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30 Cards in this Set
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When a Yoruba sculptor created a human form he/she made this part disproportionately large: A) Feet B) Hands C) Head D) Torso E) None of these |
C) Head |
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Something done on a monumental scale usually indicates ________? A) Epic Virtues B) Heroism C) Bravery D) Admiration E) All of the above |
E) All of the above |
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This Greek sculptor wrote a treatise on how to create a statue of a human being with perfect proportions: A) Plato B) Aristotle C) Phidias D) Michelangelo E) Polykleitos |
E) Polykleitos |
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This use of scale can create an abnormal or supernatural effect, and was used by Surrealists to do just that. A) Proportion B) Distorted Scale C) Monumental Scale D) Small Scale E) Balance |
B) Distorted Scale |
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Raphael's School of Athens depicts this: A) A gathering of scholars B) The building where philosophy was taught C) A Turkish bath D) A group of figures with large heads E) Artists at work on Greek art |
A) A gathering of scholars |
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In Egyptian art the Pharaoh was almost always depicted in this way: A) Small in relation to other objects B) The same as other figures C) Along the edge of the work D) As the largest of all E) Laying down |
D) As the largest of all |
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Robert Lostutter creates his work with a particular scale in mind. That scale relates to these animals: A) Birds B) Elephants C) Whales D) Insects E) Microbes |
A) Birds |
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Scale can be used to indicate importance, but not ______ A) Size B) Bigness C) Significance D) Smallness E) None of these |
C) Significance |
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Henry Peach Robinson created his photographic "Fading Away" by using a "Golden _____" for the format dimensions. A) Triangle B) Spiral C) Square D) Section E) Harp |
D) Section |
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A work that is created in small scale can communicate _____ A) Intimacy B) Monumentality C) Big ideas D) Epic stories E) All of these |
A) Intimacy |
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This is a specific place of visual emphasis in a work of art: A) Focal point B) Variety C) Subversion D) Vanishing point E) None of These |
A) Focal point |
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When an artist wants to draw attention away from a particular part of the work he/ she uses ____: A) Subordination B) Focal Point C) Emphasis D) Distortion E) Balance |
A) Subordination |
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The abstract work Tin Lizzie Green by Jules Oliteki draws attention to this part of the work: A) Top B) Bottom C) Center D) Left E) Right |
C) Center |
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Blue Interior by Mark Tobey focuses the viewers attention squarely on this area of emphasis: A) There is no area of emphasis B) The blue marks C) The light marks D) The center E) The bottom edge |
A) There is no area of emphasis |
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In Bruegel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, the viewer is directed away from Icarus plunging into the sea through the use of? A) Subordination B) Focal Point C) Emphasis D) Balance E) Proportion |
A) Subordination |
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In Artemisia Gertileschi's work Judith Decapitating Holofernes, the viewer is directed to the ____ that is indicated by directional lines. A) Area of emphasis B) Subordinate point C) Vanishing point D) The top of the work E) Focal point |
E) Focal Point |
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This kind of line tends to be more visually active so it can draw the viewers attention: A) Vertical B) Diagonal c) Horizontal D) Solid E) None of these |
B) Diagonal |
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Placement of elements in a composition controls this and creates multiple focal points. A) Size B) Proportion C) Rhythm D) Line E) Focal point |
C) Rhythm |
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Hiroshige used this process to create the work "Riverside Bamboo Market, Kyobashi." A) Sculpture B) Ceramics C) Tapestry D) Printmaking E) Glass |
D) Printmaking |
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Which of these elements of art and principles of design can be used to create emphasis. A) All of these answers B) Shape C) Color D) Contrast E) Rhythm |
A) All of these answers |
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This principle of design arises from repetition of a pattern. A) Balance B) Focal point C) Unity D) None of these E) Rhythm |
E) Rhythm |
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Sometimes artists use this kind of changing pattern to make a work more lively: A) Alternating B) Focal C) Interval D) Repetitive E) Balanced |
A) Alternating |
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In Islamic art it is not uncommon to see complex interlaced _____ which are designs repeated as units in a pattern. A) Arabesques B) Mihrabs C) Motifs D) Qublas E) None of these |
C) Motifs |
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The artist Chuck Close used a repeated pattern of organic concentric rings set into a diamond pattern to create his large _______: A) Sculptures B) Ceramics C) Paintings D) Glassware E) Prints |
C) Paintings |
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Chuck Close's Self Portrait of 1997 is made up of small units that are unrecognizable or _______: A) Abstract B) Representational C) Stylized D) Realistic E) Expressionistic |
A) Abstract |
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Using automatic reactions to apply art materials in such a way as consciously to deny order can lead to _____ in art. A) Structure B) Balance C) Unity D) Randomness E) Proportion |
D) Randomness |
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The German-French sculptor Hans Arp worked on creating "_____" arrangements to communicate the ideas of the Dada movement. A) Chance B) Controlled C) Rigid D) Solid E) None of these |
A) Chance |
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When there are at least two points of reference in an artwork, ________ is present. A) Size B) Rhythm C) Proportion D) Line E) Focal point |
B) Rhythm |
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In this 16th century work, the Dutch artist Pieter Bruegel uses rhythm to direct the viewer's attention through the work. A) Trousse d'un Da B) The Third of May 1808 C) The Blue Room D) Hunters in the Snow E) Artichoke Halved |
D) Hunters in the Snow |
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This is a way in which artists divide visual space into different kinds of sections to achieve different rhythm effects: A) Randomness B) Unity C) Contrast D) Linear Perspective Rhythm E) Rhythmic design structure |
E) Rhythmic design structure |
