9.08 Unit Test

What is emphasis?

• Making certain parts of an artwork stand out compared to the other parts of the artwork

• Subordinating an artwork to the other artworks around it

• Disrupting the balance of an artwork with counterpoint techniques such as direction lines

• Removing the contrast from an artwork

Edgar Degas was famous for paintings of Blank Space__________.

• British scientists, artists, writers, and politicians

• His family members

• Military scenes

• Dancers and horses

What is the word for de-emphasizing parts of an artwork, so the emphasized parts will stand out more?

• Subordination

• Dominance

• Counterpoint

• Illumination

Which of the following artists was a famous 17th century Dutch painter and printmaker?

• Rembrandt van Rijn

• Edgar Degas

• Julia Margaret Cameron

• Odilon Redon

If many different implied lines are pointing to the same object in an artwork, that object has Blank Space__________.

• Symmetry

• Counterpoint

• Contrast

• Emphasis

In a painting that uses mostly light colors, what could be used to create emphasis?

• Analogous colors

• Dark colors

• Rough textures

• Smooth textures

Which of the following artists helped to promote photography as a fine art, to place it among the other fine arts, such as painting, poetry, and sculpture?

• Georgia O'Keeffe

• Rosa Bonheur

• Maya Ying Lin

• Julia Margaret Cameron

Counterpoint is a way to add emphasis through the arrangement of Blank Space__________ art elements.

• Subordinate

• Directional

• Textural

• Contrasting

Which famous work of art is Maya Ying Lin known for?

• The Vietnam Veterans Memorial

• The Statue of Liberty

• The Washington Monument

• The Lincoln Memorial

Although many people consider Edgar Degas to be one of the founders of Impressionism, what did he consider himself to be?

• A Fauvist

• A Futurist

• A symbolist

• A realist