Module 2 art appreciation | 2 out 5 of the module midterm exam

Which of the visual elements can best be described as "the path of a moving point"?

• motion

• time

• mass

• line

• light

During the 20th century, which of the following became a recognized element of art?

• shape

• line

• color

• texture

• motion

Lines are used in art to indicate

• boundaries between forms.

• direction and motion.

• shadows and highlights.

• spatial depth on flat surfaces.

• All these answers are correct.

In art, shapes that suggest forms found in nature are called ________ shapes.

• organic

• geometric

• environmental

• three-dimensional

Raphael's The Madonna of the Meadows is composed using the implied shape of a

• trapezoid

• square

• triangle

• circle

Introduced at the beginning of Chapter 4, an artist that creates work that successfully utilizes multiple elements in her playful and colorful work The Sun and the Moon is:

• Mona Hatoum

• Sarah Sze

• Emmi Whitehorse

• Elizabeth Murray

A black-and-white photograph of a scene eliminates the hues and intensities of the scene's colors, but captures the ________ of the colors.

• pigments

• chromas

• harmonies

• values

• All these answers are correct.

In drawing, the outer boundaries of two-dimensional forms are defined by ________, while the outer boundaries perceived among three-dimensional forms are defined by ________.

• graphite; ink

• visual elements; principles of design

• outlines; contour lines

• thick lines; thin lines

• actual lines; implied lines

In painting and drawing, artists often use the technique of ________ to describe the way shadows and light define the mass of forms.

• refraction

• spatial organization

• isometric perspective

• chiaroscuro

Charles White's Untitled illustrates the technique of _______________ to create the illusion of shadows and lights in a portrait.

• cross-hatching.

• atmospheric perspective.

• impasto

• foreshortening