Art Test 1

Hatching and cross-hatching use two-dimensional lines to communicate _____ depth.

3D

These four visual elements of art-- form, volume, mass, and texture-- are present in _____ works of art.

3D

The Italian Futurist artist Giacomo Balla implied motion by repetition and inference in his work _____ of a Dog on a Leash.

Dynamism

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

Thomas Edison

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

actual

This kind of motion is occuring when we see movement in real life.

actual motion

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

animation

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

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.

asyymetrical

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

balance

Edward Hopper's Nighthawks reflects the solemn mood of the USA at _____.

before World War II

Colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel are radically different in wavelength and are called _____.

complementary

The line that defines the edge of a shape is called the _____.

conture

Artists can create a sense of _____ by using light and dark values.

depth

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

depth

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's representational portrayal of the woman in Grande Odalisque _____ her body.

distorts

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

elements

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

facade

In Mantegna's The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, the body of Jesus is portrayed at an extreme angle. This _____ view creates and unusual perspective and grabs the viewer's attention.

fore shortened

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

form

A flat work of art has two dimensions: _____ and _____.

height and width

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

illusion of motion

A line that gives viewers the impression that they are seeing a line where there is not a continuous mark is _____

implied line

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

intimacy

The rhythmic movement of the cattle and the plowman in Plowing the Nivernais: The Dressing of the Vines suggests struggle and the natural ebb and flow of nature by using _____ rhythm.

irregular

The presence of Velazquez's self-portrait in Las Meninas indicates that the painter _____.

is equal to loyalty

One definition of this element is "a mark that connects two points."

line

This is the system for creating an illusion of depth using three basic components: horizon line, vanishing point, and convergence lines.

linear perspective

Our experience of objects in the natural world often leads us to assume that a large object will be heavy, but in fact this is not necessarily the case. This element of art is called _____.

mass

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

The seventeenth-century pashmina carpet from northern India (1.152) uses repeated stylized flowers as _____ to create a strong, unified design.

motif

Most commercial color printing is achieved using four separate colors, represented by the matrix _____.

CMYK

Bernini's sculpture of Apollo and Daphne is based on a mythological story in which a god pursues a nymph. The artist used diagonal lines and flowing drapery to convey the _____ of the chase.

movement

The artist can more readily reflect the complexities of the real world by using more than one vanishing point. This is known as _____ perspective.

multi-point

The recurrence of a single element in a work of art is called _____.

pattern

This medium involves the human body and usually includes the artist.

performance art

This object can be used to separate white light into the colors of the spectrum.

prism

If you were to create an artwork by throwing open cans of paint over your shoulder onto a canvas behind you, this would be an example of _____.

randomness

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

relief

A pattern with regular intervals creates _____ rhythm.

repetitive

Allan Houser's work Reverie is _____.

representational and abstract

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

stela

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

symmetrical

When a color is associated with hot or cold we refer to this as color _____.

temperature

What does the cross on Velazquez's tunic in Las Meninas signify?

the knighthood

An artwork can be described as non-objective if its subject matter is _____.

unrecognizable

One-point perspective does convey depth, but it has limited applications due to its reliance on a single _____.

vanishing point

In Audrey Flack's Marilyn Monroe, the burning candle, the flower, and the hourglass are typical of a kind of symbolism in art that reminds us of death. This kind of symbolism is known as _____.

vanitas

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