Chapter 1.6

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

Foreground and background

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

Hindu

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

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

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

Unity

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

Variety

________ 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 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

The three kinds of unity are:

compositional, conceptual, gestalt

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

conceptual

The German word that refers to something in which the whole seems greater than the sum of its parts is ________.

gestalt

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 sym-metrical way from side to side and top to bottom.

racial

The design of the Taj Mahal and gardens uses both __________ and ____________symmetry.

radial and bilateral

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

symmetrical

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:

time and motion

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