art exam 2

Disney's finding Nemo is an ex of a series of computer-generated images in a quick succession is called

animation

which of the following conditions did artist chuck close not have to struggle with ? dyslexia, neuromuscular disorder, facial blindness, prosopagnosia, or color blindness

color blindness

the three kinds of unity are

compositional, conceptual, gestalt

disparate visual elements can be linked together with a common idea. This is ______ unity.

conceptual

In The Funeral of St. Bonaventure, the artist used the principles of ________ to create emphasis and focal points

contrast

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

elements

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 have only one focal point.

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.

false

Judy Chicago completed the dinner party completely on her own over a period of six years

false

Photographers cannot be responsible for principles of scale or proportion in their photographs.

false

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

focal point

The german wird that refers to something in which the whole seems greater than the sum of its part is

gestalt

The ancient Greek sculpture who created the bronze known as Poseidon used this part of the body as a standard unit for proportional measurements in the work

head

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

hierarchical

when an artist employs visual clues to suggest movement in a work of art that is static and motionless, this is known as

implied motions

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

intimacy

Variety can ________ a design.

invigorate

The rhythmic movement of the cattle and the plowmen in Plowing In the Nivernais: The Dressing of the Vines suggest struggle and the natural ebb and flow of nature by using _________ rhythm

irregular

Alexander Calder invented the _________, a type of suspended, balanced sculpture that uses air currents to power its movement

mobile

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

The 17th century pashmina carpet from northern India uses repeated stylized flowers as _________ to create a strong, unified design

motifs

The Sequence of photographs Dorothea Lange took of a migrant family in 1936 shows how photographers move around their subject and anticipate the right time to capture the image they seek. In this way, photography is still deeply concerned with the elements of __________ and time

motion

In the painting the landscape with the fall of Icarus the artist intended to divert our attention so that we barely notice Icarus plunging to his doom; a fine ex of

subordination

the opposite of emphasis is

subordination

Dorothea Tanning's work Eine Kleine Nachtmusik uses deliberately distorted scale to create an abnormal or _______ effect

supernatural

_______________ balance is achieved when two halves of a composition look exactly the same

symmetrical

A pattern with regular intervals creates ________ rhythm.

repetitive

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 ________.

running forward

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

spiral

The kind of motion that is created by showing a series of static images in quick succession is called ________.

stroboscopic motion

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

time and motion

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

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

true

If the clothing of the saint was the only light area in The Funeral of St. Bonaventure, the viewer's eye would not be easily drawn to any other areas of the composition.

true

Performance artists the Blue Man Group rely on bodily movements to communicate ideas without speech

true

The Yes Men coined the term "laughtivism" to describe their socially conscious performance art endeavors

true

it does not matter if a sculptor is creating a human statue on a monumental scale, or a figure much smaller than lifesize: if the sculptor applies the ratio of the golden section, the sculpture will have naturalistic proportions

true

there is a rhythm in an artwork when it has at least how many points of reference

two

what elements 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

which of the following can create a pattern

woven cloth, fish scales, cracked mud, stacked cans

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

a facade

If an artist painted a garden with one red flower in a field of yellow flowers, this would be an example of using color to create contrast. For the viewer, the single red flower would be ________.

a focal point in the artwork

the ancient Greeks designed the Parthenon according to the idealized rules of proportion for the human body, creating ________ design

a harmonious

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

asymmetrical

in his work Six Persimmons, the 13th century Chinese monk Muqi used different visual weights on each side of the composition. This is known as __________ balance

asymmetrical

creating visual weight and counterweight is part of an artists uses of the element of ___________ in creating a work of art

balance

Duration, tempo, intensity, scope, setting, and chronology are:

basic attributes of time, attributes of film, terms that describe time, central tenets of time-based art

Motion is not the only indicator of the passage of time in art. ________ use the changing properties of organic material to create a sense of time passing in their art.

bioartists

what motif appeared in all the plates of Judy Chicago's the dinner party

butterfly form

This type of sculpture can move and change its visual form.

kinetic

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

palm

Ron Lambert's sculptural work "Sublimate (Cloud Cover)" replicates the natural process of the water cycle to illustrate the _____.

passage of time

the recurrence of a single element in a work of art is called

pattern

the relationship between the sizes of different parts of a work make up its

proportions

__________ balance is achieved when all elements in a work of art are equidistant from a central point and repeat in a symmetrical way from the side to side and top to bottom

radical

the opposite of pattern is

randomness