home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Art Fundamentals - Core Concepts in Art
/
Art Fundamentals: Core Concepts in Art.iso
/
mac
/
fund_ch.dxr
/
00277_Text_Chapter4.txt
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
2001-07-16
|
3KB
|
90 lines
4-1. Those shapes that are two dimensional in character and seem to lie flat on the surface of the picture plane are called
a. geometric.
b. rectilinear.
c. decorative.
d. plastic.
e. pattern.
2. The style of art that gives considerable symbolic significance to biomorphic shapes is called
a. Cubism.
b. Abstraction.
c. Expressionism.
d. Realism.
e. Surrealism.
3. Shapes suggesting movement and speed were principally used by the
a. Cubists.
b. Futurists.
c. Pure-Abstractionists.
d. Realists.
e. Surrealists.
4. A quality that best describes the three-dimensional nature of shape or mass is
a. distortion.
b. volume.
c. plastic.
d. decorative.
e. amorphous.
5. Equivocal space best describes a situation
a. where shapes function in variable relationships with other art elements.
b. were shapes function decoratively on the picture plane.
c. where shapes function cubistically or like facets of an object.
d. where shapes function fortuitously or without thought by the artist.
e. were shapes function arbitrarily or chaotically in a composition.
6. Shapes created by an artist that are unlike those seen in nature are called
a. objective.
b. curvilinear.
c. representational.
d. figurative.
e. abstract.
7. Geometric shapes usually are
a. decoratively flat shapes.
b. simple shapes like squares and triangles.
c. subject to psychological fantasies.
d. complex like organic matter.
e. plastic shapes.
8. In graphic art, amorphous shapes are
a. objective.
b. clearly visible.
c. often implied.
d. often indistinct.
e. non-objective.
9. Mass best describes in the graphic or plastic arts a ________
a. dark void.
b. chaotic mess.
c. solid body.
d. negative area.
e. decorative shape.
10. A graphic system creating the illusion of three-dimensional images on a two-dimensional surface is ________________.
a. illusionism.
b. biomorphism.
c. intuitive.
d. script.
e. perspective.
11. When an artist chooses invented shapes instead of objective shapes it could be because
a. objective shapes are too easy to use in art.
b. objective shapes are too monotonous to use in art.
c. objective shapes make it too easy to discover the artists mistakes.
d. objective shapes are less important than the conclusions they suggest.
e. objective shapes are less meaningful than non-objective shapes.
12. Surrealism was an artistic style emphasizing
a. automatic techniques such as rubbings to create shape fantasies.
b. a positive rendering of known shapes borrowed from nature.
c. totally positive shapes drawn from camera images.
d. the copy of shapes by known artists.
e. the juxtaposition of implied shapes with geometric shapes.
13. Modeled shapes are preferred for compositions stressing
a. decorative space.
b. plastic space.
c. ambiguous space.
d. intuited space.
e. realistic space.
14. A term that might best describe shapes totally unlike those seen in nature is
a. intuitive shapes.
b. planar shapes.
c. invented shapes.
d. volumetric shapes
e. simulated shapes
15. Strong outlines around all shapes in an art work
a. facilitates eye travel.
b. inhibits eye travel.
c. encourages their use.
d. creates unity in the composition.
e. creates shape movement.