Ceramics 1 (Handbuilding) Quiz 4 Review

A hollow container for holding something, best describes what?

• a slab

• a clay figure

• a coil

• a vessel

What is the primary method that the Jōmon used to construct pottery?

• Coil building

• Pinch method

• Pottery wheel

• Slab construction

What style of vessel from the Jōmon period in Japan was the most elaborate and famous?

• Flame

• Symbolic

• Narrative

• Incipient

Where is the neck on this vessel?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

What does Jōmon mean?

• Straw-rope pattern

• Flame pattern

• Crown Pattern

• Coil Pattern

Which of the following best describes symbolism?

• The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• The use of elaborate carvings to communicate ideas

• The retelling of a narrative through allegory

• The absence of texture in a relief sculpture

Choose what best describes "relief."

• A wall-mounted sculpture in which the three-dimensional elements are raised or incised from a flat base or slab.

• A wall-mounted sculpture in which the three-dimensional elements are sculpted from a ceramic base and gilded in precious metals.

• A sculpture in the round in which the three-dimensional elements are raised or incised from a flat base or slab.

• A sculpture in the round in which the three-dimensional elements are sculpted from a ceramic base and gilded in precious metals.

This image is an example of________________________.

• low relief

• high relief

• slip and score

• sculpture in the round

Which of the following is a word that means a story or retelling of events?

• Narrative

• Relief

• Allegory

• Onomatopoeia

The process of creating sculpture where material is removed to create the sculptural form is best described as ____________________________.

• subtractive sculpture

• additive sculpture

• divisive sculpture

• multiplied sculpture