Art quiz week 2

Creating visual weight and counterweight is part of an artist's use of the element of _____ in creating a work of art

balance

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

color

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

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

depth

Any of the _______ of art can help focus our interest on specific areas of a work of art

elements

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

When an artist uses scale to indicate the relative importance of elements in a composition, he or she is employing this kind of scale

hierarchical scale

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

illusion of motion

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

organic

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

outline

The size relationships between parts of an object, or its ______, affects how a viewer will interpret it.

proportions

A color that is darker than its basic hue is called a

shade

True or false: the rarity of an artwork, and its value, are often closely related.

true

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

value

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

The elements of art form the basic ______ of art.

vocabulary

True or false: an artwork can have only one focal point.

False

True or false: when artists are censored it usually stops them from producing any further work.

false

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

form

A sculpture designed in the round can be viewed from

nearly every angle