Exam 2

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Art governed by rules, especially works sanctioned by an official institution, academy, or school

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Academic art

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A clear synthetic resin used as a binder in acrylic paint and as a casting material in sculpture.

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Acrylic

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A semicircular end to an aisle in a basilica or a Christian church.

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Apse

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A term from military theory that was applied to modern art, meaning the advance guard of troops that moves ahead of the main army.

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Avant-garde

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A roman town hall, with three aisles and an apse at one or both ends.

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Basilica

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The material used in paint that causes pigment particles to adhere to one another.

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Binder

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A painting technique in which pigments suspended in water are applied to a damp lime plaster surface.

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Buon fresco

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A dark room with a small hole in one side, through which an inverted image of the view outside is projected onto the opposite wall, screen, or mirror

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Camera obscura

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A substitution process that involves pouring liquid material such as molten metal, clay, wax, or plaster into a mold.

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Casting

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Underground burial places in ancient rome.

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Catacombs

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A work made by gluing various materials, such as paper scraps, photographs, and cloth, on a flat surface.

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Collage

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A movement that grew out of abstract expressionism, in which large stained or painted areas or " fields " of color evoke aesthetic and emotional responses.

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Color field painting

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A photograph taken by an early photographic process developed in the 1830s, in which a treated metal plate was exposed to light, and the chemical reactions on the plate created the first satisfactory photographic images

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Daguerreotype

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Sculptural forms mafe from earth, rocks, or sometimes plants, often on a vast scale and in remote locations.

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Earthwork

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A type of painting in which pigment is suspended in a binder of hot wax.

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Encaustic

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A type of artwork that takes as its subject everyday life, rather than civic leaders, religious figures, or mythological heroes.

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Genre painting

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A mixture of glue and chalk, thinned with water and applied as a ground before painting with oil or egg tempera.

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Gesso

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A silica-based paint for clay that fuses with the clay body on firing.

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Glaze

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A cultural and intellectual movement during the Renaissance, following the rediscovery of the art and literature of ancient greece and rome.

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Humanism

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One who opposes the creation of pictures of holy persons, believing that they promote idolatry.

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Iconoclast

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Im painting, thick paint applied to a surface in a heavy manner, having the appearance and consistency of buttery paste or of cake frosting.

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Impasto

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Any printmaking technique in which lines and areas to be inked are recessed below the surface of the printing plate.

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Intaglio

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The block of metal, wood, stone, or other material that an artist works to create a print.

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Matrix

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A dull finish or surface,especially in painting, photography, and ceramics.

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Matte

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A particular material along with its accompanying technique.

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A medium/media

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The tall central space of a church or cathedral, usually flanked by side aisles.

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Nave

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Impenetrable by light; not transparent or translucent

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Opaque

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Painting characterized by openness of form, in which shapes are defined by loose brushwork in light and dark color areas rather than by outline or contour.

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Painterly

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A shelf above the colonnade on the short ends of a classical greek temple.

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Pediment

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An optical illusion that makes cinema possible.

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Persistence of vision

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Any coloring agent, made from natural or synthetic substances, used in paints or drawing materials.

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Pigment

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A system of painting using tiny dots or " points " of color.

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Pointillism

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An attitude or trend of the late 1970s-1990s

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Postmodern

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A common manufactured object that the artist signs and turns into an artwork.

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Readymade

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Sculpture in which three-dimensional forms project from the flat background of which they are a part.

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Relief

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An official art exhibition in France, juried by members of the official french academy.

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Salon

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A type of painting in which an artist arranges items on a tabletop for subject matter.

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Still life

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The physical material that provides the base for and sustains a two-dimensional work of art.

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Support

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A water-based paint that uses egg yolk as a binder.

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Tempera

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A mythological animal that symbolizes a clan group.

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Totem

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Liquid emulsion used as a carrier or spreading agent in paints

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Vehicle

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In weaving, the threads that run lengthwise in a fabric, crossed at right angles by the weft.

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Warp

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Paint that uses water-soluble gum as the binder and water as the vehicle.

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Watercolor

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In weaving, the horizontal threads interlaced through the warp

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Weft

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Sculptural form produced by adding, combining, or building up material from a core or an armature.

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Additive sculpture

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Explain the concept of " humanism " and its impact on renaissance art and culture.

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Humanism rediscovered the culture of greece and rome.

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Who were the three major client groups that commissioned baroque art?

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Church, nobles, and the wealthy

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Describe the artistic goals and development of cubism is art.

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Emphasize pictorial composition over personal expression.

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How is impressionism an outgrowth of realism?

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it is actually based on real subjects and scenes even though the emphasis is on the dematerializing effect of light and transient effects on these scenes.

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How and when was photography invented?

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The desire of renaissance artist to make accurate depictions of nature. The sixteenth century

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Why is photography a useful medium for influencing social change?

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Because during that time there was a rise to the saying the "camera never lies"

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What was the " Motion Picture Code? "

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It is meant to regulate the moral content of films.

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What are the principal techniques of sculpture?

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Additive, subtractive, and constructive

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Be able to compare the ways that art serves a commemorative function in society.

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Personal, public act

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Be able to discuss the historical distinction of craft and art.

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Craft is ability and art is emotion