Deck 11: Traditional Craft Media

Question 1

When did people start making a distinction between crafts and fine arts?

A) The Baroque
B) The Harlem Renaissance
C) The Industrial Revolution
D) The Renaissance

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What is one of the steps in creating stained glass?

A) Dyeing rags to infuse the cut glass
B) Sandblasting the glass to frost it with color
C) Cutting large sheets of colored glass into small pieces
D) Etching the glass to add small details

Answer 2

C

Question 3

A spoon might be considered craft because:

A) It was made by cold working the metal
B) It is used in everyday life
C) It is a combination of metalworking and sculpture
D) It was made with intellect

Answer 3

B

Question 4

A pot might be considered craft because it:

A) Was made by a sole artisan
B) Was signed by the artisan
C) Was made in a workshop by different people
D) Was inspired by designs that came from the past

Question 5

Why is a handmade feel associated with craft?

A) Many crafts have fabrics pieced together
B) Many crafts look rustic
C) Many crafts are practical objects
D) Many crafts look perfectly formed

Question 6

Why would Maria's pots be considered a reflection of society?

A) She used the clay body of earthenware
B) She used the method of coiling to form the pots
C) She drew on a tradition that had been passed down to her
D) She made the pots by hand

Question 7

What kind of clay body would you use if you wanted to make a pot that would be used for fine dinnerware and that needed to hold water?

A) Earthenware
B) Stoneware
C) Slip
D) Porcelain

Question 8

Making symmetrical pots can best be achieved using:

A) Coiling or pinching
B) Slab building
C) Pinching or wheel throwing
D) Wheel throwing or coiling

Question 9

Glassblowing is what kind of glass technique?

A) Cold
B) Hot
C) Mold
D) Stained

Question 10

If a piece of metal is formed by raising and sinking, it was:

A) Hollow cast
B) Hot worked
C) Cold worked
D) Incised

Question 11

Armor is best made using which technique?

A) Cold working
B) Solid casting
C) Raising
D) Hot working

Question 12

In order to make a strong piece of furniture, a designer might instruct that it be made using:

A) Building
B) Bending
C) Joining
D) Gluing

Question 13

To make a carpet, artisans use:

A) Quilting and spiralling
B) Needlework and raising
C) Knots and interlaced fibers
D) Interlaced grasses and weaving

Question 14

When weavers use differently colored weft threads to form an intricate design that is an integral part of the material, the result is a:

A) Basket
B) Carpet
C) Loom
D) Tapestry

Question 15

Basket making is DIFFERENT from weaving because in basket making:

A) Warp and weft strands can be interlaced
B) Coils of strands can be sewn together
C) Fiber is used
D) Intricate designs can be created

Question 16

During the Renaissance, artists wanted to be seen as having skill over intellect.

Question 17

Traditional crafts were often used in everyday life.

Question 18

Three types of clay bodies are earthenware, stoneware, and rockware.

Question 19

Glassblowing requires a mold.

Question 20

With raising, a metal sheet is hammered inward around a stake to form the walls of a vessel.

Question 21

A common, coarse, reddish-brown clay is called ________ .

Question 22

Using flat sheets of clay to form a work is called _______ .

Question 23

_____ is the process of blowing air through a tube into molten glass to form glass objects.

Question 24

Using tools to bend metal into a desired form when the temperature of the metal is lowered is referred to as ______ .

Question 25

_________ is a method of forming wood furniture that it is cheaper and faster than carving because no skilled carvers are needed.

Question 26

Maria and Julian Martinez's Bowl (figure 11.1) with Peter Voulkos's Bucci (figure 11.7) in terms of overall form, texture, and design. How do these two works contradict or confirm the various traditional definitions of craft discussed in the text?

Question 27

Many artworks convey messages. Do you think that artisans working in craft media in previous centuries tried to convey messages in their works? Why or why not? How much do you think your answer is dependent on traditional definitions established during the Renaissance of craft as being different from fine art?

Question 28

Consider the comparison between The Annunciation, detail of the center lancet window from Chartres Cathedral (figure 11.5A) and Simone Martini's Annunciation (figure 11.5B). Can you think of a reason why hot-worked glass, especially object created with blown glass, might be more readily considered fine art than cold-worked glass?

Question 29

What is the difference between casting and cold working metal? Why would an artist use one technique over the other?

Question 30

Why might an artist choose to make a traditional weaving, which can take months or even years, rather than use a computer-assisted technique? Give examples.