Art Terms
Fine Art · 50 practice questions
Pigments, motif, greenware, armature, silhouette, chiaroscuro, cire-perdue and terra-cotta.
- Identify art terms.
- Link the terms to their areas of art.
- Use the terms in analysing artworks.
Try a few questions
- Practice question 1
Cire-perdue, an art term also known as the lost-wax process, specifically is a technique used mainly for
- A.weaving strips of cane or similar plant material
- B.firing clay objects at a high temperature within a kiln
- C.casting metal sculptures
- D.a factor entirely unrelated to casting metal sculptures of any kind
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C. casting metal sculptures
Cire-perdue, also known as the lost-wax process, specifically is a technique used mainly for casting metal sculptures.
- Practice question 2
A silhouette, before the invention of photography, specifically historically was sometimes used mainly as a method of
- A.metal casting, a process that instead relies on the cire-perdue technique
- B.firing clay objects at a high temperature within a traditional kiln
- C.portraiture
- D.a factor entirely unrelated to being used as a method of portraiture
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C. portraiture
A silhouette, before the invention of photography, specifically historically was sometimes used mainly as a method of portraiture.
- Practice question 3
Armature, an art term, specifically refers to a
- A.colouring substance used to produce paint or dye
- B.a factor entirely unrelated to a supporting framework of any kind
- C.supporting framework built to hold up a sculpture during its construction
- D.silhouette-like outline used in two-dimensional design
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C. supporting framework built to hold up a sculpture during its construction
Armature, an art term, specifically refers to a supporting framework built to hold up a sculpture during construction.
More UTME Fine Art topics
- Art Appreciation
- Artistic Skills, Techniques and Processes
- Classification of Art
- Historical Dimensions of Art
- Elements and Principles of Design
- Meaning and Functions of Art in Society
- Tools, Materials and Equipment
- Traditional African Art
- Art Entrepreneurship
- Traditional Nigerian Art
- Nigerian Crafts
- Development in Contemporary Nigerian Arts and Artists
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