Deck 3: Implied Depth: Value and Space

Question 1

In order to create value in his drawing Head of a Satyr,Michelangelo used both hatching and ________,a variation where the lines overlap,allowing for the depiction of darker tones.

A) atmospheric perspective
B) perspective
C) chiaroscuro
D) cross-hatching
E) highlight

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Triangular planes make up the surface of a geodesic sphere.Planes that are closer to and facing toward the light source tend to be lighter than planes that are further from it and facing away.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What did René Magritte express to his viewers when he wrote "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" ("This is not a pipe")on his work The Treachery of Images?

Answer 3

Answer will vary.

Question 4

The chiaroscuro method uses five defined values: cast shadow,reflected light,core shadow,light,and ________.

A) scale
B) plane
C) film noir
D) palette
E) highlight

Question 5

The French artist Pierre-Paul Prud'hon created chiaroscuro by using ________ chalk on paper.

A) black and white
B) blue and gray
C) red and green
D) black and blue
E) blue and silver

Question 6

Beda Stjernschantz was a member of the Symbolists,who were interested in the relationship between art and music.This was exemplified in a physiological condition known as ________,in which one of the body's senses translates the experience into another sense.

A) synesthesia
B) amnesia
C) myopia
D) macular degeneration
E) malaise

Question 7

When using a series of squares that are exactly the same shape,implied depth can be achieved by ________.

A) alternating value
B) relative size
C) overlapping
D) relative position
E) all of these answers

Question 8

In addition to alternating value,Fan Kuan's Travelers among Mountains and Streams uses this process to give the viewer a sense that some areas are closer than others.

A) changing visual texture
B) linear perspective
C) chiaroscuro
D) hatching
E) highlight

Question 9

This method of applying value to a two-dimensional artwork in order to create the illusion of a three-dimensional solid form is called ________.

A) film noir
B) value range
C) chiaroscuro
D) perspective
E) palette

Question 10

The process of using a series of parallel lines set close to one another to differentiate planes of value in a work of art is called ________.

A) perspective
B) hatching
C) highlight
D) core shadow
E) palette

Question 11

Artists can create a sense of ________ by using light and dark values.

A) tension
B) humor
C) fear
D) depth
E) height

Question 12

An artist can use color to indicate depth.When a color is very pure and intense then it seems to be ________.

A) darker
B) further
C) closer
D) lighter
E) flatter

Question 13

The Chinese artist Fan Kuan created ________ in his work Travelers among Mountains and Streams by alternating bands of lighter and darker values.

A) vanishing points
B) excitement
C) movement
D) depth
E) geometric shapes

Question 14

In Caravaggio's The Calling of St.Matthew,the artist used light and dark values to emphasize Christ's hand.Why did the artist draw our attention to the hand? What other features in the work are emphasized with light and darkness?

Question 15

Detective movies of the 1940s were filmed in such dark tones they were referred to as film noir.Filmmakers chose these dark values to enhance the ________ mood of the movies.

A) playful
B) humorous
C) serious
D) light-hearted
E) romantic

Question 16

A series of different values that are grouped together is called a ________.

A) value range
B) palette
C) highlight
D) value sampler
E) film noir

Question 17

The lightness or darkness of a surface is the element of art called ________.

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

Question 18

One method used to establish depth in Beda Stjernschantz's Pastoral (Primavera)involves placing figures higher or lower in the composition.This process for creating depth is called ________.

A) relative placement
B) overlapping
C) size comparison
D) isometric perspective
E) linear perspective

Question 19

Hatching and cross-hatching use two-dimensional lines to communicate ________ depth.

A) three-dimensional
B) colorful
C) actual
D) unexpected
E) textural

Question 20

The Belgian Surrealist artist ________ created The Treachery of Images,a work that calls our attention to the illusionary characteristics of painting.

A) René Magritte
B) Thomas Hart Benton
C) Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
D) Edith Hayllar
E) Andrea Mantegna

Question 21

If an artist were to depict five people each running toward a different tree,from different starting points,the artist would have to use multi-point perspective.

Question 22

The video game Transistor uses ________ perspective.

A) linear
B) two-point
C) multi-point
D) isometric
E) one-point

Question 23

Discuss how isometric perspective communicates a sense of depth when used in contemporary video games and traditional Chinese landscape scroll painting.What do these very different media have in common? Can you think of other examples besides those given in the text?

