Deck 6: Principles of Design

Question 1

The ancient Greeks developed the concept of the __________ because they believed that it created ideal proportions in architecture.

A) ​root ten rectangle 
B) ​canon of scale 
C) ​Golden Mean 
D) ​spiral 
E) ​hierarchy

Answer 1

  C

Question 2

Provide two artistic examples fromChapter 6 in which the scale of the objects in the compositions have been distorted.

Answer 2

  Answers may vary

Question 3

In art,__________ refers to the distribution of the actual or apparent weight of the compositional elements.

A) ​unity 
B) ​mass 
C) ​variety 
D) ​style 
E) ​balance

Answer 3

  E

Question 4

The process of organizing the visual elements to achieve a desired aesthetic in a work of art is known as __________.

A) ​language 
B) ​assembly 
C) ​design 
D) ​variety 
E) ​decoration

Question 5

Symmetry can be found in which of the following? 

A) ​The United States Capitol building 
B) ​Niki de Saint-Phalle's Black Venus 
C) ​Marisol's Baby Girl 
D) ​Leonardo da Vinci's Proportion of the Human Figure 
E) ​Claes Oldenburg's Clothespin

Question 6

In Kay Sage's I Saw Three Cities,most of the visual weight in the composition occurs in the lower half but is balanced in the upper reaches of the sky by __________.

A) ​a flowing column of drapery 
B) ​a colossal statue 
C) ​two bright orange spheres 
D) ​a tower in the distance 
E) ​several tall trees

Question 7

Which is more typically found in both art and nature: pure symmetry or approximate symmetry? Why?

Question 8

Count de Montizon's photograph The Hippopotamus at the Zoological Gardens,Regent's Park is trying to communicate the __________ of the exotic animal by comparing it to the nine onlookers behind it.

A) ​scale 
B) ​shape 
C) ​symmetry 
D) ​horizontal balance 
E) ​visual unity

Question 9

__________ is evident in compositions in which the elements radiate from-or are organized around-a center point 

A) ​Vertical balance 
B) ​Radial balance 
C) ​Horizontal balance 
D) ​Imbalance 
E) ​Asymmetrical balance

Question 10

Unlike two-dimensional compositions,three-dimensional objects,such as sculptures,often have __________.

A) ​pictorial balance 
B) ​rhythm 
C) ​symmetry 
D) ​actual balance 
E) ​visual weight

Question 11

Michelangelo maximizes the root five rectangle components when he painted the __________.

A) ​School of Athens 
B) ​Sistine Chapel ceiling 
C) ​Last Supper 
D) ​Cornaro Chapel ceiling 
E) ​Ecstasy of St. Theresa

Question 12

The principle of _________ is the premise for Elliot Erwitt's humorous photograph Felix,Gladys,and Rover.

A) ​repetition 
B) ​contrast 
C) ​structure 
D) ​variety within unity 
E) ​ordered chaos

Question 13

Identify six design principles.

Question 14

If you superimpose a diagram of a __________ over a photograph of the East façade of the Parthenon,it is a perfect fit.

A) ​Golden Mean 
B) ​Golden Rectangle 
C) ​Golden Triangle 
D) ​root five rectangle 
E) ​square

Question 15

Palmer Hayden's The Subway represents a demographic and ethnic cross-section of the strap-hanging riders of 1930s New York City and thus demonstrates __________.

A) ​emphasis on variety 
B) ​unity 
C) ​the repetition of shapes 
D) ​emphasis on unity 
E) ​ordered chaos

Question 16

More typically,symmetrical balance is created through _____________,in which the whole of the work has a symmetrical feeling.

A) ​approximate symmetry 
B) ​conceptual unity 
C) ​extreme unity 
D) ​horizontal balance 
E) ​radial balance

Question 17

Leonardo da Vinci's Proportion of the Human Figure can best be considered an example of __________.

A) ​asymmetrical balance 
B) ​symmetry 
C) ​actual balance 
D) ​informal balance 
E) ​horizontal balance

Question 18

Variations such as the use of complementary colors and the hazy double of the clear,detailed face of the dog contribute to make William Wegman's Ethiopia an example of __________.

A) ​asymmetrical balance 
B) ​horizontal balance 
C) ​formal symmetry 
D) ​approximate symmetry 
E) ​diagonal balance

Question 19

The device of __________ is used in in Delilah Montoya's Los Jovenes (Youth).

A) ​variety 
B) ​proximity 
C) ​texture 
D) ​grid 
E) ​value

Question 20

The classical Greek sculptor Polykleitos is credited with the derivation of a canon of___________.

A) ​asymmetrical balance 
B) ​human canon 
C) ​proportions 
D) ​relaxation 
E) ​scaling

Question 21

How is repetition used in Andy Warhol's Ethel Scull Thirty-Six Times.

Question 22

The ancient Greek Polykleitos is credited with developing a set of rules about body parts and their relative dimensions that became the standard for creating the ideal figure.What is this set of rules called?

Question 23

Compare and contrast Amedeo Modigliani's Young Man with Red Hair with Michelangelo's The Drunkenness of Bacchus.

Question 24

Explain the concept of hierarchical scale,and provide two examples of how it has been depicted in art.

Question 25

Discuss two design principles fromChapter 6.Use examples.