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Test 2
Survey of Art Test 2
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
11/06/2013

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 Composition Study for Guernica

Pablo Picasso

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[image]
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The Singer in Green

Edgar Degas

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[image]
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 boom.

Gary Simmons

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[image]
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The School of Athens

Raphael

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Man in a Red Turban

Jan van Eyck

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Saint Jerome in his Study

Albrecht Durer

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The Judgment of Paris

Marcantonio Raimondi, after Raphael

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[image]
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Self Portrait with Hand on Her Forehead

Kathe Kollwitz

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La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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 Michael Jackson and Bubbles

Jeff Koons

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 Royal Tide II

Louise Nevelson

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 The Dying Slave

Michaelangelo

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 Female Figure from Willendorf

23,000 bce

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 The Gates

Christo and Jean-Claude

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Blackware Pots

Maria Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo)

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Library Table

Gustav Stickley's Craftsman Workshop

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 Tree of Jesse

Chartres Cathedral

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Hagia Sophia

Istanbul

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Guggenheim Museum, Spain

Frank Gehry

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Langston Hughes Library

Maya Lin

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Glidehouse

Michelle Kaufmann

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Medium

Definition

a. Material from which a work of art is made

 

b. Standard category of art

 

c. A liquid compounded with pigment to create paint

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Support
Definition
The surface on which a work of art is made
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Gesture Drawing
Definition
A loosely Drafted Image
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Pigment
Definition
Pure color in powder or liquid form
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Binder
Definition
Causes particles of pigment to adhere to one another and to a support
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Cartoon
Definition
Full size drawing in preparation for a fresco or a mural
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Impasto
Definition
Oil painting technique where paint is build up quick and creates visual texture
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Glaze
Definition
Thin vail of translucent color that helps an artist make subtle adjustments in an image
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Oil
Definition
Pigment compounded with oil - paint stays workable for a long time
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Acrylic
Definition
Synthetic plastic resin used as a binder for artist paints
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Tempera
Definition
Pigment mixed with milk or egg yolks diluted with water
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Watercolor
Definition
Pigment mixed with water and arabic gum
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Gouache
Definition
Watercolor with inert white pigment added
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Fresco
Definition
Pigments mixed with water and applied to a plaster support
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Encaustic
Definition
Refers to works that are made with pigment combined with wax
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The effects of printmaking on literacy and access to artistic images
Definition
Printmaking increased the literacy of the common public and made otherwise expensive artwork obtainable to the common public
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Matrix/Plate
Definition
The surface on which a design is prepared before being transferred to a support
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Edition
Definition
Declared limit to the number of impressions that will be made from a plate
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Printmaker as a Collaborator
Definition
Printmaker is part of the process of artistic print making
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What is the goal of Graphic Design
Definition
To communicate a specific message, meant to influence the viewer
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What similarities exist between graphic design and other art-making media? Are there any differences?
Definition
They share similar visual elements and rules of composition but the goals are different between them
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Additive Sculpting Methods
Definition
Assemblage, Casting, Modeling
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Subtractive Sculpting Methods
Definition
Carving
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Modeling
Definition
Manipulating a plastic material such as clay or wax to create a form
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Carving
Definition
A mass of material that is shaped by cutting and/or abrasion
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Assembling
Definition
Creating a sculpture by grouping or piecing together distinct elements
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Casting
Definition
The process of making a sculpture or some other object by pouring a liquid into a mold, letting it harden, and then releasing it.
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Arts & Crafts Movement
Definition
Counter movement to the Industrial Revolution
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What are the religious functions of stained glass? Did the invention of the printing press change those functions?
Definition
Stained glass was used to teach the illiterate about religion but after the invention of the printing press, stained glass shifted to an aesthetic experience
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Shell System
Definition

one building material provides support and sheathing

stacked one on top of another

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Skeleton & Skin System
Definition
a rigid boney skeleton acts as a basic frame with a more fragile skin for sheathing
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How did the Industrial Revolution affect architectural technology?
Definition
Created new materials that could be massed produced, Skeleton & Skin system became more widely used, available to the general public, allowed for an increase in population density
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Green Architecture
Definition
Smaller more energy efficient buildings built with less toxic materials
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