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The Dutch design team Sauerkids used ________ lines of dots and dashes in its work to create exciting visual rhythms.

A) implied
B) actual
C) chalk Directional Line
D) regular
E) geometric

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A shape on a flat picture surface that is defined by surrounding empty space is known as ________ shape.

A) an implied
B) a geometric
C) a positive
D) an organic
E) an actual

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Mel Bochner used ________ line in the work Vertigo because it is controlled and measured.

In his drawing of the Ducal Palace in Venice, Canaletto used line to accentuate the patterned facade of the building so that the viewer has a better sense of ________.

The elements of art form the basic ________ of art.

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

The positive and negative shapes in M. C. Escher's print Sky and Water I balance each other and are an example of ________.

Some Jewish texts create images using this kind of line made up of small letters.

In the illustration from the manga Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, the artists used diagonal lines to create a strong sense of ________.

Miriam Schapiro's collage Baby Blocks combines two different kinds of shape. ________ is the term used to describe a shape that suggests the natural world, while the term geometric suggests mathematical regularity.

In Goya's The Third of May, 1808, the artist used a variety of actual and implied lines to attract attention to specific points within the composition. Lines that draw the viewer's attention in this way are known as ________ lines.

The combination of jarring vertical and diagonal lines in Vincent van Gogh's The Bedroom creates an atmosphere of ________.

A shape made of perfectly straight lines would probably be classified as ________ shape.

Graphic artists, like the manga group CLAMP, know that by arranging lines in diagonals it is possible to indicate movement and energy. Suggest two images from popular culture that use diagonals to convey a sense of movement and energy. For each image, give reasons why the artist might have wanted to create an energetic composition.

In James Allen's etching The Connectors, an image of workers erecting the Empire State Building, the artist created a feeling of great height by using ________ line to lead the viewer's eye diagonally downward.

If vertical lines communicate strength, horizontals calm, and diagonals action, then a vacation resort might want to choose a logo consisting of ________ lines in order to show peaceful repose.

The artist Canaletto, in his drawing of the Ducal Palace in Venice, created an impression of three dimensions by using line to show the division between ________.

In a 1941 drawing the British artist Barbara Hepworth used line to plan a ________.

The orientation of a line can communicate particular feelings. Match the type of line with the feeling it communicates:

In her painting Music-Pink and Blue II, Georgia O'Keeffe emphasized the blue ________ space in order to attract the viewer's attention into a deep interior.