Art 1B Quiz #1

A system for representing 3 dimensional objects viewed in spatial recession on a 2 dimensional surface.

• point of view

• perspective

• 2-D

• 3-D

The eye level in a perspective drawing. Also, the line where sky and earth meet.

• vanishing point

• aerial perspective

• horizon line

• orthogonal line

In perspective drawing, a point at which receding lines meet.

• point of view

• horizon line

• vanishing point

• aerial perspective

Shows 3-dimensional forms on a 2-dimensional surface. Used to create the illusion of 3D space with two vanishing points on the horizon line.

• perspective

• point of view

• one point perspective

• two point perspective

Shows 3 dimensional objects on a 2 dimensional surface. Lines appear to go away from the viewer and meet at a single point on the horizon known as the vanishing point.

• perspective

• point of view

• one point perspective

• two point perspective

A picture with a very low eye level, with the horizon at the bottom of the picture or below it.

• eye point

• worms eye view

• aerial view

• birds eye view

The focal point or center of interest is the place on which attention becomes centered because of an element emphasized in some way.

• True

• False

The organization of elements in a work of art

• collaboration

• compensation

• center of attention

• composition

Ambiguous space in art is located where the space between positive and negative areas in the art work is well defined.

• True

• False

The part of the picture plane that seems to be the farthest from the viewer.

• front ground

• middle ground

• background

• foreground