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Principles of Art

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

What principle of art is used in the painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai?

a)

Symmetrical Balance

b)

Geometric Shapes

c)

Warm Colors

d)

Movement

2.

What principle of art repeats elements to make a work seem active or suggest vibration?

a)

Variety

b)

Contrast

c)

Repetition

d)

Movement

3.

What type of balance is being used in this painting by Georgia O'Keefe

a)

Radial Balance

b)

Symmetrical Balance

c)

Asymmetrical Balance

d)

Downward Facing Dog

4.

What principle of art creates the look and feel of action and guides the viewer's eye?

a)

Movement

b)

Contrast

c)

Unity

d)

Proportion

5.

What principle of art is distorted in Pablo Picasso's painting of Dora Maar?

a)

Variety

b)

Movement

c)

Proportion

d)

Contrast

6.

What principle of art combines more than one element to create interest?

a)

Repetition

b)

Movement

c)

Balance

d)

Variety

7.

What principle of art is being used in these two works of art?

a)

Emphasis

b)

Repetition

c)

Asymmetrical Balance

d)

Form

8.

What principle of art arranges the elements so that no one part overpowers another?

a)

Emphasis

b)

Movement

c)

Balance

d)

Repetition

9.

What principle of art arranges the elements and principles to create a feeling of completeness or wholeness?

a)

Unity

b)

Contrast

c)

Balance

d)

Variety

10.

What principle of art is the relationship in size of one part to another and to the whole?

a)

Emphasis

b)

Proportion

c)

Radial Balance

d)

Variety

11.

What type of balance did M.C. Escher use in his painting Relativity?

a)

Symmetrical

b)

Radial

c)

Asymmetrical

d)

Tree Pose

12.

In the painting The Kiss by Gustav Klimt he draws attention to the couple by making them large, placing them in the middle, and using contrast. What principle of art did he use?

a)

Variety

b)

Emphasis

c)

Movement

d)

Balance

13.

What principle of art is an extreme change in an element?

a)

Variety

b)

Unity

c)

Balance

d)

Contrast

14.

In this painting by Paul Cezanne he uses what type of balance to arrange the composition?

a)

Symmetrical

b)

Radial

c)

Warrior 2

d)

Asymmetrical

15.

In the painting No Title by Wassily Kandinsky he uses this principle to apply more than one line, shape or color.

a)

Emphasis

b)

Unity

c)

Variety

d)

Symmetrical Balance