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The work, Ancestors of the Passage: A Healing Journey through the Middle Passage by _______ treats the subject of slavery and its effects on women.
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Imna Arroyo (p. 50-51)
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_______ is(are) usually necessary for someone to be able to create art from the ideas in his/her imagination.
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training & practice (p. 14)
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Ideals of beauty are:
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culturally influenced (p. 45)
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Ludwig Hohlwein's poster "Und Du?" is an example of:
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propaganda (p. 37-38)
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In the formalist approach the chief emphasis to judging quality in art is on ________.
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how the artist manipulates elements of design (p. 48)
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Censorship of art was never an issue until the twentieth century.
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FALSE (p. 30-31)
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Some artists cannot easily explain why they create art. For them, it is ________.
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an inner calling (p. 13)
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Three-dimensional artworks have ________.
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height, width, and depth (p. 16)
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A work of art can be judged from very different points of view.
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TRUE (p. 46-47)
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Georgia O'Keeffe wanted to paint an exact representation of what she saw in nature.
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FALSE (p.22-23)
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There are no absolute guidelines for judging ________ in art.
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quality (p. 46)
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The meaning found in art, including the subject-matter and the emotions, ideas and symbols is called __________.
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content (p. 32)
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Piet Mondrian's Composition (B) En Bleu, et Blanc (Composition in Blue, Yellow, & White) is an example of __________.
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nonobjective, or nonrepresentational, painting (p. 20)
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For Paul Klee, the act of artistic creation seemed to be a way of approaching ________.
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the unseen (p. 42)
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When someone pays an artist to create a work of art it is called a ________.
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patronage (p. 37)
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A naive artist is someone who has never been formally trained in the techniques of art.
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TRUE (p. 42)
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Maya Ying Lin said she wanted her Vietnam Veterans' Memorial to be _________.
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honest about the reality of war (p. 35)
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An artist who uses abstraction as an approach is:
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extracting the essence of the real object (p. 20)
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In Western society, the acceptance of art by women and artists of color has been subject to racial and gender stereotyping.
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TRUE (p. 50-51)
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The first purpose of applied arts is to:
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serve some useful function (p. 24)
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Complementary colors are those that are:
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opposite each other on the color wheel (p. 133)
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During the Renaissance, European painters developed the technique of chiaroscuro, which means:
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light and shade (p. 118)
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When the figure and ground are about equal in area an artist can create a _________, in which either color can be interpreted as lying on top of the other.
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figure-ground reversal (p. 96)
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When two-dimensional images are made to look three-dimensional it is called:
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illusion (p. 82)
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The surface quality of a work is called:
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texture (p. 110)
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The shapes in Matisse's painting The Snail are called hard-edged because ________.
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their boundaries are clearly distinguished (p. 85 & 88)
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When a visual effect is so realistic it fools our perception it is called ________.
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tromp l'oeil (p. 115)
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Atmospheric perspective is a way to ___________.
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show deep space by making distant things hazy (p. 101)
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On its most basic level, three-dimensional art physically _________.
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occupies space (p. 91)
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The sculptor Henry Moore was interested in the interplay between _________.
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positive form and negative space (p. 80)
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Alexander Calder's Cow uses _________ lines to create a sense of three-dimensionality and to emphasize the overall form of the image.
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contour (p. 58 & 91)
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Real-world objects taken from trash heaps and used in art are called:
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found objects (p. 93)
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In art the term "scale" refers to:
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relative size (p. 105)
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The phrase "point of view" is used in art to indicate where the viewer is standing in relation to the figures in the artwork.
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TRUE (p. 103)
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A shape placed on a two-dimensional surface establishes a _________.
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figure-ground relationship (p. 94)
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Edward Steichen's photograph Rodin: The Thinker is a good example of the use of:
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value and contrast (p. 118)
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Sculptures that project out from a two-dimensional ground are called:
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reliefs (p. 72)
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Linear perspective is a mathematical system used to show:
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recession in space (p. 97)
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Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate employs reflected light to capture the viewer's attention.
