Deck 7: Drawing

Question 1

After meeting Ms.Mary Lou Furcron,African American artist Beverly Buchanan's life and art have focused on __________,as seen in Henriette's Yard.

A) ​the urban poor 
B) ​southern architecture 
C) ​southern shack dwellers 
D) the plight of the homeless​ 
E) ​African American politics

Answer 1

  C

Question 2

__________ artists are masters of the brush-and-ink medium.They have used it for centuries for all types of __________.

A) ​Chinese; drawings 
B) ​Italian; preparatory sketches 
C) ​Japanese; calligraphy 
D) ​Japanese; woodblocks 
E) ​Japanese; everyday writings

Answer 2

  C

Question 3

Käthe Kollwitz's Self Portrait reveals one aspect of the character of ________________.

A) ​silverpoint 
B) ​chalk 
C) ​pencil 
D) ​pen and wash 
E) ​charcoal

Answer 3

  E

Question 4

The oldest known type of ink is India or China ink,made from a solution of __________.

A) ​indigo and water 
B) ​squid ink 
C) ​gall extracts from oak trees 
D) ​plant extracts 
E) ​carbon black and water

Question 5

The medium of __________ was widely used for drawing from the late Middle Ages to the early 1500s,when it was largely replaced by the lead pencil.

A) ​metalpoint 
B) ​chalk 
C) ​crayon 
D) ​charcoal 
E) ​pastel

Question 6

In its original meaning,a __________ was a full-scale preliminary drawing executed on paper for projects such as frescoes,stained glass,oil paintings,or tapestries.

A) ​sketch 
B) ​silverpoint 
C) ​collage 
D) ​cartoon 
E) ​monotype

Question 7

List two techniques by which artists can achieve dramatically different effects with fluid media.

Question 8

Broadly defined,__________ is the art of running an implement that leaves a mark over a surface.

A) ​painting 
B) ​hatching 
C) ​contouring 
D) ​drawing 
E) ​stippling

Question 9

A form of charcoal was used by Stone Age humans to create images on __________.

A) ​wood 
B) ​stone 
C) ​papyrus 
D) ​cave walls 
E) ​animal skins

Question 10

Why was Gary Kelley's pastel drawing,reminiscent of the jazz age,commissioned?

Question 11

Pen and ink are used to create drawings that are essentially __________.

A) ​tonal 
B) ​smudged 
C) ​modeled 
D) ​linear 
E) ​agitated

Question 12

Identify six types of dry media used for drawing.

Question 13

In metalpoint drawings,the drawing surface must be coated with a ground of __________.

A) ​bone dust or chalk mixed with gum 
B) ​gum mixed with pigment 
C) ​bone dust or chalk mixed with gum, water, and pigment 
D) ​charcoal mixed with gum and pigment 
E) ​bone dust or chalk mixed with gum and pigment

Question 14

Claudio Bravo's Package is an excellently executed trompe l'oeil drawing that presents the illusion of a package wrapped in __________.

A) ​newspaper 
B) ​crumpled brown paper and string 
C) ​holiday paper and a bow 
D) ​metallic foil 
E) ​gauze and tape

Question 15

Who advised artists to keep a "little book of leaves" and sketch what they saw in order to serve their future plans?

Question 16

With a drawing,the quality of line and the nature of shading are very much affected by the __________ of the support.

A) ​color 
B) ​texture 
C) ​form 
D) ​weight 
E) ​consistency

Question 17

The effects of __________ when each is drawn against a paper surface are very similar.

A) ​silverpoint and charcoal 
B) ​pencil, silverpoint, and pastel 
C) ​charcoal, chalk, and pastel 
D) ​pencil, charcoal, and pastel 
E) ​silverpoint, pencil, and chalk

Question 18

Pastels consist of ground chalk mixed with powdered pigments and a binder.Whereas chalk drawings can be traced to prehistoric times,pastels did not come into wide use until the_______.

A) ​1300s 
B) ​1400s 
C) ​1700s 
D) ​1800s 
E) ​1900s

Question 19

__________________ chose the medium of drawing to render the dramatic Self-Portrait Exaggerating My Negroid Features.

A) ​Marc Brandenburg 
B) ​Adrian Piper 
C) ​George Condo 
D) ​Elizabeth Peyton 
E) ​Claudio Bravo

Question 20

Which of the following drawing materials cannot be smudged or rubbed for a hazy effect? 

A) ​charcoal 
B) ​metalpoint 
C) ​pencil 
D) ​chalk 
E) ​pastel

Question 21

Explain the delicate process of metalpoint drawing and why it has largely been abandoned in favor of other dry media.

Question 22

Explain why Adrian Piper selected the medium of a pencil drawing for her Self-Portrait Exaggerating My Negroid Features.

Question 23

Identify and discuss the different categories of drawings,and provide an artistic example from each category.

Question 24

Describe how the characteristics of the support influence the character and appearance of a brush-and-ink drawing.Select an artwork to use as an example.

Question 25

Compare and contrast the use of pencil drawing in Adrian Piper's Self-Portrait Exaggerating My Negroid Features and Nina Fowler's Christopher Allsopp.

Question 26

Explain the evolution of the pencil and how it is now made.

Question 27

How and when was the meaning of the word cartoon expanded to include humorous and satirical drawings?