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TEST 1
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A wall-painting technique where pigments are
applied to wet plaster:
u A. Fresco
B. Ink
C. Oil
D. Gouache
Printmaking by cutting away image areas. The
image is transferred to the paper from groves.
A. Relief
B. Collage
C. Giclée
u D. Intaglio
Printmaking by cutting away non-image areas? The
image is transferred to the paper from raised areas?
u A. Relief
B. Collage
C. Giclée
D. Intaglio
A printmaking technique in which a plate is
scratched with a needle?
A. Serigraphy
u B. Drypoint
C. Giclée
D. Aquatint
A type of printing that uses a flat stone.
It's name means "stone writing":
u A. Lithography
B. Etching
C. Serigraphy
D. Aquatint
Orange, resulting from mixing equal amounts of red
and yellow is which of the following?
u A. Secondary hue
B. Tertiary hue
C. Primary hue
D. Saturated hue
The relationship of black, white, and grays:
A. Colors
B. Saturation
C. Hues
u D. Value contrast
According to the text black and white are not colors.
u
True
False
Black is the absorption of all the colors.
u
True
False
White is the reflection of all the colors.
u
True
False
What is the overall use of color?
A. Tonality
B. Saturation
C. Impasto
u D. Palette
Alfred Stieglitz is the founder of:
A. Plain photography
u B. Straight photography
C. Photo Documentary
D. Daguerrotype
Straight photography is:
A. Sharply focused
B. Unmanipulated
C. Realistic
u D. All of the above.
Red, yellow, and blue are all:
A. Complementary colors
B. Contrary colors
u C. Primary colors
D. Secondary colors
Mixing two primary colors of equal amounts creates:
A. Contrary colors
B. Complimentary colors
C. Values
u D. Secondary colors
Colors that are opposite on the color wheel are:
A. Contrary colors
u B. Complimentary colors
C. Values
D. Secondary colors
Lighter or darker colors are:
A. Primary colors
u B. Values
C. Secondary colors
D. Contrary colors
Secondary colors are made by mixing:
A. Contrary colors
B. White with hue
C. Black and with hue
u D. Primary colors
How objects are placed together is called:
A. Counterpaint
B. Cantilever
C. Relief
u D. Juxtaposition
Shapes are:
u A. 2D objects
C. A principle of art
B. 3D objects
D. All of the above
Forms are:
A. 2D objects
C. A principle of art
u B. 3 D objects
D. All of the above
Line, form, shape, color, texture, and space are:
A. Principles of art
u B. Elements of art
C. A & B
D. None of the above
Emphasis, balance, harmony, variety, movement,
rhythm, proportion, and unity are:
u A. Principles of art
B. Elements of art
C. A & B
D. None of the above
What is the most popular and superior painting media?
A. Watercolor
B. Acrylic
C. Tempera
u D. Oil
What paint takes the longest to dry? (See notes)
A. Watercolor
B. Acrylic
C. Tempera
u D. Oil
Why is oil considered the best painting medium?
A. It dries quickly.
u B. It takes a longer to dry.
C. It’s mixed with water.
D. It's used in frescoes.
What paint is diluted with water?
A. Watercolor
B. Acrylic
C. Tempera
u D. All of the above
Linear can refers to:
A. Line, wire, & tubing in
sculpture
B. A type of perspective
C. The opposite of painterly
u D. All of the above
Painterly refers to:
u
A. Precise paintings
C. Painted sculpture
B. Spontaneous, free,
and thick use of paint
D. Anything painted
Perspective that uses a focused foreground and
background with a blurred haze (mist) in-between:
A. Linear
B. Atmospheric
C. Veneer
u D. Shifting
A type of perspective where things at a distance are
slightly blue and out-of-focus:
A. Linear
u B. Atmospheric
C. Veneer
D. Shifting
What kind of perspective uses a vanishing point?
u A. Linear
B. Atmospheric
C. Veneer
D. Shifting
Chiaroscuro refers to:
A. Ceramics
B. Curved lines
u C. Light and shadow
D. A type of color
Sprayed ink is a type of printing called:
u A. Giclée
B. Typography
C. Lithography
D. Photochrom
Which is not a humanities?
u A. Psychology
B. Architecture
C. Philosophy
D. History
What field of philosophy studies the nature of
beauty and art?
A. Epistemology
u B. Aesthetics
C. Ethics
D. Metaphysics
Carved works of sculpture are called:
A. Additive
B. Substitutive
u C. Subtractive
D. Ephemeral
The sculptor's ideal choice of rock to carve is:
A. Sedimentary
B. Porous
C. Igneous
uD. Metamorphic
Built sculpture uses what process?
u A. Addition
B. Subtraction
C. Substitution
D. Manipulation
Sculpture executed by casting a wax model?
A. Addition
u B. Substitution
C. Subtraction
D. Manipulation
Modeled sculptural works use what process?
