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Q: A relief print created out of a sheet of linoleum is called ________. a. a woodcut d. an intarsia b. a linocut e. a planography c. a linograph

Q: These simple, symbolic graphics are often used for products that people of many different cultures use, so that there is no need for language translation: a. icons d. trademarks b. citations e. patents c. hieroglyphics

Q: This contemporary artist, who once created album covers for the rock band Radiohead, used the softness of linoleum to depict the fictional destruction of Los Angeles. a. Kitagawa Utamaro d. Stanley Donwood b. Albrecht Drer e. Katsushika Hokusai c. Dox Thrash

Q: Images that are created to inform as well as to embellish a written or printed text are called: a. cuneiform d. charms b. hieroglyphics e. dingbats c. illustrations

Q: This term for plate printmaking means cut into in Italian. a. intaglio d. sgraffito b. impasto e. graffiti c. intermezzo

Q: If you were to design an instruction manual for building a car, good illustration as well as text would be vital.

Q: This printmaking tool is a sharp instrument used to mark the surface of a plate. a. register d. screen b. palette knife e. burin c. levigator

Q: The nineteenth-century artists Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris created a handcrafted version of this writers works as a rejection of rampant industrialization. a. Chaucer d. Brothers Grimm b. Plato e. Homer c. Shakespeare

Q: This intaglio printing process involves carefully and cleanly scoring a metal plate. a. mezzotint d. engraving b. drypoint e. aquatint c. etching

Q: This is most often a carefully designed piece of type that is unique and easily identified. a. logo d. serif b. codex e. carriage c. font

Q: If an artist were to create a woodblock print with three different colors, how many separate relief blocks would he or she need? a. one d. four b. two e. five c. three

Q: The Ford Motor Company created a logo from this handwriting style, which was practiced in nineteenth-century America. a. Blackletter script d. DNealian script b. Edwardian script e. Zaner-Bloser script c. Spencerian script

Q: This twentieth-century German artist used the natural grain and splintering of the woodblock to make his work Prophet more expressive. a. Emil Nolde d. Kitagawa Utamaro b. Albrecht Drer e. Katsushika Hokusai c. Dox Thrash

Q: This pictorial logo, used to identify Chevrolet products, has come to replace words when identifying the company. a. rams head d. lightning bolt b. apple e. jaguar c. bowtie

Q: This type of printmaking is done by carving away part of a block in order to leave a raised surface that can be inked and printed. a. lithography d. silkscreen b. mezzotint e. relief c. etching

Q: If you were to design a party invitation, you might put important information, such as the date, time, and place in ________. a. bold type d. a different font b. a larger font e. any of the other answers c. a different color

Q: A relief print created out of a solid wood block is called ________. a. a woodcut d. an intarsia b. a linocut e. a planograph c. a woodograph

Q: Find two examples each of serif and sans-serif fonts. Where would each of these fonts be most appropriate? Why do we need so many different kinds of font? How does changing the font affect what is being communicated?

Q: If you were to carve away the surface of a woodblock, removing the shape of a star, then ink the block and make a print, you would be left with a negative star shape on the paper.

Q: The ________ was a German school of art and design that operated in the early twentieth century. The students at the school were immersed in the idea that form follows function. a. Bauhaus d. Hudson River School b. Royal Academy e. Academy of Fine Arts, Munich c. Kunstakademie Dsseldorf

Q: For his print Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Albrecht Drer hired expert craftsmen to ________. a. market the prints b. make the paper for the print c. interpret the Book of Revelations d. manufacture the ink e. create the block and cut the lines into it

Q: The German designer Herbert Bayer created a sans-serif typeface called ________ that could not be immediately associated with any one culture. a. Universal d. Arial b. Helvetica e. Baskerville c. Garamond

Q: During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many masters of woodblock printing in this country, whose work reflected the lifestyle of an urban cultural class. a. United States d. Japan b. Austria e. Siam c. France

Q: Mies Van der Rohe, who was Head of the Bauhaus, is often remembered for saying: a. less is more d. the future is now b. form follows function e. straight and narrow c. machine for living

Q: This style of printmaking means pictures of the floating world and was practiced by the Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro. a. ukiyo-e d. planography b. mezzotint e. Expressionism c. fan printing

Q: How has the inclusion of headings, page numbers, illustrations, and boldface and italic type changed the way that we communicate compared to that of handwritten manuscripts? Describe how each of these innovations may have changed the way the written word is perceived.

