Describe various techniques in which fiber is used as a medium for fine arts, such as painting or sculpture
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: An ideal example should include
1. One example is weaving, in which fabrics are constructed by interlacing horizontal and vertical threads to create hangings such as tapestry.
2. Another example is embroidery, in which the design is produced by needlework to create hangings.
3. Another example is sculpture, created by pressing fabric into molds.
4. Another example is knitting and crocheting forms into large installations.
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What do diagonal lines imply?
A. Action B. Calm C. Growth D. Suffering
Clay, used by sculptors to model statues, is also the media used to make what is known as
a. plastics b. furniture c. glassblowing d. ceramics e. typography
How has Morris Louis's Abstract Expressionist workBlue Veilbeen interpreted?
A. Using feminist criticism, the way the works' curving lines echo and celebrate the female form was explored. B. Using phenomenology, the relationship of the viewer to Louis' painting was understood. C. Using ideological criticism, the Central Intelligence Agency's use of Abstract Expressionism for propaganda was analyzed. D. Using structuralism, the paintings' many different components were interpreted in relation to one another.
What makes the housing, ceremonial structures, and irrigation works of the Anasazi people in the American Southwest exceptional?
A. They were built without using beasts of burden, the wheel, metal, or a written language. B. They were decorated with elaborate, abstract, geometric shapes and patterns. C. They resemble structures built by Neolithic cultures in the Middle East. D. Their ruins have survived thousands of years despite extreme climate changes.