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Artistic Principles and Approaches

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Creates a sense of importance, intended to communicate a message or feeling

a)

harmony

b)

emphasis

c)

rhythm

d)

balance

2.

The sense of stability achieved through the weight of an object is

a)

unity

b)

harmony

c)

balance

d)

movement

3.

What is the counterweight to harmony?

a)

variety

b)

movement

c)

balance

d)

emphasis

4.

The three types of balance are:

a)

asymmetrical, center, symmetrical

b)

symmetrical, circular, opposite

c)

symmetrical, asymmetrical, radial

d)

right, left, center

5.

Pattern and repetiton are used to create

a)

variety

b)

movement

c)

harmony

d)

rhythm

6.

The Idea of Appropriation

(a)  

7.

Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

a)

gradation

b)

Divine ratio

c)

linear perspective

d)

juxtaposition

8.

Our mind looks for connections among groups of objects in order to make meaning out of them

a)

comprehension

b)

visual organization

c)

transformation

d)

surrealism

9.

Which type of balance arranges the elements of a composition around a central point?

a)

radial

b)

symmetrical

c)

pointed

d)

asymmetrical

10.

What is the major difference between shape and form in art?

(a)  

11.

What principle focuses on the sameness or difference between elements in a composition?

a)

space

b)

grdation

c)

emphasis

d)

unity/variety

12.

An element of art that can only be created through illusion in two-dimensional compositions?

a)

texture

b)

shape

c)

color

d)

line

13.

Refers to the amount of lightness and darkness in a color?

a)

gradation

b)

proportion

c)

balance

d)

value

14.

What does the principle of art called rhythm describe?

(a)  

15.

Which of these elements of art can only be described in two-dimensional composition?

(a)  

16.

Which principle of art describes it's overall asthetic success?

a)

variety

b)

proportion

c)

harmony

d)

emphasis

17.

Among historical approaches to creating art was the idea of

a)

representation

b)

linear perspective

c)

two-point perspective

d)

The Golden Mean

18.

The ancient Greeks used which of the following ideas in the building of Parthenon?

a)

Hierarchical Organization

b)

linear perspective

c)

two-point perspective

d)

Golden Ratio

19.

With respect to historical approaches to creating art, what is vanishing point?

(a)  

20.

During the Italian Renaissance, artists began to develop a system for rendering a more realistic illusion of two-dimensional objects in three-dimensional space. What was this system called?

a)

divine ratio

b)

linear perspective

c)

abstracr view

d)

hieratchical organization

21.

Early artist used different approaches in their work to convey how figures related to one another of the following methods, which one showed the most important figure as the largest?

a)

two-point perspective

b)

hierachical organization

c)

one-point perspective

d)

divine ratio

22.

There are two types of textures: real and?

a)

basic

b)

soft

c)

implied

d)

imaginary

23.

One way to show space on a two-dimensional surface is to

a)

overlap

b)

color

c)

print

d)

erase

24.

An artwork that uses THIS method must be three-dimensional

a)

texture

b)

line

c)

space

d)

form

25.

Value, one of the elements of art, can be arranged using a

a)

ladder

b)

chart

c)

scale

d)

square

26.

In art, what creates a sense of importance and is usually intended to communicate a message or feeling?

a)

rhythm

b)

emphasis

c)

variety

d)

balance

27.

In art, the sense of stability achieved through implied weight of an object is

a)

emphasis

b)

variety

c)

balance

d)

harmony

28.

In art, what is the counterweight to harmony and creates visual interest by slightly changing or using different elements, together in a composition?

a)

rhythm

b)

balance

c)

emphasis

d)

harmony

29.

What is when one element of an artwork that stands out more than another?

a)

emphasis

b)

rhythm

c)

variety

d)

harmony

30.

What is the sense of stability achieved through implied weight of an object?

a)

rhythm

b)

variety

c)

harmony

d)

balance

31.

In art, pattern and repetition are used to create

a)

harmony

b)

balance

c)

rhythm

d)

emphasis

32.

In art, the three types of balance are

(a)  

33.

Variety is the counterweight to

a)

harmony

b)

balance

c)

rhythm

d)

stability

34.

The ___ image should be transformed in some way togain new meaning.

a)

visual organization

b)

appropriated

c)

performancea rt

d)

radial

35.

The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

a)

juxtaposition

b)

visual organization

c)

apporpriation

d)

performance art

36.

Our minds look for connections among groups of objects in order to make meaning out of them. This idea is called _____.

a)

appropriation

b)

performance art

c)

visual organization

d)

radial

37.

Andy Warhol, was a 20th century artist who used imaged like campbell soup cans and photos of Marilyn Monroe. What idea related to contemporary art was he using when he made such works?

a)

appropriation

b)

performance art

c)

visual organization

d)

balance

38.

Some artist create works that involve the artist making a series of actions, sometimes involving audience particiaption. What is this type of art called?

a)

radial balance

b)

composition

c)

shape

d)

performance art

39.

Which type of balance arranges the elements of a composition around a central point?

a)

radial balance

b)

radial

c)

appropriated

d)

variety

40.

This is our perception of a composition placement of objects in a distribution that creates a sense of physical equality. ____ is created by arranging objects equally around a central point.

a)

radial balance

b)

unity/variety

c)

common element

d)

shape

41.

What is the major difference between shape and form in art?

(a)  

42.

What is an enclosed area of space that is different from the space surrounding it.

(a)  

43.

(a)   occurs when we combine shapes to create the illusion of three-dimensional objects in a two-dimensional composition.

44.

What principle focuses on the sameness or difference between elements in a composition?

(a)  

45.

We create ____ when we group aspects of our composition that either share a common element. If the composition groups aspects that have a noticeable difference in a particular element, it creates ____, like a group of circles that have all different sizes or colors.

(a)  

46.

Which of the following is an element of art that can only be created through illusion in two-dimensional compositons?

(a)  

47.

Which of the following refers to the amount of lightness or darkness in a color?

(a)  

48.

What is the degree of lightness or darkness in an area of the composition. A red apple under a spotlight will have bright shiny areas where the light hits the surface and dark areas at the bottom where it has shadows.

(a)  

49.

All elements of art can be found in both two and three-dimensional art. Sculpures have ____, ____, and _____, just as paintings do. The basic elements of art found in all forms of visual arts.

(a)  

50.

All elements of art can be found in both

(a)  

51.

One of the earliest ideas created with respect to art was the idea of a specific ratio called the

(a)  

52.

The Ancient Greeks used the idea of the Golden Ratio in the artchitecture of the (a)   .

53.

During the early Italian Renaissance artists began to develo the idea of (a)   , which created a more convincing illusion of three-dimensional space.

54.

_____ is the three-dimensional version of a shape. An artwork that has the art element of ____ can be viewed from different angles, and is not flat.

(a)