Q: The visual form of printed letters, words, and text is called ________. a. media d. layout b. calligraphy e. hieroglyphics c. typography

Q: The art of typography came into existence with the introduction of this invention. a. cotton gin d. movable type b. the automobile e. the wheel c. moving pictures

Q: Who was the German inventor of the printing press and movable type? a. Johannes Gutenberg d. Charlemagne b. Albrecht Drer e. John Baskerville c. Hieronymus Bosch

Q: Which of the following is a printmaking process? a. intaglio d. intonaco b. glazing e. arriccio c. scumbling

Q: In 1525, this German master printmaker wrote a manual establishing the first set of rules for the construction of letterforms. a. Nolde d. Beckmann b. Drer e. Gutenberg c. Rembrandt

Q: When a printmaker rolls ink onto a raised surface and presses a piece of paper onto it, the resulting image on the paper is known as ________. a. a batten d. a buzz up b. an edition e. an impasto c. an impression

Q: Albrecht Drers standard of letterforms was based on the alphabetic characters of this culture. a. China d. Greece b. Germany e. Rome c. France

Q: Images were first reproduced by printmaking in this ancient culture. a. Mesopotamia d. India b. Greece e. Japan c. Rome

Q: This is a group of letterforms designed to have a uniform appearance. a. codex d. carriage b. layout e. serif c. font

Q: The earliest existing printed artworks on paper were created in this culture. a. Rome d. Greece b. Mesopotamia e. China c. Egypt

Q: The marks that are added to a letterform that were derived from the chisel marks created for words incised on Roman buildings are called ________. a. serifs d. accents b. codex e. carriages c. italics

Q: Egyptian picture symbols are called ________. a. hieroglyphs d. calligraphy b. cuneiform e. letterforms c. script

Q: Wherever literacy takes hold, ________ usually develops as a form of art that expresses layers of meaning and feelings by means of the shape of the written letterforms. a. cuneiform d. typeface b. hieroglyphics e. media c. calligraphy

Q: Wang Xizhi was one of the great calligraphers of the Jin Dynasty from this ancient culture. a. China d. Persia b. Japan e. Siam c. India

Q: These handwritten, illustrated books were created during the Middle Ages. a. papyrus scrolls d. Books of the Dead b. Gutenbergs Bibles e. I Ching c. illuminated manuscripts

Q: Graffiti artist Banksy has created many works in public places without permission, but he has also become popular with the public. How do you think these different settings affect the way that viewers react to his artworks? What is it about spray paint that makes its artists thrive on creating works in unexpected places and away from traditional art venues?

Q: Match the painting with its medium: a. oil d. tempera b. watercolor and gouache e. fresco c. acrylic Albrecht Drer, Hare

Q: Match the painting with its medium: a. oil d. tempera b. watercolor and gouache e. fresco c. acrylic Roger Shimomura, Untitled

Q: Match the painting with its medium: a. oil d. tempera b. watercolor and gouache e. fresco c. acrylic Hung Liu, Interregnum

Q: The essence of visual communication design is the use of ________ to communicate information and ideas. a. Internet d. words b. prints e. pictures c. symbols

Q: Match the painting with its medium: a. oil d. tempera b. watercolor and gouache e. fresco c. acrylic Michelangelo, The Libyan Sibyl

Q: The first people (c. 3400 BCE) to employ picture symbols in a consistent language system were the ________. a. Indians d. Greeks b. Mesoamericans e. Mesopotamians c. Romans

Q: Match the painting with its medium: a. oil d. tempera b. watercolor and gouache e. fresco c. acrylic Riza Abbasi, Two Lovers

Q: If an artist wanted to work on a painting over a number of days, blending and making changes, acrylic paint would be a good medium to use.

Q: This Japanese-American artist used acrylic paint to express the relationship between American and Japanese cultures. a. Melchor Peredo d. Riza Abbasi b. Hung Liu e. Roger Shimomura c. Suzuki Shnen

Q: The work Coalopolis by American artist Ralph M. Larmann utilizes acrylic paint. This medium is derived from modern manufacturing processes and conveys ________. a. the relationship between economic progress and ecological damage b. an industrial, menacing landscape c. twisting clouds of coal soot rising to fill the sky over a fictional town d. a message of impending environmental disaster e. all of the answers

Q: Painting that integrates many different painting media and materials is classified as ________ painting. a. alternative d. mixed-media b. performance e. time-based c. crazy

Q: This mural painter involved the entire community when she created Danza de la Tierra at the Dallas Latino Cultural Center: a. Frida Kahlo d. Joan Brown b. Georgia OKeeffe e. Jane Frank c. Judy Baca

Q: This painting technique was used by the prehistoric cave painters of Pech Merle, France, and is still used by contemporary graffiti artists. a. broken stroke d. glazing b. scumbling e. impasto c. spray paint

Q: This British artist practices street art using a process that involves stencils and spray paint. a. Banksy d. Vincent van Gogh b. Mary Cassatt e. Edgar Degas c. Georges Seurat

Q: Match the artwork with its medium: a. ceramic d. wood b. fiber e. glass c. metal Captain Richard Carpenter (Duklwayella), Bent-corner chest

Q: One of the advantages of acrylic paint is that it can be cleaned up using this liquid. a. turpentine d. kerosene b. oil e. Dr. Pepper c. water

Q: If an artist wanted to create an artwork sure to last for many thousands of years, wood would be a good material to use.

