Exam 4: Implied Depth: Value and Space

This type of perspective is used when an object is being viewed from an angle rather than from directly in front.

This method of applying value to a two-dimensional artwork in order to create the illusion of three-dimensional solid form is called ________.

This system, which derives its name from the Greek meaning "equal measure," uses diagonal parallel lines to communicate depth.

The computer simulation game The Sims uses ________ perspective.

Masaccio was one of the first artists to use one-point perspective. In his large fresco, Trinity, the ________ is centered in the middle of the horizon line, directly ahead of the viewer.

This German artist illustrated how a figure can be drawn from an oblique angle for his own text on drawing.

When using a series of squares that are exactly the same shape, implied depth can be achieved by ________.

The lightness or darkness of a surface is the element of art called ________.

Hatching and cross-hatching use two-dimensional lines to communicate ________ depth.

One-point perspective does convey depth, but it has limited applications due to its reliance on a single ________.

This is the system for creating an illusion of depth using three basic components: horizon line, vanishing point, and convergence lines.

In Mantegna's The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, the body of Jesus is portrayed at an extreme angle. This ________ view creates an unusual perspective and grabs the viewer's attention.

A Summer Shower by the British artist Edith Hayllar employs linear perspective to create depth. The painting contains imaginary sightlines that converge toward a single vanishing point. These lines are also called ________.

The medieval Arabic scholar Alhazen used a camera obscura, a device that later helped artists to understand the basic tenets of linear perspective. Camera obscura is a Latin phrase. What is the closest English translation?

The painter Thomas Hart Benton varied the intensity of the color green in The Wreck of the Ole '97 to help the viewer feel a safe distance from the train wreck.

This is the area that is visible when a viewer is staring at a fixed point in space.

In Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew, the artist used light and dark values to emphasize Christ's hand. Why did the artist draw our attention to the hand? What other features in the work are emphasized with light and darkness?

The process of using a series of parallel lines set close to one another to differentiate planes of value in a work of art is called ________.

In order to create value in his drawing Head of a Satyr, Michelangelo used both hatching and ________, a variation where the lines overlap, allowing for the depiction of darker tones.

If an artist were to depict five people each running toward a different tree, from different starting points, the artist would have to use multi-point perspective.