<span> 1. What did many early American samplers show? Answer – A. Alphabets Rationale - Loara Standish is said to have made the earliest known American sampler around the year 1645. She was from the Plymouth Colony. Early American samplers seen in the 1700s depicted alphabets.
2. Who usually made early American samplers? Answer – B. Women Early American samplers were made by young women. The young women made the samplers as a way of learning simple needlework skills that is needed in the day to day operation of the family.
3. Which statements about early American furniture are true? Answer – B and C Rationale – It is true that some decorated pieces of early American furniture were used as cupboard for storage, and it is also true that Pennsylvania Germans, mostly from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth centurie, painted Fraktur pictures on furniture.
4. Which statements about limner portraits are true? Answers – A, C and D Rationale – It is true that limner portraits were often painted by self-taught (untrained) artists, who generally lived hardscrabble lives; these artists were typically traveling artists, who would travel from place to place to lobby for commissions. The paintings were used by the owners as status symbols; they were commissioned as signs of wealth and importance.
5. TRUE It is true that the artists who made early American stencils made their designs by dabbing or brushing paint through cutout shapes. This has made the early American stencils to be categorized as “Cut and Use Stencils”
6. Answer – False It is not true that stenciling was a very expensive way to decorate walls. As a matter of fact, the easiest and least expensive way to decorate walls was by painting them. Stenciling, a method of painting was known to be a simple do-it-yourself method that requires just a few tools.
7. Answers A and C Many folk art landscapes depict farm scenes and they show the illusion of space. Typically, folk art landscapes show more details in the foreground than in the background. Fine artists are the ones trained in art academies, not folk artists. </span>
As long as you live, you will be making decisions, choosing one thing over the other. But that doesn't mean you'll make smart decisions for yourself just because you're alive; especially if you don't know who you are or what you believe in. To make the right choices for you, personally, you must discover what it is you want and what it is you dream about.
Ancient Greece has contributed to the modern western culture in many sectors, such as Homer in literature, Parthenon Temple in building and art, and Archimedes in mathematics. ... Art is one of the aspects for which the Greeks are best known. They created thousands of pieces that can be seen in museums all over the world.
What is the Rule of Thirds? The Rule of Thirds is a general guideline for how to create an interesting composition which states that any image—painting, photograph, graphic design—should be broken into a grid with two vertical and two horizontal lines, creating nine equally proportioned boxes.
