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Undergraduate 1
10/27/2011

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Global Warming, the graphic design by Chaz Naviyane0Davuesm presents and issue of concern for the artist as well as the global population. This work is an example of art as a vehicle for:

A. Communicating information
B. Personal expression
C. Social causes
D. All of the above
Definition
D. All of the above
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The term for purity, brilliance, or saturation of a color is:

A. Hue
B. Value
C. Intensity
D. Scale
Definition
C. Intensity
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When a work of art such as Theo van Doesburg's Composition (The Cow) shows no reference to the natural world of images, it is usually called:

A. Expressionistic
B. Stylized
C. Simplistic
D. Nonrepresentational
Definition
D. Nonrepresentational
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The phenomenon when positive and negative space change places, as seen in M. C. Escher's Sky and Water I woodcut print, is called:

A. Composition
B. Object exchange
C. Implied exchange
D. Figure-ground reversal
Definition
D. Figure-ground reversal
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Claus Oldenburg's and Coosje can Bruggen's art, as seen in Shuttlecocks, affects us immediately by its:

A. Symbolism
B. Scale
C. Iconography
D. Color
Definition
B. Scale
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The organization of visual elements in a work of art is referred to as:

A. The composition
B. The proportion
C. The design
D. The balance
Definition
A. The composition
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A preparatory drawing is often called a:

A. Rendering
B. View
C. Cartoon
D. Perspective
Definition
C. Cartoon
Term
One of the advantages of oil paint is the:

A. Slow drying time
B. Rapid drying time
C. Viscosity
D. Matte quality
Definition
A. Slow drying time
Term
A type of painting utilizing plaster as a medium is:

A. Tempera
B. Watercolor
C. Encaustic
D. Fresco
Definition
D. Fresco
Term
The process of printing came to Europe from:

A. Japan
B. Korea
C. China
D. Indonesia
Definition
C. China
Term
Which of the following is a type of relief painting?

A. Wood engraving
B. Intaglio
C. Lithography
D. Serigraphy
Definition
A. Wood engraving
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