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TRUE (p. 124)
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A mark or area that is significantly longer than it is wide may be perceived as _______.
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a line (p. 57)
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Balance is a principle of design based on the __________.
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visual weight one assigns to parts of a work (p. 177)
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Because _________ there is visual tension created in Nancy Graves' work Trace.
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it is intentionally unbalanced (p. 179-180)
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Repetition can be used in decorative works to create an all-over __________.
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pattern (p. 168)
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The __________ was critical to Frank Gehry in designing the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum.
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environmental setting (p. 192-193)
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The use of multiple triangles by Lucy Pettway in her artwork Birds in the Air exemplifies the organizing principle of:
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repetition (p. 165)
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In Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper, Christ is the most important figure, and his place in the composition is as the:
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focal point (p. 185)
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The ceremonial blanket from the Haida culture is an example of symmetry because __________.
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the left side and the right side are identical (p. 177)
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The painter Wassily Kandinsky believed that coherence and harmony in a painting could be achieved by using only ________.
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colors and shapes, with no references to the physical world (p. 194-195)
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Rhythm can be achieved by using:
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shape or form, color, and line (p. 175)
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In the rock garden of Ryoan-ji Temple, the relationship of sand to rocks and rock to rock formed out of meditation of the universe, not on adherence to a human system.
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TRUE (p. 191)
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_________ refers to the principle called "economy of means".
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Paring away extraneous details (p. 187)
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Rhythm in art can be compared with rhythm in music.
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TRUE (p. 175)
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A way of using the principle of variety so that two dissimilar things are compared is commonly called ________.
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contrast (p. 172)
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If an artist is drawing the human figure in proportion:
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each body part should be in relative size to the others (p. 189)
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All works of art have a focal point
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FALSE (p. 185)
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The golden rectangle is a way of establishing the:
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ideal proportion of space (p. 189)
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The use of multiple similar torsos by Magdelena Abakanowicz in her piece Backs is an example of the organizing principle of:
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repetition (p. 165)
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In Essence Mulberry, Helen Frankenthaler's use of gray paint the same color as the ground creates a ________.
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transition (p. 169 & 171)
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The principle of repetition works because our brains prefer order to chaos.
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TRUE (p. 165)
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Instead of using mathematical devices to unify the image in The Boating Part, Pierre-Auguste Renoir employed _________.
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color and the objects in the scene to link groups of people (p. 182-183)
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There are special crayons made of grease for use in lithographic printing.
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TRUE (p. 209)
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The word used to refer to the material with which the artist works is __________.
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medium (p. 198)
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Ink that is thinned with water or spirit and brushed on to suggest tone is called a ________.
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wash (p. 213)
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Charcoal can only be used in a quick, sketchy manner.
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FALSE (p. 203)
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During its history in China, brush and ink painting was ________.
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considered spiritually expressive (p. 211)
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Conte crayon is ________.
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versatile and can be used for softness or sharp lines (p. 209)
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The subtle value gradations Leonardo da Vinci created with chalk in "The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and John the Baptist are called:
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sfumato (p. 206)
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Of the tools for drawing that are classified as "dry" the most commonly used is:
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graphite pencil (p. 201)
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Georges Seurat was able to get a range of values from Conte crayon by __________.
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working on textured paper (p. 209)
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Leonardo da Vinci's "The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and John the Baptist" is a full-sized chalk drawing done as a model for a painting. This work is, thus, called a:
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cartoon (p. 204)
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Kathe Kollwitz's "Self-Portrait with a Pencil" shows that charcoal is often used because:
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the fact that it smudges easily allows artists to exploit effects in toning the image (p. 203)
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Drawing pens are sometimes made of bird feathers which are called quills.
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TRUE (p. 210)
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The word "pastel" is usually associated with ________ tones.
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pale (p. 207)
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In his drawing "Fish Skeletons" Hyman Bloom reverses the usual technique for pen and ink by:
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using white ink on dark paper (p. 210)
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Corot's Civita Castellana illustrates how the use of graphite pencils ___________.
