art mid term

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

True

The ancient Greeks designed the Parthenon according to the idealized rules of proportion for the human body, creating ________ design.

a harmonious

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

balance

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

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's portrayal of the woman in Grande Odalisque ________ her body.

distorts

The Russian artist Marc Chagall depicted the mythical character Icarus with bright colors on a white background in order to ________.

draw attention to Icarus's fall

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

form

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

Variety can ________ a design.

invigorate

The rhythmic movement of the cattle and the plowmen in Plowing in the Nivernais: The Dressing of the Vines suggests struggle and the natural ebb and flow of nature by using ________ rhythm.

irregular

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. This element of art is called ________.

mass

The kind of scale used for objects that appear larger than they are in real life is called ________ scale.

monumental

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

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

subversive

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

three-dimensional

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

two-point