ART: Mid-term 1.5 -1.10 – Flashcards

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Traditional visual arts, such as painting, are inherently static, but artists have always found inventive ways of conveying the elements of ________ and ________.
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time . . . motion
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When an artist employs visual clues to suggest movement in a work of art that is static and motionless, this is known as ________.
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implied motion
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When an artist creates a work that deceives our eyes into believing there is motion as time passes, this is called ________.
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the illusion of motion
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The kind of motion that is created by showing a series of static images in quick succession is called ________.
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stroboscopic motion
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This spinning toy gives a sense of motion to a viewer when he or she looks through small slits in its cylindrical drum at a strip of changing pictures.
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zoetrope
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Disney's Finding Nemo is an example of a series of computer-generated images played in rapid succession. This medium is called ________.
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animation
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This kind of motion is occurring when we see movement in real life.
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actual motion
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This type of art can only exist in one place and time in history.
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performance art
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This medium involves the human body and usually includes the artist.
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performance art
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Performance artists the Blue Man Group rely on bodily movements to communicate ideas without speech.
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True
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This type of sculpture can move and change its visual form.
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kinetic
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Alexander Calder invented the ________, a type of suspended, balanced sculpture that uses air currents to power its movement.
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mobile
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If Alexander Calder's Untitled mobile was powered by a small motor, rather than air currents, it would not be an example of actual motion.
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False
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The elements of time and motion are not applicable to the art of photography.
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False
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What element describes the imposition of order and harmony on a design?
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unity
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The three kinds of unity are:
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compositional, conceptual, gestalt
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Compositional unity strikes an interesting balance between the monotony of too much similarity, and the chaos of too much ________ in a work of art.
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variety
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What principle of art did Katsushika Hokusai employ in "The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa" in order to bring harmony to what could otherwise be a very chaotic scene?
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unity
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An interior design that uses only straight lines might lack the visual interest of a more varied composition
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True
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Disparate visual elements can be linked together with a common idea. This is ________ unity.
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conceptual
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The German word that refers to something in which the whole seems greater than the sum of its parts is ________.
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gestalt
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This is a kind of visual diversity that can bring many different ideas, media, or elements together in one composition.
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variety
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Variety can ________ a design.
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invigorate
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An artist creates an artwork made up of many different shapes, all in varying shades of blue. This artwork uses the following principles of art:
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unity and variety
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Creating visual weight and counterweight is part of an artist's use of the element of ________ in creating a work of art.
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balance
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________ balance is achieved when both sides of a composition look exactly the same.
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symmetrical
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. ________ balance is achieved when two halves of a composition are not mirror images of each other.
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asymmetrical
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If an artist painted a street scene with one large building on the left-hand side, and two smaller buildings on the right-hand side, this would be an example of ________ balance.
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asymmetrical
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. ________ balance is achieved when all elements in a work of art are equidistant from a central point and repeat in a symmetrical way from side to side and top to bottom.
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radial
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The kind of scale used for objects that appear larger than they are in real life is called ___ scale.
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monumental
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An artist might use a small scale for a portrait of a lover because it implies ________.
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intimacy
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When an artist uses scale to indicate the relative importance of elements in a composition, he or she is employing this kind of scale
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hierarchical scale
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This type of scale is common in the relief sculpture of ancient Egypt, where it was used to indicate social importance.
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hierarchical
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This group of artists sometimes used distorted scale to create dreamlike images that subvert our conscious experiences.
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Surrealists
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An artist would probably use distorted scale if he or she wanted to create a lifelike scene that the viewer could relate to.
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False
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The relationships between the sizes of different parts of a work make up its ________.
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proportions
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In two-dimensional art, this is the area in which an artist creates their work.
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format
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This proportional system uses a ratio of 1:1.618.
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Golden Section
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It does not matter if a sculptor is creating a human statue on a monumental scale, or a figure much smaller than lifesize: if the sculptor applies the ratio of the Golden Section, the sculpture will have naturalistic proportions.
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True
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Rectangles based on the Golden Section can be nested inside each other to create an elegant ________.
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spiral
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Photographers cannot be responsible for principles of scale or proportion in their photographs.
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False
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Any of the ________ of art can help focus our interest on specific areas of a work of art.
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elements
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The opposite of emphasis is ________.
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subordination
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This is the specific part in an area of emphasis to which the viewer's eye is drawn.
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focal point
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If an artist painted a garden with one red flower in a field of yellow flowers, this would be an example of using color to create contrast. For the viewer, the single red flower would be ________.
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a focal point in the artwork
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An artwork can have only one focal point.
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False
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Which two types of line shape our examination of a work of art by directing the movement of our gaze?
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actual implied
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The recurrence of a single element in a work of art is called ________.
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pattern
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The area covered by a pattern is called the ________.
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field
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A design repeated as a unit in a pattern is called a ________.
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motif
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This art movement, of which Hans Arp was a member, valued randomness, absurdity, and nonsense over rational or orderly patterns.
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Dada
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There is rhythm in an artwork when it has at least this many points of reference.
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two
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A pattern with regular intervals creates ________ rhythm.
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a repetitive
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The principle of rhythm does not apply to photography.
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False
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What is the name for any side of a building that is intended to be looked at?
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a facade
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In the painting The Third of May, 1808, this Spanish artist used alternating rhythm to contrast "good" and "bad.
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Francisco Goya
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Artemisia Gentileschi worked during this stylistic and historical period.
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Baroque
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