Deck 2: Line, Shape, and the Principle of Contrast

Question 1

Mel Bochner used ________ line in the work Vertigo because it is controlled and measured.

A) directional
B) irregular
C) organic
D) diagonal
E) regular

Answer 1

E

Question 2

The artist Egon Schiele drew his Portrait of the Artist's Wife, Standing, with Hands on Hips using ________ line so that he could represent her figure with great economy while being descriptive.

A) measured
B) directional
C) regular Communicative Line
D) irregular
E) contour

Answer 2

E

Question 3

The Dutch design team Sauerkids used ________ lines of dots and dashes in its work to create exciting visual rhythms.

A) implied
B) actual
C) chalk Directional Line
D) regular
E) geometric

Answer 3

A

Question 4

A shape made of perfectly straight lines would probably be classified as ________ shape.

A) an organic
B) a regular
C) a geometric
D) a biomorphic
E) an implied

Question 5

By orienting lines so that they attract attention to a specific area of a work of art the artist is using ________.

A) chaotic line
B) directional line
C) implied line
D) measured line
E) actual line

Question 6

The artist Canaletto, in his drawing of the Ducal Palace in Venice, created an impression of three dimensions by using line to show the division between ________.

A) planes
B) time periods
C) mountains
D) colors
E) two figures

Question 7

The principles of design are a kind of ________ that artists apply to the elements of art.

A) technique
B) perspective
C) sketch
D) logo
E) grammar

Question 8

The orientation of a line can communicate particular feelings. Match the type of line with the feeling it communicates:

Question 9

The elements of art form the basic ________ of art.

A) media
B) symbols
C) vocabulary
D) techniques
E) methods

Question 10

In a 1941 drawing the British artist Barbara Hepworth used line to plan a ________.

A) print
B) painting
C) sculpture Lines to Express Freedom and Passion
D) building
E) party

Question 11

One definition of this element is "a mark that connects two points."

A) line
B) shape
C) color
D) value
E) mass

Question 12

In Goya's The Third of May, 1808, the artist used a variety of actual and implied lines to attract attention to specific points within the composition. Lines that draw the viewer's attention in this way are known as ________ lines.

A) directional
B) regular
C) contour Contour Line
D) irregular
E) organic

Question 13

Some Jewish texts create images using this kind of line made up of small letters.

A) chaotic line
B) actual line
C) regular line
D) implied line
E) pencil line

Question 14

In his drawing of the Ducal Palace in Venice, Canaletto used line to accentuate the patterned facade of the building so that the viewer has a better sense of ________.

A) direction
B) depth
C) surface
D) awe
E) energy

Question 15

In James Allen's etching The Connectors, an image of workers erecting the Empire State Building, the artist created a feeling of great height by using ________ line to lead the viewer's eye diagonally downward.

A) directional
B) horizontal
C) communicative
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Goya, The Third of May, 1808: Using Line to Guide the Viewer's Eye
D) regular
E) implied

Question 16

If vertical lines communicate strength, horizontals calm, and diagonals action, then a vacation resort might want to choose a logo consisting of ________ lines in order to show peaceful repose.

A) vertical
B) diagonal
C) chaotic
D) horizontal
E) scribbled

Question 17

Graphic artists, like the manga group CLAMP, know that by arranging lines in diagonals it is possible to indicate movement and energy. Suggest two images from popular culture that use diagonals to convey a sense of movement and energy. For each image, give reasons why the artist might have wanted to create an energetic composition.

Question 18

The combination of jarring vertical and diagonal lines in Vincent van Gogh's The Bedroom creates an atmosphere of ________.

A) rest
B) happiness
C) calm Shape
Geometric and Organic Shapes
D) expectation
E) anxiety

Question 19

In the illustration from the manga Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, the artists used diagonal lines to create a strong sense of ________.

A) calmness
B) movement
C) sadness
D) happiness
E) humor

Question 20

A line that gives viewers the impression that they are seeing a line where there is not a continuous mark is ________.

A) an irregular line
B) an actual line
C) an implied line
D) a chaotic line
E) a directional line

Question 21

The sphere that designer Saul Bass created for the AT&T logo is not defined by a continuous boundary. This type of shape, which can be suggested by dots or lines that do not connect, is termed ________ shape.

A) an organic
B) a geometric
C) a regular Contrast
Positive and Negative Shapes
D) an implied
E) a negative

Question 22

A shape on a flat picture surface that is defined by surrounding empty space is known as ________ shape.

A) an implied
B) a geometric
C) a positive
D) an organic
E) an actual

Question 23

Miriam Schapiro's collage Baby Blocks combines two different kinds of shape. ________ is the term used to describe a shape that suggests the natural world, while the term geometric suggests mathematical regularity.

A) conceptual
B) regular
C) artificial Implied Shape
D) organic
E) implied

Question 24

In her painting Music-Pink and Blue II, Georgia O'Keeffe emphasized the blue ________ space in order to attract the viewer's attention into a deep interior.

A) ground
B) negative
C) flat
D) organic
E) implied

Question 25

The positive and negative shapes in M. C. Escher's print Sky and Water I balance each other and are an example of ________.

A) etching
B) geometric shape
C) actual line
D) figure-ground reversal
E) collage

Question 26

This type of shape is composed of unpredictable, irregular lines.

A) organic
B) geometric
C) implied
D) measured
E) actual