Art Appreciation

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

Op art

In a two-dimensional work, when the figure becomes the background and the background becomes the figure, we perceive ________.

a figure-ground reversal

A shape made of perfectly straight lines would probably be classified as ________ shape.

a geometric

An empty space defined by its surround is known as ________ shape.

a negative

An upright stone that has an incised relief on its surface, such as the Maya sculpture (1.2.7), is known as ________.

a stela

Physicists have explained that when we see a color, it is the portion of the light spectrum that a surface fails to ________.

absorb

What creates the various degrees between representational and non-objective?

abstraction

When we touch an object we experience a tactile sensation that artists refer to as ________ texture.

actual

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

actual motion

When conducting a formal analysis of a work of art, you would probably want to consider the artist's use of:

all of the other answers

Which of the following can be considered part of visual culture?

all of the other answers

When using a series of squares that are exactly the same shape, implied depth can be achieved by ________.

alternating value, relative position, overlapping, relative size

A line that is a continuous mark is ________.

an actual line

A line that gives viewers the impression that they are seeing a line where there is not a continuous mark is ________.

an implied line

________ volume is a space that is enclosed by materials that are not entirely solid.

an open

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

analogous

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

This type of relief, which takes its name from the French word for low, does not imply great depth.

bas-relief

Duration, tempo, intensity, scope, setting, and chronology are:

basic attributes of time, central tenets of time-based art, attributes of film, terms that describe time

This method of applying value to a two-dimensional artwork in order to create the illusion of a three-dimensional solid form is called ________.

chiaroscuro

We generally associate a color with its purest, most intense state, or its highest level of ________.

chroma

An artist can use color to indicate depth. When a color is very pure and intense then it seems to be ________.

closer

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

complementary colors

This is the area that is visible when a viewer is staring at a fixed point in space.

cone of vision

The line that defines the edge of a shape is called the ________.

contour [INCORRECT] outline [ ? ]

The dark printed words on the page of a book are easily read because they are printed on a light ground. This is an example of the principle of ________.

contrast

Which of the following words would best describe a regular line?

cool-headed, controlled, geometric, predictable

A representational work of art

depicts objects or people so that we can recognize them

Artists can create a sense of ________ by using light and dark values.

depth

Because it is three-dimensional, a form has these three spatial measurements: height, width, and ________.

depth

The Chinese artist Li Cheng created ________ in his work A Solitary Temple Amid Clearing Peaks by alternating bands of lighter and darker values.

depth

By orienting lines so that they attract attention to a specific area of a work of art the artist is using ________.

directional line

In the Roettgen Pietà from fourteenth-century Germany, the artist ________ the organic forms of the bodies of Mary and Jesus in order to express pain and suffering.

distorted

The spiraling open volume of Vladimir Tatlin's Monument to the Third International was intended to give the design a feeling of ________.

dynamism

Art is sometimes censored by the authorities because:

each answer shown is correct

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.

further away

Forms such as pyramids, which tend to be precise and regular, are known as ________ forms.

geometric

The principles of design are a kind of ________ that artists apply to the elements of art.

grammar

Analogous color combinations can be used to create unity and steer viewers toward a particular attitude or emotion. Mary Cassatt's The Boating Party uses yellow, green, and blue hues to create a ________ and ________ composition.

harmonious, relaxed

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 ________.

hatching

A flat work of art has two dimensions: ________ and width.

height

The chiaroscuro method uses five defined values: cast shadow, reflected light, core shadow, light, and ________.

highlight

If vertical lines communicate strength, horizontals calm, and diagonals action, then a vacation resort might want to choose a logo consisting of ________ lines in order to show peaceful repose.

horizontal

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

hue

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

implied motion

This system, which derives its name from the Greek meaning "equal measure," uses diagonal parallel lines to communicate depth.

isometric perspective

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

kinetic

Forms that tend to be irregular, and similar to naturally occurring objects, are known as ________ forms.

