Art Appreciation - Mid-Term

The recurrence of a single element in a work of art is called - Style - Focal Point - Pattern - Emphasis - Space

Which of the following can create a pattern? - The warp and weft of woven cloth - Fish scales - Dreid, cracked mud - Stacks of cans - All of the above

A design repeated as a unit in a pattern is called a - Motif - Focal Point - Color - Value - Huqqa

There is rhythm in an artwork when it has at least this many points of reference - Two - One - Three - Four - None

A pattern with regular intervals creates ________ rhythm - a repetitive - a progressive - an alternating - an irregular - a geometric

What is the name for any side of a building that is intended to be looked at - Peristyle - Cornice - Stylobate - Facade - Truss

In the painting "The Blue Room", the artist uses three patterns that - are focal points - are similar - are abstract - merge - contrast

Any of the _______ of art can help focus our interest on specific areas of a work of art. - Elements - Tones - Styles - Themes - Periods

The opposite of emphasis is - Color - Tone - Focal Point - Subordination - Proportion

When an artist wants to highlight the entire surface of his or her work, without regard for any particular area, this is called - focal point - subordination - linear emphasis - focal point - broad emphasis

This is the specific part in an area of emphasis to which the viewer's eye is drawn - subordination - focal point - middle - top - composition

Artists can use ________ to organize the elements in a work and draw our attention to areas of emphasis and focal points - direction - dramatic contrasts - placement - line - all of the above

If an artist painted a garden with one red flower in a field of yellow flowers, this would be an example of using color to create contrast. For the viewer, the single red flower would be ________ - a focal point in the artwork - easily ignored - the least important part of the artwork - completely unrealistic - none of the above

In "The Funeral of St. Bonaventure" by Francisco de Zurbarán, the artist used the principle of ________ to create emphasis and focal point. - contrast - scale - balance - placement - variety

The kind of scale used for objects that appear larger than they are in real life is called _______ scale - monumental - human - hierarchical - meaningful - proportional

The size relationships between parts of an object, or its _______, affects how a viewer will interpret it - proportions - colors - mass - values - facade

An artist might use a small scale for a portrait of a lover because it implies _______ - intimacy - epic virtues - distance - importance - heroism

When an artist uses scale to indicate the relative importance of elements in a composition, he or she is employing this kind of scale. - human scale - monumental scale - small scale - hierarchical scale - proportional scale

This type of scale is common in the relief sculpture of ancient Egypt, where it was used to indicate social importance - monumental - human - miniature - lifesize - hierarchical

This group of artists sometimes used distorted scale to create dreamlike images that subvert our conscious experiences - Pop artists - Surrealists - Futurists - Cubists - Orphuists

The relationships between the sizes of different parts of work make up its - volume - scale - proportions - mass - character

In two-dimensional art, this is the area in which an artist creates their work - square - cast - mold - round - format

In ancient Egypt, this part of the human body was used as a standard of measurement. Six of these equaled a cubit - palm - toe - leg - torso - eye

This aspect of culture is integral to both ancient Greek and Yoruba figural art, despite the differences in how the resulting artworks look - politics - religion - social status - family - food

This proportional system uses a ratio of 1:1.618 - Standart Cubit - Fibonacci Sequence - Root 5 Rectangle - Rule of Thirds - Golden Selection

Rectangles based on the Golden Section can be nested inside each other to create an elegant ________. - spiral - square - star pattern - circle - triangle

The Flemish artist, Jan van Eyck, used hierarchical scale to communicate ____ importance in his painting "Madonna in a Church" - spiritual - social - political - aesthetic - intellectual

The ancient Greeks designed this temple, the Parthenon, according to the idealized rules of proportion for the human body, creating _______ design. - an Egyptian-style - a disjointed - a harmonious - a Fibonacci - a small-scale

What element describes the imposition of order and harmony on a design? - Unity - Variety - Balance - Rhythm - Proportion

