Deck 4: The Visual Elements

Question 1

In painting and drawing, artists often use the technique of ________ to describe the way shadows and light define the mass of forms.

A) refraction
B) spatial organization
C) isometric perspective
D) simultaneous contrast
E) chiaroscuro

Answer 1

E

Question 2

"Passive pink" refers to the color that

A) recedes in a monochromatic color scheme where pure red dominates.
B) results from combining a warm red with a cooler hue.
C) seemed to calm and relax violent children in studies of color's effects upon the mind and body.
D) is the normal value of red.
E) None of these answers is correct.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In Albrecht Dürer's woodcut The Draftsman Drawing a Reclining Nude, the draftsman is using a device to help him achieve the effect of

A) foreshortening.
B) chiaroscuro.
C) a restricted palette.
D) the illusion of motion.
E) simultaneous contrast.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Lines are used in art to indicate

A) boundaries between forms.
B) direction and motion.
C) shadows and highlights.
D) spatial depth on flat surfaces.
E) All these answers are correct.

Question 5

Charles White's Untitled illustrates the technique of

A) hatching.
B) atmospheric perspective.
C) impasto.
D) saturation.
E) foreshortening.

Question 6

Which of the visual elements can best be described as "the path of a moving point"?

A) motion
B) time
C) mass
D) line
E) light

Question 7

Raphael's The Madonna of the Meadows is composed using the implied shape of a

A) trapezoid.
B) square.
C) pyramid.
D) triangle.
E) circle.

Question 8

Mixing two primary colors produces a ________ color.

A) secondary
B) passive
C) complementary
D) triad
E) monochromatic

Question 9

One common issue facing those who work to conserve works of art is

A) the effect of light.
B) the work of earlier restorers.
C) changing levels of heat and humidity.
D) pollution.
E) All these answers are correct.

Question 10

Which artist uses light itself as the main material and whose work increases our awareness of light as a presence in the world?

A) Flor Garduño
B) Joseph Wright
C) Joseph Albers
D) Doug Wheeler
E) Claude Monet

Question 11

During the 20th century, which of the following became a recognized element of art?

A) motion
B) texture
C) color
D) line
E) shape

Question 12

The vanishing point in Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is

A) at the exact center of the picture.
B) just behind the head of the figure of Jesus.
C) on the horizon line.
D) all of these: at the exact center of the picture, just behind the head of the figure of Jesus, and on the horizon line.
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 13

The 18th-century Indian painting of Maharana Amar Singh and others watching musicians and acrobats utilizes the two most basic visual cues for implying depth on a flat surface. They are

A) chiaroscuro and hatching.
B) atmospheric perspective and foreshortening.
C) implied line and a vanishing point.
D) position and overlap.
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 14

A black-and-white photograph of a scene eliminates the hues and intensities of the scene's colors, but captures the ________ of the colors.

A) pigments
B) chromas
C) harmonies
D) values
E) All these answers are correct.

Question 15

In art, shapes that suggest forms found in nature are called ________ shapes.

A) organic
B) real
C) geometric
D) environmental
E) three-dimensional

Question 16

In drawing, the outer boundaries of two-dimensional forms are defined by ________, while the outer boundaries perceived among three-dimensional forms are defined by ________.

A) graphite; ink
B) visual elements; principles of design
C) outlines; contour lines
D) thick lines; thin lines
E) actual lines; implied lines

Question 17

Artists can portray _________ textures that are created to look like something other than a flat painted surface.

A) actual
B) hatching
C) chroma
D) visual
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 18

In the additive process of color mixing, red light, green light, and blue light combine to produce ________ light.

A) yellow
B) black
C) white
D) grayish brown
E) green

Question 19

A necessary feature of pattern is

A) texture.
B) color.
C) modeling.
D) vanishing points.
E) repetition.

Question 20

The use of atmospheric perspective is a prominent aspect of which work?

A) Les bêtes de la mer by Henri Matisse
B) The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak by Albert Bierstadt
C) Untitled by Keith Haring
D) A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat
E) The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci

Question 21

Select two works that are two-dimensional from the text, and discuss the concept of visual texture, giving examples of how it is employed.

Question 22

Consider Eakins' The Biglin Brothers Racing and Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa. Describe each artist's use of line (both actual and implied) to emphasize the content of each work.

Question 23

Discuss ways in which artists use composition to lead the viewer's eye to focus on particular areas of a work or to move about within a work. Select one or more works to illustrate your statements.

Question 24

Consider Bierstadt's The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, and Huang Gongwang's Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains. Discuss each artist's use of atmospheric perspective to create the illusion of depth. How does the sense of space conveyed in each work differ?

Question 25

Select one two-dimensional artwork that suggests visual depth. Discuss at least three ways that the artist used visual elements to create the illusion of three-dimensionality.

Question 26

Select three of the visual elements of art, define each, and then discuss a work from another chapter in the text that illustrates the use of that element. Give the title and artist of each of the works that you discuss.

Question 27

Discuss the roles of the artist, the work, and the viewer in suggesting time and motion through a work of art. Support your statements by referring to at least one specific work and analyzing how it does so.

Question 28

Contrast the mixing of colors through additive and subtractive processes, indicating a specific material or media in which artists use each process.

Question 29

Explain Calder's use of motion in Southern Cross.

Question 30

Discuss the use of lines, both actual and implied, to direct the viewers' eyes and to create focal points in the following two works by Leonardo da Vinci: The Last Supper and The Virgin and St. Anne with the Christ Child and John the Baptist.

Question 31

Briefly discuss the various dangers faced by works of art as they age. Include a discussion of the conservation of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper.