art quiz 7

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.

asymmetrical

In his work Six Persimmons, the thirteenth-century Chinese monk Muqi used different visual weights on each side of the composition. This is known as ________ balance.

asymmetrical

________ balance is achieved when two halves of a composition are not mirror images of each other.

asymmetrical

Creating visual weight and counterweight is part of an artist's use of ________ in creating a work of art.

balance

In his woodcut "The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa," Katsushika Hokusai simplified and ordered the visual elements in the work to create ________.

compositional unity

The three kinds of unity are:

compositional, conceptual, gestalt

Disparate visual elements can be linked together with a common idea. This is called ________ unity.

conceptual

In his painting The Flagellation, Italian artist Piero della Francesca created unity by concentrating on groups of figures in two different areas, ________ and ________.

foreground; background

The German word that refers to something in which the whole seems greater than the sum of its parts (where compositional and conceptual unity work together) is ________.

gestalt

Romare Bearden's work The Dove uses an underlying ________ reflecting the city streets to create a sense of order.

grid

The design by I. Michael Interior Design creates ________ and interesting composition by using a balance of curved and straight lines.

harmonious

The story of Vishnu dreaming the universe, as depicted in an Indian relief carving, is derived from the ________ religion.

hindu

Variety can ________ a design.

invigorate

Tibetan Buddhist monks create colored sand images with a radial design. This representation of the universe is called a ________.

mandala

________ 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.

radial

The design of the Taj Mahal and gardens uses both ________ and ________ symmetry.

radial and bilateral

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

The Taj Mahal was commissioned by the grieving ________ as a memorial to his third and beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal.

shah jahan

_______________ is achieved when both sides of a composition look the same.

symmetrical balance

This symmetrical Chinese motif appears in art as a monster that is made from many other designs.

t'oa t'ieh

Romare Bearden depicted a hectic street scene in his work The Dove. He created a sense of unity and stability in the busy composition with an implied ________ shape.

triangular

An interior design that uses only straight lines might lack the visual interest of a more varied composition. t or f

true

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

unity

Compositional unity strikes an interesting balance between the monotony of too much similarity, and the chaos of too much ________ in a work of art.

variety

This is a kind of visual diversity that can bring many different ideas, media, or elements together in one composition.

variety