The three kinds of unity are - compositional, conceptual, gestalt - asymmetrical, symmetrical, radial - radial, proportional, volumetric - compositional, symmetrical, gestalt - radial, conceptual, gestalt

Compositional unity strikes an interesting balance between the monotony of too much similarity, and the chaos of too much ________ in a work of art. - texture - yellow - variety - emphasis - movement

Disparate visual elements can be linked together with a common idea. This is ________ unity. - symbolic - compositional - conceptual - virtual - actual

The German word that refers to something in which the whole seems greater than the sum of its parts is _____. - alter - klein - bruder - gestalt - gegen

This is a kind of visual diversity that can bring many different ideas, media, or elements together in one composition. - Rhythm - Unity - Balance - Variety - Proportion

Variety can ________ a design. - Invigorate - Regulate - Order - Connect - Fuse

An artist creates an artwork made up of many different shapes, all in varying shades of blue. This artwork uses the following principles of art: - time and motion - mass and texture - contrast and focal point - unity and variety - scale and pattern

Creating visual weight and counterweight is part of an artist's use of the element of ________ in creating a work of art. - balance - proportion - rhythm - unity - variety

_______ balance is achieved when both sides of a composition look exactly the same - asymmetrical - symmetrical - gestalt - unified - varied

_______ balance is achieved when two halves of a composition are not mirror images of each other - unified - symmetrical - radial - asymmetrical - varied

If an artist painted a street scene with one large building on the left-hand side, and two smaller buildings on the right-hand side, this would be an example of ________ balance. - radial - asymmetrical - symmetrical - unpredictable - all of the above

_______ balance is achieved when all elements in a work of art are equidistant from a central point and repeat in a symmetrical way from side to side and top to bottom - unified - symmetrical - asymmetrical - radial - varied

Katsushika Hokusai, in his woodcut "The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa", simplified and ordered the visual elements in the work to create _______. - compositional unity - conceptual unity - chaos - realism - symmetry

When Robert Rauschenberg, in his work Monogram, chose to use a variety of non-traditional art materials and techniques instead of those accepted by the art world, he made a conscious effort to ________ the established art world. - rebel against - conform to - entertain - support the ideas of - accept

The elements of art form the basic ________ of art. - media - symbols - vocabulary - techniques - methods

The principles of design are a kind of _______ that artists apply to the elements of art. - techniques - perspective - sketch - logo - grammar

A flat work of art has two dimensions: _______ and width - height - depth - breadth - size - mass

One definition of this element is "a mark that connects two points." - line - shape - color - value - mass

The line that defines the edge of a shape is called the _______ - contour - outline - implied line - volume - scale

Pick the three words that best describe a regular line - controlled - wild - geometric - organic - cool-headed - expressive - emotional

Three words that can describe irregular line are: - loose - constrained - wild - measured - chaotic - ruled - controlled

A line that is a continuous mark is a(n) ________. - organic line - implied line - actual line - chaotic line - irregular line

A line that gives viewers the impression that they are seeing a line where there is not a continuous mark is ________. - an irregular line - an actual line - an implied line - a chaotic line - a directional line

By orienting lines so that they attract attention to a specific area of a work of art the artist is using ________. - chaotic line - directional line - implied line - measured line - actual line

The combination of jarring vertical and diagonal lines in Vincent van Gogh's The Bedroom creates an atmosphere of ________. - rest - happiness - calm - expectation - anxiety

This type of shape is composed of unpredictable, irregular lines. - organic - geometric - implied - measured - actual

A shape on a flat picture surface that is defined by surrounding empty space is known as ________ shape. - an implied - a geometric - a positive - an organic - an actual

An empty space defined by its surround is known as a(n) ________ shape. - implied - negative - geometric - organic - actual

In a two-dimensional work, when the figure becomes the background and the background becomes the figure, we perceive _______. - a figure-ground reversal - an organic shape - an implied shape - a geometric shape - a forum

