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Consider Degas' Dancer Adjusting Her Slipper. Discuss the artist's use of the drawing medium, as well as the use of line and compositional balance in this work.

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Degas uses the drawing medium to experie...

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Leonardo da Vinci used drawings to explore ideas in


A) art.
B) mathematics.
C) science.
D) engineering.
E) All these answers are correct.

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________ is/are among the materials besides paper that have provided support for drawings.


A) Papyrus
B) Cave walls
C) Silk
D) Fired clay
E) All these answers are correct.

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The difference in the color and consistency of different types of crayons and pastels is due to


A) the use of different binders.
B) the fact that these medium do not need a binding agent.
C) the fact that crayons are made for children, while pastels are made for artists.
D) the use of liquid pigmentation.
E) None of these answers is correct; there is no difference.

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The predecessor of the graphite pencil, especially popular during the Renaissance, is


A) charcoal.
B) metalpoint.
C) crayon.
D) pen and ink.
E) pastel.

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Julie Mehretu's use of the rapidograph and translucent mylar intentionally evokes


A) newspaper layout.
B) architectural drafting.
C) engravings.
D) discotheques.
E) computer graphics.

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Chris Ofili created Prince among Thieves with Flowers using ________ as his medium.


A) pen and ink
B) brush and ink
C) pencil
D) wash
E) charcoal

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Pen and ink was the favorite sketching medium of ________, one of the greatest draftsmen of the 17th century.


A) Rembrandt
B) Lippi
C) Degas
D) Picasso
E) All these answers are correct.

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In metalpoint, lines are drawn with a silver ________ onto a surface coated with a preliminary coating of paint.


A) toothpick
B) dagger
C) coin
D) wire
E) dart

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The coloring material in virtually all drawing media is known as


A) pastel.
B) binder.
C) pigment.
D) wash.
E) aquatint.

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A traditional metalpoint ground recipe calls for a mixture of


A) bone ash.
B) glue.
C) white pigment.
D) water.
E) All of the answers are correct.

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An example of a liquid medium in drawing is


A) graphite.
B) pastel.
C) ink.
D) silverpoint.
E) None of these answers is correct.

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Review the works in this chapter by Filippino Lippi and Rembrandt, and discuss the different qualities and characteristic appearances of the medium each artist used.

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Lippi worked in metalpoint creating draw...

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Discuss the characteristics and different forms of charcoal. Considering Yvonne Jacquette's Three Mile Island, Night I, explain how the medium of charcoal is employed in her drawing.

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Charcoal is charred wood, and can be used in a natural or manufactured form. A visual aspect of charcoal is its many tonal variations that create a variety of shaded effects.

Describe three differences between a sketch and a completed work based on a sketch. Select one specific painting, sculpture, or architectural work for which you can find several preliminary drawings; then comment on the specific similarities and differences between the sketches and the final work. Conclude with your assessment of the process of preliminary drawings as an essential or nonessential part of the process of completing a work.

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Discuss the intimate and personal nature of a drawing made for personal expression rather than for exhibition. Contrast the content and form of this type of drawing with that of a drawing executed for communication of information or for persuasion. Finally, comment on the characteristics that you think would make the latter type of drawing successful in achieving its purpose.

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Drawings for personal nature a...

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The style used by Georges Seurat in Café-concert is


A) pointillism.
B) surrealism.
C) realism.
D) conceptual art.
E) impressionistic.

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The ________ are credited with the invention of paper around 105 C.E.


A) Greeks
B) Chinese
C) Egyptians
D) Romans
E) Persians

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Vonne Jacquette's Three Mile Island, Night I uses the medium of


A) chalk.
B) pastel.
C) white pigment.
D) charcoal.
E) All of the answers are correct.

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Trace the history of papermaking, discussing the technological processes required. Cover its origins and its transmission to other cultures and describe some of the writing and drawing surfaces it replaced. What are paper's advantages over these materials?

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