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can result in many value gradations, are good for drawing small precise lines like hatching, and can create many variations of grays and blacks (p. 202)
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In early tempera painting that used gold leaf, the gold was applied:
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over a surface of red gilder's clay, then burnished (p. 223)
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Some nonobjective painters of the twentieth century worked on unsized canvas:
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so that the paint would be absorbed right into the canvas (p. 218)
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Drawing and painting are two separate things, with no similarities between them.
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FALSE (p. 215)
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The medium used by Kurt Schwitters for Merz 19 is called:
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collage (p. 239)
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Vincent Van Gogh's painting The Starry Night shows his use of impasto, which gives the painting surface textures ___________.
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three-dimensionality (p. 217)
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Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Allegory of Peace is a fresco, which was painted directly onto:
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wet plaster walls (p. 219)
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One of the main properties of tempera paint is:
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it dries very quickly to a matte finish (p. 223)
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In theory, acrylic paints are permanent and will never deteriorate.
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TRUE (p. 236)
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Encaustic must always be kept cool while it is being applied.
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FALSE (p. 218) *Encaustic uses hot wax which becomes more difficult as it cools
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Mosaics are an art form that is still used today.
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TRUE (p. 240)
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Correggio's painting Danae seems to glow because the artist used ________: layers of pigment suspended in a transparent medium.
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glazes (p. 228)
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Of painting media, the only one that does not dry quickly is:
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oil (p. 224)
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For his huge murals of Mexican political history, Diego Rivera __________.
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sketched directly onto the wall with red chalk or charcoal (p. 219-220)
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The Young Woman with a Gold Pectoral is an example of the early method of painting known as ________ in which pigment is suspended in hot wax.
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encaustic (p. 218)
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In general, paint is made by suspending ____________ in a liquid medium and adding a binder.
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pigment (p. 215)
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Graphic designers usually work with other people, such as marketing specialists and clients.
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TRUE (p. 269)
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Although graphic design is for commercial purposes, some designs, like Toulouse-Lautrec's poster, have been treated like ________.
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fine art (p. 269)
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The advertisement for the Chicago Spire shown in Wallpaper magazine relies on _________ to lure us into wanting to know more about the product.
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a sparse illustration (p. 274)
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The image by Alberto Seveso used for the cover of a magazine about computer arts includes elements suggesting the ___________, and are meant to evoke the mind of a young computer designer at work.
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unraveled strands of computer circuitry (p. 275-276)
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Peter Good feels that, unlike Europeans, American culture is not generally receptive to ___________.
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ambiguity (p. 270)
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A good graphic designer will ____________.
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consider the taste and interests of the public, elicit a certain feeling toward the public, and lure the public into wanting to know more (p. 268-269)
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According to Peter Good, graphic designers should ___________.
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be constantly open to new ways of seeing things (p. 270)
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The edition of The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer published by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones is a good example of __________.
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harmony of design (p. 275 & 277)
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For The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones created a special Gothic ___________ to allude to the period in which the stories were originally written.
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typeface (p. 275 & 277)
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Typefaces are often chosen according to the ___________ messages they convey.
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psychological (p. 273)
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In 1976, Peter Good designed the "I Love New York" slogan of a red heart between black, block letters that was designed to promote tourism to the city.
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FALSE (p. 268) Created by Milton Glaser
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Paul Rand, who designed the IBM logo, believed that corporate logos should ___________.
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consist of simple, universal, and timeless shapes (p. 269)
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The Graphic Design guru Milton Glaser once said, "I like to design something for institutions that did no harm and for personalities that I feel comfortable with."
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TRUE (p. 276)
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The two major ingredients of graphic design are:
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letters and images (p. 272)
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The cover image from Computer Arts Interactive shows the importance of ____________ in magazines.
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illustrations (p. 275-276)
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A big improvement in photography, based on Fox Talbot's work, was:
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the development of a means of creating multiple copies of an image (p. 280)
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From the time of the Renaissance, some artists used a camera obscura, which was a ___________.
