DCA 3 Review on Proportion, Balance & Emphasis

What type of proportion is used for this image?

• Realism - exact proportions

• Exaggeration (Caricature) - emphasize for humorous effect

• Distortion - elicits an emotional response

• Foreshortening - extends features in the foreground

This picture is an example of what technique a lot of portrait artists use?

• The cube method.

• The face maker.

• The grid method.

• The trace method.

What type of proportion is best shown in the picture?

• Distortion

• Foreshortening

• Hierarchical

• Exaggeration

In figure drawing and sculpture, the average adult male is rendered ______ heads tall?

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 3

The distribution of the visual weight of the elements of art in a composition:

• proportion
  

• emphasis
• variety
• balance

Asymmetrical balance is also called _______ balance.

• formal
• rhythm
• informal
• emphasis

Symmetric balance is also called ________ balance.

• formal
• informal
• variety
• unity

This image shows an example of:

• asymmetrical balance
• symmetrical balance
• radial balance
• physical balance

What type of balance does this use?

• Symmetrical or Formal

• Asymmetrical or Informal

• Rule of 3rds
• There is no balance

What type of balance is shown?

• asymmetrical

• symmetrical

• radial