Art Chapter 5

Which of the following statements about balancing a composition are true?

A composition is balanced when it looks balanced

Which statement is true

All works of art, regardless of culture or time, can be discussed in terms of principle or design

A smaller dark form can

Balance a larger light form

When visual weight is equally distributed in a composition, the composition feels

Balanced

Unity, variety, balance, emphasis, subordination, proportion, scale, and rhythm are all examples of principles of

Design

Jackson Pollock is known for his abstract ____ paintings, which push the boundaries of unity and variety

Drip

When an artist chooses an area of composition to highlight or draw attention to, this is called

Emphasis

T/F: Most people are conscious of the principles of design in everyday life

False

Le Corbusier used measurements based on the ______ section when designing the chapel Notre-Dame-du-Haut during the 1950s

Golden

A larger form is visually

Heavier than a smaller form

In Fancisco de Goya's painting Executions of the Third of May, 1808, emphasis on the main figure is created by

Implied light and directional line

In Klimt's painting Death and Life,

Klnimt repeats the mosaic pattern and the organic lines

Symmetry in art often represents

Order, harmony, and authority

This image of a stela by Userwer that shows a squared grid illustrates the development of conventions by Egyptian artists for which principle of design?

Proportion

Visual Weight is defined by

Relative perceptions of heavy and light objects in a composition

The golden section was employed by

Renaissance architects and artists

The principle of rhythm can be identified by the

Repetition of elements in a composition

On this painted cloth titled Thirteen-Deity Jnanadakini Mandala, the symmetrical balance of the mandala

Represents the cosmic order and logic of life for Tibetan Buddhists

The artist Leon Battista Alberti used a repeating vertical ______ of pilasters to create harmony in his design of the church of Sant'Andrea

Rhythm

Size in relation to a standard or expected size is referred to as

Scale

If a line is drawn down the center of a composition, and each side corresponds to the other, it is referred to as

Symmetrical Balance

Leonardo da Vinci's Study of Human Proportions According to Vitruvius was intended to illustrate

The ancient idea of the perfect human proportions

Which of the following is an example of the use of scale in a composition?

The artist wants to emphasize a female figure and makes her larger than all the other figures in the composition

T/F One of the main ways to incorporate rhythm in an artwork is through repetition of shape

True

The repetition of certain elements in an artwork provides

Unity within the design

Unity based on the elements of art, such as shape, line and color, is called

Visual Unity

The organization of all the elements of art in media is

design