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When did the division between art and craft begin?

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Renaissance

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Paint in its most basic form is composed of______ and a liquid binder.

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pigment

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Glass was probably first used by which ancient culture?

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Mesopotamia

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Name the artist who expressed her experiences of childhood growing up in New York City with pieces like her famous Tar Beach.

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Faith Ringgold

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The process of glassblowing was perfected in this ancient culture.

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Rome

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If an artist wanted to create a print that was visually resembled brush-and-ink painting, _____ would be a good method to use.

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aquatint

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The difference between film and video is the way that the images are recorded

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True

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Claes Oldenburg's The Store includes sculptural replicas of ______.

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food

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Name the first popular film to use color imagery.

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The Wizard of Oz

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What is a print making process

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intaglio

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In order for moving images to be invented, motion first had to be frozen in still photographic images.

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True

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The large drawing that Raphael did to help place the design of The School of Athens on the wall is called a cartoon?

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True

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The characters in the film The Cameraman's Revenge are.....?

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bugs

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To transfer the design of The School of Athens to the wall, Raphael ______ a large drawing, then used powdered charcoal dust to leave an impression of the original image.

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perforated

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When did it become common for photographs to be collected in major fine arts museums?

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1980s

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The oldest pottery wheels we know of belonged to the ancient culture of......?

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China

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Willia G. Wall's Fort Edward was published as a ______?

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print

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Georgia O'Keeffe puts the emphasis on the negative shape of which color?

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Blue

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The lines that create the image of the Nazca Spider \"drawing\" define the _____ of a ______.

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boundary shape

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The medium of Marc Quinn's Self is....

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the artists blood

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This work belongs to which art movement?

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Surrealist

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The computer simulation game The Sims uses _______ perspective.

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isometric

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An artist can use color to indicate depth. When a color is very pure and intense then it seems to be ___.

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closer

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The process of using a series of parallel lines set close to one another to differentiate planes of value in a work of art is called _____.

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hatching

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The sphere that designer Saul Bass created for the AT & T logo is not defined by a continuous boundary. This type of shape, which can be suggested by dots or lines that do not connect, is termed a/an _____ shape.

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geometric

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Marisol's work Father Damien was created to memorialize the heroism of a priest who lost his life helping the victims of leprosy. This sculpture stands in front of the State Capitol Building in which state?

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Hawaii

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A flat work of art has two dimensions: _____ and width.

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height

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Because it is three-dimensional, a form has these three spatial measurements: height, width, and _____.

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depth

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Name the French artist who created Maman (Momma) ...

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Louise Bourgeois

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Name the Belgian Surrealist whose work The Treachery of Images calls our attention to the illusionary characteristics of painting

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Rene Magritte

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Pick the two words that would best describe a regular line ... A) geometric B) expressive C) wild D) emotional E) controlled

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geometric controlled

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Otto Dix frequently portrayed war scenes in his art because ...

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of his experiences in World War I

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Even though Jeff Koons did not make the sculpture Rabbit with his own hands, it is considered his work because ...

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he designed it

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Name the Dutch artist who painted the work Girl with a Pearl Earring ...

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Johannes Vermeer

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An empty space defined by its surround is known as a/an _____ shape

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negative

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Eugene Delacroix's painting The Massacre of Chios was intended to ...

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portray the Turks as fierce murderers

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Study this work by Dorothea Tanning ... how does she achieve a supernatural effect in this work?

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by painting a sunflower too large for its surrounding; by the wind that lifts the girl's hair ...

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Claes Oldenburg uses what kind of scale in his sculptures to express admiration for the little things in everyday life? His work Mistos is an example.

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monumental

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What proportional system is used in this photograph to draw our attention to the dying young woman?

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spiral

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What is the \"most visible\" color in the spectrum?

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lime-yellow

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We perceive scale in relation to our own size.

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True

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In the School of Athens, Raphael focused our attention on two Greek philosophers positioned in the center of the work. One of them is Plato ... who is the other?

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Aristotle

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The sculptor who created this piece used which body part as a standard unit for proportional measurement?

