Ceramics 1 (Handbuilding) - Quiz 3 Review

Portrait is defined as:

• A painting, drawing, photograph, sculpture or engraving of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders.

• The quality or fact representing a person, thing or situation accurately or in a way that is true to life.

• A combination of facial gestures that convey a particular emotion

• The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

What types of faces did the Ancient Greeks put on their jugs, mugs and cups?

• Faces that were portraits of only men.

• Faces that referenced religious and mythological narratives.

• Frightening faces to scare away evil spirits.

• Faces of Ancient Greek Rulers

Face jugs made in the American South from the mid-1800s to present have features that resemble art from what societies?

• Mesoamerican

• United Kingdom

• Kongo

• Egyptian

True or False: The Moche people of modern day Peru made portrait jars that were abstracted stylized representations of the human face.

• True

• False

_______________ were thought to have been buried outside of  back doors to scare spirits away, similar to some rituals practiced in Africa.

• Face Jugs

• Portrait vessels of the Manteño and the Toltec

• Toby Jugs

• Character mugs

Toby Jugs or Mugs were based on:

• Contemporary pop-culture icons

• Admiral Toby of the 12th century regime

• Face jugs of the 13 and 14th centuries

• Portraits of royalty painted in the 11th century

With reference to the attached diagram, the bottom of the nose should touch:

• line 5, one third of the way between your eyes and chin.

• line 4, halfway between your eyes and chin.

• line 5, one fifth of the way between your eyes and chin.

• between line 4 and 5, one quarter of the way between your eyes and chin.

The width of the human head should be:

• 3 eyes across

• 4 eyes across

• 5 eyes across

• 6 eyes across

How wide should your mouth be?

• The edges of your mouth should line up with the center of your eyes.

• The edges of your mouth should like up with the edges of your nose.

• The edges of your mouth should be the width of your face.

• The edges of your mouth should be three eye lengths.

The ears are the same length as what?

• Three of your eyes.

• Your mouth.

• Your eye brow.

• Your nose.