Chapter 14 – The Crafts as Fine Art
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A work in which weft yarns of several different colors are manipulated to make a
design is called:
a) weaving
b) embroidery
c) collage
d) afghan
2. Backs in Landscape is by an artist who helped transform the craft medium of fiber into
a fine art. The artist is:
a) Dale Chihuly.
b) Clyde Connell.
c) David Hammons.
d) Magdalena Abakanowicz.
3. The textile design by Anni Albers (fig. 434; p. 336) was inspired by which source?
a) Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis
b) Wolfgang von Goethe’s Metamorphosis of Plants
c) the angularity of Bauhaus architecture
d) a spontaneous arrangement of leaves she observed under a tree
4. This artist created a functional salt cellar of gold and enamel depicting the gods
Neptune and Tellus:
a) Benvenuto Cellini.
b) the Oxus artist.
c) Susan Ewing.
d) Antoni Gaudi.
5. The Bent-Corner Chest is carved from cedar, a wood that is native to which region
and favored by Native American artists there?
a) the Northwest American coast
b) the American Midwest
c) the Northeast
d) the Southwest
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6. The Japanese Tea Ceremony is a ritual that encourages the adherent to “leave the
concerns of the daily world behind and enter a timeless world of ease, harmony, and
mutual respect.” Which of these ceramic pieces would be used in such a practice?
a) Euthymides’ Revelers
b) Hon’ami Koetsu’s Amagumo
c) Martinez’s Jar
d) Voulkos’ X-Neck
7. As a thrown ceramic vessel, Rose Cabat’s Onion Feelie, is unique because:
a) of its color and shape.
b) of its limited functionality.
c) it is shaped like a garden vegetable or gourd.
d) because it is symmetrical.
8. Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party is a “feminist” art work that:
a) utilizes so-called “women’s work” and collaboration to pay homage to great
women in human history.
b) is based in traditional ceramic production.
c) explored the artistic possibilities offered by traditional craft media and
collaborative art processes.
d) a & c
9. The technique of sewing buttons on to linen, used by Marilyn Lanfear in Aunt Billie, is
most closely related to which of these traditional techniques?
a) oil painting
b) mosaic
c) fresco painting
d) lithography
10. What technique was used in creating Tutankhamun Hunting Ostriches from His
Chariot?
a) casting
b) repousse and embossing
c) carving
d) modeling
11. Hon’ami Koetsu’s Amagumo tea bowl (p. 322) was perfectly made to fit the hand and
was made in the early seventeenth century at one of the “Six Ancient Kilns,” the
traditional centers of _______ ceramics in Japan.
a) wood-fired
b) raku
c) thrown
d) anagama
12. Objects formed out of clay and then hardened by firing (p. 322) are referred to as:
a) Wedgwood.
b) export porcelain.
c) amphoras.
d) ceramics.
13. Native Americans used a traditional method for producing pots (p. 323) that did not
involve the potter’s wheel. What was it?
a) slab construction
b) subtractive modeling
c) coil building
d) cire-perdue
14. All fiber arts evolved from one traditional process (p. 332) called:
a) weaving.
b) tapestry.
c) embroidery.
d) None of the above.
15. Originally, when an artist worked in “the crafts” (p. 321), it meant that they:
a) worked in bronze.
b) created production pieces in a factory.
c) worked in clay exclusively.
d) produced functional objects.
16. Most ceramic objects are created (p. 322) by one of three methods:
a) additive, subtractive, and assemblage.
b) slab construction, coiling, and throwing.
c) firing, casting, and fusing.
d) None of the above.
17. The city of Chamba, India is famous for its embroidered muslin textiles (p. 333)
called:
a) mudras.
b) anagama.
c) wefts.
d) rumals.
18. Another word for a wood-firing kiln, which was a traditional Japanese invention and
first used in the U.S. in 1976, is __________.
a) ukiyo-e
b) anagama
c) alla prima
d) oingo boingo
19. When and where was porcelain developed?
a) in 15th century Italy
b) in 20th century America
c) during the T’ang Dynasty in China
d) in 12th century Japan
20. We can trace the earliest distinction between the crafts and fine arts to:
a) the classical period in Greece and the seemingly playful rivalries between
competing makers of amphoras.
b) Joseph Wedgwood, who in 1759 began manufacturing both cheap earthenware
table settings and elegant hand-made luxury items.
c) Japanese anagama-fired tea bowls made in the early 17th century.
d) Egyptian pottery produced over 4000 years ago.
21. Stained glass was first developed:
a) in the 15th century by Leonardo DaVinci.
b) in the 20th century by Piet Mondrian.
c) in the 12th century, commissioned by Abbot Suger for Saint-Denis.
d) in the 19th century by Edgar Degas.
22. Gold has always been a popular art medium because:
a) it is malleable and easy to work.
b) it doesn’t corrode.
c) it occurs in an almost pure state.
d) all of the above.
Short Answer Questions
23. Typically, a ceramic object will be painted with a(n) _______ to give it a glassy
24. What are three primary types of ceramics (clay bodies)?
25. The invention of glassblowing techniques has its origins in the first century BCE and
26. Define warp and weft.
27. Where did porcelain reach its height of refinement?
28. Name some functions of the Heiltsuk chest from the Northwest American coast.
29. Which work by Judy Chicago contributed to the restoration of women’s place in the
art world?
Essay Questions
30. How did Peter Voukos’ ceramic work challenge the idea of ceramics as “craft”?
31. In what ways can the fiber arts be considered a three-dimensional medium?
32. Choose a work from the chapter and explain how it is both a functional and an
aesthetic object.