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head

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This work by Joseph Cornell is an example of a work created by found objects.

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True

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This work is an example of what kind of balance?

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asymmetrical balance

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If you were to create an artwork by throwing open cans of paint over your shoulder onto a canvas behind you, this work would be an example of _____.

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randomness

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If you were to design an eye-catching poster using only two colors, the combination that would most stand out to passersby would be ...

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red & green

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Name the artist who invented the mobile, a type of suspended, balanced sculpture that uses air currents to power its movement.

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Alexander Calder

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Name one item in this painting that symbolizes vanitas

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the burning candle; a clock; a flower; an hourglass

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Romare Bearden depicted a hectic street scene in his work The Dove. He created a sense of unity and stability in the busy composition with which of these implied shapes?

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triangular

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In ancient Egypt this part of the human body was used as a standard of measurement. Six of these equaled a cubit.

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palm

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If you were to look at a t-shirt that absorbed the colors violet, blue, green, yellow, and orange, what color would the t-shirt appear to be?

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red

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ame one technique Balla used to imply motion on his work Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash ...

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series of repeating marks ... the tail, the feet, the leash

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Colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel are radically different in wavelength and are called _________.

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complimentary colors

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Name the aritst who originiated the technique of pointillism, which he used to create this work.

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Geroges Seurat

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There are three kinds of unity. They are compositional, conceptual, and _____.

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gestalt

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This art movement, of which Hans Arp was a member, valued randomness, absurdity, and nonsense over rational or orderly patterns.

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Dada

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Artemisia Gentileschi worked during the stylistic and historical period known as ...

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the Renaissance

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Which of the following fibers is NOT used to make paper?

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wool

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Aritsts' crayon is made by mixing pigment with _____.

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wax

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This work by Andrew Wyeth is one of the most debated works in American realistic art ... there is disagreement between what the artist says about the work and the work itself ... what do YOU think the work is about?

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I feel it's about a troubled woman seeking help.

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The art historian Giorgio Vasari credited which of the these artists with the invention of oil paint?

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Jan van Eyck

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Using watercolor and gouache on paper, the artist ___________ created this realistic picture of A Young Hare.

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Albrecht Durer

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Acrylic paint can best be cleaned up using which of the following liquids?

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water

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Paper was \"invented\" by an artist working with macerated plant fibers suspended in water ... what country was he from?

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China

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An Elderly Peasant Woman was created by using __________ on wove paper.

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charcoal

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What is the SUBJECT of this untitled work by Roger Shimomura?

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internment of Japaese-Americas during World War II ... the effects of culture clash

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Which of these cultures FIRST produced images by printmaking ...

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Japan

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Name the artist who created this woodcut composition entitled Prophet.

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Emil Nolde

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What message was this 1943 work by Norman Rockwell intended to convey to the world?

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that America was strong and would survive in times of crisis

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Using silkscreen techniques over aluminum paint, _________ created Double Elvis.

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Andy Warhol

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What order of column is this?

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Ionic

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This Colossal Olmec Head is an example of substractive sculpture ... carved in what kind of stone?

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Basalt

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This remarkable gate was taken in pieces and transported from Bablylon to ______________, where it was reassembled and now is part of the Pergamon Museum collection.

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Berlin, Germany

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What country would you visit if you wanted to see the load-bearing Maya Pyramid Temple I at Tikal?

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Guatemala

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This famous Minoan frescoe was found on the Island of Crete in the Palace of _________.

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Knossos

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This architect, who pioneered the use of steel in architecture, is sometimes called the \"father of Modernism.\"

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Louis Sullivan

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What order of column is this?

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Doric

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This prehistoric site is located in the United States ... which state?

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Ohio

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What term does Antony Gormley use for the figures in his works, such as the small three-dimensional human modes in his installation Asian Field?

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corpographs

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A number of these human figures, carved out of white marble, were found on the _______ Islands, now part of modern-day Greece.

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Cycladic

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To give the building a \"weightless quality\" Zaha Hadid decided to use _____ as the primary building material for the ground level of the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati.

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Glass

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