Deck 2: Line and Shape

Question 1

Helen Frankenthaler's abstract Before the Caves may be described as ___________.

A) ​flat 
B) ​full 
C) ​amorphous 
D) ​allegoric 
E) ​textured

Answer 1

  C

Question 2

In works with ___________,the lines are completed by the viewer.

A) ​actual line 
B) ​outline 
C) ​implied line 
D) ​curved line 
E) ​heavy line

Answer 2

  C

Question 3

Edward Weston's Dunes,Oceano highlights the aesthetic possibilities of __________.

A) ​contour lines 
B) ​outlines 
C) ​colors 
D) ​illusions 
E) ​flat lines

Answer 3

  A

Question 4

Compare and contrast Umberto Boccioni's Dynamism of a Cyclist with Dorothea Rockburne's Pascal's Provincial Letters.

Question 5

Name two different categories of shapes.

Question 6

_____________ are formed when intersecting or connected lines enclose space.

A) ​Textures 
B) ​Compositions 
C) ​Horizons 
D) ​Volumes 
E) ​Shapes

Question 7

The measure of a line refers to its ___________and its width.

A) ​scale 
B) ​shape 
C) ​hue 
D) ​length 
E) ​value

Question 8

What inspired Picasso to create his groundbreaking painting known as Les Demoiselles d'Avignon? 

A) ​Heavy machinery 
B) ​African and Iberian art 
C) ​Japanese art 
D) ​Prehistoric cave paintings 
E) ​Nature

Question 9

Horizontal lines suggest calm and _________.

A) ​stability 
B) ​chaos 
C) ​movement 
D) ​illusion 
E) ​roundness

Question 10

In Emily Mary Osborne's Nameless and Friendless,__________ visually connect and lead the viewer's eye around the composition.

A) ​horizontal lines 
B) ​vertical lines 
C) ​speeding vehicles and pavement 
D) ​gestures and glances 
E) ​sweeping and diagonal lines

Question 11

___________ creates the illusion of roundness or three dimensionality through the use of light and shadow on a two-dimensional surface.

A) ​Linear perspective 
B) ​Shape 
C) ​Color 
D) ​Value 
E) ​Modeling

Question 12

In art,a __________ can be defined as a moving dot.

A) ​space 
B) ​shape 
C) ​mass 
D) ​line 
E) ​contour

Question 13

What term is sometimes used in place of the word modeling? 

A) ​Fresco 
B) ​Chiaroscuro 
C) ​Mezzotint 
D) ​Mandala 
E) ​Tempera

Question 14

What three terms are interrelated words used to define distinct areas of works of art and architecture?

Question 15

Three-dimensional shadows can be created by the use of dots and lines.List three methods for shading and contouring in this manner.

Question 16

Diagonal lines are often used to _______________.

A) ​imply movement and directionality 
B) ​suggest stability 
C) ​suggest assertiveness 
D) ​imply heaviness and weight 
E) ​suggest rigidity

Question 17

Light against dark or dark against light create visual differences in ___________.

A) ​scale 
B) ​shape 
C) ​hue 
D) ​wavelength 
E) ​value

Question 18

When an artist uses transparency it is also called __________.

A) ​linear perspective 
B) ​value contrast 
C) ​overlapping 
D) ​relative size 
E) ​afterimage

Question 19

How does the architect Frank Gehry refer to the design of his Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao,Spain? What do others compare it to?

Question 20

The ____________ shape of an artistic composition is considered the ground.

A) ​biomorphic 
B) ​positive 
C) ​irregular 
D) ​negative 
E) ​complementary

Question 21

Discuss the use of psychological line in Mary Osborne's Nameless and Friendless.

Question 22

Explain the differences between contour and outline in Sandro Botticelli's the Birth of Venus and the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci.

Question 23

Explain the difference between actual mass and implied mass,and provide an artistic example of each.