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Lines are used in art to indicate
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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. |
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A black-and-white photograph of a scene eliminates the hues and intensities of the scene’s colors, but captures the ________ of the colors
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values
Value refers to relative lightness or darkness |
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In the additive process of color mixing, red light, green light, and blue light combine to produce ________ light
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white
Combined rainbow colors of light passed through a prism create white light. |
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The vanishing point in Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper is
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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 |
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One common issue facing those who work to conserve works of art is
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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 |
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The Thirteen-Diety Jnanadakini Mandala uses ________ to suggest that there is a hidden order to the universe
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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. |
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Georgia O’Keeffe’s painting Deer’s Skull with Pedernal is a prime example of
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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. |
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Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen created shock value through use of
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scale
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The use of scale to indicate relative importance is known as ________ scale.
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hierarchical
Hierarchical scale shows figures of greatest important in the center and usually in a larger scale than the other figures |
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The architect Le Corbusier designed the Modulor, a tool he used for calculating human proportions, based upon
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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. |