Q: This painting medium is opaque, applied to a paper surface, and uses a gum arabic binder. a. soot ink d. oil b. gouache e. acrylic c. tempera

Q: The process of using wood to create mosaic images, as used in the design by Francesco di Giorgio Martini to decorate a private studio for the Duke of Urbino around 1480, is called ________. a. typography d. embroidery b. repouss e. weaving c. intarsia

Q: An artist paints the US flag using the medium of watercolor, but forgets to do the white stars. To add them to the painting, the artist just needs to use the white watercolor pigment.

Q: The native American Heiltsuk artists who create wooden bent-corner chests use a method where the wood is softened and bent to create the corners. Which of the following processes is integral to this method? a. fluting d. whittling b. hammering e. steaming c. drilling

Q: This German artists naturalistic depiction A Young Hare was created using a combination of watercolor and gouache highlighting. a. Hung Liu d. Sonia Delaunay b. Melchor Peredo e. Joan Brown c. Albrecht Drer

Q: Wooden objects, like many traditional craft objects, are common in daily life. Can you think of any objects made of wood that are useful in your everyday life? Have any of these objects been cut, carved, or polished in a particular way? Do you consider these objects to be beautiful or well-crafted? Do you think they are works of art? Give your reasons why, or why not.

Q: Sonia Delaunay used this medium for her lively illustrations accompanying Blaise Cendrarss poetry in their simultaneous artists book. a. oil d. watercolor b. ink e. fresco c. acrylic

Q: The South African wood turner Andrew Early creates his work using a power-driven spinning support called a ________. a. lathe d. wheel b. loom e. kiln c. forge

Q: This contemporary painting medium uses a polymer resin as a binder. a. acrylic d. tempera b. oil e. ink c. encaustic

Q: This medium is made of pigment suspended in water so that it adheres to the fibers of paper to which it is commonly applied. Usually there is a small amount of gum arabic in this medium, and it most often uses only black pigment. a. ink d. acrylic b. tempera e. encaustic c. oil

Q: The Tlingit people of the Pacific Northwest use this fiber process to create their ceremonial Chilkat blankets, by intertwining goat wool and cedar bark into a large flat textile decorated with abstract patterning. a. weaving d. repouss b. embroidery e. batik c. felting

Q: This Japanese artist exploited the rich, dark value of ink painting to capture the character of a river by moonlight. a. Hung Liu d. Melchor Peredo b. Suzuki Shnen e. Albrecht Drer c. Roger Shimomura

Q: This Japanese artist knits large-scale structures, such as Knitted Wonder Space II (2.6.19), which viewers interact with as if they are childrens playgrounds. a. Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam d. Maria Martinez b. Faith Ringgold e. Mary Linwood c. Hyo-In Kim

Q: This painting medium is transparent, applied to a paper surface, and has a gum arabic binder (the French version uses honey.) a. watercolor d. bister b. soot ink e. sepia c. gall ink

Q: The British artist Mary Linwood used sewn thread to create her fiber art. This process is called: a. embroidery d. quilting b. weaving e. batik c. felting

Q: ________ can create many different effects, depending on how it is applied. Chinese-born artist Hung Liu utilized these qualities to separate reality and the ideal in her work Interregnum. a. oil paint d. encaustic b. tempera e. all of the other answers c. fresco

Q: This American artist used quilting as a way to express her experiences of childhood growing up in New York City. a. Dale Chihuly d. Georgia OKeeffe b. Tilleke Schwarz e. Karen Karnes c. Faith Ringgold

Q: Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi used this medium for her Allegory of Painting, a self-portrait of the artist with a paintbrush in hand. a. acrylic paint d. tempera b. fresco e. encaustic c. oil paint

Q: Textile art cannot express biographical or historical meaning.

Q: If an artist wanted to paint a very detailed miniature forest scene, tempera would be a good medium to use.

Q: The only way an artist can work with metal is to heat it to a liquid state.