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Midterm

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Explains how the elements and principles are organized in a composition
a)
Description
b)
Analysis
c)
Interpretation
d)
Judgement
2.
Expresses their feelings about the merit of the work and how successful it is, or is not...
a)
Description
b)
Analysis
c)
Interpretation
d)
Judgement
3.
Talks about the meaning or message of the artwork
a)
Description
b)
Analysis
c)
Interpretation
d)
Judgement
4.
Which step is this? 
The painting is done by Edvard Munch shows a man screaming on a bridge with two silhouetted figures in the distance.
a)
Description
b)
Analysis
c)
Interpretation
d)
Judgement
5.
What questions should you ask about an artwork to INTERPRET the work of art?
a)
How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?
b)
What is the meaning or purpose?
c)
What is the art style? 
d)
What is the story? Do I think the story is real? Do I like the story?
6.
Which is the BEST sentence about EMPHASIS?
There is emphasis on screaming figure because...
a)
his light colored, lightbulb- like head stands out against the dark blue background.
b)
his head is light and rounded and the background is full of swirling split-complementary colors yellow-orange, red-orange and blue.
7.
Which is the BEST sentence about Movement?
There is visual movement in this picture because...
a)
the sky is swirling all over and the water looks like it is stormy and wavy.
b)
after I look at the man screaming my eye goes up the lines of the bridge to the dark figures and around the swirling sky, connecting everything in a swirling triangle.
8.
Which is the BEST sentence about UNITY?
One unifying element in this work is color.  Orange is used...
a)
throughout the artwork.  It is repeated in the waves in the sky, as well as in the bottom, on the bridge.  There are even hints of orange in the water, visually tying the artwork all together.
b)
repeatedly in the sky, and one each railing.  This color is repeated like a musician repeats beats on a drum.
9.
Which is the BEST sentence about supporting this INTERPRETATION?
This artwork is showing the overwhelming terror that one can feel. The man in the front is so frightened, he can't move.  The artist, Munch, created this feeling with his use of COLOR. 
a)
He used orange and blue, light and dark, and complementary colors.  The colors repeat throughout the picture and the man in the front is screaming because he is so scared.
b)
He used the complementary colors, orange and blue, to create an unsettled feeling.  There is so much tension created between these two colors, they are like the conflict between wanting to run away and being so scared your can't move.
10.
Element of Design:
The lightness or darkness of a color. Also called "Tone."
a)
line
b)
value
c)
texture
d)
direction
11.
Element of Design:
The surface quality of a shape (for example: rough, smooth, soft, hard, or glossy). Can be physical or visual.
a)
texture
b)
color
c)
value
d)
direction
12.
Which element of art is 3 dimensional
a)
shape
b)
form
c)
line
13.
What is created when light is reflected off a surface?
a)
Sparkles
b)
Lines
c)
Color
14.
The area in and around objects.
a)
Space
b)
Shape
c)
Line
15.
________________ can be recognizable like squares, triangles, or circles, or they can be organic.
a)
Lines
b)
Value
c)
Shape
16.
The surface quality or ______________ is how things are seen or felt. 
a)
Shape
b)
fuzzy
c)
Texture
17.
A ______________ can be long, short, diagonal, vertical, squiggly, thick or thin.
a)
Line
b)
Space
c)
Value
18.
What element of art is best represented in this picture?
a)
Color
b)
Line
c)
Shape
d)
Form
19.
What element of art is best represented in this picture?
a)
Color
b)
Line
c)
Texture
d)
Shape
20.
What element of art is best represented in this picture?
a)
Line
b)
Texture
c)
Shape
21.
What element of art is best represented in this picture?
a)
Shape
b)
Line
c)
Texture
d)
Color
22.
What elements  of art can be identified in this painting?
a)
Color and Value
b)
Line and Shape
c)
Form and Space
d)
All
23.
What is the primary element(s) of art used in this painting by Kandinsky?
a)
Shape
b)
Shape and Space
c)
Space and Color
d)
Line and space
24.
a)
diagonal
b)
vertical
c)
horizontal
25.
a)
horizontal
b)
vertical
c)
diagonal
26.
a)
vertical
b)
horizontal
c)
diagonal
27.
Is this image an example of a geometric or organic shape?
a)
Geometric
b)
Organic
28.
What phrase best describes this image?
a)
geometric forms
b)
geometric shapes
c)
organic shapes
d)
organic forms
29.
What does a form have that a shape does not have?
a)
color
b)
depth
c)
height and width
d)
texture
30.
What technique makes one horse look farther away than another?
a)
relative size
b)
vanishing point
c)
overlap
d)
perspective
31.
Which of the following is NOT an element of art?
a)
line
b)
value
c)
color
d)
perspective
32.

