ART101 QUIZ#4 – Flashcards
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In the Crystal Palace, Joseph Paxton made used of a. a balloon frame b. a steel frame c. cast iron d. barrel vaults.
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c. cast iron
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Which nineteenth-century artist attempted to bring craft and fine art together by creating a design company? a. Henry gilpin b. William Morris c. Beatrice Wood d. Claude Cahun
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b. William Morris
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Robert Longo's "Corporate Wars: Wall of Influence" is an example of a. a low-relief sculpture b. an installation c. a mobile d. a high-relief sculpture
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d. a high-relief sculpture
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One of Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein's major contributions to film was his skilled use of a. animation b. special effects c. montage d. storyboards
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c. montage
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Which is an example of a Surrealist film? a. La Dolce Vita b. An Andlusian Dog c. Citizen Kane d. Scorpio Rising
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b. An Andlusian Dog
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Gothic builders were able to open large areas for windows, because they used pointed arches and a. pendentives b. flying buttresses c. curtain walls d. domes
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b. flying buttresses
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Which work is an example of an assemblage? a. Martin Puryerar's "Hominid" b. Ken Price's "Vink" c. Pablo Picasso's "Bull Head" d. Charles Ray's "Father Figure"
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c. Pablo Picasso's "Bull Head"
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A typical example of a low-relief sculpture is a. a mobile b. a coin c. a column d. a statue
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b. a coin
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Film noir originated in a. Hollywood b. London c. New York d. Paris
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a. Hollywood
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Eadweard Muybridge is known for a. photographing people and animals in motion b. developing the technique of montage c. pioneering the genre of film noir d. portraying his ideas in storyboards
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a. photographing people and animals in motion
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What is also called a substitution process? a. carving b. modeling c. bas-relief d. casting
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d. casting
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Which structure features an arcade of round arches? a. Pont du Gard b. the Crystal Palace c. the Seagram Building d. Notre-Dame de Chartres
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a. Pont du Gard
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Sculpture that is meant to be seen from all sides is called in-the-round or a. relief b. freestanding c. subtractive d. additive
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b. freestanding
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To be a ceramist, one must a. work with clay b. use a kiln c. make pots d. make porcelain
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a. work with clay
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Alexander Calder was one of the first artists to explore the possibilities of a. the lost-wax process b. freestanding sculpture c. assemblage d. kinetic sculpture
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d. kinetic sculpture
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Who led the Chicago school and is generally regarded as the first great modern architect? a. Louis Sullivan b. Walter Gropius c. Joseph Paxton d. Philip Johnson
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a. Louis Sullivan
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In Muslim religions of the Middle East, which craft was practices with great sophistication? a. stained glass b. soundsuit sewing c. metal inlay d. woodblock printing wallpaper
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c. metal inlay
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The potter's wheel was invented in a. Mesopotamia b. Rome c. Greece d. Egypt
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a. Mesopotamia
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A subcategory of constructed sculpture-seen in the works of Deborah Butterfield- that involves the use of familiar objects in new ways is a. assemblage b. kinetic art c. welding d. high relief
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a. assemblage
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In weaving, fibers are held in place on a a. weft b. loom c. warp d. tapestry
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b. loom
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Which architect famously stated "Less is more"? a. Mies van der Rohe b. Frank Lloyd Wright c. Frank Gehry d. Louis Sullivan
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c. Frank Gehry
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Dale Chihuly is noted for his intricate and colorful works in a. clay b. metal c. plexiglass d. glass
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d. glass
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This early filmmaker pioneered many special effects, such as dissolves between scenes and time-lapse photography, as seen in his "Voyage to the Moon". a. Alfred Hitchcock b. D.W. Griffith c. Sergei Eisenstein d. George Melies
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d. George Melies
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In filmmaking, each unbroken sequence of movie frames, with the camera still rolling, is called a a. take. b. shot. c. pan. d. roll.
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b. shot.
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Julio Gonzalez was the first sculptor to use a. the Chisel b. schist c. the welding torch d. bosses.
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c. the welding torch