organic

This type of shape is composed of unpredictable, irregular lines.

organic

The lines that create the image of the Nazca Spider "drawing" define the ________ of a ________.

outline, shape

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

performance art

Color associations vary by culture. For example, an American bride would probably wear white, while her Chinese counterpart might wear ________.

red

If you were to look at a t-shirt that absorbed the colors violet, blue, green, yellow, and orange, what color would the t-shirt appear to be?

red

The traditional "artist's" primary colors are ________.

red, yellow, and blue

A three-dimensional surface that is designed to be viewed from only one direction is known as a ________.

relief

The Italian Futurist artist Giacomo Balla illustrated the rapid movement of a dog running on a leash by painting a series of ________ in order to give the impression that we are seeing motion as it happens.

repeating marks

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 ________.

running forwards

Western artists since the Renaissance have usually considered ______ to be the highest forms of art.

sculpture and painting

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 a ________.

shade

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

stroboscopic motion

When ________ colors are mixed, they make a duller and darker color because more of the visible spectrum is absorbed.

subtractive

By using ________ texture to contradict previous tactile experience, artists can invite viewers to reconsider the world around them.

subversive

When painters in the workshop of the fifteenth-century artist known as the Master of Osservanza illustrated The Meeting of St. Anthony and St. Paul, they solved the problem of how to ________ in a single painting by merging a series of episodes into one picture.

tell a story

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

temperature

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

the illusion of motion

What can we NOT conclude from a formal analysis of David Hockney's Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)?

the man in the red jacket is the artist's ex-lover

These four visual elements of art—form, volume, mass, and texture—are present in ________ works of art.

three-dimensional

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

touch

Contour line defines the outer edge or profile of an object, and can be used to suggest a volume in space.

true

Eva Hesse's Untitled (Rope Piece) is considered highly abstract.

true

Representational artworks are also called objective.

true

The rarity o an artwork, and its value, are often closely related.

true

This type of perspective is used when an object is being viewed from an angle rather than from directly in front.

two-point

What element describes the imposition of order and harmony on a design?

unity

The element of art that describes the relative lightness or darkness of a hue, compared to another hue, is known as ________.

value

The lightness or darkness of a surface is the element of art called ________.

value

A series of different values that are grouped together is called a ________.

value range

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

vanishing point

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

The elements of art form the basic ________ of art.

vocabulary

The element of art that defines the amount of space occupied by an object is ________.

volume

Paul Gauguin's use of the color ________ in his depiction of a crucified Christ enhances the work's connection with the seasons, and expresses a message of optimism and rebirth.

yellow

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.

Bioartists

Most commercial color printing is achieved using three "true" primary colors and black. These primaries are ________.

cyan, magenta, and yellow

An artwork that uses many hues but only one value is called monochromatic.

false

Louise Nevelson's work White Vertical Water is a realistic depiction of fish in a river.

false

When artists are censored it usually stops them from producing any further work.

false

Henri Matisse was a member of the ________ movement, a group of artists who were especially focused on using color as intensely as they could.

fauve

To imply greater depth, the sculptor who created the relief carvings on the outside of the Ara Pacis Augustae carved the figures in the ________ more deeply than those that are in the background, in order to make them stand out more.

foreground

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

A two-dimensional object is called a shape, and a three-dimensional object is known as a ________.

form

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

optical color

One definition of this element is "a mark that connects two points."

line

This is the system for creating an illusion of depth using three basic components: horizon line, vanishing point, and convergence lines.

linear perspective

This term refers to the substance contained in an object, but it dos not necessarily imply weight.

mass

Alexander Calder invented the ________, a type of suspended, balanced sculpture that uses air currents to power its movement.

mobile

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

motion, time

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.

movement

The artist can more readily reflect the complexities of the real world by using more than one vanishing point. This is known as ________ perspective.

multi-point

A sculpture designed in the round can be viewed from ________.

nearly every angle