Question 24

When objects are far away they lack contrast,detail,and sharpness of focus because of the interference of air.Artists take advantage of this when they use the process called:

A) atmospheric perspective
B) isometric perspective
C) chiaroscuro
D) highlight
E) cross-hatching

Question 25

The video game Transistor is designed using units that can be redistributed in any configuration using isometric perspective.These units are called ________.

A) sliders
B) updrafts
C) tags
D) pixels
E) tiles

Question 26

Renaissance artists used a camera obscura to help them understand the basic tenets of linear perspective.Camera obscura is a Latin phrase.What is the closest English translation?

A) sand container
B) celestial cylinder
C) dark room
D) pastry dish
E) computer drive

Question 27

This is the area that is visible when a viewer is staring at a fixed point in space.

A) cone of vision
B) highlight
C) vanishing point
D) horizon line
E) orthogonal

Question 28

This is the system for creating an illusion of depth using three basic components: horizon line,vanishing point,and convergence lines.

A) linear perspective
B) chiaroscuro
C) highlight
D) palette
E) atmospheric perspective

Question 29

This Italian artist used two-point combined with one-point perspective in his painting The School of Athens.

A) Raphael
B) Brunelleschi
C) Michelangelo
D) Alberti
E) Caravaggio

Question 30

A Summer Shower by the British artist Edith Hayllar employs linear perspective to create depth.The painting contains imaginary sightlines that converge toward a single vanishing point.These lines are also called ________.

A) orthogonals
B) highlights
C) palettes
D) hatched lines
E) chiaroscuro

Question 31

One-point perspective does convey depth,but it has limited applications due to its reliance on a single ________.

A) color
B) shape
C) vanishing point
D) medium
E) volume

Question 32

The artist can more readily reflect the complexities of the real world by using more than one vanishing point.This is known as ________ perspective.

A) one-point
B) skewed
C) multi-point
D) linear
E) isometric

Question 33

This system,which derives its name from the Greek meaning "equal measure," uses diagonal parallel lines to communicate depth.

A) isometric perspective
B) linear perspective
C) chiaroscuro
D) multi-point perspective
E) relative position

Question 34

Kindred Spirits by Asher Brown Durand uses the effects of ________ to give a sense of the vastness of the American landscape.

A) pencil drawing
B) atmospheric perspective
C) geometry
D) foreshortening
E) color

Question 35

Ascending and Descending,by M.C.Escher,uses ________ perspective.

A) atmospheric
B) two-point
C) isometric
D) three-point
E) one-point

Question 36

Masaccio was one of the first artists to use one-point perspective.In his large fresco,Trinity,the ________ is centered in the middle of the horizon line,directly ahead of the viewer.

A) vanishing point
B) holy spirit
C) camera obscura
D) patron
E) composition

Question 37

This type of perspective is used when an object is being viewed from an angle rather than from directly in front.

A) isometric
B) one-point
C) two-point
D) atmospheric
E) foreshortening

Question 38

An artist paints a scene with a large mountain,which lacks detail and is out of focus,and a tree,which is sharply defined and bright green.The viewer might assume that the mountain is ________ than the tree.

A) more important
B) much closer
C) smaller
D) further away
E) older

Question 39

If you are looking straight ahead,an object that is behind you is in your cone of vision.

Question 40

The painter Thomas Hart Benton varied the intensity of the color green in The Wreck of the Ole '97 to help the viewer feel at a safe distance from the train wreck.

Question 41

In the DC Comics image of Superman,the figure is portrayed at an extreme angle.This ________ view creates an unusual perspective and grabs the viewer's attention.

A) bird's-eye
B) foreshortened
C) isometric
D) obscured
E) far-away

Question 42

If an artist were to draw a figure whose arm was pointing directly toward the viewer,what technique would the artist have to use when drawing the outstretched arm?

A) foreshortening
B) highlight
C) chiaroscuro
D) cross-hatching
E) Surrealism

Question 43

This German artist illustrated how a figure can be drawn from an oblique angle for his own text on drawing.

A) Albrecht Dürer
B) René Magritte
C) M. C. Escher
D) Edith Hayllar
E) Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

Question 44

When the rules of perspective are applied in order to represent unusual points of view,we call this: ________.

A) overlapping
B) chiaroscuro
C) highlight
D) convergence
E) foreshortening