Final Exam 2015 Study Guide

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Art I & II Final Exam Study Guide

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1.

Actual & Implied are two types of this element of art?

2.

The basic components of visual communications?

3.

The concepts for organizing the elements of art into successful art forms?

4.

Three types of balance include:

5.

A principle of art, closely related to emphasis, refers to a way of combining art elements to stress the differences between the elements?

6.

The principle of design that combines elements to produce the look of action or to cause the viewer’s eye to sweep over the work in a certain manner?

7.

What type of balance occurs when elements branch out from a central point?

8.

If an artist is painting an abstract design of geometric shapes and somewhere in the painting he/she has one organic shape and it in a contrasting color, what principle of design is he using?

9.

If an artist wanted to create the implied texture of roughness in a charcoal drawing what two shading techniques would he use?

10.

This art movements name simply meant “irregular, uneven, grotesque, and extravagant”?

11.

The angle from which the viewer sees the scene?

12.

This type of perspective is also known as angular perspective in which all parallel lines to the left meet at one point and all parallel lines to the right meet at one point?

13.

The results of the reflection or absorption of light by a surface?

14.

The element of art that is an enclosed space determined by other art elements such as line, color, value and texture?

15.

An element of art that is three-dimensional and encloses volume?

16.

This type of perspective is also known as angular perspective in which all parallel lines to the left meet at one point and all parallel lines to the right meet at one point?

17.

The results of the reflection or absorption of light by a surface?

18.

The five types of perspective drawings include:

19.

. Showing distance by changing color of objects as they recede into space refers to using what type of perspective?

20.

A straight line drawn at a right angle to the horizontal line?

21.

As an object recedes into space, the objects size will decrease according to the closest object?

22.

The process and result of critical thinking about art?

23.

. A method of representing three-dimensional objects on a twodimensional surface giving the illusion of depth?

24.

Architectural construction built of wedge-shaped blocks to span an opening and usually supported by columns or piers?

25.

The inner court of a Roman house open to the sky?

26.

Massive support built against a wall to receive the lateral thrust

(pressure) exerted by a vault, roof or arch is known as?

27.

This is obtained by adding white to the hue to lighten a color?

28.

Those colors that fall between primary and secondary colors on the color wheel?

29.

Tones of one color in addition to the main hue?

30.

Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel, belong to what color family?

31.

A tool used for organizing colors, where colors are arranged according to the color theory?

32.

A technique made famous by the artist, Rembrandt, which was a technique for modeling forms of painting?

33.

A technique of sculpting a human figure in a pose that shows the weight of the body in balance?

34.

A method of painting in which pigments suspended in water are applied to a thin layer of wet plaster so that the plaster absorbs the color and the painting becomes part of the wall?

35.

A slight blurring of the edges of figures and objects in a painting? (hint: the Mona Lisa is a good example of this technique)

36.

A material used in pencils that can be found in a range of hardness from soft (6B) to hard (4H)?

37.

Pigments pressed into sticks and used as a dry medium on paper; sometimes referred to as hard or soft?

38.

Relief block, Intaglio, and stencil are three types of this art technique?

39.

Art works that are created from natural or man-made fibers? (Weavings, basketry, stitchery, and knitting are just a few of the processes involved)

40.

The three parts to paint include?

41.

Vincent Van Gogh was known for his use of very “thick layers” of paint, which is known as what painting technique?

42.

A painting medium in which a pigment is blended with gum arabic and water?

43.

A painting medium in which a pigment is mixed into melted wax?

44.

A painting method in which a pigment is mixed with egg yolk and water?

45.

The color group that uses three colors of equal distance from each other on the color wheel, forming an equilateral triangle?

46.

A twentieth century style in which feelings and emotions are emphasized.

Accident and chance are stressed rather than accurate representation of subject matter.

47.

A flowing intricate pattern of stylized organic motifs arranged in symmetrical designs.

48.

A method of dyeing cloth using removable wax to repel the dye on part of the design where dye is not wanted is called?

49.

A type of paint made from milk or cheese protein, used to achieve a transparent or opaque effect.

50.

A career in which the person is dedicated to caring for a museum’s collection of artworks, as well as finding out the age of the artworks, determining whether they are authentic or fake, and deciding how to clean and preserve them?

51.

One of the classical styles of ancient Greek architecture featuring tall, slender columns topped with ornate capitals.

52.

