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Art I

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

__________ is a figure (object) that appears flat, whereas ____________ is a figure (object) that appears to be 3-Dimensional on a 2-Dimensional surface.

a)

Shape and Form

b)

Line and Value

c)

Color and Value

d)

Texture and Space

2.

Which of the following is not an Element of Art?

a)

Line

b)

Color

c)

Value

d)

Space

e)

Contrast

3.

This image is a Figure-Ground Reversal that plays off of the strong contrast of Positive and Negative Space and Shape and the essence of the artist _________________________'s technique.

a)

Thomas Kinkade

b)

Bob Ross

c)

M. C. Escher

d)

Akira Toriyama

e)

M.C. Hammer

4.

The area in a work of art toward which the viewer's eye is most compelled to look is known as the ___________________ point?

a)

Vanishing

b)

Focal

c)

Vantage

d)

Horizon

e)

Main

5.

This work by the Surreal artist Meret Oppenheim, Object, 1936 is an example of ___________________________ Texture?

a)

Hairy

b)

Subversive

c)

Furry

d)

Disgusting

e)

Pet Friendly

6.

All lines in a work of art have to be drawn by an artist with a pen or pencil. True or false?

a)

True

b)

False

7.

In addition to using dark and light values which loose contrast as tools for creating depth in a work of art, artists use ___________________ to create the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional surface by using mathematical and scientific principles of how a viewer sees things in the real world.

a)

Atmospheric Perspective

b)

Isometric Perspective

c)

Linear One-point, Two-point, and Three-point Perspective

d)

1st and 3rd

e)

2nd and 3rd

8.

Lines are not the most fundamental Element of Art because they are in almost every work of art.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The most basic kind of descriptive line is an outline which surround a shape. Unlike outlines, _______________ Lines also define edges but they vary in thickness and darkness, and they also define the edges of shapes within a form.

a)

Irregular

b)

Organic

c)

Contour

d)

Regular

e)

Abstract

10.

A line connects two points whether it's implied or a mark.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Positive Shape is a shape defined by it's surrounding empty space which is known as Negative Space.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

A Form is a three-dimensional figure or object that occupies space, therefore the object has volume. The object also gives the illusion of having weight, density, and bulk which is known as ________________?

a)

Size

b)

Solid

c)

Heavy

d)

Scale

e)

Mass

13.

What makes the Element Form different from Shape is the addition of depth?

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The sculpture Ghostwriter, 1994 by the artists Ralph Helmick and Stuart Schechter, the artists enclose a space with materials that are not completely solid when seen as a whole, creates the implied image of a large human head. This is an example of __________________________?

a)

Lightheadedness

b)

Enclosed Space

c)

Open Volume

d)

Glass Head

e)

Open Mass

15.

A Picture Plane is the surface of a painting or drawing.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Brunelleschi wrote the book "On Painting".

a)

True

b)

False

17.

All the lines that converge to the vanishing point in a one-point perspective drawing are called ______________________ lines.

a)

Contour

b)

Directional

c)

Orthogonal

d)

Transverse

e)

90 Degree

18.

The main two ELEMENTS OF ART in a perspective drawing are:

a)

Line and Form

b)

Value and Shape

c)

Line and Space

d)

Line and Shape

e)

Line and Texture

19.

The vanishing point is the closest point on the horizon line.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Another word for Horizon Line is Eye Level.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Aerial perspective, also called atmospheric perspective, is a method of creating the illusion of depth, or recession, in a painting or drawing by modulating colors and/or values to simulate changes effected by the atmosphere on the things seen at a distance.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

When starting to draw an object, artist's simplify the object down into ____________________, basic ___________________________ to judge the proper scale of objects relative to each other, there placement in composition and as foundation for developing drawing further.

a)

Detailed, basic forms

b)

Simple, basic shapes

c)

Complex, basic diagrams

d)

Complex, basic lines

23.

A visual technique for creating the illusion of space on a two-dimensional surface is:

a)

Isometric perspective

b)

Linear perspective

c)

Scale of objects

d)

Overlap of objects

e)

All the above

24.

Geometric shapes are composed of unpredictable, irregular lines that suggest the natural world.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

The first known paintings in linear perspective were made by Filippo Brunelleschi in about 1425 when he rediscovered it.

a)

True

b)

False