Art Around Us (Vocab)

Art Around Us
Intro to vocabulary

Definition: to pour hot metal or another material into a mold.

Sentence: People can cast many materials including metal, plaster, plastic or concrete.

Cast

Multiple Choice

True or False: You can only cast with hot metal.

• True

• False

Definition: Clay that is molded then baked at extremely high temperatures and holds its shape.

Sentence: A ceramic dish is fragile and can break if dropped on the floor

Ceramic

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Ceramic potter is made from ​

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clay

sand

wood

metal

Definition: A special oven for burning, baking and drying materials like clay, brick or glass.

Sentence: A potter fires their art pieces in a kiln.

Kiln

Multiple Select

Select pictures of a kiln:

Definition: A machine that weaves yarn, thread or other soft materials into strips of fabric

Sentence: Weavers create beautiful rugs and blankets on a loom.

Loom

Multiple Choice

What can you make using a loom?

• Blanket

• Painting

• Vase

• Kiln

Definition: A picture made from tiny colored bits of paper, tile, glass, etc.

Sentence: A mosaic is made by placing tiny pieces of some material close together with narrow spaces in between them.

​Mosaic

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A mosaic is made by placing ​

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pieces of a material together to make a bigger picture.

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tiny

big

Definition: A large work of art, usually a painting, created directly on a wall

Sentence: In 2005, an archeologist discovered a mural that was painted on a cave wall over 2,000 years ago

Mural

Multiple Select

Select all places you would paint a mural:

• Wall

• Cave

• Paper

• Canvas

Let's see what you remember!...

Match

Match the art to the vocabulary word:

Mural

Mosaic

Loom

Cast

Ceramic

• Mural

• Mosaic

• Loom

• Cast

• Ceramic