Deck 8: The Principles of Design

Question 1

The Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan

A)for use as a mosque.
B)as a museum to house cultural objects of great value.
C)as a mausoleum for his favorite wife.
D)as a pilgrimage site.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

When an artist deliberately avoids emphasis,we say that the work is

A)radially balanced.
B)afocal.
C)postmodern.
D)multi-lateral.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Leonardo da Vinci's The Vitruvian Man embodies all of these dualistic relationships except

A)the earthly and heavenly worlds.
B)mind and matter.
C)the material and the transcendental.
D)the temporary and the eternal.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of these pieces best illustrates the use of "variety" over "unity"?

A)Laylah Ali's Untitled
B)Louise Lawler's Pollock and Tureen
C)James Lavadour's The Seven Valleys and the Five Valleys
D)August Rodin's The Three Shades

Question 5

Where is the focal point in the Baroque painting,Joseph the Carpenter by Georges de La Tour?

A)In the child's (Jesus's)face
B)Joseph's left foot
C)Joseph's right hand
D)the upper-left part of the composition

Question 6

Where does that author say that the focal point in Larry Poons's Orange Crush is?

A)in the exact center
B)on the extreme left edge,top to bottom
C)in the upper right hand corner
D)there is no focal point

Question 7

What was made famous by the ancient Greeks as a model of architectural proportion?

A)canon
B)Doryphorus
C)mathematical harmony
D)golden section

Question 8

What is a term that describes an artist's attempt to draw our eyes to one area of a composition?

A)absolute symmetry
B)bilateral symmetry
C)emphasis
D)proportion

Question 9

When dealing with balance in a composition,an artist or designer is actually dealing with

A)actual weight.
B)visual weight.
C)proportion.
D)the balance between form and content.

Question 10

In her painting,Still Life with Lobster,Anna Vallayer-Coster establishes emphasis through

A)the manipulation of light and color.
B)the use of scale.
C)the reliance on asymmetrical balance.
D)the strong subject matter.

Question 11

Jan Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance is a perfect example of ____________.

A)a symmetrical composition
B)variety over unity
C)rhythm and repetition
D)an asymmetrically balanced composition

Question 12

Hokusai's The Great Wave makes a statement about scale,in part because

A)the print is 86 inches in height.
B)any black-and-white art causes scale to feel reduced.
C)everyone in Japan knows the scale of Mount Fuji.
D)All of the above.

Question 13

The dimensions of an object,in relation to some constant,such as the human figure,are known as its

A)balance
B)scale
C)proportions
D)key

Question 14

In Enguerrand Quarton's Coronation of the Virgin,the artist has organized the design of the composition to emphasize the most important part of the composition,which is the

A)crucifix.
B)virgin.
C)crown.
D)landscape.

Question 15

The Taj Mahal is a perfect example of

A)actual texture.
B)assymetrical balance.
C)symmetry.
D)radial balance.

Question 16

When each side of a composition is exactly the same,it shows

A)asymmetrical balance.
B)absolute symmetry.
C)perfect proportion.
D)visual weight.

Question 17

Frank Gehry has been called a postmodern architect,primarily because

A)he uses architectural elements from different time periods.
B)his buildings were created "after modernism".
C)he purposely creates a sense of discontinuity by employing variety over unity.
D)he prioritizes unity over variety.

Question 18

Proportion is defined as

A)any solid that occupies a three-dimensional volume.
B)the comparative size of a thing in relation to another like thing.
C)the relationship between the parts to each other and the whole in a composition.
D)a flat two-dimensional area.

Question 19

Chartres Cathedral's rose window best illustrates

A)asymmetrical balance.
B)asymmetry.
C)radial balance.
D)the canonical façade.

Question 20

Repetition often implies monotony,yet it also creates a sense of

A)rhythm.
B)scale.
C)imbalance.
D)boring disruption.

Question 21

In the painting Las Meninas,explain how Diego Velázquez establishes more than one focal point.

Question 22

Choose one artwork from this chapter and describe how that artist has used the principles of design.

Question 23

Define the term design.

Question 24

Discuss how Felix Gonzalez-Torres used scale in his work and explain what his intentions were.

Question 25

According to your text,what is one of the most dominant images of symmetry in Western art?

Question 26

What did Frank Gehry redesign in 1976 so that it deliberately lacked unity?

Question 27

What are the three different types of balance in artistic compositions?

Question 28

What term refers to the relationship between the parts of an object and the whole,or the relationship of an object to its surroundings?

Question 29

Use examples from the chapter to define the term Postmodernism.Include a discussion of Robert Venturi and the Las Vegas strip.