Question 1

The organization of visual elements in two-dimensional art is called:

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A)   taste.
B)   composition.
C)   context.
D)   pictorial space.
E)   visual weight.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

Paul Klee's Landscape with Yellow Birds and Kaiho Yusho's Fish Nets Drying in the Sun share a strong use of:

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A)   radial balance.
B)   a canon.
C)   a dominant focal point.
D)   rhythm.
E)   a directional line of sight.F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 3

Rather than depend solely upon visual unity, an artist will sometimes create ________ unity by unifying the ideas in a work of art.

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A)   idealized
B)   invisible
C)   conceptual
D)   ideological
E)   symmetricalF) None of the above
G) All of the above

Question 4

Which of the following are not among the principles of design?

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A)   unity and variety
B)   emphasis and subordination
C)   balance and rhythm
D)   texture and color
E)   proportion and scaleF) All of the above
G) A) and B) D

Question 5

The Thirteen-Diety Jnanadakini Mandala uses ________ to suggest that there is a hidden order to the universe.

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A)   perspective
B)   asymmetry
C)   proportion
D)   symmetry
E)   the golden sectionF) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 6

The Parthenon and the Modulor were both designed according to a ratio known as:

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A)   the vanishing point.
B)   the true view.
C)   the silver mean.
D)   the golden section.
E)   the central plan.F) D) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 7

Select any work in the chapter, except Picasso's Girl Before a Mirror. Identify it by artist, title, and medium. Then identify at least three of the elements of art that the artist has included. Next, indicate three of the principles of design that are evident in the work and describe how the artist has used these elements and principles to convey information through form as well as through content.

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Question 8

Artists will often add ________ to provide interest and enliven the unity of a work of art.

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A)   vanishing points
B)   variety
C)   vanitas
D)   golden rectangles
E)   primary colorsF) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 9

Another term for asymmetrical balance is:

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A)   radial balance.
B)   visual weight.
C)   scale.
D)   informal balance.
E)   None of these answers are correct.F) A) and C)
G) A) and D) D

Question 10

The use of scale to indicate relative importance is known as ________ scale.

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A)   proportional
B)   hierarchical
C)   golden
D)   rhythmic
E)   symmetricalF) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 11

In art, the design principle of balance functions to:

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A)   encourage our active participation in a work.
B)   help communicate a work's moods.
C)   lead our eyes around a work.
D)   help communicate a work's meanings.
E)   All of these answers are correct.F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 12

Choose three works that utilize rhythm and compare the emotional and intellectual responses they evoke in you.

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Question 13

Drawing attention to an area by contrasting dark and light is one way of demonstrating

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A)   rhythm and texture.
B)   scale and proportion.
C)   emphasis and subordination.
D)   symmetry and asymmetry.
E)   None of these answers are correct.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 14

Consider Matisse's Memory of Oceania and Klee's Landscape with Yellow Birds, both included in this chapter of the text. Select three of the principles of design and discuss how each artist has used these principles in his work.

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Question 15

Which work of art uses hierarchical scale?

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A)   a royal altar to the hand
B)   Deer's Skull with Pedernal
C)   façade of Sant'Andrea, Mantua
D)   The Large Bathers
E)   Study of Human Proportions According to VitruviusF) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 16

By positioning the dark, dense image of death next to the billowing, light form representing life, Gustav Klimt's painting Death and Life demonstrates artistic use of:

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A)   hierarchical scale.
B)   symmetrical balance.
C)   unity.
D)   variety.
E)   asymmetrical balance.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

Discuss at least three ways that artists create compositional unity in a work, referring to specific works of art to support your statements.

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Question 18

Sculptor Claes Oldenburg tends to challenge viewers' idea of

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A)   symmetry.
B)   emphasis.
C)   scale.
D)   balance.
E)   unity.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 19

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen created shock value through use of:

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A)   symmetry.
B)   repetition.
C)   scale.
D)   abstraction.
E)   variety.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 20

Scale is defined as:

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A)   color's relation to value.
B)   the size in relation to a standard or "normal" size.
C)   the size relation of parts to the whole.
D)   the interplay of all of these: the color's relation to value, the size relation of one object to another, and the size relation of parts to the whole.
E)   None of these answers are correct.F) All of the above
G) B) and E) B

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