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ART CLASS
ARH2000 QUIZ 3
21
Art/Design
Undergraduate 1
11/23/2015

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All printing processes that are intaglio process:
Definition
Engraving, Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint
Term
Dry fresco, painting executed on dry plaster, is called fresco secco.
Definition
True
Term
Buon fresco, true fresco, executed on damp lime plaster.
Definition
True
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What is gilding?
Definition
To apply thin sheets of gold leaf or goldlike substance to a surface.
Term
This dark image with a idol baby's face, is an example of a deguerreotype.
Definition
true
Term
The image of the bridge with lines throughout is which kind of printing processes?
Definition
Woodcut, Relief
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To move a motion picture or video camera from side to side to capture a comprehensive or continuous view of a subject is called a pan.
Definition
True
Term
Leni Riefenstahl's film, Triumph of the Will, is a tribute to democracy in the United States.
Definition
False, the film is not about Democracy
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What is the process of creating a form by pouring a liquid material into a mold, allowing it to harden, then removing the mold?
Definition
Casting
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A bas-relief is to make shiny by rubbing or polishing.
Definition
False
Term
Kinetic sculpture moves.
Definition
True
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The lost-wax technique is a bronze-casting process in which an initial mold is made from a model (usually clay) and filled with molten wax. A second, fire-resistant mold is made from the wax, and molten bronze is cast in it.
Definition
True
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(Image of green sculpting) Patina is the name of the fine crust or film that forms on bronze or copper because of oxidation. It usually provides a desirable greenish or greenish blue tint to the metal.
Definition
True
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A pencil is a rod-shaped drawing implement with an inner shaft (core) that is currently made of lead.
Definition
False, pencil made of Graphite not lead
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The keystone is the scaffolding that is used to build an arch. It is removed once the arch is complete.
Definition
False
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Post-and-lintel is a construction method in which vertical elements (posts) are used to support horizontal crosspieces (lintels).
Definition
True
Term
The Birth of a Nation, a 1915 silent film directed by D. W. Griffith, is about the American Revolution for independence and highlights George Washington’s life as a soldier.
Definition
False
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The word cartoon comes from an Italian word meaning paper.
Definition
True
Term
What is the definition of silverpoint?
Definition
A drawing medium in which a silver-tipped instrument inscribes lines on a surface that has been coated with a ground or pigment.
Term
Encaustic is made with wax.
Definition
True
Term
What is the name of a painting medium in which ground pigments are bound with egg yolk?
Definition
Egg Tempera
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