ART Quiz 5

Another term for asymmetrical balance is:

Sculptor Claes Oldenburg tends to challenge viewers' idea of

The architect Le Corbusier designed the Modulor, a tool he used for calculating human proportions, based upon:

Rather than depend solely upon visual unity, an artist will sometimes create ________ unity by unifying the ideas in a work of art.

The ancient Roman architect Vitruvius associated the perfected male form with the perfect geometry of:

In a two-dimensional work of art that is balanced symmetrically, the implied center of gravity is:

Which work of art uses hierarchical scale?

The organization of visual elements in two-dimensional art is called:

Pablo Picasso's Girl Before a Mirror explores the traditional theme of:

Henry Ossawa Tanner's The Banjo Lesson creates emphasis through:

Drawing attention to an area by contrasting dark and light is one way of demonstrating

By positioning the dark, dense image of death next to the billowing, light form representing life, Gustav Klimt's painting Death and Life demonstrates artistic use of:

Which ancient Roman's writings on architecture related the human body to geometric shapes?

Artists will often add ________ to provide interest and enliven the unity of a work of art.

Scale is defined as:

The design principle that is based on repetition is called:

Georgia O'Keeffe's Deer's Skull with Pedernal, which is set directly on the vertical axis, utilizes ___________ balance.

Which of the following are not among the principles of design?

The ancient Egyptians developed a standard set of proportions used to create images of the "correct" or "perfect" human, as have many cultures both ancient and modern. This set of proportions was created using:

The Parthenon and the Modulor were both designed according to a ratio known as: