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This sculpting process involves adding a liquid or pliable material to a mold.


A) casting
B) chiseling
C) constructing
D) earthworks
E) readymades

F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

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This artist took a urinal, turned it on its side, made some other slight alterations, and presented it as an art object titled Fountain.


A) Marcel Duchamp
B) Damien Hirst
C) Pablo Picasso
Light and Kinetic Sculpture
D) Lázló Moholy-Nagy
E) Naum Gabo

F) All of the above
G) None of the above

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This Hungarian artist created works of art that were motorized, even featuring one as a character in a film.


A) Lázló Moholy-Nagy
B) Naum Gabo
C) Damien Hirst
D) Susan Durant
E) Marcel Duchamp

F) All of the above
G) A) and D)

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The installation work The Man Who Flew Into Space from His Apartment is a room filled with ________ posters.


A) Fascist
B) Socialist
C) Nationalist Conclusion
D) Communist
E) boyband

F) None of the above
G) D) and E)

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What is one of the main reasons that the creation of the Olmec colossal heads is so impressive?


A) they are lifelike individual portraits
B) they were created without metal tools
C) they can be seen from space
D) they were done by children
E) all of the other answers

F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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The sculptural process in which the artist carves only in shallow depth is called ________.


A) bas-relief
B) high relief
C) in the round
D) freestanding
E) pinch

F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

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The natural world is simply the "canvas" on which an artist creates their earthwork. Nature has no effect on the earthwork, even after the artist's input is finished.

A) True
B) False

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This process involves taking over a pre-existing image or object and altering its appearance in a way that changes its original meaning or purpose.


A) appropriation
B) pre-selection
C) felting
D) repoussé
E) exchanging

F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

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Ancient Greek sculptors sometimes created cast sculptures from ________, an alloy of copper and tin.


A) bronze
B) silver
C) steel
D) aluminum
E) brass

F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

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If the intention of Giambologna's Rape of a Sabine was to show off Florentine political might, then a large-scale sculpture in the round was a good choice as it can be displayed to many people.

A) True
B) False

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Which of these materials can be used to create a sculpture?


A) wax
B) stone
C) plastic
D) ice
E) all of the other answers

F) A) and D)
G) All of the above

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A sculpture intended by the artist to move is called ________ sculpture.


A) a kinetic
B) an armature
C) a swivel
D) a fluted
E) a motion-detector

F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

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Over time, exposure to the elements can add this surface coloration to metals. It can also be created with the use of chemical preparations.


A) patina
B) glaze
C) flashing Earthworks
D) shingling
E) repoussé

F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

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This group of Soviet artists created an entire art movement out of the process of assembling artworks.


A) Constructivists
B) Dadaists
C) Fauves
D) Social Realists
E) Cubists

F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

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In freestanding sculpture, the artist entices the viewer to move around the work by creating a series of changing ________.


A) planes
B) colors
C) textures
D) ideas
E) materials

F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

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