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additive sculpture processes
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sculptor builds the work, adding material as the work proceeds (modeling, assemblage, construction)
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subtractive sculpture process
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sculptor begins with a mass of material larger than the finished work ans removes from that mass until the work achieves its form
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replacement sculpture processes
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term for casting, in which wax is replaced by bronze
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what are the four roles of the artist?
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1-record the world
2-give tangible or visual form to ideas 3-reveal hidden/universal truths 4-help see the world in a new or innovative way |
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3 levels of iconography
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1 pre-iconic (primary or natural subject matter;what you see)
2-convention (president-bring in more meaning) 3-taken account of time and place image was made |
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Methodologies of analyzing art
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1-Expressionism (tangible form to ideas and emotions)
2-Formalism (atonomy, line, shape, color) 3-Instrumentalism (serves a purpose) 4-Marxism (political interests) 5-Activist |
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two categories of drawing materials
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wet media and dry media
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3 categories of site specific installations
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1- physical (respond or conforms to physical limitations of actual space)
2-symbolic (responds to or employs the symbolic meaning or history of space) 3-time and place (responds to particular moment in time at/in specific place |
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Tolstoys conditions for omthing to be art
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1-individuality
2-clearness 3-sincerity |
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In Joseph Beuys, I Like America and America Likes Me, the coyote was comparable to what?
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comparable to Americans in Vietnam (performance piece-put in cage with coyote for weeks-coyote symbolized people we stereotype as beasts)
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What is significant about Fred Wilson's work?
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work brought out truths and exposed ugliness (shackels and arrangement of african work and white western)
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encaustic
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one of the oldest painting media- combination of piagments with hot wax
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mimesis
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imitation
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pigment
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powdered colors
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medium or binder
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holds particales of pigment together
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support
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surface painting on
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ground
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artists often prime (pre-treat) a support with a paint-like material that allows for easy application and support of paint
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what is the "decisive moment" in photography?
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Henry Cartier Bresson- the pure moment that a photographer can capture out of all the rest (ex:right before guy hits the water)
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what are the different types of dry media?
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metalpoint, chalk, charcoal, graphite, and pastel
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what are the different types of wet media?
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pen and ink, oil paint, brush wash, watercolor and acrylic
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A mixture of chalk, colored pigment, and a non-greasy binder creates a dry media known as
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pastel
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The word ________ describes the materials and the process that artists use in their paintings, sculptures, ceramics and glassware.
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medium
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Charcoal, because of its tendency to smudge easily, was primarily used during the Renaissance for _________.
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sinopie
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basic printmaking processes: relief
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any process in which any area of the plate not to be printed is carved away, leaving only the original surface to be printed
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basic printmaking processes: intaglio
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any form of printmaking in which the line is incised into the surface of the printing plate, including aquatint, drypoint, etching, engraving, and mezzotint
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basic printmaking processes: lithography
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a printmaking process in which a polished stone, often limestone, is drawn upon with a greasy material, the surface is moistened and then inked, the ink only sticks to the greasy lines of the drawing, and the design is tansferred to a moistened paper usually on a printing press
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basic printmaking processes: silkscreen
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a stencil printmaking process in which the image is transferred to paper by forcing ink through a mesh; areas not meant to be printed are blocked out
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basic printmaking processes: monotype
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a printmaking process in which only one impression results. in a top layer of paint is over a bottom layer of paint, when printed, the bottom layer will be the top and vise versa
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elements of art
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line, shape, space, color, texture
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principles of design
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unity, emphasis, balance, contrast, proportion, movement, variety, rhythm
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content
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the meaning of an image, beyond its overt subject matter, as opposed to form
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woodcut
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relief process in which a wooden block is carved so that those parts not intended to print are cut away, leaving the design raised
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If an artist pushes the point of a burin across a metal plate, forcing the metal up in slivers in front of the burin, it is an intaglio process called
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engraving
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In the process of drypoint, why is it unusual to find an edition number higher than 25?
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the burrs which hold the ink wear down after 25 prints
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________ is the process which assures that the colors of a woodcut print will align perfectly.
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registration
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_________ is an intaglio technique that creates tonal areas of light and dark instead of relying upon line.
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aquatint
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________ is the process where the printing surface is completely flat.
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lithography
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The earliest type of printmaking became very refined in the late nineteenth century in a process called __________.
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wood engraving
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In aquatint,_________ adheres the resin to the plate.
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heat
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encaustic
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A method of painting with molten beeswax fused to the support after application by means of heat
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fresco (buon fresco and fresco secco
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pigment is mixed with a limeater and then applied to a lime plaster wall
(buon=wet) (secco=dry) |
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tempera
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A painting medium made by combining water, pigment, and, usually, egg yolk
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watercolor
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A painting medium consisting of pigments suspended in a solution of water and gum arabic
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gouache
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watercolor mixed with chinese white chalk (colors display light reflecting brillance, difficult to blend brush strokes)
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mimesis
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The concept of imitation, involving the creation of representations that transcend or exceed mere appearance by implying the sacred or spiritual essence of things
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trompe l'oeil
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A form of representation that attempts to depict the object as if it were actually present before the eye in three-dimensional space; literally "eye-fooling"
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denotation
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The direct or literal meaning of an image, as distinguished from its connotations
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connotation
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The meaning associated with or implied by an image, as distinguished from its denotation
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________ is described as "—applying oil paint directly from the tube, with no thinner at all, to be molded and shaped to create three-dimensional surfaces."
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impasto
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high (haut) relief
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A sculpture in which the figures and objects remain attached to a background plane and project off of it by at least half their normal depth
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low (bas) relief
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A sculpture in which the figures and objects remain attached to a background plane and project off of it by less than one-half their normal depth
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ponderation
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The principle of the weight shift, in which the relaxation of one leg serves to create a greater sense of naturalism in the figure
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Which type of ceramics is fired at very high temperatures and gains a glossy shine after firing?
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porcelain
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One of the most important results of mixed media has been to ________ what might be called “the space of art.”
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extend
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The art and design style characterized by undulating, curvilinear, and organic forms that dominated popular culture at the turn of the century, and that achieved particular success at the 1900 International Exposition in Paris
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Art Nonveau
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A popular art and design style of the 1920s and 1930s associated with the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris and characterized by its integration of organic and geometric forms
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Art Deco
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Historically, "crafts" have been produced to provide a specific _________ need.
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utilitarian
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Wedgwood’s crowning achievement was his replication of the famous _________.
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Partland Vase
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An American architect who felt compelled to design furniture to match the interiors of his houses was _________.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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Le Corbusier made a very famous declarative statement about modern architecture when he said, "The house _________."
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is a machine for living
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Le Corbusier made a very famous declarative statement about modern architecture when he said, "The house _________."
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Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen
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Historically, "crafts" have been produced to provide a specific _________ need.
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utilitarian
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Wedgwood’s crowning achievement was his replication of the famous _________.
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Partland Vase
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An American architect who felt compelled to design furniture to match the interiors of his houses was _________.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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Le Corbusier made a very famous declarative statement about modern architecture when he said, "The house _________."
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is a machine for living
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Le Corbusier made a very famous declarative statement about modern architecture when he said, "The house _________."
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Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen
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