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Ch. 1 & 2 ★ The sheer joy of a material can be enough for a work of art. ○ true ★ There is a limited number of interpretations any artifact will allow. ○ true ★ Subjects can only be representational. ○ false ★ In every representation, there is a denotative and connotative level. ○ true ★ The media an artwork is composed in doesn’t affect its meaning. ○ false ★ According to Making Art Chapter 2, the three things that an insightful interpretation needs are… ○ coherence ○ completeness ○ correspondence ★ When deciphering meaning, you should take which of the following into account? ○ all of these choices (form, context, subject, medium) ★ Artists construct meanings in visual forms by the choices they make from the beginning through the completion and exhibition of their finished pieces. ○ true ★ Which of the following statements can apply to form? ○ all of these choices ■ Form can be used as both a noun and a verb ■ Form is the result of processes you use to compose your materials according to your work's intended function. ■ Line, texture, shape, mass, volume, color, time, and so forth are the building blocks of form. ■ Emphasizing some elements over others is one of the ways an artist can organize elements into forms. ★ Some interpretations are better than others. ○ true

Ch. 9 & 10 ★ The term emphasis refers to the intentional or unintentional arrangement of elements responsible for creating areas of primary focus within a design or artwork. ○ true ★ Visual Contrast can be defined as the degree of visual difference among elements of art in a composition as a means of visual emphasis. ○ true ★ Artists use variety to avoid unintended monotonous compositions, and to hold the viewer's attention. ○ true ★ According to Gestalt psychology... ○ all of these choices ★ Making Art uses Philip Taaffe's Desert Nocturne as an example of what kind of balance? ○ approximate symmetrical balance ★ Megan Webster's Melted Weapon is an example of conceptual contrast. ○ true ★ Repetition is defined as... ○ all of these choices ★ Select the four kinds of visual balance mentioned in Making Art. Select all that apply. ○ radial ○ approximate symmetrical ○ symmetrical ○ asymmetrical ★ Which statement is true about Alan McCollum's artwork titled The Shape Project ? ○ all of these choices ★ Similar visual elements that reoccur often produce implied movement and... ○ semiotics Ch. 3 ★ Gestural lines… ○ all of these choices ■ have the power to suggest mood and feeling.

■ may be used to create representational and nonrepresentational imagery alike. ■ often convey the energy of the artist’s hand as it moved across the artwork or design surface. ★ Which of these lists are NOT two-dimensional elements or properties of two-dimensional elements? ○ chronology, narrative, time, tempo, scope, duration ★ The boundary of a shape can be implied by different textures or colors. ○ true ★ Saul Steinberg’s cover illustration for the New Yorker is an effective example of how different types and uses of line can be expressive. ○ true ★ An amorphous shape is...? ○ a shape that lacks clear edges and is ambiguous and indistinct. ★ In a work of art, it is always easy to tell what part of the composition is supposed to be considered the figure. ○ false ★ Which statement is true about Van Gogh’s painting entitled Portrait of Joseph Roulin , 1888? ○ all of these choices ■ lines are layered and vary in thickness to create depth, tonality, and a sense of physical substance. ■ the artist purposefully used the technique of hatching and cross-hatching. ■ the artist predominantly varies two types of line. ★ Achromatic Value can be defined as value without color that ranges from white to black, with variations of gray in between. ○ true ★ Cy Twombly’s painting, Untitled - 1970, is reinforced by which statement? ○ this is an example of actual line ★ When discussing LINE , which of these statements apply? ○ all of these choices ■ lines can be "lost" and "found." ■ the different kinds of line that you can make approach the infinite. ■ line can be actual or implied.

