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Which two types of line shape our examination of a work of art by directing the movement of our gaze?

Actual

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

Asymmetrical

Artists can use ________ to organize the elements in a work and draw our attention to areas of emphasis and focal points.

Direction, Dramatic COntrasts, Placement, Line

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

Elements

What is the name for any side of a building that is intended to be looked at?

Facade

An artist would probably use distorted scale if he or she wanted to create a lifelike scene that the viewer could relate to.

False

An artwork can only have one focal point

False

The principle of rhythm does not apply to photography.

False

The area covered by a pattern is called the ________.

Field

This is the specific part in an area of emphasis to which the viewer's eye is drawn.

Focal Point

In two-dimensional art, this is the area in which an artist creates their work.

Format

This proportional system uses a ratio of 1:1.618.

Golden Section

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

This type of scale is common in the relief sculpture of ancient Egypt, where it was used to indicate social importance.

Hierchical

The three kinds of unity are:

compositional, conceptual, gestalt

An artist might use a small scale for a portrait of a lover because it implies ________.

Intimacy

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

Monumental

A design repeated as a unit in a pattern is called a ________.

Motif

________ 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

A pattern with regular intervals creates ________ rhythm.

Repetitive

A work that depicts people or objects in a way that makes them recognizable is called ________.

Representational

Rectangles based on the Golden Section can be nested inside each other to create an elegant ________.

Spiral

The opposite of emphasis is ________.

Subordination

________ balance is achieved when both sides of a composition look exactly the same.

Symmetrical

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

True

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

Unity

An artist creates an artwork made up of many different shapes, all in varying shades of blue. This artwork uses the following principles of art:

Unity and Variety

An artwork can be described as non-objective if its subject matter is ________.

Unrecognizable

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

Which of the following can create a pattern?

woven cloth, fish scales, cracked mud,...etc

There is rhythm in an artwork when it has at least this many points of reference.

2

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

Balance

In ancient Egypt this part of the human body was used as a standard of measurement. Six of these equaled a cubit

PALM

The recurrence of a single element in a work of art is called ________.

Pattern

The relationships between the sizes of different parts of a work make up its ________.

Proportions