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Elements and Principles of Art

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Line, shape, color, value, texture, form and space are the Elements of Art.

a)

true

b)

false

2.

Pattern, contrast, emphasis, movement, balance, proportion and unity are the Principles of Design.

a)

true

b)

false

3.

A TINT is a color mixed with black and a SHADE is a color mixed with white.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

A _______ is the path of a moving dot and can vary in direction and thickness. 

a)
shape
b)
form
c)
space
d)
line
5.

It is created by light reflecting off an object and back to the eye.

a)

Value

b)

Texture

c)

Color

6.

It is the lightness or darkness of a color.

a)

Value

b)

Texture

c)

Space

7.

___________ is the surface quality that can be seen or felt. It can be actual: how something feels when touched or implied: the way something looks like it feels.

a)

Unity

b)

Texture

c)

Space

8.

It is the area between, around or within an object and it is used to create the illusion of depth.

a)

Unity

b)

Contrast

c)

Space

9.

When parts of a work of art come together and create a sense of wholeness.

a)

Unity

b)

Contrast

c)

Balance

10.

The Principle of Design that is the arrangement of opposite elements together such as light and dark, rough and smooth, or large and small.

a)

Movement

b)

Balance

c)

Contrast

11.

It is a sense of motion in a work of art that can be used to move the viewer's eye along such things as lines, edges, shapes or color, suggest action and even convey mood.

a)

Emphasis

b)

Movement

c)

Balance

12.

A distribution of elements in a way that creates the feeling of stability. It can be symmetrical, asymmetrical or radial.

a)

Emphasis

b)

Pattern

c)

Balance

13.

The part of a work of art that stands out and catches the viewer's attention by being different in size, color, shape, or texture.

a)
Emphasis
b)

Balance

c)
Pattern
d)
Movement
14.

_____________ is the size of something in relation to the whole, such as the size of the head compared to the rest of the body.

a)

Unity

b)

Proportion

c)

Balance

15.

This image is a good example of which Principle of Design?

a)

Movement

b)

Proportion

c)

Variety

d)

Contrast

16.

This image is a good example of which type of Principle of Design?

a)

Contrast

b)

Movement

c)

Form

d)

Pattern

17.

This image is a good example of which Principle of Design?

a)

Unity

b)

Movement

c)

Contrast

d)

Variety

18.
What Element is prominent here?
a)
Texture
b)
Line
c)
Space
d)
Value
19.

A ________________is an Element of Art that is a flat enclosed area that has two dimensions, length and width.  It can be geometric or organic.

a)
Texture
b)
Shape
c)
Form
d)
Line
20.

___________________is an object that has three dimensions:  length, width and height, so it is not flat.  Examples:  Spheres, Cubes, Pyramids

a)
Form
b)
Shape
c)
Line
d)

Texture