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  1. What is (are) the analogous color (s) of RED: orange & violet
2. Complimentary colors sit side by side on the color wheel, sharing a border. 
                       True                  or            False

3. We have scientific evidence that our ancestors have been around since (circle the correct answer)         
i. less than 10,000  years           
ii. more than 250,000 years      
iii. less than 5,000 years    

4. Draw a color wheel in the circle below. Divide the circle into 6 parts and noting all the colors and if they are primaries or secondaries. 

RYB = Primaries
OVG = Secondaries

5. Explain what a ‘binder’ is used for: 

A sticky substance that sticks pigments to a surface or substrate

6. Name four ways Paleolithic humans created visual forms: 
i.    drawing           ii.       painting                      iii.       carving       iv. making reliefs
v. knapping - etching - scratching, etc...

7. In the space below draw a post and lintel structure AND name the two parts: 


8. “We only find cave art in the Americas.”    
TRUE                    or              FALSE     

9. Explain the difference between a relief sculpture and one that is ‘in the round.’
A relief sculpture is one that can only be viewed from one side. 

10. Draw a contemporary symbol
@#$%^&*()?

11. What is another term for symbol? Circle the correct answer.
i.  a pretty picture       ii. an icon iii. only sculpture      iv. none of these

12. We know that people have made visual forms for numerous reasons, cross culturally and throughout time.  Name four reasons here:
i. to tell cultural stories
ii. to speak about an important event
iii. for religious, political, social reasons
iv. to express an idea

13. Aesthetic attitudes differ from person to person.  This is our  XX response.  
Circle what XX is:   i. objective response      or                 
ii. subjective response

14. Name 6 elements of visual design:
Line
Shape
Color
Value
Space
Texture
Volume & Mass

15. Is this statement TRUE       or         FALSE:  “How a visual designer manipulates the elements and principles of design, or, how we employ them, creates an impression that an audience will interpret.” Circle the correct answer.

16. Explain what a substrate is: 
The "ground" that holds a painting or drawing - i.e. a canvas, a piece of paper, a wooden panel

17. Where can I find the pigments brown, black, white and a type of red ochre in nature, other than a store?
Found in the earth

18. Another name for the specific colors of brown, yellow, red and black is: (circle the correct answer)
i. Fluorescent colors              
ii. Earth colors           
iii. Primary colors         
iv. Colors I have to purchase

19. A flat drawing made of graphite of a crumbled piece of paper is nothing but a(n):
i. actual texture       ii. an abstract work of art    or                iii. a drawing that implies illusion 

20. What do the words lower mean fully? Please place them in the chronological time from earliest to latest. 
LOWER PALEOLITHIC      > Early Stone Age #1
NEOLITHIC                       > New Stone Age #3
UPPER PALEOLITHIC        > Late Stone Age #2

21. On the canvas to the right, draw a non-objective design: 
Piet Mondrian, Composition in Red, Yellow, Blue & Black

22. "I carve into stone to remove material and make a sculpture." This is a perfect example of a process that is: 
      Circle the correct answer:
i. additive in nature
ii. subtractive in nature

23. Is this a TRUE    or    FALSE statement:   “Words are symbols for ideas.”

24. In our Western world, people in power have never dictated what a visual designer/artist should be made.  This includes individuals who are Pharaohs, Popes, patrons, The Church, emperors, monks, etc.
                   TRUE                       or                         FALSE

25. Name four ways of making illusionistic space on a flat canvas:
i. through color relationships
ii. through scale relationships
iii. through placement and overlap
iv. through atmospheric perspective / or linear perspective

26. Draw a bilateral symmetrical icon on the vertical axis below: 


27. What is the difference between the study of ART HISTORY and the study of ART APPRECIATION?
Art History = study of art through a cultural lens
Art Appreciation = study of art outside of a cultural lens
Art History is the study of art in a cultural context, art appreciation is the study of work for the pure aesthetic pleasure of it.

28. i. What does BCE specifically mean? Before the Common Era
     ii. What does BP specifically meant? Before the Present

29. Designers often make use of tessellation patterning to draw focus. It has no space between forms.    Is this       TRUE              or            FALSE

30. Explain what DOMINANCE is in a painting on a two-dimensional surface: It is a focal point or emphasis that draws one's eye first to it.

31.  What advancement in human invention divides  HISTORY   from    PREHISTORY, explain. Writing

32.  i. Archaeology is the specific study of: The study of early cultures
       ii. Paleontology is the specific study of: The study of fossils and human/mammal/ other remains


33.  Shapes can be divided into a number of groups. These include: (circle the correct answer)
  1. analogous & complimentary colors
  2. biomorphic & geometric
  3. old & new
  4. none of these

BONUS WORTH 5 points:
All for You… 
In the empty area of this paper, explain one of your favorite works you have seen thus far in our class. 
What is its title?                                                           
Who created it?
What is its medium (media)?                                       
Where is it located?
How was it made?                                                       
What is its time frame?
** Give me as many specifics as possible.
This seemed to be the big favorite...

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