Chapter 10

Elijah, Evelyn, and Oliver are working on a project in their art class. They need to divide a line into two parts so that the smaller line has the same proportion, or ratio, to the larger line as the larger line has to the whole line. This concept is known as what?

• Silver section

• Golden Mean

• Bronze section

• Platinum section

James is creating a sculpture and he is concerned about the size relationship of one part to another. This principle of art is called?

• texture

• balance

• color

• proportion

Sophia, Nora, and Avery are in an art history class. Their teacher shows them a painting and asks, 'Who painted Both Members of This Club?'

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Vincent van Gogh

• Pablo Picasso

• George Bellows

Benjamin, Ava, and Elijah are building a model house. They need to ensure that the size of each room in the model is proportional to its size in the actual house. What is this relationship of one part to another called?

• addition

• fraction

• scale

• proportion

In a school project on ancient Egyptian painting, Aria noticed that people of most importance were depicted in a certain way. How were they depicted?

• Drawn with animal features

• Invisible in the painting

• Larger in size

• Smaller in size

In an art project, Kai, Maya, and Olivia arranged figures to represent their school's hierarchy. The principal was the largest figure, followed by teachers, and then students. What is this type of scale called where size indicates importance?

• equal scale

• hierarchical scale

• proportional scale

• random scale

Ava, Avery, and Harper are in an art class. They are learning about a technique where they have to shorten an object in their drawing to make it look as if it extends backward into space. What is this technique called?

• foreshortening

• undershortening

• overshortening

• sideways shortening

During a school trip to Italy, Michael, Evelyn, and Olivia visited a museum. They saw a famous statue and Evelyn asked, 'Who sculpted the statue David that we just saw?'

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Vincent van Gogh

• Pablo Picasso

• Michelangelo

Aria, a budding artist, often uses distortions rather than realistic proportions in her artwork. This technique is called?

• Exaggeration

• Accuracy

• Simplicity

• Realism

Anika, James, and William were studying the painting Single Family Blues by Leo Twiggs for their art project. They noticed that Twiggs used exaggeration in his painting. Can you guess how he did it?

• The cool colors

• The use of white lines

• Making the hang very large

• The warm colors