NYSTCE VISUAL ARTS (079) WITH COMPLETE VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS UPDATED!!
Byzantine architecture - ANSWER>>-architecture of the Byzantine or later Roman
Empire
-highly influenced by Greek and Roman architecture
-mosaics instead of stone decorations
-many circular domes
-used pendentives to support a circular dome over a square space, prior domes were
supported by circular spaces
-greatest example is the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople: colored marble, dome, vaults
and domes had elaborate mosaics
-mosaics used colored glass
Romanesque architecture - ANSWER>>-an architectural style of medieval Europe
(11th century)
-characterized by semi-circular arches, barrel and groin vaults, piers with few windows,
large tower where nave and transept cross, thick walls, small towers on the western
end of the church
-relies more on walls than columns for support like Byzantine architecture
Gothic architecture - ANSWER>>-mid 12th-16th century style in Europe
-sought to make light, airy, and beautiful structures
-upward visual movement
-new methods allowed for higher towers
-flying buttresses
-pointed arches
-gargoyles used as drain spouts
,-ornamentation was extreme
Kwakiutl - ANSWER>>-Indian tribe that used to live on the northwest coastal area of
North America
-poles, masks, decorated house with canoes
-faces exaggerated
-cemetery and poles showed rank of person
Hopi - ANSWER>>- Native American tribe living in the southwestern part of this country
and agriculture was their economic mainstay
-lived in pueblo
-great builders and pottery makers
-descendants of Anasazi.
-carved and painted kachina dolls- cotton wood root, gods and taught religion
kivas were ceremonial rooms underground which often had fancy paintings of farming
gods
Artemesia Gentileschi - ANSWER>>-Italian Baroque painter of 17th, considered one of
greatest female artist to have lived
-dealt with martyrdom and heroism from the bible and myth and heroines. One of best
know works- Judith Slaying Holofernes
-first woman artist in history who had gained full prominence
-was a pupil of Caravaggio
Frank Stella - ANSWER>>-1960's, 70's
-saw painting as self sufficient object
-Interest in mechanical drawing/painting
-associated with Minimalism and Ab-ex
Kitagawa Utamaro, Mother and Child - ANSWER>>-1790: Edo period
,-Polychrome woodblock print
-Reflects interest in the individual
-Part of series "women's daily customs"
chasing - ANSWER>>to ornament metal by indenting into a surface with a hammer, hit
from from instead of behind
pochade - ANSWER>>-A small preparatory oil sketch used by an artist to plan a
composition before undertaking the actual work of art
-French for "quick sketch"
-like an underpainting
liquid latex molding - ANSWER>>"glove mold" - best for concrete or plaster - needs a
"mother mold"
1. Brush on layers of latex
2. Peel off mold
3. Support stand for mold (mother)
4. Cast
Kuoros - ANSWER>>archaic greek statue of a young man or boy
archaic smile - ANSWER>>-The smile that appears on all Archaic Greek statues from
about 570 to 480 BCE.
-The smile is the Archaic sculptor's way of indicating that the person portrayed is alive.
plaster - ANSWER>>-Dry powder mixed with water
-Often used for casting (molds) and fresco painting
-1 quart water to 5 lbs powder
, video color bars - ANSWER>>-recorded in front of videotape as a reference for post
production
-camera output matching
-to setup videomoniter
tracery - ANSWER>>-theworking or masonry above the windows into which the gals is
fitted in a gothic window.
-term is think to come tracing floors where planners mapped out, on the ground, the
comlicated patterns the gothic wondows displayed
ogives - ANSWER>>A crossed rib that ussually occurs visably under the surface is a
gothic vault.
pointed arch - ANSWER>>An arch with a pointed crown, characteristic of Gothic
architecture.
vaulted ceiling - ANSWER>>high arched ceiling
adobe brick - ANSWER>>-A mixture of earth, grass, and water shaped into bricks to be
the basis of early homes in the southwest
arcade - ANSWER>>A series of arches supported by piers or columns.
baluster - ANSWER>>-a short pillar or column used for support
cupola - ANSWER>>a small dome
crenellation - ANSWER>> a series of multiple, regular, rectangular cut outs from the
top of the wall
pendentive - ANSWER>>the triangular construction which bridges the area between
flat walls and the lower portion of a round dome
tondo - ANSWER>>circular painting or relief sculpture
SOLUTIONS UPDATED!!
