ART CH 1.5 and 1.6

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False

If Alexander Calder's Untitled mobile was powered by a small motor, rather than air currents, it would not be an example of actual motion.

running forwards

If a figure in an artwork has drapery billowing out behind it, and appears to have multiple feet in different positions, the viewer might assume that this figure is ________.

the illusion of motion

When an artist creates a work that deceives our eyes into believing there is motion as time passes, this is called ________.

symmetrical

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

radical

________ 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.

asymmetrical

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

variety

Compositional unity strikes an interesting balance between the monotony of too much similarity, and the chaos of too much ________ in a work of art.

Balance

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

animation

Disney's Finding Nemo is an example of a series of computer-generated images played in rapid succession. This medium is called ________.

conceptual

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

asymmetrical

If an artist painted a street scene with one large building on the left-hand side, and two smaller buildings on the right-hand side, this would be an example of ________ balance.

found

Joseph Cornell created boxes that contain compositions of ________ objects.

grid

Romare Bearden's work The Dove uses an underlying ________ reflecting the city streets to create a sense of order

repeating marks

The Italian Futurist artist Giacomo Balla illustrated the rapid movement of a dog running on a leash by painting a series of ________ in order to give the impression that we are seeing motion as it happens.

False

The elements of time and motion are not applicable to the art of photography.

compositional, conceptual, gestalt

The three kinds of unity are:

Thomas Edison

This inventor co-created the film Fred Ott's Sneeze, which was one of the first American movies.

Mandala

Tibetan Buddhist monks create colored sand images with a radial design. This representation of the universe is called a ________.

Time and Motion

Traditional visual arts, such as painting, are inherently static, but artists have always found inventive ways of conveying the elements of ________ and ________.

invigorate

Variety can _____ a design

Gestalt

the German word that refers to something in which the whole seems greater than the sum of its part is _____

stroboscopic motion

the kind of motion that is created by showing a series of static images in quick succession is called _____

Unity

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


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