A. Addition
B. Subtraction
u C. Manipulation
D. Substitution
In viewing art, the manner by which the eye
moves from one element to the next is called:
A. Active viewing
B. Juxtaposition
C. Organic unity
u D. Articulation
Holes in sculpture are an example of:
A. Full-round
B. Linear
C. Positive space
u D. Negative space
Composition that directs the eye back into
the work is called:
u A. Closed composition
C. Negative composition
B. Open composition
D. Positive composition
Composition that directs the eye off
the work is called:
A. Closed composition
u B. Open composition
C. Negative composition
D. Positive composition
The roughness or smoothness of a surface is called:
A. Relief
u C. Texture
B. Base
D. Grain
Which type of sculpture is freestanding and fully
three-dimensional?
u A. Full-Round
B. Base
C. Relief
D. Linear
Which type of sculpture projects from a background,
and can only be viewed from the front?
A. Full-Round
B. Base
u C. Relief
D. Linear
What method of sculpting is executed by
carving or chiseling?
A. Manipulation
u B. Subtraction
C. Substitution
D. Construction
What kind of art is temporary?
A. Kinetic
C. Embedded
B. Glyptic
u D. Ephemeral
What kind of art moves?
u A. Kinetic
C. Embedded
B. Glyptic
D. Ephemeral
A human figure with the weight shifted to one leg,
shoulders and hips counterbalanced, is called?
A. Kinetic stance
B. Ephemeral stance
u C. Contrapposto stance
D. Antipasto stance
The ability of a material to withstand bending is called:
A. Bearing strength
B. Compressive strength
u C. Tensile strength
D. Articulation
The ability of a material to withstand crushing is called:
A. Bearing strength
u B. Compressive strength
C. Tensile strength
D. Articulation
Alexander Calder:
A. Invented wire sculpture
B. Work is kinetic and linear
C. Invented mobiles
u D. All of the above
Which of the following is a type of structure in
architecture?
A. Post-and-lintel
B. Cantilever
C. Arch
u D. All of the above
A structural system in architecture that consists of
horizontal beams and vertical supports?
A. Cantilever
B. Arch
u C. Post-and-lintel
D. Suspension
What’s it called when a floor is supported at one
end, and it's overhanging?
A. Post-and-lintel
B. Suspension
C. Column-and-Beam
u D. Cantilever
A structural system in which the wall supports itself?
u A. Bearing-wall
B. Post-and-beam
C. Skeleton frame
D. Suspension
A system used in medieval buildings to keep
vertical walls from buckling outward?
A. Vaults
B. Pendentives
C. Keystones
u D. Buttresses
Buckminster Fuller is noted for:
u A. The geodesic dome
B. Suspension architecture
C. Masonry
D. Cantilever
Who is the architect of the Guggenheim Museum
in New York City?
u A. Frank Lloyd Wright
B. Louis Sullivan
C. Buckminster Fuller
D. Luis Barragan
Who is the architect of Falling Water?
u A. Frank Lloyd Wright
B. Louis Sullivan
C. Buckminster Fuller
D. Luis Barragan
Which of the following employs cantilevered floors?
A. The Guggenheim
B. Buckingham Palace
u C. Falling Water
D. Monadnock Building
In creating a structure, the first concern of the
architect is with which of the following?
A. Aesthetics
u B. Function
C. Building materials
D. Line and repetition
The Parthenon and Stonehenge are examples of
what type of construction?
A. Arch
B. Cantilever
u C. Post-and-lintel
D. Bearing-wall
What is created when arches are joined at the top
with their legs forming a circle?
A. Tunnel vault
u B. Dome
C. Groin vault
D. Ribbed vault
The round or Roman, Lancet or Gothic, and
horseshoe all types of:
A. Tunnel vault
u B. Arch
C. Groin vault
D. Ribbed vault
Log cabins are example of bearing-wall construction.
u A. True
B. False
What is the traditional material in post-and-lintel
construction?
A. Steel
B. Wood
u C. Stone
D. Brick
The center of this architectural structure is called the
keystone.
u A. Arch
B. Post-and-lintel
C. Bearing-wall
D. Cantilever
What structure makes it possible to attach a
dome on a square room?
u A. Pendentives
B. Ribbed vaulting
C. Extruded vaulting
D. Buttresses
It allows you to span a greater distance because it
distributes stress outward and downward.
A. Skeleton frame
u B. Arch
C. Bearing-wall
D. Cantilever
What arch is most efficient at directing stress
down and into the ground.
u A. Lancet
C. Horseshoe
B. Round
D. Tudor arch
What are two intersecting tunnel vaults called?
A. Tunnel vault
u B. Groin Vault
C. Dome
D. Arcade
What are arches placed back to back to enclosed
space called?
u A. Tunnel vault
C. Dome
B. Groin Vault
D. Arcade
What are arches placed side by side called?
A. Tunnel vault
C. Dome
B. Groin Vault
u D. Arcade
What is the hole in the center of a dome that
emits light called?
A. Monolithic
u B. Oculus
C. Lancet
D. Coffer
What type of construction binds stones or bricks
with mortar?
u A. Masonry
B. Frieze
C. Block-and-Mortar
D. Block-and-Hold
Where a work is placed is called:
A. Controlled Vision
B. Climate
C. Scale
u D. Context
The vertical groves in columns are called:
A. Frieze
B. Shafting
u C. Fluting
D. Cornice
What is an objects size in relation to other objects?
u A. Proportion
B. Compression
C. Articulation
D. Chiaroscuro
Why do they add metal rods and wire to concrete?
A. To increase tensile
u strength.
B. To stop it from
expanding.
C. To hold it together.
D. To increase the
compressive strength.