Art Appreciation - Exam 1

depth

because it is three-dimensional, a form has the following three spatial measurements: height, width, and ____

form

A 2D object os called a shape, a 3D object is known as a:

Foreground

to imply greater depth, the sculpture who created the reliefs on the outside of the Ava Pacis Augustae carved the figures in the _____ more deeply than those in the background, so they would further stand out to the viewer.

Subversive

By using ______ texture to contradict previous tactile experience, artists can invite viewers to reconsider the world around them

Contrast

The dark printed words on the page of a book are easily read because they are printed on a light colored background. this is an example of what principle?

Directional Lines

By orienting lines so they attract attention to a specific area of a work of art, the artist is using:

Horizontal

If vertical lines communicate strength, horizontals calm, and diagonals action, then a vacation resort might want to choose a logog consisting of ____ lines to suggest peacefulness.

Geometric

A shape made of perfectly straight lines would probably be classified as:

Room Temperature

What circumstances can alter the appearance of the acrylic cube made by Hans Haacke?

Repatriation

Which term best related to the controversy over the British Museums collection of sculptures from Parthenon?

Abstraction

What creates the various degrees between representational and non-objective?

Vocabulary

When concluding a formal analysis of a work of art, to what do the elements of art refer?

Closer

An artist can use color to indicate depth. When a color is very pure and intense it then seems to be:

Atmospheric Perspective

When objects are far away, they lack contrast, detail, and sharpness of foucs because of the interference of air. In what process do artists take advantage of this?

Two-Point

Which type of perspective is being used when an object is viewed from an angle, rather than from directly in front?

Foreshortening

If an artist were to draw a figure whose arm was pointing directly toward the viewer, what techniques would the artist have to use when drawing the outstretched arm?

Absorb

Physicists have explained that when we see a color it is the portion of the light spectrum that a surface fails to:

Vibrate

When complementary colors are used next to each other in a composition, they produce a visual anomaly called simultaneous contrast. This visual effect makes the colors appear to _____ along the boundary where the two colors meet.

Temperature

Color ______ can be relative to the other colors nearby. For example, violet can be warm if we see it next to a hot color like red, or cool if we see it next to a colder color like blue.

Josef Albers

When he experimented with the relationship between adjacent colors, ____ showed that the human eye can be deceived by colors.