Line and Shape
Forms in Space
Color and Time
Balance and Proportion
Analysis and Vocabulary
100
A flat work of art has two dimensions: ________ and width.
What is height
100
The lightness or darkness of a surface is the element of art called ________.
What is value
100
This type of sculpture can move and change its visual form.
What is kinetic
100
________ balance is achieved when two halves of a composition are not mirror images of each other.
What is asymmetrical
100
This methodological approach interprets objects and figures in the art work as symbols
What is iconographical analysis
200
This kind of shape is mathematically regular and precise.
What is geometric
200
The technique in which an artist creates a series of closely arranged parallel lines that is overlapped by another set of parallel strokes to create a sense of value is called:
What is cross hatching
200
The traditional primary colors are ________.
What are red, yellow, blue
200
The kind of scale used for objects that appear larger than they are in real life is called ________ scale.
What is monumental
200
The method whereby rules of perspective are applied to represent unusual points of view is called:
What is foreshortening
300
Vertical lines tend to communicate:
What is strength
300
There are two kinds of relief sculpture: a pronounced surface treatment called high relief, and a shallow surface low relief called ________.
What is bas relief
300
By using ________ color scheme in his painting Twilight in the Wilderness, Frederic Edwin Church intensified the drama of the vast natural landscape.
What is a complementary
300
This type of scale is common in the relief sculpture of ancient Egypt, where it was used to indicate social importance.
What is hierarchical
300
The German word that refers to something in which the whole seems greater than the sum of its parts is ________.
What is gestalt
400
This type of shape is composed of unpredictable, irregular lines.
What is organic
400
This famous object is the largest carving in the world created from a single stone.
What is the sphinx
400
We generally associate a color with its purest, most intense state, or its highest level of ________.
What is saturation
400
The opposite of emphasis is ________.
What is subordination
400
Memento mori refers to:
What is a symbol of mortality
500
In a two-dimensional work, when the figure becomes the background and the background becomes the figure, we perceive ________.
What is a figure-ground reversal
500
This type of perspective is used by computer- and video-game designers because it allows them to create depth using parallel diagonal lines.
What is isometric
500
This type of art can only exist in one place and time in history.
What is performance art
500
The recurrence of a single element in a work of art is called ________.
What is pattern
500
The area covered by a pattern is called the ________.
What is field