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Q: Identify the medium or process used to create each artwork: a. construction b. casting c. earthworks d. carving e. kinetic Riace Warrior A

Q: The theory that describes the way separate images viewed at regular intervals create the appearance of continuous motion is called ________. a. binocular vision d. multi-vision b. blurred vision e. panoramic vision c. persistence of vision

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

Q: In full gallop, a horses legs are ________ when all of them are off the ground. a. splayed out in front and behind its body b. crossed c. underneath its body d. angled out to the sides e. a horse never has all of its legs off the ground

Q: As Eadweard Muybridges experiments with motion showed, ________. a. the camera only captures what is clearly visible to the human eye b. the human eye cannot perceive anything visible to the camera c. the camera and the human eye have nothing in common d. the camera can capture what the human eye cannot see e. the camera cannot capture moving objects

Q: The earliest films featured elaborate sets and behind-the-scenes footage.

Q: What distinguishes a sculpture as a piece of fine art, compared to a memorial or other three-dimensional object? Why?

Q: Identify the medium or process used to create each artwork: a. construction b. casting c. earthworks d. carving e. kinetic Sculpture of the Lady Sennuwy

Q: Identify the medium or process used to create each artwork: a. construction b. casting c. earthworks d. carving e. kinetic Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty

Q: Digital filmmaking has taken over as the dominant technology in the film industry.

Q: Identify the medium or process used to create each artwork: a. construction b. casting c. earthworks d. carving e. kinetic Damien Hirst, The Physical Impossibility [. . .]

Q: The difference between film and video is: a. the way that the images are recorded b. whether or not the movie has been edited c. whether or not the movie has financial backing d. that one records moving images and the other stills e. that one only works in the dark

Q: Identify the medium or process used to create each artwork: a. construction b. casting c. earthworks d. carving e. kinetic George Rickey, Breaking Column

Q: This Spanish artist combined a bicycle seat and handlebars into a form that was reminiscent of a bulls head. a. Pablo Picasso d. Georgia OKeeffe b. Naum Gabo e. Lzl Moholy-Nagy c. Marcel Duchamp

Q: This process involves taking over a pre-existing image or object and altering its appearance in a way that changes its original meaning or purpose. a. appropriation d. repouss b. pre-selection e. exchanging c. felting

Q: A sculpture intended by the artist to move is called ________ sculpture. a. a kinetic d. a fluted b. an armature e. a motion-detector c. a swivel

Q: How does the American artist George Rickey ensure that his kinetic sculpture Breaking Column moves even when there is no wind? a. he employs someone to spin it around b. it is driven by a water wheel c. it is motorized d. it is driven by a pulley system e. it does not move without wind

Q: This Hungarian artist created works of art that were motorized, even featuring one as a character in a film. a. Lzl Moholy-Nagy d. Susan Durant b. Naum Gabo e. Marcel Duchamp c. Damien Hirst

Q: This method of sculpture involves the construction of a space or the assembly of objects to create an environment, often encouraging a viewer to experience the work physically, using all of his or her senses. a. installation d. carving b. casting e. modeling c. conceptual

Q: This Greek-born artist created the installation work Star Fountain (2.4.22), which uses constantly changing light to imply movement. a. Athena Tacha d. Georgia OKeeffe b. Pablo Picasso e. Antony Gormley c. Niki de Saint Phalle

Q: What term does Antony Gormley use for the figures in his works, such as the small three-dimensional human models in his installation Asian Field? a. humanotypes d. portraits b. corpographs e. none of the other answers c. personifications

Q: Match the photographic term with its definition: a. image that reverses the tones of light and dark b. using photographs to tell a news story c. a collage made of photo-based images and text, usually photographed or scanned so it can be reproduced d. image that matches the appearance as the human eye would see it e. photographic process that replaces highly toxic developer to make darkroom chemistry more environmentally friendly f. the person, place, or thing photographed photomontage

Q: An artist cannot turn a trash can into a readymade artwork.

