1. ART 3&4: Final!!! Part 1: History+Clay
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3. Aboriginal– 100 Points ANSWER:
Refers to anything made by the first indigenous peoples of a region and tells a story.
ANSWER:
Aboriginal

4. Aboriginal– 200 Points ANSWER:
___________ uses symbols to represent ideas, qualities, or things.
ANSWER:
Symbolism

5. Aboriginal– 300 Points ANSWER:
A Neo-Impressionism art technique that started in the 1880’s and uses dots to draw the impression of an image.
ANSWER:
Pointillism

6. Aboriginal– 400 Points ANSWER:
Aboriginal art started as the depiction of stories, either ________ or __________ ones.
ANSWER:
Real or Imagined

7. Aboriginal– 500 Points ANSWER:
Aboriginal art tells a story with symbols instead of words because they started before what?
ANSWER:
The written word/recorded language

8. Plaster– 100 Points ANSWER:
A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water that hardens to a smooth solid.
ANSWER:
Plaster

9. Plaster– 200 Points ANSWER:
Who first started to mass produce masks that used symbolism or to represent ideas?
ANSWER:
Italians

10. Plaster– 300 Points ANSWER: Plaster always needs what as it dries?
Support system

11. Plaster– 400 Points ANSWER:
Plaster can only be mass produced in ________ form, unlike grout, because they are made from different materials.
ANSWER:
Powder

12. Plaster– 500 Points ANSWER:
Plaster works better for masks than clay because it is lighter, it dries quicker and it does not _____________ as it dries.
ANSWER:
Change shape (shrink)

13. Mosaic– 100 Points ANSWER:
A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile into a surface.
ANSWER:
Mosaic

14. Mosaic– 200 Points ANSWER:
A thin mortar of water, cement, and gravel used to fill the spaces in between tiles.
ANSWER:
Grout

15. Mosaic– 300 Points ANSWER:
An individual tile, usually formed in the shape of a cube, used in creating a mosaic.
ANSWER:
Tessera

16. Mosaic– 400 Points ANSWER:
Who were the first to start using mosaics as a decorative art style and mass produce them?
ANSWER:
Greeks and Romans

17. Mosaic– 500 Points ANSWER:
________ are only a few millimeters in size so they allow artists to create mosaics that are as detailed as _________ .
ANSWER:
Tesserae, paintings

18. Clay Stages– 100 Points ANSWER:
A heavy, sticky material from the earth that is made into different shapes and that becomes hard when it is baked or dried.
ANSWER:
Clay

19. Clay Stages– 200 Points ANSWER:
Stage of clay when you can no longer add but can still carve into the surface.
ANSWER:
Leather Hard

20. Clay Stages– 300 Points ANSWER:
The stage of clay when it has completely dried and is ready to be fired.
ANSWER:
Greenware

21. Clay Stages– 400 Points ANSWER:
Clay that has been fired once (first stage of firing).
ANSWER:
Bisque

22. Clay Stages– 500 Points ANSWER:
The general term for finished pottery that is not porcelain or some other specific type (second stage of firing).
ANSWER:
Earthenware

23. Clay Terms– 100 Points ANSWER:
A furnace used to bake ceramic or clay projects.
ANSWER:
Kiln

24. Clay Terms– 200 Points ANSWER:
This starts as a liquid and turns into glass as it is heated.
ANSWER:
Glaze

25. Clay Terms– 300 Points ANSWER:
Technique of scratching the surface of clay to create a rough surface for the slip to hold on to.
ANSWER:
Scoring

26. Clay Terms– 400 Points ANSWER:
A liquefied suspension of clay particles in water that acts as glue for clay works.
ANSWER:
Slip

27. Clay Terms– 500 Points ANSWER:
Process of working clay to remove all air pockets or work water into it.
ANSWER:
Wedging