Deck 14: The Crafts As Fine Art

Question 1

This artist created a functional salt cellar of gold and enamel depicting the gods Neptune and Tellus

A)Benvenuto Cellini.
B)the Oxus artist.
C)Susan Ewing.
D)Antoni Gaudi.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The textile design by Anni Albers found in the text was inspired by which source?

A)Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis
B)Wolfgang von Goethe's Metamorphosis of Plants
C)the angularity of Bauhaus architecture
D)a spontaneous arrangement of leaves she observed under a tree

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What technique was used in creating Tutankhamun Hunting Ostriches from His Chariot?

A)casting
B)repousse and embossing
C)carving
D)modeling

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The Japanese Tea Ceremony is a ritual that encourages the adherent to "leave the concerns of the daily world behind and enter a timeless world of ease,harmony,and mutual respect." Which of these ceramic pieces would be used in such a practice?

A)Euthymides' Revelers
B)Hon'ami Koetsu's Amagumo
C)Martinez's Jar
D)Voulkos' X-Neck

Question 5

Hon'ami Koetsu's Amagumo tea bowl was perfectly made to fit the hand and was made in the early seventeenth century at one of the "Six Ancient Kilns," the traditional centers of what kind of ceramics in Japan?

A)wood-fired
B)raku
C)thrown
D)anagama

Question 6

The Bent-Corner Chest is carved from cedar,a wood that is native to which region and favored by Native American artists there?

A)the Northwest American coast
B)the American Midwest
C)the Northeast American coast
D)the Southwest

Question 7

Objects formed out of clay and then hardened by firing are referred to as

A)Wedgwood.
B)export porcelain.
C)amphoras.
D)ceramics.

Question 8

Native Americans used a traditional method for producing pots that did not involve the potter's wheel.What was it?

A)slab construction
B)subtractive modeling
C)coiling
D)cire-perdue

Question 9

The technique of sewing buttons on to linen,used by Marilyn Lanfear in Aunt Billie,is most closely related to which of these traditional techniques?

A)oil painting
B)mosaic
C)fresco painting
D)lithography

Question 10

Most ceramic objects are created by one of which three methods?

A)additive,subtractive,and assemblage
B)slab construction,coiling,and throwing
C)firing,casting,and fusing
D)firing,slab construction and assemblage

Question 11

All fiber arts evolved from

A)weaving.
B)tapestry.
C)embroidery.
D)sewing.

Question 12

A work in which weft yarns of several different colors are manipulated to make a design is called

A)weaving.
B)embroidery.
C)collage.
D)afghan.

Question 13

We can trace the earliest distinction between the crafts and fine arts to

A)the classical period in Greece and the seemingly playful rivalries between competing makers of amphoras.
B)Joseph Wedgwood,who in 1759 began manufacturing both cheap earthenware table settings and elegant hand-made luxury items.
C)Japanese anagama-fired tea bowls made in the early 17^th century.
D)Egyptian pottery produced over 4000 years ago.

Question 14

As a thrown ceramic vessel,Rose Cabat's Onion Feelie is unique because

A)of its color and shape.
B)of its limited functionality.
C)it is shaped like a garden vegetable or gourd.
D)because it is symmetrical.

Question 15

The city of Chamba,India is famous for its embroidered muslin textiles called

A)mudras.
B)anagama.
C)wefts.
D)rumals.

Question 16

When and where was porcelain developed?

A)in 15^th century Italy
B)in 20^th century America
C)in 7^th century China
D)in 12^th century Japan

Question 17

Backs in Landscape is by which artist that helped transform the craft medium of fiber into a fine art?

A)Dale Chihuly.
B)Clyde Connell.
C)David Hammons.
D)Magdalena Abakanowicz.

Question 18

Originally,when an artist worked in "the crafts," it meant that they

A)worked in bronze.
B)created production pieces in a factory.
C)worked in clay exclusively.
D)produced functional objects.

Question 19

Another word for a wood-firing kiln,which was a traditional Japanese invention and first used in the U.S.in 1976,is

A)ukiyo-e.
B)anagama.
C)alla prima.
D)alla dolce.

Question 20

Stained glass was first developed

A)in the 15^th century by Leonardo DaVinci.
B)in the 20^th century by Piet Mondrian.
C)in the 12^th century,commissioned by Abbot Suger for Saint-Denis.
D)in the 19^th century by Edgar Degas.

Question 21

The invention of glassblowing techniques has its origins in the first century bce and is thought to have been developed by what culture?

Question 22

Which work by Judy Chicago contributed to the restoration of women's place in the art world?

Question 23

In what ways can the fiber arts be considered a three-dimensional medium?

Question 24

What are three primary types of ceramics (clay bodies)?

Question 25

Define warp and weft.

Question 26

How did Peter Voulkos' ceramic work challenge the idea of ceramics as "craft"?

Question 27

Name some functions of the Heiltsuk chest from the Northwest American coast.

Question 28

Choose a work from the chapter and explain how it is both a functional and an aesthetic object.

Question 29

Where did porcelain reach its height of refinement?

Question 30

Typically,a ceramic object will be painted with what to give it a glassy appearance after firing?