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Introduction to Visual Elements and Line Answers

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Choose the words to fill in the blank, which best complete the sentence. The piece above is called, The Portuguese, by Georges Braque. Braque used zigzag lines as his primary element in this piece, in order to suggest _____(1)_____ and _____(2)_____.

(1) visual confusion; (2) action

(1) depth; (2) vibrancy

(1) dimension; (2) visual form

(1) mood; (2) direction

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Choose the combination of words that best completes the lines below. Texture can be perceived by the ____(1)____ of a design. Lines and surface textures can be described as ____(2)____ and/or ____(3)____. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

(1) color; (2) zigzag; (3) curvilinear

(1) line quality; (2) smooth; (3) rough

(1) line quality; (2) dimensional; (3) smooth

(1) form; (2) deep; (3) shallow

(1) visual confusion; (2) action

(1) depth; (2) vibrancy

(1) dimension; (2) visual form

(1) mood; (2) direction

Above is an image of Paul Gauguin’s Tahitian Landscape. Which of the following is not true about this piece?

Gauguin relied on geometric shapes to create mood and energy in his piece.

The artist’s use of diagonal and curvilinear lines helps move the eye through the piece.

The mixture of different lines combine to create a mood that is calm and inviting.

The colors, although bright, are blended to create a natural flow through the entire piece.

This is a photograph of Saint Peter’s Basilica. Which of the following is true about this structure?

The artist has used texture in a unique fashion, in that he has used line as a form of texture to created a two-dimensional piece. The subject in the painting appears to be moving quickly downwards in a diagonal pattern from top-right to bottom-left.

The artist’s use of diagonal and curvilinear lines helps to move our eyes across the entire structure and helps to reinforce the calmness of the mood he intended to create.

The architect used vertical lines to emphasize the strength and permanence of the building and horizontal caps on the columns to keep the façade from escaping into the heavens and to help contain it as a piece of art.

Although the artist did not use any specific artistic visual element to create this elaborate and appealing structure, the overall composition affectively draws in the observer and the confusion caused by the lack on continuity become unimportant as a result..

Which of the following is not a visual element of art?

color

texture

shape

angle

Line is defined as a ______________________

a geometric shape that is open and moves from one point to another.

a slowly curving path along a plane.

a path through space.

The distance or area between,around,above,below,and within objects.

Artists use foreshortening and overlapping to create ___________ in a work of art.

movement

depth

realism

mass

_____________ gradually change direction, while ____________ create a sense of motion.

(1) curvilinear lines; (2) diagonal lines

(1) texture; (2) horizontal lines

(1) diagonal lines; (2) freeform shapes

(1) curvilinear lines; (2) color

In this piece entitled Modern Painting with Clef, by Roy Lichtenstein, which visual element of art was most used by the artist?

color

texture

dimension

shape

Who created the piece of art above entitled, Study of a Woman’s Back?

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Henri Matisse

Marcel Duchamp

Georges Seurat

True or False: The painting above is by Diego Rivera. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

The Luncheon of the Boating Party (above) is a wonderful example of how many impressionist and post-impressionist used the visual elements of art. Which artist created this piece?

Henri Matisse

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Paul Gauguin

Vincent van Gogh

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