Deck 3: Organizing Principles of Design

Question 1

Rhythm can be achieved by using __________.

A) shape or form
B) color
C) line
D) all of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The __________ was (were)critical to Frank Gehry in designing the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum .

A) environmental setting
B) materials of the structure
C) open spaces of the city
D) all of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Instead of using mathematical devices to unify the image in The Boating Party ,Pierre-Auguste Renoir employed __________.

A) color and the objects in the scene to link groups of people
B) linear perspective to organize the space
C) vertical and horizontal lines to form a grid
D) high realism to clarify the forms

Answer 3

A

Question 4

José Orozco used repetition in his painting Zapatistas to give the sense of __________.

A) beats in a single movement
B) a unified whole
C) a mass of figures, moving forward
D) all of the above

Question 5

Because __________ there is visual tension created in Nancy Graves' work Trace .

A) it uses too many colors
B) it is intentionally unbalanced
C) there are curved lines and straight lines in the same work
D) the use of bronze and steel catches the light

Question 6

A way of using the principle of variety so that two dissimilar things are compared is commonly called __________.

A) coherence
B) contrast
C) disorientation
D) chiaroscuro

Question 7

If an artist is drawing the human figure in proportion,__________.

A) the arms and legs must be visible
B) the drawing must be of a real person
C) the head is the most important part
D) each body part should be in relative size to the others

Question 8

In Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper ,Christ is the most important figure,and the __________ of the composition.

A) center of gravity
B) horizon line
C) focal point
D) keystone

Question 9

The implied triangle is a common formula for unifying compositional lines because it is __________.

A) equilateral
B) a highly stable shape
C) the shape made by Christ on the cross
D) easy for artists to draw

Question 10

Rhythm in art is created by patterns that are set up through __________.

A) use of black and white
B) size and shape
C) repetition and variety
D) organic lines

Question 11

Economy refers to the ability of some artists to __________ .

A) paring away extraneous details
B) saving money by using less expensive materials
C) limiting the number of figures in a painting
D) using only one color

Question 12

In the Balega mask ,contrast is achieved primarily through __________.

A) color
B) texture
C) size
D) content

Question 13

The use of multiple triangles by Lucy Pettway in her artwork Birds in the Air exemplifies the organizing principle of __________.

A) conceptual art
B) anonymity
C) repetition
D) political content

Question 14

Repetition can be used in decorative works to create an all-over __________.

A) interpretive value
B) spectrum
C) pattern
D) perspective

Question 15

Balance is a principle of design based on the __________.

A) visual weight one assigns to parts of a work
B) ratio of the height of a picture to its width
C) number of colors used in an image
D) scale of a sculpture relative to the viewer

Question 16

The Golden Rectangle is a way of establishing the __________.

A) ideal proportion of a space
B) focal point of a religious building
C) size of a picture frame to a painting
D) relative size of a building to its outside environment

Question 17

The painter Wassily Kandinsky believed that coherence and harmony in a painting couldbe achieved by using only __________.

A) highly realistic figures, so viewers could read the narrative
B) light and shadow in order to minimize the number of elements
C) colors and shapes, with no references to the physical world
D) black and white instead of the usual range of colors

Question 18

The ceremonial blanket from the Haida culture is an example of symmetry because __________.

A) it uses organic forms
B) it has a major figure right in the middle
C) it uses a lot of vertical lines
D) the left side and the right side are identical

Question 19

In Essence Mulberry ,Helen Frankenthaler's use of gray paint the same color as the ground creates a __________.

A) disharmony
B) local color
C) transition
D) incoherence

Question 20

Through the use of __________ visual tension is created in Jacopo Tintoretto's Leda and the Swan .

A) contrasting and opposing forms
B) the conflict in the story
C) showing a nude woman
D) the use of color

Question 21

All works of art have a focal point.

Question 22

The principle of repetition works because our brains prefer order to chaos.

Question 23

Variety is expressed through transitions that are defined as rapid changes from one state to another.

Question 24

Rhythm in art can be compared with rhythm in music.

Question 25

In the rock garden of Ryoan-ji Temple the relationship of sand to rocks and rock to rock formed out of meditation on the universe,not on adherence to a human system.