These four visual elements of art—form, volume, mass, and texture—are present in ________ works of art. - two-dimensional - balanced - three-dimensional - large - modern

Because it is three-dimensional, a form has these three spatial measurements: height, width, and ________. - length - depth - mass - size - strength

A two-dimensional object is called a shape, and a three-dimensional is known as a _______. - form - relief - building - pyramid - cube

Forms such as pyramids, which tend to be precise and regular, are known as ________ forms. - textured - organic - geometric - implied - actual

Forms that tend to be irregular, and similar to naturally occurring objects, are known as ________ forms. - geometric - volumetric - implied - organic - massive

A three-dimensional surface that is designed to be viewed from only one direction is known as a _______. - volume - form in the round - relief - texture - mass

This type of relief, which takes its name from the French word for low, does not imply great depth. - area relief - bas relief - a plane - actual relief - a frieze

A sculpture designed in the round can be viewed from ________. - nearly every angle - one direction - above only - the interior - the front and back only

A sculpture that can be viewed from more than one side and the occupies space in the same way as other real-life objects is a called a _______ sculpture - freestanding - bas relief - high relief - heroic - implied

The element of art that defines the amount of space occupied by an object is _______ - form - mass - volume - texture - geometry

_______ volume is a space that is enclosed by materials that are not entirely solid - an open - an actual - a subversive - an implied - a closed

This term refers to the substance contained in an object, but it does not necessarily imply weight. - volume - mass - form - texture - open volume

Our experience of objects in the natural world often leads us to assume that a large object will be heavy, but in fact this is not necessarily the case. The element of art is called _______. - space - volume - texture - form - mass

Because a form exists in "real" space we can experience it not only visually, but also through the sense of ________. - touch - balance - mood - humor - hearing

When we touch an object we experience a tactile sensation that artists refer to as ________ texture. - mass - actual - subversive - implied - organic

By using ________ texture to contradict previous tactile experience, artists can invite viewers to reconsider the world around them. - subversive - expected - familiar - smooth - rough

The lightness or darkness of a surface is the element of art called - value - space - line - shape - color

Detective movies of the 1940s were filmed in such dark tones they were referred to as film noir. Filmmakers chose these dark values to enhance the ________ mood of the movies. - playful - humorous - serious - light-hearted - romantic

Artists can create a sense of _______ by using light and dark values - tension - humor - fear - depth - height

A series of different values that are grouped together is called a ________. - value range - palette - highlight - value sampler - film noir

This method of applying value to a two-dimensional artwork in order to create the illusion of three dimensional solid form is called ________. - film noir - value range - chiaroscuro - perspective - palette

The chiaroscuro method uses five defined values: cast shadow, reflected light, core shadow, light, and _______. - scale - plane - film noir - palette - highlight

The process of using a series of parallel lines set close to one another to differentiate planes of value in a work of art is called _______. - perspective - hatching - highlight - core shadow - palette

Hatching and cross-hatching use two-dimensional lines to communicate ________ depth. - three-dimensional - colorful - actual - unexpected - textural

When using a series of squares that are exactly the same shape, implied depth can be achieved by ________. - alternating value - relative size - overlapping - relative position - all of the above

An artist can use color to indicate depth. When a color is very pure and intense then it seems to be ________. - darker - further - closer - lighter - flatter

When objects are far away they lack contrast, detail, and sharpness of focus because of the interference of air. Artists take advantage of this when they use the process called: - atmospheric perspective - isometric perspective - chiaroscuro - highlight - cross-hatching

An artist paints a scene with a large mountain, which lacks detail and is out of focus, and a tree, which is sharply defined and bright green. The viewer might assume that the mountain is ________ than the tree. - more important - much closer - smaller - further away - older

This system, which derives its name from the Greek meaning "equal measure," uses diagonal parallel lines to communicate depth. - isometric perspective - linear perspective - chiaroscuro - multi-point perspective - relative position

