Art Module 1

Front 1

Art is typically comprised of which two components?

Back 1

Form and Content

Front 2

Which element of art moves the viewer’s eyes over the surface of the work?

Back 2

Line

Front 3

Which element of art describes areas defined by the borders of enclosing outlines, or contour lines?

Back 3

Shapes

Front 4

Which element of art describes the actual or implied quality of a surface?

Back 4

Texture

Front 5

Which element of art describes the organization, or arrangement, of form in a work of art?

Back 5

Composition

Front 6

What are the three “zones” of the “picture plane?”

Back 6

Foreground, Middle ground and background

Front 7

Which pictorial device creates the illusion of space by partially covering elements?

Back 7

Overlapping

Front 8

Which pictorial device creates the illusion of space by diagonally or vertically stacking objects?

Back 8

Diagonal and Vertical Perspective

Front 9

Which pictorial device depicts objects in the far distance with less clarity than nearer objects?

Back 9

Atmospheric Perspective

Front 10

Which pictorial device uses mathematical formulas to construct illusionistic images in which all elements are shaped by imaginary lines called orthogonals that converge in one or more vanishing points on a horizon line?

Back 10

Linear or Renaissance Perspective

Front 11

The (unknown) artist(s) who created Emperor Justinian and his Attendants employed which pictorial device to create the illusion of space?

Back 11

Overlapping

Front 12

The (unknown) artist who created Palette of Narmer employed which pictorial device to create the illusion of space?

Back 12

Diminution

Front 13

Giotto employed which pictorial device to emphasize the importance of the subjects in the Virgin and Child Enthroned?

Back 13

Hierarchical Scale

Front 14

The (unknown) artist who created Louis IX and Queen Blanche of Castile employed which pictorial device to create the illusion of space?

Back 14

Diagonal and Vertical Perspective

Front 15

Leonardo employed which pictorial device to create the illusion of space within the Mona Lisa?

Back 15

Atmospheric Perspective

Front 16

Pietro Perugino employed which pictorial device to create the illusion of space within the Delivery of the Key to Saint Peter?

Back 16

Linear or Renaissance Perspective

Front 17

What is Period Style?

Back 17

Common traits detectable in works of art from a particular historical era

Front 18

What is Regional Style?

Back 18

Stylistic traits persistant in a geographic region

Front 19

Which representational style attempts to depict objects as they are in actual visible reality?

Back 19

Realism

Front 20

Which representational style attempts to depict objects as they appear in nature?

Back 20

Naturalism

Front 21

Which representational style attempts to create the illusion of reality?

Back 21

Illusionism

Front 22

Which representational style strives to realize an image of physical perfection according to the prevailing values of a culture?

Back 22

Idealization