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dark room or box that used light to show images on a surface (p. 279)
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The photographer best known for is experiments in placing still pictures into a sequence to analyze motion is:
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Eadweard Muybridge (p. 295)
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For the past few decades videos by fine artists have been included in the collections of great museums.
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TRUE (p. 305)
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The purpose of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's photograph of Jane Morris was to:
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serve as a study for a drawing (p. 281)
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The word photography is Greek for _________.
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writing with light (p. 279)
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Dorothea Lange's photograph Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, is an example of ___________ photography.
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documentary (p. 283)
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One of the very earliest popular uses of photography was __________.
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for portraits whose aim was capturing a perfect likeness (p. 280)
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The ___________ offers an example of how, before the advent of color photography, patrons had themselves photographed before a false backdrop with details hand painted.
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Portrait of a Landowner (p. 281)
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The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari is an example of the _________ style of film-making.
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expressionist (p. 299)
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Ordinary television signals are transmitted ________.
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through the air (p. 304)
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The photographs of Ansel Adams have played a major role in:
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land conservation efforts (p. 284-285)
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This film uses 4 separate and conflicting points of view to make a statement about truth.
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Rashomon (p. 303)
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In a film, the splicing together of a variety of shots at the editing stage is called a:
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montage (p. 299)
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When a single scene in a film continues for several minutes with no break it is called:
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an extended take (p. 296)
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Artists use found objects to create artwork by a process called:
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assembling (p. 340)
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In fifteenth-century Benin sculptors were supported by _________.
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patronage of the king (p. 332)
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A gouge, a mallet, and a scraper are tools used for _________.
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carving wood (p. 329-330)
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The sculpture, Pod Pocha by Ursula von Rydingsvard employs both stacking of elements and carving away to suggest _________.
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the natural processes of geological layering and erosion (p. 341)
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For his monumental sculptures, such as Torqued Ellipses, Richard Serra uses computer modeling to work out __________.
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basic coordinates, balance, layout and shape (p. 328)
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In Michelangelo's David the figure's head and shoulders are in a slightly opposite direction than his hips and legs, in a pose called:
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contrapposto (p. 334)
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The ability of sculptural material to resist forces of pressure, like gravity, is called its:
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tensile strength (p. 330)
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Artwork made of impermanent found objects is referred to as ________.
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ephemeral (p. 344)
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The lost-wax process of bronze casting can only be used for small objects.
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FALSE (p. 337)
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Michelangelo believed that one piece of marble was the same as another.
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FALSE (p. 331)
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Stone can be polished to be very smooth.
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TRUE (p. 334)
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This sculpture by Louise Nevelson, called Black Wall is made of various pieces of wood. This sculpture is called an:
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assemblage (Ch. 10 PPT)
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Zoe Leonard creates sculptural installations, such as Strange Fruit (for David), from __________ materials.
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ephemeral (p. 344)
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Artists like using stone for sculpture because of its:
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permanence (p. 329-330)
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Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty is an example of:
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earthworks (p. 346)
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The bronze sculpture of Degas' Horse Galloping on Right Foot shows the details of the original:
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modeling in wax (p. 335, 337)
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In casting, a mold is used into which:
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molten material is poured (p. 337)
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The Greeks developed the ___________ process of casting, which is still used.
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lost-wax (p. 337)
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To keep track of where they are when carving a block, wood sculptors may __________.
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draw the outline of the sculpture on the wood (p. 330)
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Sculpture made from found objects is sometimes called ___________ sculpture.
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junk (Ch 10 PPT)
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Porcelain is considered to be the most precious of ceramic ware because it is:
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pure white, non-absorbent, and very strong (p. 355)
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Dale Chihuly is a major artist in the field of:
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art glass (p. 365)
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Iron that is worked in a heated state with hand tools is called:
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wrought (p. 358)
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The ancient craft of making objects from clay is called:
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ceramics (p. 352)
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Crafts have been highly developed since ___________.