Byzantine architecture - ANSWER>>-architecture of the Byzantine or later Roman
Empire
-highly influenced by Greek and Roman architecture
-mosaics instead of stone decorations
-many circular domes
-used pendentives to support a circular dome over a square space, prior domes were
supported by circular spaces
-greatest example is the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople: colored marble, dome, vaults
and domes had elaborate mosaics
-mosaics used colored glass
Romanesque architecture - ANSWER>>-an architectural style of medieval Europe
(11th century)
-characterized by semi-circular arches, barrel and groin vaults, piers with few windows,
large tower where nave and transept cross, thick walls, small towers on the western
end of the church
-relies more on walls than columns for support like Byzantine architecture
Gothic architecture - ANSWER>>-mid 12th-16th century style in Europe
-sought to make light, airy, and beautiful structures
-upward visual movement
-new methods allowed for higher towers
-flying buttresses
-pointed arches
-gargoyles used as drain spouts
,-ornamentation was extreme
Kwakiutl - ANSWER>>-Indian tribe that used to live on the northwest coastal area of
North America
-poles, masks, decorated house with canoes
-faces exaggerated
-cemetery and poles showed rank of person
Hopi - ANSWER>>- Native American tribe living in the southwestern part of this country
and agriculture was their economic mainstay
-lived in pueblo
-great builders and pottery makers
-descendants of Anasazi.
-carved and painted kachina dolls- cotton wood root, gods and taught religion
kivas were ceremonial rooms underground which often had fancy paintings of farming
gods
Artemesia Gentileschi - ANSWER>>-Italian Baroque painter of 17th, considered one of
greatest female artist to have lived
-dealt with martyrdom and heroism from the bible and myth and heroines. One of best
know works- Judith Slaying Holofernes
-first woman artist in history who had gained full prominence
-was a pupil of Caravaggio
Frank Stella - ANSWER>>-1960's, 70's
-saw painting as self sufficient object
-Interest in mechanical drawing/painting
-associated with Minimalism and Ab-ex
Kitagawa Utamaro, Mother and Child - ANSWER>>-1790: Edo period
,-Polychrome woodblock print
-Reflects interest in the individual
-Part of series "women's daily customs"
chasing - ANSWER>>to ornament metal by indenting into a surface with a hammer, hit
from from instead of behind
pochade - ANSWER>>-A small preparatory oil sketch used by an artist to plan a
composition before undertaking the actual work of art
-French for "quick sketch"
-like an underpainting
liquid latex molding - ANSWER>>"glove mold" - best for concrete or plaster - needs a
"mother mold"
1. Brush on layers of latex
2. Peel off mold
3. Support stand for mold (mother)
4. Cast
Kuoros - ANSWER>>archaic greek statue of a young man or boy
archaic smile - ANSWER>>-The smile that appears on all Archaic Greek statues from
about 570 to 480 BCE.
-The smile is the Archaic sculptor's way of indicating that the person portrayed is alive.
plaster - ANSWER>>-Dry powder mixed with water
-Often used for casting (molds) and fresco painting
-1 quart water to 5 lbs powder
, video color bars - ANSWER>>-recorded in front of videotape as a reference for post
production
-camera output matching
-to setup videomoniter
tracery - ANSWER>>-theworking or masonry above the windows into which the gals is
fitted in a gothic window.
-term is think to come tracing floors where planners mapped out, on the ground, the
comlicated patterns the gothic wondows displayed
ogives - ANSWER>>A crossed rib that ussually occurs visably under the surface is a
gothic vault.
pointed arch - ANSWER>>An arch with a pointed crown, characteristic of Gothic
architecture.
vaulted ceiling - ANSWER>>high arched ceiling
adobe brick - ANSWER>>-A mixture of earth, grass, and water shaped into bricks to be
the basis of early homes in the southwest
arcade - ANSWER>>A series of arches supported by piers or columns.
baluster - ANSWER>>-a short pillar or column used for support
cupola - ANSWER>>a small dome
crenellation - ANSWER>> a series of multiple, regular, rectangular cut outs from the
top of the wall
pendentive - ANSWER>>the triangular construction which bridges the area between
flat walls and the lower portion of a round dome
tondo - ANSWER>>circular painting or relief sculpture
