Art App Unit 2 Quiz 1

31 August 2022
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Which material that looks and writes like lead, was discovered in the mid-1500s, and became the medium for use in pencils?
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Graphite
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This drawing medium is known for smudging easily, creating lines that can be easily altered, and it usually has a dark value. Samples of it have been dated back to 30,000 BCE.
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charcoal
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Chalk, pastel, and crayon are created using pigment with a binder. Which of the following is a traditional binder?
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Gum Arabic, wax, oil, glue all of these
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Pastels are limited to black and white because color cannot be added to a pastel binder.
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false
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Artists, such as Vincent van Gogh, can vary the flow of ink in a reed pen stroke by ________.
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Pressing harder or more softly
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The techniques of hatching and cross-hatching can be used only in dry media.
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false
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In the drawing Woman Seated in an Armchair the artist Henri Matisse uses only contour lines because it is impossible to create areas of value using the medium pen and ink.
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false
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This type of drawing aims to identify and react to the main visual and expressive characteristics of a form.
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gesture
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This component of paint has traditionally been extracted from minerals, soils, vegetable matter, and animal by-products.
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pigment
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If an artist wanted to paint a very detailed miniature forest scene, tempera would be a good medium to use.
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true
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This painting process relies on freshly applied lime plaster to hold the pigment in place.
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fresco
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If an artist wanted to create an artwork that they could easily alter, and in which they could quickly fix any mistakes, buon fresco would be a good method to use.
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false
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The transparency of oil paint allows a painter to use a process called glazing in order to add a high degree of ________ to a painting.
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luminosity
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If an artist wanted to work on a painting over a number of days, blending and making changes, acrylic paint would be a good medium to use.
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false
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Encaustic
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wax
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tempera
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egg yolk
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oil
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linseed oil
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acrylic
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polymer resin
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watercolor
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water and gum arabic
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goauche
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water, gum arabic, and chalk
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The three processes of shaping clay to make ceramic objects are called ________.
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coiling, throwing, and slab method
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The glassy finished surface applied to a ceramic object is called ________.
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glaze
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This word means the pliability of a material so that it can be easily formed into almost any orientation.
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plasticity
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The art of arranging colored glass into mosaic-like window forms is called ________.
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stained glass
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The only way an artist can work with metal is to heat it to a liquid state.
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false
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Which of the following methods is not used in forming metal artworks?
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wheel throwing casting, hammering, and bending (are used)
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This particular medium uses threads, fabrics, and other textiles.
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fiber
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If an artist wanted to create an artwork sure to last for many thousands of years, wood would be a good material to use.
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false
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This component of paint has traditionally been extracted from minerals, soils, vegetable matter, and animal by-products.
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pigment
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If an artist wanted to paint a very detailed miniature forest scene, tempera would be a good medium to use.
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true