This is the system for creating an illusion of depth using three basic components: horizon line, vanishing point, and convergence lines. - linear perspective - chiaroscuro - highlight - palette - atmospheric perspective

One-point perspective does convey depth, but it has limited applications due to its reliance on a single ________. - color - shape - vanishing point - medium - volume

This type of perspective is used when an object is being viewed from an angle rather than from directly in front. - isometric - one-point - two-point - atmospheric - foreshortening

The artist can more readily reflect the complexities of the real world by using more than one vanishing point. This is known as _______ perspective. - one-point - skewed - multi-point - linear -isometric

When the rules of perspective are applied in order to represent unusual points of view, we call this ________. - overlapping - chiaroscuro - highlight - convergence - foreshortening

If an artist were to draw a figure whose arm was pointing directly toward the viewer, what technique would the artist have to use when drawing the outstretched arm? - foreshortening - highlight - chiaroscuro - cross-hatching - surrealism

This is the most vivid element of art and design. - color - value - shape - line - mass

This object can be used to separate white light into the colors of the spectrum.

The traditional primary colors are _______.

Colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel are radically different in wavelength and are called

When complementary colors are used next to each other in a composition, they produce a visual anomaly called simultaneous contrast. This visual effect makes the colors appear to ________ along the boundary where the two colors meet. - vibrate - neutralize - disappear - darken - lighten

The term is used for referring to each of the basic colors of the spectrum is _____.

The element of art that describes the relative lightness or darkness of a hue, compared to another hue, is known as ________. - value - saturation - intensity - contrast - form

A color that is lighter than its basic hue is known as a tint. A color that is darker than its basic hue is called ______.

We generally associate a color with its purest, most intense state, or its highest level of ________. - value - tint - contrast - saturation - greyscale

When a color is associated with hot or cold we refer to this as color ________.

We see this type of color when the brain receives so much color information that it is forced to simplify what we perceive.

The French artist Georges Seurat employed a new technique to create a jewel-like diffusion of light and vibration of color in his work "The Circus". This type of painting, made up of small dots of color, is known as _______.

Color associations can be both culturally specific and universal. Red is a color that can arouse universal. Red is a color that can arouse universal feelings, such as these three: - aggression - sadness - passion - decay - eroticism - cowardice - apathy

_______ in particular is an element of art that can engage the viewer and express a wide range of emotions.

Colors that do not contrast strongly with each other, and which are similar in wavelength, are ________ colors.

Traditional visual arts, such as painting, are inherently static, but artists have always found inventive ways of conveying the elements of ________ and ________.

When an artist employs visual clues to suggest movement in a work of art that is static and motionless, this is known as _______.

Bernini's sculpture of Apollo and Daphne is based on a mythological story in which a god pursues a nymph. The artist used diagonal lines and flowing drapery to convey the _____ of the chase.

If a figure in an artwork has drapery billowing out behind it, and appears to have multiple feet in different positions, the viewer might assume that this figure is ________.

When an artist creates a work that deceives our eyes into believing there is motion as time passes, this is called ______.

The kind of motion that is created by showing a series of static images in quick succession is called _______.

This spinning toy gives a sense of motion to a viewer when he or she looks through small slits in its cylindrical drum at a strip of changing pictures.

This kind of motion is occurring when we see movement in real life.

This type of art can only exist in one place and time in history.

This medium involves the human body and usually includes the artist.

This type of sculpture can move and change its visual form.

Motion is not the only indicator of the passage of time in art. ________ use the changing properties of organic material to create a sense of time passing in their art.

Bernini's sculpture of Apollo and Daphne is based on a mythological story in which a god pursues a nymph. The artist used diagonal lines and flowing drapery to convey the ________ of the chase.

This art movement of the 1960s relies on perceptual anomalies of the human eye to create dynamic effects.