In a two dimensional work with asymmetrical balance, the appearance of balance is achieved by distributing ______________ ______________ accordingly.
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conceptual
Rather than depend solely upon visual unity, an artist will sometimes create ________ unity by unifying the ideas in a work of art.
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center
In a two dimensional work of art that is balanced symmetrically, the implied center of gravity is along the vertical axis down the ____________ of the composition.
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symmetry
The Thirteen Deity Jnanadakini Mandala uses ________________ to suggest that there is a hidden order to the universe.
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conceptual unity
Annette Messager’s Mes Voeux and Joseph Cornell’s The Hotel Eden both demonstrate the use of ________________ _____________________.
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squared grid
The ancient Egyptians developed a standard set of proportions used to create images of the “correct” or “perfect” human, as have many cultures both ancient and modern. This set of proportions was created using a _______________ _____________.
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symmetrical balance
Georgia O’Keeffe’s painting Deer’s Skull with Pedernal is a prime example of ______________ ______________.
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vanitas
Pablo Picasso’s Girl Before a Mirror explores the traditional theme of ___________________.
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order and authority
Symmetrical balance, as used by Georgia O’Keeffe, expresses____________ and ________________.
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informal
Another term for asymmetrical balance is _______________ balance.
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e. All of these answers are correct.
In art, the design principle of balance functions to: a. encourage our active participation in a work. b. help communicate a work’s moods. c. lead our eyes around a work. d. help communicate a work’s meanings. e. All of these answers are correct.
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e. All of these answers are correct.
Henry Ossawa Tanner’s The Banjo Lesson creates emphasis through: a. size and placement of the figures. b. directional lines of sight leading to a focal point. c. contrasting values of dark skin against a pale background. d. elimination of detail and bright colors in the background. e. All of these answers are correct.
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scale
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen created shock value through use of ____________.
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hierarchical
This work of art, a royal altar to the hand, uses _______________ scale.
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circle and square
The ancient Roman architect Vitruvius associated the perfected male form with the perfect geometry of the _______________ and ________________.
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hierarchical
The use of scale to indicate relative importance is known as __________________ scale.
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the golden section
The architect Le Corbusier designed the Modulor, a tool he used for calculating human proportions, based upon the ______________ section.
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rhythm
Paul Klee’s Landscape with Yellow Birds and Kaiho Yusho’s Fish Nets Drying in the Sun share a strong use of______________.
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variety
Artists will often add ________ to provide interest and enliven the unity of a work of art.
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e. All of these answers are correct.
Edouard Manet’s A Bar at the Folies Bergère invites us to consider points of view in its subject and composition. Interpretations of this painting include ________ approaches. a. formalist b. Marxist c. feminist d. psychoanalytic e. All of these answers are correct.
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