Quiz 2 Art in Three Dimensions

________ volume is a space that is enclosed by materials that are not entirely solid.

An open

This term refers to the substance contained in an object, but it does not necessarily imply weight.

mass

A sculpture designed in the round can be viewed from ________.

nearly every angle

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

organic

A three-dimensional surface that is designed to be viewed from only one direction is known as a ________.

relief

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

Because a form exists in "real" space, we can experience it not only visually, but also through our sense of ________.

touch

The element of art that defines the amount of space occupied by an object is ________.

volume

When we touch an object we experience a tactile sensation that artists refer to as ________ texture.

actual

This type of relief, which takes its name from the French word for low, does not imply great depth.

bas-relief

Because it is three-dimensional, a form has these three spatial measurements: height, width, and ________.

depth

In the Roettgen Pietà from fourteenth-century Germany, the artist ________ the organic forms of the bodies of Mary and Jesus in order to express pain and suffering.

distorted

The spiraling open volume of Vladimir Tatlin's Monument to the Third International was intended to give the design a feeling of ________.

dynamism

To imply greater depth, the sculptor who created the relief carvings on the outside of the Ara Pacis Augustae carved the figures in the ________ more deeply than those that are in the background, in order to make them stand out more.

foreground

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

form

Forms such as pyramids, which tend to be precise and regular, are known as ________ forms.

geometric

An upright stone that has an incised relief on its surface, such as the Maya sculpture (1.2.7), is known as ________.

a stela