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Ch. 8 ★ Why might someone say that Richard Misrach's Untitled puts people into proper perspective? ○ scale ★ A line that is divided so the ratio of the shorter segment is to the larger segment as the larger segment is to the whole is called a... ○ golden section ★ Design Principles provide suggested ways to order, organize, and manipulate design elements by... ○ all of these choices ■ emphasizing some over others ■ establishing or disrupting patterns ■ balancing them ★ A directional force can be vertical, horizontal, diagonal, triangular, circular, or a mix of many of these. ○ true ★ An artist's challenge is to be aware of size and scale and ensure that they are effective in relation to the intended meaning of a work. ○ true ★ Typically, the standard of normal scale is the human body. ○ true ★ Please pick the best answer to finish this statement: Joan Snyder's mixed media work, Always Searching for Beauty can be interpreted as having an "all-over" effect, because… ○ it has many directional forces, but none of them are particularly dominant. ★ Proportion can be defined as the sizes of parts to each other and to the whole artifact. ○ true ★ Which type of directional force implies fullness, harmony, joy, and inner stability? ○ circular force ★ Please pick the best answer to finish this statement: The educators at the Art Institute of Chicago interpreted Grant Wood’s American Gothic as a satire of narrow-minded and repressed mid-western culture, because of… ○ the emphasis on vertical force. ★ Similar visual elements that reoccur often produce implied movement and... ○ rhythm ★ Which statement is true about Chuck Close’s artwork titled Emma, 2002

○ all of these choices ★ Mixing two complementary colored pigments together will… ○ both of these choices ★ The three separate, but essential , physical aspects of each color that are perceptible to the human eye are: ○ hue, value, and intensity ★ Simultaneous Contrast is an effect achieved by placing highly contrasting colors, values, and intensities next to each other; the contrast between colors increases when they are placed next to each other. ○ true ★ In very dark light the human eye perceives shape and value more than color. Color is bound by light, however, light appears colorless to our eyes. Without natural or artificial light there would be no color. ○ true ★ Color... ○ all of these choices Ch. 4 ★ In very dark light the human eye perceives shape and value more than color. Color is bound by light, however, light appears colorless to our eyes. Without natural or artificial light there would be no color. ○ true ★ Mixing two complementary colored pigments together will… ○ both of these choices ■ produce a chromatic gray. ■ allow an artist or designer to change the intensity and values of colors, ★ Simultaneous Contrast is an effect achieved by placing highly contrasting colors, values, and intensities next to each other; the contrast between colors increases when they are placed next to each other. ○ true ★ Which statement is true about Chuck Close’s artwork titled Emma , 2002? ○ all of these choices ■ thousands of small, abstract shapes of color mix optically to form the image of a child.

■ color is rarely, if ever, seen alone in this work ■ viewing the work from a distance decreases abstraction and increases recognizable likeness . ★ Color… ○ all of these choices ■ has the ability to communicate a “dated” or “new” sense of time depending on context. ■ is a visual phenomenon wherein different electromagnetic wavelengths affect the eyes. ■ has the ability to conjure a conscious and unconscious psychological response for viewers. ★ Red, red-violet, and violet-blue is an example of a complementary color scheme. ○ false ★ Sir Isaac Newton is credited with the separation of white light into which complete spectral sequence? ○ ROYGBIV ★ An artist or designer may choose to work in a monochromatic color scheme because of its potential for emotional content. ○ true ★ The three separate, but essential, physical aspects of each color that are perceptible to the naked human eye are: ○ hue, value, and intensity ★ Primary colors in subtractive color systems cannot be broken down into any other colors. ○ true Ch. 5 ★ What type of perspective is this object rendered using? ○ isometric perspective ★ Pick the best answer to finish this statement: According to Making Art, an image is said to be in Two-Point Perspective... ○ when it has two vanishing points located on the horizon line ★ Orthogonal lines are always parallel to the picture plane. ○ false ★ Linear Perspective can have no more than two vanishing points.

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○ false ★ An artist can indicate spatial depth 2-dimensionally by… ○ all of these choices ★ In the picture plane, objects viewed from above appear below the horizon line, while objects viewed from below appear above the horizon line. ○ true ★ Please pick the best answer to finish this statement: According to Making Art, One-Point Perspective... ○ happens when there is one vanishing point located on the horizon line ★ On the picture plane, the horizon line is also known as eye level. ○ true ★ Illusional space is the appearance of depth, height, and width on a 2-dimensional surface. ○ true ★ A worm’s-eye view allows an artist to imply psychological power. ○ true

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