Scale and Proportion
Scale
Proportion
Focal Point and Emphasis
Focal Point and Emphasis
100
What is the size of an object or artwork relative to another object or artwork, or to a system of measurement
scale
100
Something done on a monumental scale would NOT typically indicate:
A epic virtues
B heroism
C bravery
D intimacy
intimacy
100
In ancient Egypt six _________ equaled a unit of measurement called a cubit.
palm widths
100
What is the principle of drawing attention to particular content in a work?
emphasis
100
What is a drastic difference between such elements as color or value when they are presented together?
contrast
200
What is the relationship in size between a work's individual parts and the whole?
proportion
200
A work that is created in a small scale can communicate:
A intimacy
B monumentality
C big ideas
D epic stories
A intimacy
200
The ________ ____ ________ is used by artists, designers, photographers, and architects to provide pleasing proportional associations.
rule of thirds
200
What is the center of interest or activity in a work of art, often drawing the viewers attention to the mo?st important element
focal point
200
Which of the following cannot be used to create emphasis?
A direction
B contrast
C placement
D subordination
D subordination
300
What is the appearance of oneness or harmony in a work of art ll of the elements appearing part of a cohesive whole?
unity
300
Claes Oldenberg and Coosje vanBruggen create their work with a particular scale in mind. That scale contradicts the actual size of which type of objects?
A. handheld tools
B elephants
C whales
D skyscrapers
A handheld tools
300
Who is the Greek sculptor who wrote a guide to creating a statue of a human being with perfect proportions?
A. Plato
B. Aristotle
C. Phidias
D. Polykleitos
Polykleitos
300
What is the overall design or organization of an artwork?
composition
300
What is the regular repetition of elements in an artwork?
rhythm
400
We perceive scale in relation to:
A. our own size
B the position of the sun
C. the smallest item in the room
D, the size of the human hand
A. our own size
400
In Mayan art, the king was almost always depicted in this way:
A small in relation to other objects
B the same as other figures
C along the edges of the work
D as the largest of figures
D as the largest of figures
400
To the Greeks certain __________ embodied the perfection of the gods and represented ideal beauty.
proportions
400
When an artist wants to draw attention away from a particular part of a composition, they use:_____________
subordination
400
This kind of line tends to be more visually active, so it can draw the viewer's attention.
A vertical
B diagonal
C horizontal
D solid
B diagonal
500
What kind of scale doe we see in this work of Art?
hierarchic scale
500
The French artist Jean-Francois Millet commented on the problem of divided social classes in nineteenth-century France in his monumental painting of workers in a field titled:
A The Harvest
B The Gleaners
C Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
D Fading Away
B The Gleaners
500
a unique ratio of a line divided into segments so that the sum of both segments (a+b) is to the longer segment (a) and the longer segment (a) is to the shorter segment (b)
Golden Section or Golden Ratio
500
Please identify this master artist
Pieter Bruegal the Elder
500
Please identify the artist who created this work of art
Francisco de Zurbaran