The sculptural method that generally involves the use of molten (superheated) me

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The sculptural method that generally involves the use of molten (superheated) metal is called _____________.

casting

equestrian

modeling

assembling

carving

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Question 22 pts

A "flying buttress" is an arched exterior support typically found on ______________.

an Islamic mosque

a Greek temple

a Romanesque cathedral

a Gothic cathedral

a Roman bridge

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Question 32 pts

MATCH: David Selznick:

The Seventh Seal

Birth of a Nation

20th century landscape photographer

Celluloid film

Writer, producer/Little Tramp

First permanent photograph

Documenting the Great Depression of the 1930's

Directed "Gone with the Wind

art photographer/"291" Gallery

Civil War photographer/portrait of Abe Lincoln

classic method of animation

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Question 42 pts

The houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the Midwest usually horizontal, one story, and extending over considerable ground area---are referred to as the ____________.

Prairie style

Domestic style

Wrightian Style

Residential style

Plains style

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Question 52 pts

The round arch and the vault are associated with the ______________ style of medieval architecture.

Romanesque

Byzantine

Gothic

French

Italian

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Question 62 pts

Match the description with the appropriate illustration:

Pendentive

Groin vault

Steel-frame

Corbelled Arch

Flying buttress

Post and lintel

Barrel Vault

Roman arch

Gothic arch

Balloon frame

Geodesic

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Question 72 pts

The temple at Luxor, Egypt, is built with which structural system?

suspension

Post and lintel

reinforced concrete

dome

adobe

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Question 82 pts

Match the description with the appropriate illustration:

Roman arch

Post and lintel

Steel-frame

Corbelled Arch

Barrel Vault

Gothic arch

Flying buttress

Groin vault

Geodesic

Pendentive

Balloon frame

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Question 91 pts

Aqueducts were constructed by the Romans for which of these reasons?

to support flying buttresses

to facilitate road building

to transport grain

to support the walls of the Colosseum

to transport water

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Question 102 pts

The word ________________is used to describe sculptures in which the figure is port rayed in a natural, relaxed, S-curve suggestive of motion.

relief

flexible

contrapposto

frontality

sinuous

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Question 112 pts

Match the description with the appropriate illustration:

Steel-frame

Barrel Vault

Balloon frame

Post and lintel

Pendentive

Geodesic

Roman arch

Groin vault

Corbelled Arch

Flying buttress

Gothic arch

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Question 122 pts

A mobile is a sculpture that ________________.

should best be viewed from all sides

deals with the family

incorporates motion

can be exhibited outdoors

is made from metal

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Question 132 pts

Match: Alfred Stieglitz

First permanent photograph

The Seventh Seal

Celluloid film

Writer, producer/Little Tramp

art photographer/"291" Gallery

20th century landscape photographer

Documenting the Great Depression of the 1930's

classic method of animation

Birth of a Nation

Directed "Gone with the Wind

Civil War photographer/portrait of Abe Lincoln

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Question 141 pts

Match the description with the appropriate illustration:

Pendentive

Groin vault

Corbelled Arch

Flying buttress

Geodesic

Gothic arch

Roman arch

Barrel Vault

Steel-frame

Balloon frame

Post and lintel

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Question 151 pts

Match the description with the appropriate illustration:

Steel-frame

Corbelled Arch

Balloon frame

Barrel Vault

Geodesic

Gothic arch

Groin vault

Flying buttress

Post and lintel

Pendentive

Roman arch

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Question 162 pts

A geodesic dome has all the following advantages except for _________.

light weight

large window openings

strength

flexibility

freedom from interior supports

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Question 171 pts

In the lost-wax casting, the wax is "lost" so that it can be replaced by the clay or plaster model.

True

False

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Question 181 pts

The Parthenon in Rome is an excellent example of dome construction.

True

False

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Question 191 pts

Ballon frame construction was introduced in London in the 18th century.

True

False

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Question 201 pts

Haut relief refers to free standing sculpture that may be viewed from any side.

True

False

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Question 211 pts

The first true motion pictures projected to an audience were shown in the basement of a café in New York.

True

False

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Question 222 pts

A daguerreotype was an early photographic method created using a .

rayogram..

gelatin silver print.

carte de visite.

copper plate covered with silver iodine.

plate of glass.

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Question 231 pts

Four basic methods for making a sculpture are

casting, stacking, rolling, and carving.

modeling, firing, lashing, and casting.

None of the answers are correct.

modeling, casting, carving, and assembling.

casting, turning, rolling, and modeling.

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Question 241 pts

Relief sculpture is

often used to decorate architecture.

not meant to be viewed in the round.

All of the answers are correct.

not finished on all sides.

None of the answers are correct.

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Question 251 pts

Fired clay is sometimes called

haut relief.

terra cotta.

pewter.

rococo.

ceramic.

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Question 261 pts

Casting is known as ______ method.

an assemblage

a replacement

a modeling

a subtractive

an additive

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Question 272 pts

High-relief sculpture is different than low-relief sculpture in that

elements of high-relief may be in the round, unattached to the background.

high-relief is installed high upon the wall of a building.

high-relief projects boldly from the background and elements of high-relief may be in the round, unattached to the background.

None of the answers are correct.

high-relief projects boldly from the background.

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Question 281 pts

The Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian styles are known as the

hypostyle.

Greek orders.

International style.

shell system.

Gothic architecture.

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Question 291 pts

Fallingwater (the Kaufmann House in Bear Run, Pennsylvania) is a prime example of the “organic” architecture of

I. M. Pei.

Le Corbusier.

John Russell Pope.

Frank Gehry.

Frank Lloyd Wright.

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Question 301 pts

Two factors that decide the success of any structural system are

the placement of its dome and its pendentives.

weight and tensile strength

the tension and compression of each buttress.

None of these answers is correct.

the linear ratio of foundation to wall and wall to roof.

casting

equestrian

Explanation / Answer

casting

a Gothic cathedral

Directed "Gone with the Wind

Prairie style

Byzantine

not suposed to answer more than that, posta new question

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