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Which of the visual elements can best be described as "the path of a moving point?" |
| | A) | motion |
| | B) | time |
| | C) | mass |
| | D) | line |
| | E) | light |
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The 20th century art movement known as Futurism celebrated above all the visual element of: |
| | A) | motion. |
| | B) | texture. |
| | C) | color. |
| | D) | line. |
| | E) | shape. |
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The 18th-century Indian painting of musicians and acrobats by Rajasthan Mewar utilizes the two most basic visual cues for implying depth on a flat surface. They are: |
| | A) | chiaroscuro and hatching. |
| | B) | atmospheric perspective and foreshortening. |
| | C) | implied line and a vanishing point. |
| | D) | position and overlap. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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Lines are used in art to indicate: |
| | A) | boundaries between forms. |
| | B) | direction and motion. |
| | C) | shadows and highlights. |
| | D) | spatial depth on flat surfaces. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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In art, shapes that suggest forms found in nature are called _________shapes. |
| | A) | organic |
| | B) | real |
| | C) | geometric |
| | D) | environmental |
| | E) | three-dimensional |
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Henri Matisse was told by Gustave Moreau, his teacher at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, "You were born to ______________." |
| | A) | be a lawyer |
| | B) | simplify painting |
| | C) | outdo me |
| | D) | sell art, not make it |
| | E) | bring joy with your paintings |
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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. |
| | A) | pigments |
| | B) | chromas |
| | C) | harmonies |
| | D) | values |
| | E) | all of the above |
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In drawing, the outer boundaries of two-dimensional forms are defined by __________, while the outer boundaries perceived among three-dimensional forms are defined by __________. |
| | A) | graphite/ink |
| | B) | visual elements/principles of design |
| | C) | outlines/contour lines |
| | D) | thick lines/thin lines |
| | E) | actual lines/implied lines |
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In painting and drawing, artists often use the technique of ____________ to describe the way shadows and light define the mass of forms. |
| | A) | refraction |
| | B) | spatial organization |
| | C) | isometric perspective |
| | D) | simultaneous contrast |
| | E) | chiaroscuro |
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Albrecht Dürer mastered the use of line to indicate values by employing a technique called _________, as his drawing A Goldsmith from Mecheln demonstrates. |
| | A) | hatching |
| | B) | atmospheric perspective |
| | C) | impasto |
| | D) | saturation |
| | E) | foreshortening |
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Which artist uses light itself as the main material of many of his works by projecting light onto walls? |
| | A) | Flor Garduño |
| | B) | Joseph Wright |
| | C) | Joseph Albers |
| | D) | James Turrell |
| | E) | Claude Monet |
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In the additive process of color mixing, red light, green light, and blue light combine to produce ________ light. |
| | A) | yellow |
| | B) | black |
| | C) | white |
| | D) | grayish brown |
| | E) | green |
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In this chapter, the author discusses Matisse's use of _____________ in one of his later paintings-that is, his use of line, shape, mass, space, texture, color, value, and light. |
| | A) | subject matter |
| | B) | the visual elements |
| | C) | content |
| | D) | a classical theme |
| | E) | pointillism |
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Mixing two primary colors produces a __________ color. |
| | A) | secondary |
| | B) | passive |
| | C) | complementary |
| | D) | triad |
| | E) | monochromatic |
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"Passive pink" refers to the color that |
| | A) | recedes in a monochromatic color scheme where pure red dominates. |
| | B) | results from combining a warm red with a cooler hue. |
| | C) | seemed to calm and relax violent children in studies of color's effects upon the mind and body. |
| | D) | is the normal value of red. |
| | E) | none of the above |
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A necessary feature of pattern is: |
| | A) | texture. |
| | B) | color. |
| | C) | modeling. |
| | D) | vanishing points. |
| | E) | repetition. |
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The German painter Franz Marc associated the color blue with |
| | A) | melancholy. |
| | B) | destruction. |
| | C) | male spirituality. |
| | D) | peace and tranquility. |
| | E) | water |
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The vanishing point in Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is: |
| | A) | at the exact center of the picture. |
| | B) | just behind the head of the figure of Jesus. |
| | C) | on the horizon line. |
| | D) | all of the above |
| | E) | none of the above |
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In Albrect Dürer's woodcut The Draftsman Drawing a Reclining Nude, the draftsman is using a device to help him achieve the effect of: |
| | A) | foreshortening. |
| | B) | chiaroscuro. |
| | C) | a restricted palette. |
| | D) | the illusion of motion. |
| | E) | simultaneous contrast. |
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Atmospheric perspective is used to maximum effect in the work: |
| | A) | Les bêtes de la mer by Henri Matisse |
| | B) | The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak by Albert Bierstadt |
| | C) | Subway Drawing by Keith Haring |
| | D) | Bird in Space by Constantin Brancusi |
| | E) | One Candle by Naum June Paik |
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