What is the dot in the picture called?

a)

perspective point

b)

vanishing point

c)

horizon point

d)

center point

33.
What type of Balance is this image an example of ?
a)
Symmetrical
b)
Asymmetrical
c)
Formal
d)
Symmetrical & Formal
34.

What principle does this image demonstrate?

a)

Pop Art

b)

Variety in shape and color

c)

Flowers make good subjects in art

35.
Emphasis refers to the part of art which is what?
a)
The most colorful
b)
In the center
c)
The most dominant
36.
This painting shows which principle?
a)
Emphasis
b)
Symmetry
c)
Movement/Rhythm
37.
This painting by Wayne Thiebaud demonstrates which principle?
a)
Emphasis
b)
Harmony
c)
Movement
38.
This painting by Vincent Van Gogh demonstrates which principle?
a)
Movement/Rhythm
b)
Symmetry
39.
Which two principles does Leslie Shiel's painting demonstrate?
a)
Symmetry & Emphasis
b)
Unity & Asymmetry
40.
This painting demonstrates which principle?
a)
Contrast of color
b)
Contrast of shape
c)
Contrast of color & shape
d)
Sunset
41.
What is the emphasis of this photograph?
a)
The green apples around the pepper
b)
The red pepper in the center
c)
The little man peeking through the apples
42.
Which balance is this digital photograph of a dessert which Mrs. Daniels created an example of?
a)
Symmetrical
b)
Asymmetrical
43.
Which principle is prominent in this interior design?
a)
Formal Balance
b)
Contrast
c)
Symmetry
d)
All of the above
44.
Did this architect use pattern for this design?
a)
yes
b)
no
45.
How does this painting show unity?
a)
Use of Color and Shape
b)
Use of Emphasis
c)
Use of Details
46.
Which principles did Andy Warhol use in his screen print of Marilyn Monroe?
a)
Emphasis
b)
 Color
c)
Variety & Repetition
47.
This Principle of Design is the path the viewer’s eye takes through the work of art, often to focal areas. It can be directed along lines, edges, shape, and color within the work of art. 
a)
Movement
b)
Repetition
c)
Unity
d)
Emphasis
48.
This Principle of Design is the repeating of an object or symbol all over the work of art.
a)
Balance
b)
Emphasis
c)
Repetition
d)
Pattern
49.
This Principle of Design make the work of art seem active. The replication of elements of design creates unity within the work of art. 
a)
Repetition
b)
Variety
c)
Rhythm
d)
Proportion
50.
This Principle of Design is the feeling of harmony between all parts of the work of art, which creates a sense of completeness. 
a)
Balance
b)
Repetition
c)
Rhythm
d)
Unity
51.
This Principle of Design uses several elements of design to hold the viewer’s attention and to guide the viewer’s eye through and around the work of art. 
a)
Variety
b)
Proportion
c)
Movement
d)
Unity
52.
This Principle of Design is the feeling of unity created when all parts (sizes, amounts, or number) relate well with each other. It can refer to the size of the head in relationship to the rest of the body, for instance.
a)
Proportion
b)
Emphasis
c)
Rhythm
d)
Variety
53.
The Principle of Design is created when one or more elements of design are used repeatedly to create a feeling of organized movement. It creates a mood like music or dancing. To keep this principle exciting and active, variety is essential.
a)
Pattern
b)
Repetition
c)
Variety
d)
Rhythm
54.
Objects lower on the page seem closer, and objects higher on the page seem farther away.
a)
Placement on the picture plane
b)
Overlapping
c)
Diminishing detail
55.
Duller, less intense color on shapes farther away, more intense color on closer shape
a)
Intensity
b)
Atmospheric perspective
c)
Overlapping
56.
The relative size, shape, and position of objects are determined by parallel lines that appear to get closer together as they recede into the distance and meet at a vanishing point on the horizon line.
a)
Linear Perspective
b)
Diminishing size
c)
Overlapping
57.

one point perspective has

a)

1 vanishing point

b)

2 vanishing points

c)

3 vanishing points

d)

4 vanishing points

58.

2 point perspective

a)

has 6 points on the horizon line

b)

has 1 point on the horizon line

c)

has 2 points on the horizon line

d)

has 5 points on the horizon line