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ART 3&4: Final!!! Part 1: History+Clay

Explore the rich history and techniques of Aboriginal art, from the use of symbols to the stages of clay and the beauty of mosaics. Discover the significance of plaster and its connection to symbolic masks.

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ART 3&4: Final!!! Part 1: History+Clay

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  1. ART 3&4: Final!!! Part 1: History+Clay

  2. Aboriginal Plaster Mosaic Clay Stages Clay Terms 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

  3. Aboriginal– 100 Points • Refers to anything made by the first indigenous peoples of a region and tells a story. • ANSWER: • Aboriginal

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

  5. Aboriginal– 300 Points 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 • Aboriginal art started as the depiction of stories, either ________ or __________ ones. • ANSWER: • Real or Imagined

  7. Aboriginal– 500 Points • 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 • A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water that hardens to a smooth solid. • ANSWER: • Plaster

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

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

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

  12. Plaster– 500 Points • 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 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 A thin mortar of water, cement, and gravel used to fill the spaces in between tiles. ANSWER: • Grout

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

  16. Mosaic– 400 Points • 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 • ________ 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 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 Stage of clay when you can no longer add but can still carve into the surface. ANSWER: • Leather Hard

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

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

  22. Clay Stages– 500 Points 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 A furnace used to bake ceramic or clay projects. ANSWER: • Kiln

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

  25. Clay Terms– 300 Points 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 A liquefied suspension of clay particles in water that acts as glue for clay works. ANSWER: • Slip

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

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