added to a color in order to help application. To create watercolor, water is mixed with ____________. D. Gum arabic Mosaics are __________________ D. images made by arranging stones or tiles that are then embedded with a filler to connect the colored pieces. Which of the following is the best and most complete definition for graphic design? A. An artistic and professional form of communication that focuses on the use of symbols and stylistic elements to convey a message. ______________ is a type of sculpture that was inspired by forms and processes from nature. B. Natural sculpture Which of the following statements does not define what art is? A. Art combines balance, proportion, composition, and imagery. _____________ gradually change direction, while ____________ create a sense of motion. A. (1) curvilinear lines; (2) diagonal lines A craft ___________________ C. is made using hand skills and generally serves a utilitarian rather than fine art function. All of the following are examples of materials used for carving, except which? D. Clay Line is defined as a ______________________ C. a path through space. Which of the following is not true of sculpture in the round? A. There are three main techniques of sculpture in the round which include, casting, carving, and assemblage. For which painting media is egg yolk combined with water? C. Tempera ______________ means to enclose something tightly, such as is done with stones or tiles, and a filler, when creating mosaics. C. Embedding The main purpose of artists studying the human body is to ________________ A. understand its parts and functions, so they can more accurately portray it. Symbolism is ____________________ D. the art of using symbols, or having symbolic meaning. Secondary colors are __________________ B. hues made by combining equal parts of two primary colors. What is asymmetry? A. A sense of balance achieved by placing objects or forms that are different on either side of a central line. In the image above, entitled Raft of the Medusa, the artist wanted to give ______________ to the man waving the flag or cloth in the upper right corner. C. Emphasis Which of the following forms of Intaglio are most similar to drawing? D. Etching What is aquatint? B. A type of etching that uses powdered resin that stops the acid from eating away at the surface, creating a tonal effect.