Art Appreciate Exam 2 – Flashcards
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Using a sequence of specially generated drawings to create scenes in a movie is
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cell animation
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Movies were being shown all over Europe and the United States as early as
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1896
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An artwork that consists of a re-created bedroom with videos projected onto the walls would best be described as
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installation
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An artwork that consists exclusively of drawings, designs and plans would best be described as
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conceptual
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What is the process that a ceramist uses to knead and remove pockets of air from the wet clay?
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wedging
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Bronze is an alloy that is composed of
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copper and tin
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Objects found or already existing outside of the context of art, which are used as component parts in an artwork or to create an entire sculpture are called
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readymades
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This type of window was used in Gothic cathedrals to enhance the religious experience of the worshiper.
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stained glass
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A cast iron building designed by Sir Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851 and was more than a third of a mile long was called
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The Crystal Palace
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Carving of acanthus leaves are found on the top of which kind of Greek architectural order column?
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Corinthians
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An archaic Greek sculpture portraying a nude male is called
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Kouros
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The earliest examples of Christian art have been discovered in
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catacombs
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The tall towers surrounding a mosque, from which the faithful are called to prayer, are called
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marinets
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What does the Great Stupa contain?
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Budda's remains
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Artworks based on which religions can be found in India?
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Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam
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In the Andes textiles were more valuable
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gold
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"Mimis" in Australian rock art represent
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spirit
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The most prized feather cloaks made by Hawaiians are what color?
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yellow
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Donatello's David sculpture is made in what medium?
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bronze and casting
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The medium of the artwork that decorates the Sistine Chapel
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painting
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The Hudson River School painted what type of imagery?
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American Landscape
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The _ was built for the 1889 World's Fair in France with the intention that it later be torn down.
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Eiffel Tower
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Picasso was influenced by art objects from _ in his creation of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.
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abstraction
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Ziggurats were made of what material?
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mud brick
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Ancient Near Eastern ziggurats served as
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temples
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The architect that designed the Guggenheim Museum in New York City is
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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Who did the Olmec believe possessed the ability to cross the threshold from one world to another?
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human rulers
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Which constellation is the arrangement of the Great Pyramid thought to mimic?
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Orion
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The destruction of religious images is referred to as
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iconoclasm
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What medium was used in the making of Wenda Gu's United Nations—China Monument: Temple of Heaven?
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hair
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The form of the goddess's figure Venus in Botticelli's The Birth of Venus was based on the concept of
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Classical Greek Standards
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How were Matisse's Icarus and Blue Nude II made?
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cutouts
