EVD Ch7 Balance Quiz

Radial designs convey a sense of movement or energy

• True

• False

An artist might balance a small, bright area of color with a large, dull one.

• True

• False

The Taj Mahal is a famous hotel designed by the modern architect Frank O. Gehry.

• True

• False

In an asymmetrical design, one side is the mirror image of the other.

• True

• False

Visual balance is the way the different parts of a composition relate to one another.

• True

• False

What kind of balance does a design have if its parts turn around a center point?

• symmetrical

• asymmetrical

• radial

This kind of balance often contrasts elements that may not seem to be balanced.

• symmetrical

• asymmetrical

• radial

This Dutch artist was one of the most influential of abstract art.

• Mumtaz Mahal

• Piet Mondrian

• Igor Stravinsky

Which of these is another name for symmetrical balance?

• formal balance

• informal balance

• approximate symmetry

Which of the following is not an example of radial balance?

• a bicycle wheel

• the blossom of a daisy

• an apple