ART 1301-56312 TCC NORTHEAST QUIZ7 – Flashcards
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The term used to discuss how a building stands up is:
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Structure
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Which structure features an arcade of round arches?
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Pont du Gard
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Alexander Calder was one of the first artists to explore the possibilities of:
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Kinetic sculpture
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A subcategory of constructed sculpture- as seen in the works of Deborah Butterfield- that involves the use of familiar objects in new ways is:
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Assemblage
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Gothic builders were able to open large areas for windows, because they used pointed arches and
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Flying buttresses
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Robert Longo's Corporate Wars: Walls of Influence is an example of:
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A high-relief sculpture
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In the Crystal Palace, Joseph Paxton made use of:
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Cast Iron
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Due to its monumental size, Viola Frey's Stubborn Woman, Orange Hands is supported using:
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An Armature
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LEED gives awards to architects for:
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Environmental design
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Which architect famously stated " Less is more"?
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Mies van der Rohe
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Which work is an example of an assemblage?
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Pablo Picasso's Bull's Head
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A typical example of a low-relief sculpture is:
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A coin
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Who led the Chicago school and is generally regarded as the first great modern architect?
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Louis Sullivan
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Olafer Eliasson's The Weather Project is an example of:
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Site-specific art
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"Zimbabwe" means:
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"Stone House"
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"Metallic flower" is the description given by:
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Frank Gehry to his Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
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Julio Gonzalez was the first known sculptor to use:
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The welding torch
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Sculpture that is meant to be seen from all sides is called in-the-round or:
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Freestanding
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What is also called a substitution process?
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Casting
