Each question worth 3 pts. + 1
1. To the right, draw a simple color wheel with 6 parts. In it name the colors that are the Primaries and Secondaries
2. Prehistory is specifically called this because:
1. To the right, draw a simple color wheel with 6 parts. In it name the colors that are the Primaries and Secondaries
2. Prehistory is specifically called this because:
It is before any information was written down
3. Explain what a relief in sculpture is:
a one-sided sculpture --
4. Some of the oldest artifacts have been in Australia and Africa.
TRUE or FALSE
TRUE or FALSE
5. Name 2 ways in which humans can create the illusion of space on a two dimensional plane, other than through simple overlap and enlarging and decreasing shape and object size. What are two others?
i. Atmospheric Perspective
ii. Color Temperature
iii. Linear Perspective
6. Explain what an analogous color is and give one example of the color violet.
Analogous colors are those that sit side by side on the color wheel. An example of violet would thus be Blue and Red
7. A pyramid is the earliest architectural form found in Egypt. TRUE or FALSE
8. The Nile River enriched Ancient Egypt because of many reasons, name two:
i. Fertile Soil
ii. Transportation
iii. Fish
iv. Carrying the dead to the afterlife
9. Two lands emerged "Upper Egypt" in the South located upstream of the Nile River and "Lower Egypt"in the north (downstream). TRUE or FALSE
10. Ancient Egyptians “lived to die” because of their deep belief in the afterlife. TRUE or FALSE
11. In the space to the right, draw a simple contemporary symbol.
@#$%&*
12. What are the two materials found in to make a lost-wax cast?
wax and bronze or any type of metal
13. The art produced in Africa, both very old and made yesterday, influenced this famous 20th century artist, who?
Picasso
14. The sacred city of Yoruba is divided into 3 periods. The first is called the “Pavement Period,” explain why?
The people paved a lot of roadways
15. In West Africa, explain the cultural significance of the ending of the Late Period in 1897
End of slavery - the British destroyed the kingdom
16. Benin established a relationship with what country that carried active trade to Europe and the Americas, starting first with ivory, timber, but eventually human slaves lasting into the 16th century. What country is the relationship founded?
Portugal
17. A gold ostrich eggs are found on top of a mosque in Africa. What are two symbolic representation do they serve?
Fertility/everlasting religion / the beginning & the end / purity
18. Explain what a TORON is:
The wooden timbers that jut out from the Mosque we saw in Mali. They are used for scaffolding
19. The word Zimbabwe is derived from dzimba dza kabwe = which translates to:
City of stone houses
20. Line is one of them, name four other elements of design used by visual communicators:
Shape - Color - Form - Value - Space - Texture
21. In Benin, the Yoruba people built their architecture from materials found in their environment TRUE or FALSE
22. The Yoruba people built their architecture arranged around the king’s palace in a circular pattern. TRUE or FALSE
23. What two materials have we seen used in the production of art found in Yoruba?
wood
clay
elephant tusks
bronze
other metals
fiber
24. The Great mosque in Djenné, Mali is made from what material?
clay/ mud / it is an adobe-like structure
25. What are the three drawing systems found in Linear Perspective:
1. one- point perspective = parallel
2. two-point perspective = oblique
28. In the lower space (or to the right), draw a bilateral symmetrical design orientated on a vertical axis.
31. Explain specifically what a composite pose is: It is an Ancient Egyptian convention that illustrates an unnatural pose of the human figure. Head = profile, eye = frontal, upper torso = frontal, lower torso = profile
32. What is an anchor line, and what is it symbolic for?
33. Ancient Egyptian sculpture and pictorial images that depicted people lower on the socio-political strata as being more naturalistic.
TRUE or FALSE
and 3. three point perspective = aerial
26. To the right, draw a biomorphic shape:
27. The word polychrome means what?
Many colors
28. In the lower space (or to the right), draw a bilateral symmetrical design orientated on a vertical axis.
29. A tessellating design shows no space between forms.
30. The element of dominance found in some art forms brings what to an art form? It brings emphasis to an art work
31. Explain specifically what a composite pose is: It is an Ancient Egyptian convention that illustrates an unnatural pose of the human figure. Head = profile, eye = frontal, upper torso = frontal, lower torso = profile
32. What is an anchor line, and what is it symbolic for?
Another Ancient Egyptian convention that presents figures and other objects on "hallowed" (holy) ground
33. Ancient Egyptian sculpture and pictorial images that depicted people lower on the socio-political strata as being more naturalistic.
TRUE or FALSE