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25 Cards in this Set
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In art, a ____ is usually defined as a moving dot and is both the simplest and most complex of the visual elements.
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line
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From the Italian for "light-dark," what term is sometimes used in place of the word modeling?
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chiaroscuro
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In La Source, Prud'hon's nude figure is ____
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carefully modeled and three dimensional
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A triangular glass solid that breaks down sunlight or white light into different colors is called a(n) ____.
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prism
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The message or meaning in Helen Frankenthaler's amorphous abstract Bay Side seems to lie primarily in its ____.
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color
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The colors opposite each other on the color wheel are ____.
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complementary
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Art works that utilize closely related families of color seem ____.
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B and D
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Impressionist painter Claude Monet was trying to capture the effect of ____ in his Haystack at Sunset Near Giverny.
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optical color
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Actual texture is primarily experienced through the sense of ____.
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touch
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David Gilhooly's Bowl of Chocolate Moose seems gooey and edible. It is a visual pun that employs the use of a technique known as ____
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trompe l'oeil
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When an artist places one object in front of another to create the illusion of depth, it is called ____.
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overlapping
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In works with ____, the lines are completed by the viewer.
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implied line
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___, in which parallel lines converge at one or more vantage points on the horizon to create the illusion of depth, was highly refined by ____ artists.
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Linear perspective; Renaissance
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American sculptor Alexander Calder is known for his mobiles, which are excellent examples of ____.
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kinetic art
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Every Sunday, ____ suggests the motion of the characters by repetition of imagery that changes slightly from frame to frame.
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Dilbert
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One of the best ways to create the illusion of motion on a two-dimensional surface is by ____.
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blurring outlines
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When you look at a(n) ____ painting, your eyes are manipulated to see rippling movement and afterimages.
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Op art
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What inspired Picasso to create his groundbreaking painting known as Les Demoiselles d'Avignon?
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African and Iberian art
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Which 17th-century Rembrandt masterpiece has become a familiar image thanks to its being reproduced on Dutch Masters cigar boxes?
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The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild
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____ creates the illusion of roundness or three dimensionality through the use of light and shadow on a two-dimensional surface.
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modeling
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Diagonal lines are often used to ____.
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imply movement and directionality
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Using their signature combination of the body and braided hair, the Gerlovins created a modern revision of ____, one of the most popular themes of the Renaissance
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Madonna and Child
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____ are formed when intersecting or connected lines enclose space.
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shapes
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The ____ shape of an artistic composition is considered the background.
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negative
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Light against dark or dark against light create visual differences in ____.
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value
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