Art UIL Flashcards

(28 cards)

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Does Oil paints or Acrylic paint turn yellow with age

A

Oil paints

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What technique creates a very strong contrast between dark and light scenes.

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Chiaroscuro

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3
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What is Cubism in art

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Where the artist takes everyday objects, then breaks them up into geometric shapes, and then rearranges them to create a new perspective about the object.

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What is composition

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The way objects in a drawing/painting such as line, shapes, and color come together to form a painting/drawing.

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What are analogous colors

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Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel, for example yellow green or red orange.

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What are neutral colors

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They are soft, calm colors that create a neither warm or cool effect in a painting.

They can help create a focal point by adding them to create a bigger contrast against warmer colors.

They are not included on the color wheel.

You can make them by mixing complementary colors together or by mixing colors with white, gray, or black.

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Is gray a neutral color, and think about other examples.

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Yes, some other examples are beige, brown, black, or white.

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What is the painting style of Plein Air and when did it start becoming popular

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It’s where you paint outside in nature to capture the atmosphere and conditions of that time.

It started because portable paint tubes easels became more available.

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What is the painting technique Sfumato

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A technique developed in the Renaissance that creates a smokey effect on the painting. They do this by blending color and tones to create a smoke like effect.

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Cool colors in a painting appear closer to the viewer than warm colors

True or False

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False

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Warm colors in a painting appear closer to the viewer than cool colors

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True

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Shapes are three-dimensional, while forms are two-dimensional

True or False

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False

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Forms are two-dimensional while shapes are three-dimensional

True or False

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True

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14
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What medium did Dürer use to create The Rhinoceros?

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Woodcut print

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Aside from being a painter, what was Rubens’ other job?

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International diplomat

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16
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Which of the following artists is considered an impressionist

A. Murillo
B. Caillebotte
C. Wilson
D. Cézanne

17
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What country was Mary Cassatt from?

A. England
B. France
C. The Netherlands
D. The United States

A

The United States

18
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  1. What is notable about the way Modigliani painted his subject in Girl with Blue
    Eyes?

A. He painted her face in bright greens and blues
B. He showed her face from multiple angles at once
C. He covered her face with a large apple
D. He painted her face to look like a mask

A

D. He painted her face to look like a mask

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  1. What famous scene from American history does Grant Wood’s Parson Weems’
    Fable depict?

A. The Gettysburg Address
B. George Washington and the cherry tree
C. The Boston Tea Party
D. The midnight ride of Paul Revere

A

B. George Washington and the cherry tree

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  1. In what country did the Renaissance begin?

A. France
B. Spain
C. Italy
D. Hungary

21
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Which of the following is NOT an example of a landscape painting?

A. Banks of the Seine at Médan
B. The Blind Man of Toledo
C. Tivoli: The Temple of the Sybil and the Campagna
D. Cathedral

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What was Tiepolo famous for?

A. Psychologically complex self-portraits
B. Genre paintings of Venice
C. Huge abstract paintings of rectangles
D. Paintings depicting scenes from Greek mythology

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B. Genre paintings of Venice

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What Painting did Wilson paint

A

Tivoli: The Temple of Sybil and the Campagna

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Braque’s Fishing Boats is an example of realism.

A. True
B. False

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Bellini painted Christ Blessing using tempera, a new medium at the time. A. True B. False
False
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Motley Jr was part of the Harlem Renaissance movement. A. True B. False
True
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What is the Harlem Renaissance movement
A Renaissance in Harlem celebrating African American Culture
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