Deck 19: Photography

Question 1

Stained glass was integral to the development of this medieval French architectural style.

A) Gothic
B) Art Nouveau
C) Neoclassicism
D) Impressionism
E) Dada

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What is the name of the oven used to fire clay objects so that they become ceramics?

A) an oast
B) a furnace
C) a stove
D) a hearth
E) a kiln

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Clay that has a great deal of water mixed into it, making it very thin, is known as ________.

A) porcelain
B) kaolin
C) frit
D) slip
E) grog

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The creator of the Olmec Baby Figure was able to employ both additive and subtractive carving methods because of this quality of kaolin clay.

A) it is extremely hard
B) it never fully dries
C) it can be molded while it is still wet
D) it is a mixture of clay and plastic
E) it is very brittle

Question 5

What is the process that a ceramist uses to knead and remove pockets of air from the wet clay?

A) coiling
B) throwing
C) slabbing
D) wedging
E) modeling

Question 6

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

A) Mesoamerica
B) Rome
C) Egypt
D) Mesopotamia
E) China

Question 7

This Italian goldsmith created an elaborate salt cellar for King Francis I of France.

A) Georges Fouquet
B) Benvenuto Cellini
C) Nicolas Poussin
D) Pol Limbourg
E) Donatello

Question 8

If an artist wanted to make an object that was a simple shape and very durable, stoneware would be a good clay to use.

Question 9

This method of clay production is based on the creation of flat sheets of wet clay.

A) roping
B) coil
C) thrown
D) slab
E) pinch

Question 10

The process of glassblowing was perfected in this ancient culture.

A) India
B) Greece
C) China
D) Mesoamerica
E) Rome

Question 11

If you were to take a piece of clothing and turn it into an art object for display in a gallery, what item of clothing would you choose and why? Think about how you would display your craft object, and what you might do to enhance it visually or to give it symbolic meaning. Do you think viewers of your craft piece would consider it art? Ceramics
4) Our word ceramic comes from this Greek word.
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A) briki
B) argilos
C) logos
D) keramos
E) techni

Question 12

Glass was probably first used by this ancient culture.

A) Mesoamerica
B) China
C) Mesopotamia
D) Greece
E) Indus

Question 13

A piece of thrown pottery is created using this potter's tool.

A) a wheel
B) a bat
C) a paddle
D) a roller
E) an extruder

Question 14

The use of metal was extremely important in this period of human history.

A) the Bronze Age
B) the Neolithic
C) the Mesolithic
D) the Paleolithic
E) the Stone Age

Question 15

This American artist uses glass to create dramatic and colorful interior installations, such as the one at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.

A) Paul Stankard
B) Thomas Kinkade
C) Richard Marquis Metalwork
D) Dale Chihuly
E) Peter Volkous

Question 16

The art of arranging colored glass into mosaic-like window forms is called ________.

A) glassblowing
B) stained glass
C) coiling
D) slabbing
E) repoussé

Question 17

The Portland Vase, an amazing piece of Roman glassblowing technique, used this method to create dual glass colors and high detail on a single piece.

A) dip-overlay
B) float
C) thermal expansion
D) phase transition
E) gob

Question 18

Before its use in Gothic stained-glass windows, glass was not employed as decorative art at all.

Question 19

Which of the following methods is not used in forming metal artworks?

A) repoussé
B) casting
C) hammering
D) bending
E) wheel throwing

Question 20

The glassy finished surface applied to a ceramic object is called ________.

A) glaze
B) frit
C) grog
9) At what point can we consider a useful object a work of art? What separates a useful ceramic object, such as a toilet or sink, from a piece of high art? Can a toilet or sink, even if they are created in some unique and original way, ever be considered a work of art? 
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Coil Method
D) kaolin
E) slurry

Question 21

The significance of the figures on the sumptuous gold Salt Cellar of Francis I has nothing to do with the function of the object.

Question 22

Textile art cannot express biographical or historical meaning.

Question 23

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

Question 24

Which of the following is not used in works of fiber art?

A) polyester
B) wool
C) silk
D) cotton
E) aluminum

Question 25

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
B) embroidery
C) felting Wood
D) repoussé
E) batik

Question 26

The Dutch artist Tilleke Schwarz uses sewn thread to create her fiber art. This process is called ________.

A) embroidery
B) weaving
C) felting BOX: Faith Ringgold, Tar Beach, 1988
D) quilting
E) batik

Question 27

This American artist used quilting as a way to express her experiences of childhood growing up in New York City.

A) Dale Chihuly
B) Tilleke Schwarz
C) Faith Ringgold
D) Georgia O'Keeffe
E) Karen Karnes

Question 28

This particular medium uses threads, fabrics, and other textiles.

A) fiber
B) ceramics
C) repoussé
D) intarsia
E) porcelain