Ch12 Arts Of Ritual And Daily Life Test Bank Docx

Living with Art, 12e (Getlein)

Chapter 12 Arts of Ritual and Daily Life

1) What mediums are associated with craft?

A) Sculpture 

B) Textiles

C) Metalwork

D) Painting

E) Ceramics

2) What is the most common product of woodworking art?

A) Cooking pots

B) Jewelry  

C) Building tools

D) Furniture

3) The Tree of Jesse is what type of work?

A) Stained glass

B) Wood sculpture

C) Chinese porcelain

D) Persian carpet

4) What is the principal ingredient in glass?

A) Resin

B) Lead

C) Kaolin

D) Sand

5) When clay is wet, it becomes moldable and cohesive, or ________.

A) plastic

B) porcelain

C) forged

D) glazed

6) What is the most common way to shape a hollow glass vessel?

A) Blowing

B) Staining

C) Forging

D) Lacquering

7) Pueblo potter María Martínez used what method to create her striking blackware? 

A) Blowing

B) Carving

C) Coiling

D) Weaving

8) The Arts and Crafts movement came about as a reaction to what event?

A) The Renaissance

B) The Industrial Revolution

C) The fall of the Roman empire

D) The 1960s

9) Islamic cultures have focused a great deal of aesthetic attention on ________.

A) tapestries

B) stained glass

C) carpets

D) jade

10) What are some ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement?

A) Cooperation between artists and manufacturers

B) Designs produced solely by hand

C) Objection to the use of machines

D) Integration of art and craft 

11) In weaving, the set of fibers that is held taut on a loom or frame is called the ________.

A) woof

B) warp

C) weft

D) dau

12) Why is wood such a popular craft material?

A) It is well suited to the casting process.

B) It is abundant and relatively easy to work.

C) It is likely to withstand natural disasters.

D) It is extremely durable.

13) What material is made from the sap of a tree?

A) Glaze

B) Jade

C) Lacquer

D) Porcelain

14) The ancient Olmecs of Mesoamerica prized ________ for its translucence, which they associated with rainwater.

A) lacquer

B) glaze

C) jade

D) aquamanile

15) What technique shapes metal through hammer blows?

A) Casting

B) Forging

C) Warping

D) Crafting

16) What is one result from the passage of NAGPRA, in 1990?

A) Native American art was given marginalized status.

B) Museums were given the right to preserve native artifacts.

C) Excavation of native graves or sacred sites was prohibited.

D) Museums and universities sponsored excavations of Native American sites.

17) What traditional craft does contemporary artist Faig Ahmed incorporate into his art?

A) Metal casting

B) Rug weaving

C) Metal forging

D) Glass blowing

18) The secret of ________ was discovered and perfected in China, and for hundreds of years potters elsewhere failed to duplicate it.

A) terra cotta

B) stained glass

C) ivory

D) porcelain

19) What is the fastest method of creating a hollow, rounded clay form?

A) Loom

B) Coiling

C) Potter's wheel

D) Hot forging

20) The sculptor Olowe of Ise is associated with what culture?

A) Indian

B) Pueblo

C) Yoruba

D) Egyptian

21) What work illustrates the pinnacle of stained-glass art?

A) Tree of Jesse

B) Lion aquamanile

C) Chair of Hetepheres

D) Sasa

22) In what ways can works such as The Tree of Jesse and María and Julián Martínez's jar reveal information about cultural traditions? Discuss how the particular materials and methods used in each work reveal aspects of their respective cultures. 

23) Find at least two definitions for the word "craft" in a dictionary. For each definition, select a work from the chapter that you feel illustrates the definition. Explain your reasons for associating each definition with the work you have chosen. 

24) Discuss at least one work in the chapter that is a part of the Arts and Crafts movement and explain in what ways the work can be categorized as such. Weave into your essay a discussion of whether you believe there to be a distinction between fine arts and craft.

25) List and discuss three contemporary artists who have incorporated crafts media and techniques into their works. Discuss their works in terms of the themes and/or purposes of art that the selected craft media emphasize. In addition, discuss their form, relating characteristics of the media to the elements and principles found in these works. 

26) Why do some scientists argue that museums and other institutions are well equipped to preserve ancient artifacts? How do their views conflict with the native communities who claim ownership over these artifacts? Consider your feelings about the debate in your response.

27) Consider Maria Nepomuceno's Untitled. Discuss this work's technique and the artist's process. How does this work blur the line between fine art and craft? 

28) How is Jeroen Verhoeven's Cinderella Table a legacy of the Arts and Crafts movement? Discuss how this work, from 2005, embodies the ideals from the earlier 19th-century movement.

29) Why has ivory been in such high demand throughout history? What are the negative effects of its use and the ivory trade in general? What steps are being taken to offset these effects?