ART 100 – Quiz 4 – Flashcards
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Pablo Picasso
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From a bicycle seat and handlebars, the artist ______________ formed a sculpture and titled it Bull's Head.
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Cast Iron and Glass
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The Crystal Palace by Joseph Paxton is an excellent example of architecture using
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Subtractive
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Michelangelo's Awakening Slave is a good example of this kind of sculpture:
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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
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The architect Frank O. Gehry has the idea that architecture is similar to functional sculpture, as can be seen in his _______________.
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Welding Torch
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Julio Gonzalez was the sculptor who first used the _____________ to create his metal sculptures.
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Arch and Arcade
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The Roman aqueduct Pont du Gard is a good example of the _____________ method of construction.
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Louis Sullivan
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The Chicago School of architecture was led by the first great modern American architect:
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High-Relief
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The cast aluminum work Corporate Wars: Wall of Influence by artist Robert Longo is an excellent example of a __________ sculpture.
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Flying Buttresses
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Gothic builders were able to open large wall areas for windows because of the use of the pointed arch and _________________.
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The Skyscraper
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America's contribution to twentieth-century architecture was:
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Bas-Relief
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Sculpture that is not freestanding, but projects slightly from a surface.
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Lost-Wax Process
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A casting process often used for bronze.
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Kinetic
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Sculpture that moves.
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Installation
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Using a three-dimensional medium to visually tell a story, often involving an entire space.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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Fallingwater, 1936
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Walter Gropius
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Bauhaus, 1926
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Le Corbusier
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Domino Construction System, 1914
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Louis Sullivan
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Wainwright Building, 1890
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Lara Schnitger
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Grim Boy, 2005
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Marc Andre Robinson
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Throne for the Greatest Rapper of All Time, 2005
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Elizabeth Catlett
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Mother and Child #2, 1971
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Charles Ray
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Father Figure, 2007
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Aqua Tower, Chicago, Illinois, 2010
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Green construction
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Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, 532-535
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Dome on pendentives
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Jeppesen Terminal Building, Denver International Airport, 1994
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Suspension structure
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Seagram Building, NYC, 1956-1958
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Steel-frame construction
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Trusses
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Triangular framework used to span or support
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Groin Vault
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The intersection of two barrel vaults
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Cantilever
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The overhanging portion of a beam or slab extended beyond a supporting wall or column
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Curtain Wall
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An exterior wall that is not load-bearing