Q: The natural world is simply the canvas on which an artist creates their earthwork. Nature has no effect on the earthwork, even after the artist has finished the artwork.

Q: What method of sculpture is the artist using when they assemble component parts in order to create an artwork? a. construction d. bending b. casting e. repouss c. carving

Q: This group of Soviet artists created an entire art movement out of the process of assembling artworks. a. Constructivists d. Social Realists b. Dadaists e. Cubists c. Fauves

Q: This Constructivist artist, originally named Naum Neemia Pevsner, studied physics, mathematics, and engineering in college. a. Gabo d. Durant b. Duchamp e. Hirst c. Michelangelo

Q: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, by Damien Hirst, is an example of the broad range of materials that can be used in a work of art. It presents a ________ suspended in a tank of formaldehyde. a. shark d. buffalo b. lamb e. sword c. pine tree

Q: Match the photographic term with its definition: a. image that reverses the tones of light and dark b. using photographs to tell a news story c. a collage made of photo-based images and text, usually photographed or scanned so it can be reproduced d. image that matches the appearance as the human eye would see it e. photographic process that replaces highly toxic developer to make darkroom chemistry more environmentally friendly f. the person, place, or thing photographed positive

Q: What method of sculpture is the artist using when he or she gathers objects and fabricates them into an artwork? a. assemblage d. bending b. casting e. repouss c. carving

Q: This African-American artist created the work The Liberation of Aunt Jemima (2.4.18) from an assemblage of found objects. a. Betye Saar d. Faith Ringgold b. Kara Walker e. Elizabeth Catlett c. Edmonia Lewis

Q: Objects found or already existing outside of the context of art, which are used as component parts in a work or to create an entire sculpture, are called ________. a. readymades d. earthworks b. weaving e. lost-wax c. casting

Q: Match the photographer with a description of his or her work: a. photographed her family members in both fictional and factual settings b. makes brightly colored tableaux using elaborate scenery sculptures c. known for very detailed landscape photographs of the American West d. worked for the FSA making documentary pictures of the Great Depression era e. used photographs to expose the unsafe and inhumane working conditions in factories, which eventually led to the establishment of Child Labor Laws in the US f. used soft-focus in her portraits and figure studies to suggest poetic and spiritual meanings Lewis Wickes Hine

Q: Sculptures created using this method often require the movement of large amounts of soil from one location to another. a. earthworks d. chiseling b. casting e. readymades c. constructing

Q: Match the photographer with a description of his or her work: a. photographed her family members in both fictional and factual settings b. makes brightly colored tableaux using elaborate scenery sculptures c. known for very detailed landscape photographs of the American West d. worked for the FSA making documentary pictures of the Great Depression era e. used photographs to expose the unsafe and inhumane working conditions in factories, which eventually led to the establishment of Child Labor Laws in the US f. used soft-focus in her portraits and figure studies to suggest poetic and spiritual meanings Sandy Skoglund

Q: This earthwork, constructed by the prehistoric inhabitants of North America, is located in Ohio. a. Great Serpent Mound d. Pyramid of the Moon b. Old Faithful e. Pyramid of the Sun c. Cahokia Mounds

Q: Match the photographer with a description of his or her work: a. photographed her family members in both fictional and factual settings b. makes brightly colored tableaux using elaborate scenery sculptures c. known for very detailed landscape photographs of the American West d. worked for the FSA making documentary pictures of the Great Depression era e. used photographs to expose the unsafe and inhumane working conditions in factories, which eventually led to the establishment of Child Labor Laws in the US f. used soft-focus in her portraits and figure studies to suggest poetic and spiritual meanings Julia Margaret Cameron

Q: This American artist created a large earthwork titled Spiral Jetty in the Great Salt Lake in Utah in 196970. a. Robert Smithson d. Damien Hirst b. Marcel Duchamp e. Naum Gabo c. Susan Durant

