African Art and masks quiz

In most traditional African cultures, the person wearing the mask does what?

• Turns into a spirit represented by the mask itself
• Becomes the leader of the tribe
• They are given new duties/jobs within the tribe
• Speaks to the gods

Materials used to make these masks would include everything except

• Plastic

• Egg shells

• Animal teeth

• Wood

Which of the Formal Elements does this represent?

• Line

• Shape

• Texture

• Tone

African masks are most commonly worn at

• Weddings
• Funerals
• Initiations
• All of the above

Many African masks combine human features with _______________ to show the bond with nature.

• plant features

• animal features

• neither of these

Symbols and patterns used on African Masks were mostly __________.

• geometric

• vertical

• random

It is an approach to drawing or technique that breaks the subject down into “bite-sized” pieces of visual information

• Triangular Grid

• Grid

• Pixel

• sketch

This pencil drawing technique is moving the pencil in small, circular motions keeping them all very compact.

• Stipping

• Scumbling

• Hatching

• Cross Hatching

We often get so focused on trying to draw a face, animal or object that we start drawing what we _______ we see rather than what we ______ see. *

• actually - think

• think - actually

• imagine-want

• want-imagine

True/False: The grid method helps to break an image up into smaller sections.

• True

• False