Deck 20: Filmvideo and Digital Art

Question 1

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
B) bas-relief
C) in the round
D) freestanding
E) placid design

Answer 1

A

Question 2

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.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

This nineteenth-century female 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
B) Giambologna
C) Michelangelo Methods of Sculpture
D) Naum Gabo
E) Antony Gormley

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The wooden statue of the Hawaiian war god Ku-ka'ili-moku (2.150) was created using this method of sculpting.

A) carving
B) casting
C) modeling
D) constructing
E) earthworks

Question 5

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

Question 6

The sculptural process in which the artist carves only in shallow depth is called ________.

A) bas-relief
B) high relief
C) in the round
D) freestanding
E) pinch

Question 7

Which of these materials can be used to create a sculpture?

A) wax
B) stone
C) plastic
D) ice
E) all of the other answers

Question 8

This sculpting process involves adding a liquid or pliable material to a mold.

A) casting
B) chiseling
C) constructing
D) earthworks
E) readymades

Question 9

Another name for freestanding sculpture is ________.

A) in the round
B) bas-relief
C) high relief
D) dynamic presence
E) modeling

Question 10

Which of these is not an additive process of sculpting?

A) chiseling
B) casting
C) modeling Carving
BOX: Michelangelo
D) constructing
E) earthworks

Question 11

Michelangelo believed ________ to be the finest and most challenging of all the visual arts.

A) sculpture
B) painting
C) drawing
D) digital art
E) architecture

Question 12

Wood is not strong enough to create freestanding sculptures over about four feet tall.

Question 13

In freestanding sculpture, the artist entices the viewer to move around the work by creating a series of changing ________.

A) planes
B) colors
C) textures
D) ideas
E) materials

Question 14

All sculptures have this characteristic in common:

A) they exist in three-dimensional space
B) they are made of solid materials
C) they are meant to last for many years
D) they are created for beauty
E) all of these answers

Question 15

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.

Question 16

If the intention of Giambologna's Rape of a Sabine was to show off Florentine political might, then a large-scale sculpture in the round was a good choice as it can be displayed to many people.

Question 17

Unlike freestanding sculpture, this type of sculpture is created to be viewed from one side only.

A) relief
B) in the round
C) dynamic presence Freestanding Sculpture
D) modeling
E) oast

Question 18

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.

Question 19

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
B) a kiln
C) calipers
D) a patina
E) a chisel

Question 20

Which of these is not a subtractive method of sculpting?

A) casting
B) carving
C) chiseling
D) sawing
E) drilling

Question 21

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's input is finished.

Question 22

This artist took a urinal, turned it on its side, made some other slight alterations, and presented it as an art object titled Fountain.

A) Marcel Duchamp
B) Damien Hirst
C) Pablo Picasso
Light and Kinetic Sculpture
D) Lázló Moholy-Nagy
E) Naum Gabo

Question 23

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

Question 24

The Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson creates work using this medium, which relies on the walls of the gallery to give it visibility.

A) light
B) oil
C) paint
D) fire
E) water

Question 25

Ancient Greek sculptors sometimes created cast sculptures from ________, an alloy of copper and tin.

A) bronze
B) silver
C) steel
D) aluminum
E) brass

Question 26

This group of Soviet artists created an entire art movement out of the process of assembling artworks.

A) Constructivists
B) Dadaists
C) Fauves
D) Social Realists
E) Cubists

Question 27

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
B) glaze
C) flashing Earthworks
D) shingling
E) repoussé

Question 28

This American artist created a large earthwork titled Spiral Jetty in the Great Salt Lake in Utah in 1969-70.

A) Robert Smithson
B) Marcel Duchamp
C) Susan Durant
D) Damien Hirst
E) Naum Gabo

Question 29

The installation work The Man Who Flew Into Space from His Apartment is a room filled with ________ posters.

A) Fascist
B) Socialist
C) Nationalist Conclusion
D) Communist
E) boyband

Question 30

This Spanish artist combined a bicycle seat and handlebars into a form that was reminiscent of a bull's head.

A) Pablo Picasso
B) Naum Gabo
C) Marcel Duchamp
D) Georgia O'Keeffe
E) Lázló Moholy-Nagy

Question 31

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
B) clay bonding
C) gum molding
D) cotton stretching
E) gobbing

Question 32

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
B) pre-selection
C) felting
D) repoussé
E) exchanging

Question 33

A sculpture intended by the artist to move is called ________ sculpture.

A) a kinetic
B) an armature
C) a swivel
D) a fluted
E) a motion-detector

Question 34

What method of sculpture is the artist using when they assemble component parts in order to create an artwork?

A) construction
B) casting
C) carving
D) bending
E) repoussé

Question 35

This Hungarian artist created works of art that were motorized, even featuring one as a character in a film.

A) Lázló Moholy-Nagy
B) Naum Gabo
C) Damien Hirst
D) Susan Durant
E) Marcel Duchamp