A 20 th century art movement developed mainly by Picasso and Braque in which the subject matter is broken up, analyzed and reassembled in an abstract form, emphasizing geometric shapes.

53.

The earliest of the classical styles of ancient Greek architecture.

54.

A method of applying perspective to an object or figure so that is seems to recede in space by shortening the depth dimension, making the form appear 3-dimensional.

55.

A type of localized art that depicts realistic scenes or events from everyday life.

56.

A career that involves conceiving of and designing objects that meet the needs of people.

57.

Classical Greek architecture characterized by slender, elegant columns with spiral device capitals and fluted shafts.

58.

Decorating or illustrating a manuscript, popular during the medieval period, in which the pages are often painted with silver gold, and richcolors.

59.

A high slender tower attached to or near a mosque with balconies from which a crier calls the people to prayer.

60.

What is a disadvantage to using tempera paint?’

61.

What is an advantage to using oil pastels over chalk pastels?

62.

An effect in which colors or black and white laid side by side seem to blend together, and mixing takes place in the eye.

63.

Ceramic ware made from a specially prepared, fine white clay that fires at the highest temperatures.

64.

What well re-known watercolorist lives within 40 miles of SLHS and is famous for his watercolor portraits of past and former presidents?

65.

An 18 th century style of art and interior decoration that emphasized portrayal of the carefree life of the aristocracy, rather than historical or religious subjects.

66.

A freestanding sculpture meant to be seen from all sides.

67.

Decorating a surface such as clay, plaster, or glass, by scratching through a surface layer to expose a different color underneath.

68.

A 20 th century literacy and artistic movement that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious and is characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter.

69.

A large mound-shaped Buddhist Shrine.

70.

Works of art that have form, style, and subject matter that are familiar to the public as art.

71.

Any three color equidistant on the color wheel is referred to as ____?

72.

An arched roof or covering made of brick, stone, or concrete.

73.

A series of arches and their supports (columns.)

74.

Abstract style in European and American arts from the 1880’s to 1930’s characterized by the use of undulating waves or flames, flower stalks and flowing lines.

75.

To polish leather-hard clay with a smooth object, rubbing to seal the porous surface of the clay, also, any such rubbing on any material.

76.

A support or column in the form of a human figure, usually female.

77.

Any projecting ornamental molding along the top of a building, wall, arch, etc., also, the topmost part of an entablature in a Classical Greek building.

78.

A dome of small size.

79.

A window placed vertically in a sloping roof and with a roof of its own.

80.

Powdered colored glass that is fused by heating to a ceramic or metal ground, a work of art that is created by this method.

81.

A style or design peculiar to a specific place or time.

82.

A recess in a wall, usually intended to hold a statue.

83.

A pair of wood, ivory or metal panels usually hinged together, with painting or carving on the inside surfaces. Usually placed over an altar.

84.

Protrusions of central entrance and corner sections from the façade of a building.

85.

The careful and complete drawing or painting of an object, place or person to make it appear realistic.

86.

An original model on which other similar objects are patterned, the first in a series, a piece which inspires future creations.

87.

A warm dark-brown color.

88.

A type of painting that is so realistic in form, color, size and lighting that the viewer may be convinced that it is the actual subject and not a painting. From the French for “fool the eye”.

89.

A small tower, which may be functional or ornamental, at the outside angle of a larger structure.

90.

A group of three vertical ridges alternating with a plain metope in the frieze of a Doric Greek Building.

91.

A relief print made by cutting a design into the flat surface of a block of wood and applying ink only to the raised surface.

92.

The areas around images in a two or three dimensional shape or form which defines those objects are referred to as what type of space?

93.

What art forms would be classified 3-dimensional?

94.

What purpose of art would a painting of a war serve?

95.

If an artwork has visual rhythm created through repeating the same motif with the same distance between placements, what type of rhythm is being used?

96.

The principle of design that refers to a way of combining art elements to produce the look and feel of movement, especially with a visual tempo or beat?

97.

The principle of design that is concerned with dominance?

98.

In visual art, examining the unique features of a work of art as they relate to the elements of art and principles of design.

99.

Art that has objects that you can recognize, but the objects do not look that way in real-life.

100.

In perspective drawing, a point or points on the horizon where receding parallel lines seem to meet.

101.

Art methods/media used for visual communication in a variety of art forms.

102.

Works of art that have forms, images, or subjects representing meanings other than the ones with which they are usually associated,

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