Art of the Americas — Cumulative exam Answers

The pottery from the Jomon period, like the example shown, features distinctive cord-marked patterns on its surface, created by pressing ropes into the wet clay. These vessels often have elaborate and ornate rims or handles that are sculptural in nature. Jomon pottery was hand-built without the use of a wheel and served both practical and ceremonial purposes. The designs reflect the artistic and cultural expressions of Japan's prehistoric inhabitants.

The Doric Order was the oldest and most stable because of its wider style that was not fluted or adorned. Its capital consisted of an abacus and a curved, trapezoidal echinus. The Ionic Order was much more slim and elegant than the Doric Order and had a more decorative capital with spiraled volutes atop the echinus. Finally, the Corinthian Order was the most slender with the most decorative capital, featuring smaller volutes and acanthus leaves.

A slip is the clay that has been watered down to the consistency of paint. This paint was used to decorate the ceramics.

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Embroidery and weaving were both regarded as women’s work, rather than a form of art. Only after factories were established during the Industrial Revolution and textiles were mass produced, did embroidery and weaving become globally accepted as forms of art.

A natural sculpture is a sculpture that is inspired by forms and processes from nature. Answers may vary, but should include at least 2 examples: Forms and process could include: life cycles, weather, seasons, geographic changes, metamorphosis, etc.

These figures are votives, which traditionally hold religious significance and were most likely dedicated to the gods. They are limestone statues. They are an examples of the traditional way Sumerians represented forms, with simplified faces and bodies, and with clothing that emphasized the cylindrical shape and the styles of the time. The bulging eyes indicate the openness they had when approaching a god.

The CATIA model is a computer aided 3-D Interaction Applications allows interactive visualization and collaboration over the web. CATIA stands for, Computer Aided Three Dimensional Interactive Application.

Answers may vary, but should include at least 3 examples: Fibers can come from plants, such as reeds or cotton, from animals, such as wool from sheep, or can be made, which create what’s called synthetic fibers, such as nylon.

The earliest period of human history is called the Stone Age because people primarily made their tools and weapons from stone. The two main periods of the Stone Age are the Paleolithic period (Old Stone Age) and the Neolithic period (New Stone Age).

Architecture is the art of building or constructing. An architect is a person who designs pieces of architecture. An architect must understand the technical skills of design and construction, as well as what is required to make a piece of architecture functional and/or aesthetically pleasing.

Silica is the main component usually found in glass. Silica is a chemical compound most commonly found in sand or quartz.

An artist must consider how the sculpture will look from all angles, in other words whether the sculpture will be interesting and pleasing from all angles. Figures are rarely unposed because the artist wants the viewer to have different and interesting details to take in, no matter what angle the sculpture is looked at from.

The image above is an example of an ancient piece of jewelry. Jewelry was not only for aesthetic purposes in ancient times, but also for spiritual reasons. In ancient times, many people believed that wearing jewelry allowed a person to be spiritually connected to the gods. Today jewelry can still be a form of spiritual connection (Ex: Christian cross, Star of David, etc.), but most people see them as a reminder rather than a way of connecting or a from of protection. Jewelry for the most part is now ornamental.