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millennia ago (p. 350)
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Soft woods, such as pine and spruce, are not always easy to work with because ___________.
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they may splinter while being worked on (p. 360)
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The practice of ________ seems to have begun with the nomads of Central Asia.
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weaving rugs for covering their tents and wrapping their possessions (p. 371)
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Louis Tiffany and John La Forge developed:
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the opalescent form of stained glass (p. 369)
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Susye Billy, a basket weaver of the native Pomo people in California, has said natural materials for her craft are difficult to obtain because __________.
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land developers have changed the natural environment (p. 369)
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Some woodworkers look for "defects" in a piece of wood, like ______, as seen in Mark Lindquist's Toutes Uncommon Bowl.
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burls (p. 363-364)
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Most clay vessels are _______ to ensure permanence and water resistance.
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baked (p. 353)
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An ancient method for working with clay is called:
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wheel-throwing (p. 353)
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Douglas Steakley's raised vessels are an example of:
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hammered copper (p. 360)
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A common clay body, or mixtures of different kinds of clay, is:
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earthenware (p. 352)
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Wood cannot be used for extremely ornate forms.
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FALSE (p. 360)
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Harvey Littleton revived the art of glassmaking in the twentieth century __________ movement.
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studio glass (p. 364)
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Today's craft artisans experiment with new techniques only and have little or no interest in traditional methods.
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FALSE (p. 350-351)
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Wedging is a step in the process in which the artist:
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removes air pockets from the clay (p. 353)
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Any type of clay is suitable for ceramics.
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FALSE (p. 352)
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Slab building is a method for:
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building up clay (p. 352-353)
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Among the things architects consider is acoustics, or the:
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science of sound (p. 392)
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The walled gardens in the Alhambra were functional and provided fruits and vegetables for the royal family.
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FALSE (p. 401)
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The interiors of buildings with steel frameworks:
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are broad open spaces (p. 400)
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Buildings constructed in the International Modern Style are:
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constructed along purely functional lines, largely made with glass exteriors, and lacking in ornamentation. (p. 402)
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The "Nakagin Capsule Building" in Tokyo is an example of ____________.
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modular construction (p. 405)
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Of the names listed below, the one that is not a Greek order is:
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Rhodian (p. 396) *Corinthian, Ionic, and Doric are all Greek orders
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Architects are like artists working in other visual media because they:
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use the elements of design and the organizing principles (p. 386-387)
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R. Buckminster Fuller's architectural theory is based on forms created by nature at the molecular level.
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TRUE (p. 403) *Geodesic domes
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The circular interior space of the Pantheon in Rome is called a:
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rotunda (p. 390)
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Through its innovative architectural developments, Romans were able to build:
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domes, open spaces without obstructions, and barrel vaults (p. 396)
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To account for local climate in his design of an Amsterdam Bank Complex, A. Ton Alberts incorporated _________.
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solar panels (p. 408)
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Which of the following is hardest to carve: wood, ivory, jade, or marble?
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jade (Ch 10 PPT)
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater is a good example of the use of:
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cantilevered beams (p. 405 & 407)
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The Suq ai-Ainau is an excellent example of how architects adapt their designs to respond to _________.
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the environment in which the structure is placed (p. 392)
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The flying buttress was used in the interior of Gothic cathedrals, such as Chartres, to support the thick interior walls.
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FALSE (p. 399) *Flying buttresses reduce the need for thick interior walls
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The invention of balloon-frame construction came about with the development of:
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mass-produced nails (p. 400) *and machined boards instead of hand-cut lumber)
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Stone has been used as a building material since ancient times because of its compressive strength, which is the:
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ability to support pressure without breaking (p. 394)
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Eric Kuhne's Bluewater Shopping Complex in Kent, England contains a rain forest and mountain bike trails.
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TRUE (p. 407)
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In post-modern architecture, building designs tend to:
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be expressive and individual, following no one specific style (p. 406)
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Wrought iron began to be used for framing buildings in the _________ century.
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nineteenth (p. 400)
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