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Lines are used in art to indicate
All these answers are correct:
direction and motion
boundaries between forms
spatial depth on flat surfaces
Line has many functions including creating shapes, contours, outlines, and the illusion of 3D.
A black-and-white photograph of a scene eliminates the hues and intensities of the scene’s colors, but captures the ________ of the colors
values
Value refers to relative lightness or darkness
In the additive process of color mixing, red light, green light, and blue light combine to produce ________ light
white
Combined rainbow colors of light passed through a prism create white light.
The vanishing point in Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper is
all of these: at the exact center of the picture, just behind the head of the figure of Jesus, and on the horizon line.
Parallel lines receding in the distance converge at a point called the vanishing point
One common issue facing those who work to conserve works of art is
All these answers are correct:
the work of earlier restorers
the effect of light
changing levels of heat and humidity
All of these factors contribute to the degradation of an artwork and are a challenge to restorers
The Thirteen-Diety Jnanadakini Mandala uses ________ to suggest that there is a hidden order to the universe
symmetry
Cosmic order is the subject of this work of art, and to show the cosmic realm is logical and orderly, a mandala diagram is used with clear geometry and symmetry.
Georgia O’Keeffe’s painting Deer’s Skull with Pedernal is a prime example of
symmetrical balance
A symmetrical balance has a vertical axis down the center of the composition, with forms on both sides of the axis corresponding to other another in size, shape, and placement.
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen created shock value through use of
scale
The use of scale to indicate relative importance is known as ________ scale.
hierarchical
Hierarchical scale shows figures of greatest important in the center and usually in a larger scale than the other figures
The architect Le Corbusier designed the Modulor, a tool he used for calculating human proportions, based upon
the golden section
The Modulor is based on two overlapping golden sections. The first extends from the feet to the top of the head; the second extends from the navel to the tip of an upraised hand.