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The Body in Art Exam Questions and Answers
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The Body in Art Exam Questions andAnswers
dry medium - Answer-chalk, pencil, pastels
fluid medium - Answer-pen and ink
trompe l'oeil - Answer-painting or other art form that creates such a realistic image that
the viewer may wonder whether it is real or an illusion
wash - Answer-thin watery film of paint, mainly watercolor, applied with even, sweeping
movements of the brush
cartoon - Answer-originally a preparatory drawing made for a fresco, a drawing that
caricatures or satirizes an event or person of topical interest
ephemeral art - Answer-works that have a temporary immediacy or are built with the
recognition that they will disintegrate
the grotesque - Answer-strange, mysterious, fantastic, hideous, invokes feeling of
uncomfortable bizzareness
Study of a Woman's Hands - Answer-Da Vinci, metal point method using silver that
doesn't show up on paper until it oxidizes, also used chalk to create intense
shadows/lighting
Sketches of Tigers - Answer-Delacroix, romantic era artist, pen and ink method of doing
studies of tigers in different positions/with different expressions
Promotion for Mississippi Delta Blues Festival - Answer-Gary Kelley, finished products
made of chalk pastel, drew men with distinct angular lines, while women were more
curvy and flowy
Christopher Allsopp - Answer-Nina Fowler, pencil portrait on paper, shows versatility of
pencil as an artistic tool
Vetruvian Man - Answer-Da Vinci, homage to Vetruvius/canon of proportions, obsessed
with anatomical drawings and depicting the human form perfectly and as accurately as
possible
Self-Portrait Exaggerating My Negroid features - Answer-Adrian Piper, mixed-race artist
using her drawings as social statement
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