Q: Match the photographer with a description of his or her work: a. photographed her family members in both fictional and factual settings b. makes brightly colored tableaux using elaborate scenery sculptures c. known for very detailed landscape photographs of the American West d. worked for the FSA making documentary pictures of the Great Depression era e. used photographs to expose the unsafe and inhumane working conditions in factories, which eventually led to the establishment of Child Labor Laws in the US f. used soft-focus in her portraits and figure studies to suggest poetic and spiritual meanings Ansel Adams

Q: The name of this bronze-casting process relies on a modeled original form made from a pliable material. This method is known as ________. a. lost-wax casting d. cotton stretching b. clay bonding e. gobbing c. gum molding

Q: Match the photographer with a description of his or her work: a. photographed her family members in both fictional and factual settings b. makes brightly colored tableaux using elaborate scenery sculptures c. known for very detailed landscape photographs of the American West d. worked for the FSA making documentary pictures of the Great Depression era e. used photographs to expose the unsafe and inhumane working conditions in factories, which eventually led to the establishment of Child Labor Laws in the US f. used soft-focus in her portraits and figure studies to suggest poetic and spiritual meanings Sally Mann

Q: Over time, exposure to the elements can add this surface coloration to metals. It can also be created with the use of chemical preparations. a. patina d. shingling b. glaze e. repouss c. flashing

Q: Michelangelo planned a grand sculptural scheme for the tomb of ________, although it was never completed. a. Pope Julius II d. Emperor Constantine b. King Henry VIII of England e. Cosimo de Medici c. King Francis I of France

Q: Color photographs could be made from the time that the first photographic processes were invented.

Q: The wooden statue of the Hawaiian war god Ku-kaili-moku (2.4.7) was created using this method of sculpting: a. carving d. constructing b. casting e. earthworks c. modeling

Q: The medium of Valley of the Shadow of Death is ________. a. the Crimean War d. black-and-white photograph b. 1855 e. Roger Fenton c. color photograph

Q: Wood is not strong enough to create freestanding sculptures more than about four feet tall.

Q: Sally Manns photograph The New Mothers was made ________. a. in black and white d. as a photomontage b. in color e. all of the other answers c. using digital enhancement

Q: Artists who model forms using soft, pliable materials, such as clay or wax, sometimes employ this kind of support when creating their work. a. an armature d. a patina b. a kiln e. a chisel c. calipers

Q: Contemporary photographer Edward Burtynsky intends his Manufacturing series to make viewers think about human actions leading to ________. a. famine d. protests b. war e. none of the other answers c. an impact on the environment

Q: Compare the documentary approaches of Lewis Wickes Hine in Ten Year Old Spinner (2.8.13) and Edward Burtynsky in Manufacturing #17, Deda Chicken Processing Plant (2.8.26). What did each photographer try to record? Considering the subject matter of each image, what has been included and what left out?

Q: This sculpting process involves adding a liquid or pliable material to a mold. a. casting d. earthworks b. chiseling e. readymades c. constructing

Q: Match the photographer with a description of his or her work: a. photographed her family members in both fictional and factual settings b. makes brightly colored tableaux using elaborate scenery sculptures c. known for very detailed landscape photographs of the American West d. worked for the FSA making documentary pictures of the Great Depression era e. used photographs to expose the unsafe and inhumane working conditions in factories, which eventually led to the establishment of Child Labor Laws in the US f. used soft-focus in her portraits and figure studies to suggest poetic and spiritual meanings Dorothea Lange

Q: Ancient Greek sculptors sometimes created cast sculptures from ________, an alloy of copper and tin. a. bronze d. aluminum b. silver e. brass c. steel

Q: Stephen Marcs UntitledPassage on the Underground Railroad explores African-American history, but the photograph itself displays none of the principles of art, such as rhythm or variety.

Q: The Steerage by Alfred Stieglitz depicts ________. a. passengers on a steam ship d. new machinery b. child laborers e. World War I c. a mother and her children

Q: When an artist is using the subtractive method of carving in stone, it makes no difference whether or not the intended final shape extends beyond the dimensions of the original stone.

Q: Garry Winogrand frequently posed his subjects and arranged the composition of his photographs before taking them.

