Deck 1: Two-Dimensional Art

Question 1

Which of the following is considered the foundation of two-dimensional art?

A) drawing
B) painting
C) sculpture
D) printmaking

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Pen and ink,and wash and brush are what kind of materials?

A) dry media
B) wet media
C) soft media
D) hard media

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What is the basic building block of any design?

A) shape
B) space
C) color
D) line

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Adding white to any color is called a

A) shade
B) tint
C) value
D) hue

Question 5

What is the relationship of blacks to whites and gray?

A) complementary
B) tertiary
C) shade
D) value

Question 6

The hues red,yellow and blue are what kinds of colors?

A) secondary
B) primary
C) tertiary
D) complementary

Question 7

Hung Liu utilizes what kinds of lines in her painting 2005 painting,Relic 12? (Hung Liu is a female artist.There is a typo in the text.)

A) expressive and straight
B) contour and dominant
C) classical and curved
D) implied and outline

Question 8

Which artist is considered the driving force behind recognition of photography as a fine art?

A) Ansel Adams
B) Man Ray
C) Dorothea Lange
D) Alfred Stieglitz

Question 9

The popularity of oil paintings stems from what fact?

A) are inexpensive and can be easily purchased
B) have a long lifespan
C) are fast-drying
D) offer a wide range of color possibilities and can be reworked

Question 10

What printing technique includes etching,drypoint and aquatint?

A) intaglio
B) relief
C) lithography
D) planography

Question 11

What term denotes the measurable wavelength of a specific color?

A) tint
B) shade
C) hue
D) value

Question 12

What is the result when complementary colors are mixed together in equal proportions?

A) gray
B) black
C) white
D) brown

Question 13

Albrecht Durer's Lamentation,1497-1500 is an example of what kind of printmaking technique?

A) lithography
B) woodcut
C) silkscreen
D) intaglio

Question 14

Chalk,charcoal,pastel,and graphite are what kind of materials?

A) wet media
B) soft media
C) dry media
D) hard media

Question 15

To copy nature accurately,artists of the sixteenth century used what photographic technique:

A) daguerreotype
B) camera obscura
C) photogenesis
D) calotype

Question 16

Which of the following is the most common stencil processes?

A) monotype
B) aquatint
C) silkscreen
D) etching

Question 17

What painting media traditionally refers to a transparent paint usually applied to paper?

A) watercolor
B) acrylic
C) tempera
D) fresco

Question 18

Dorothea Lange's Dust Bowl Farm in Texas,1936 is an example of what kind of photography?

A) straight
B) photogram
C) documentary
D) camera obscura

Question 19

Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel is an example of what kind of painting media?

A) tempera
B) oil
C) fresco
D) mixed media

Question 20

What photographic technology has rendered film obsolete?

A) digital
B) photogenesis
C) calotype
D) wet-plate collodion

Question 21

What design principle constitutes rhythm,harmony and variation?

A) repetition
B) pattern
C) texture
D) unity

Question 22

Explain linear perspective,atmospheric perspective and shifting perspective.

Question 23

Describe the arrangements of colors on the color wheel.Explain primary,secondary,and tertiary colors.

Question 24

Which of the following techniques constitutes a form of illusionistic painting?

A) verisimilitude
B) trompe l'oeil
C) juxtaposition
D) perspective

Question 25

What are the four basic Principles of Design?

A) unity, harmony, texture, perspective
B) repetition, line, value, illusion
C) balance, line, shape, perspective
D) repetition, unity, balance, focal areas

Question 26

Which term refers to the suggestion of three-dimensional forms via "light and shade?"

A) chiaroscuro
B) shifting perspective
C) atmospheric perspective
D) verisimilitude

Question 27

Compare and contrast the use of line in Joan Miro's Composition,1933 and Van Gogh's The Starry Night Starry,1899.Describe the physical characteristics utilized in each painting.

Question 28

Linear,atmosphere,and shifting are examples of?

A) elements of design
B) perspective
C) principles of design
D) verisimilitude

Question 29

What term describes the application of thick paint with a palette knife?

A) impasto
B) mass
C) palette
D) intensity

Question 30

What term describes not only surface reflectance but also characteristics synonymous with value?

A) intensity
B) chroma
C) brilliance
D) saturation

Question 31

What term refers to the balancing of like forms and colors on opposite sides of the vertical axis of a composition?

A) asymmetry
B) radial symmetry
C) psychological balance
D) symmetry

Question 32

Explain the differences between the following printmaking processes: intaglio,relief,and planography.Include specific artworks for each technique.

Question 33

How do artists use focus to control our physical attention and sense response?