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Elements & Principles of Art and Design

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Line, color, value, texture, shape, form, and space are considered...
a)
elements of design
b)
principles of design
2.
Rhythm is the __________ of visual movement--colors, shapes, or lines.  Fill in the missing word.
a)
repetition
b)
stopping
c)
replacing
3.
The principle of emphasis is used by artists to create dominance & focus in their work.  Your eye is drawn to which color?
a)
red 
b)
green
4.
Balance, pattern, movement, emphasis, rhythm, unity, and contrast are considered...
a)
principles of design
b)
elements of design
5.
The principle of unity provides the cohesive quality that makes an art work feel complete & finished. The painting 'The Starry Night' was painted by which artist?
a)
Vincent Van Gogh
b)
Picasso
c)
Salvador Dali
6.
Element of Design: Strokes that show motion and connect two points. May be vertical, horizontal or diagonal, curved, straight, zigzag, or show emotion.
a)
Line
b)
Shape
c)
Form
d)
Space
7.
Principle of Design: The feeling of wholeness or the parts belonging together.
a)
Unity
b)
Rhythm
c)
Emphasis
d)
Contrast
8.

This element of art is also know as HUE.

a)

Shape

b)

Space

c)

Color

d)

Pattern

9.

This element of art describes the way a surface feels or looks, such as rough, smooth, shiny, or dull.

a)

Texture

b)

Form

c)

Pattern

d)

Contrast

10.

The elements of art are

a)

The vocabulary created by Isaac Newton to describe art

b)

Concepts used to organize or arrange the structural elements of design

c)

What Leonardo da Vinci had written about in his sketchbooks

d)

Ingredients used to create an artwork. Line, shape, form, texture, space, color, and value

11.

The principles of design are

a)

The ingredients used to create an artwork

b)

Concepts used to organize or arrange the structural elements of art/design

c)

What Leonardo da Vinci used to become famous

d)

The vocabulary created by Isaac Newton to describe art

12.

Which of the following is not an Element of art?

a)

Space

b)

Pattern

c)

Color

d)

Value

13.

Which of the following is not a Principle of Design

a)

Color

b)

Contrast

c)

Balance

d)

Emphasis

14.

What is the name of the the most famous painting done my Leonardo da Vinci

a)

Lisa Maria

b)

Marie Lisa

c)

Mona Lee

d)

Mona Lisa

15.

principle of design in which the elements of art are combined in various ways such as in this example

a)

pattern

b)

space

c)

variety

d)

balance

16.

The element of art that is 2D and can be geometric or organic

a)

form

b)

space

c)

shape

d)

value

17.

This refers to the distance above, between, around objects

a)

space

b)

shape

c)

value

d)

line

18.

What element is represented?

a)

shape

b)

space

c)

line

d)

form

19.

Is the shape geometric or organic?

a)

geometric

b)

organic

20.

This image best represents which element of art?

a)

line

b)

value

c)

shape

d)

form

e)

space

21.

This image best represents which element of art?

a)

line

b)

value

c)

shape

d)

form

e)

space

22.

This image best represents which element of art?

a)

line

b)

value

c)

shape

d)

form

e)

space

23.

This image best represents which principle of design?

a)

balance

b)

repetition

c)

contrast

d)

emphasis

e)

pattern

24.

This image best represents which principle of design?

a)

balance

b)

repetition

c)

contrast

d)

emphasis

e)

pattern

25.

This image best represents which principle of design?

a)

balance

b)

repetition

c)

contrast

d)

emphasis

e)

pattern

26.

Name the seven Elements of Art.

a)

line shape form hair purity faith and love

b)

air water earth rock trees grass oxygen

c)

line shape form color space texture value

d)

line shape form color space texture light

e)

Carbon oxygen platinum titanium iron helium hydrogen

27.

What is Art?

a)

Art is the collection of the elements of science into something beautiful

b)

Art is the stuff that we look at

c)

Art is what we use for fun

d)

Art is the collection of the art elements into an image that provokes emotions that cannot be expressed in words.

28.

The dominant (strongest) element of art in this work is:

a)

Color

b)

Space

c)

Texture

d)

Shape

29.

Which elements can you use to create texture in your art? (check all that apply)

a)

Line

b)

Color

c)

value

d)

form

30.
Element of art produced when a wavelength of light strikes an object and reflects back to the eyes.
a)
primary
b)
secondary
c)
teriary
d)
color