Ch. 1.6 Art Appreciation

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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

Joseph Cornell created boxes that contain compositions of ________ objects

Found

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

Gestalt

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

Grid

The design by I. Michael Interior Design creates __________ and interesting composition by using a balance of curved and straight lines

Harmonious

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

Hindu

Variety can ________ a design

Invigorate

When Robert Rauschenberg, in his work Monogram, chose to use a variety of non-traditional art materials and techniques of those accepted by the art world, he made a conscious effort to _______ the established art world.

Rebel Against

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

Rhythm

Romare Bearden depicted a heptic 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 principle of art did Katsushika Hokusai employ in the "The Great Wave Off Shore at kanagawa" in order to bring harmony to what could otherwise be a very chaotic scene?

Unity

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

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

foreground ... background


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