Q: What is one of the main reasons that the creation of the Olmec colossal heads is so impressive? a. they are lifelike individual portraits b. they were created without metal tools c. they can be seen from space d. they were done by children e. all of the other answers

Q: What is it called when a photographer chooses to make a photograph look candid and spontaneous? a. studio style d. digital manipulation b. snapshot aesthetic e. quick-capture c. photomontage

Q: The Olmec Baby Figure (2.4.6) was created using both additive and subtractive sculpting techniques in a material called kaolin, a fine, white __________. a. clay d. metal b. stone e. none of the other answers c. wood

Q: Hannah Hch was part of a movement known as ________. a. Realism d. Futurism b. Cubism e. Romanticism c. Dada

Q: Michelangelo believed ________ to be the finest and most challenging of all the visual arts. a. sculpture d. digital art b. painting e. architecture c. drawing

Q: UntitledPassage on the Underground Railroad digitally combines: a. the work of two different photographers b. sculpture and photography c. images from the past and present d. images of trains and airplanes e. none of the other answers

Q: The carving technique Michelangelo used for his sculpture Awakening Slave makes the figure appear to be permanently trapped within the stone.

Q: This nineteenth-century British sculptor, who created the Memorial to King Leopold of the Belgians in a church in Esher, England, was a favorite sculptor to the British royal family. a. Susan Durant d. Naum Gabo b. Giambologna e. Antony Gormley c. Michelangelo

Q: In his photograph Two Ways of Life, Oscar Gustav Rejlander employed methods that emulated the process of ________. a. painting d. the silhouette machine b. coloring books e. digital art c. encyclopedias

Q: Which of these is not a subtractive method of sculpting? a. casting d. sawing b. carving e. drilling c. chiseling

Q: Loretta Lux digitally manipulates such elements as ________ to create the effect she wants in her pictures. a. backgrounds d. color b. proportion e. all of the other answers c. scale

Q: Which of these is not an additive process of sculpting? a. chiseling d. constructing b. casting e. earthworks c. modeling

Q: What was the subject of the exhibition Here is New York: A Democracy of Photographs? a. September 11, 2001 b. the Civil War c. US Supreme Court decisions d. Hurricane Katrina e. all of the other answers

Q: If a sculptor wanted to create a relief that was visible from more than one angle, bas-relief would be a good method to use.

Q: When a sculpture is designed to be viewed from one side, and protrudes dynamically from its background plane or is carved with deeply incised marks, this is called ________. a. high relief d. freestanding b. bas-relief e. placid design c. in the round

Q: Compare the approaches to photojournalism represented by Dorothea Langes Migrant Mother (2.8.9) and Steve McCurrys Magician, Rajasthan, India (2.8.15). What did each photographer choose to photograph? What are the circumstances surrounding each picture? How does the appearance of the photograph contribute to its underlying meaning?

Q: If an artist wanted to create a relief in which a tree appeared further away than a park bench, carving the park bench more deeply (in high relief) would achieve this effect.

Q: When did it become common for photographs to be collected in major fine arts museums? a. 1860s d. 1980s b. 1900 e. none of the other answers c. 1950s

Q: One of the earliest surviving photographs is a still life by Daguerre, featuring: a. words, pictures, and tree bark, on a table b. grapes, sculptures, and a mirror, in a bowl c. plaster casts, a framed picture, and a wine flask, by a window d. books, flowers, and a water jar, in a library e. vegetables, musical instruments, and plates, on a shelf

Q: Unlike freestanding sculpture, this type of sculpture is created to be viewed from one side only. a. relief d. modeling b. in the round e. oast c. dynamic presence

Q: The American photographer Edward Weston focused closely on the subject of his Pepper No. 30, making the viewer concentrate on the ________ and ________ of the vegetable. a. color . . . vibrancy d. stalk . . . leaf b. form . . . texture e. all of the other answers c. smell . . . taste

Q: In freestanding sculpture, the artist entices the viewer to move around the work by creating a series of changing ________. a. planes d. ideas b. colors e. materials c. textures