Exam 3: Implied Depth: Value and Space

One method used to establish depth in Beda Stjernschantz's Pastoral (Primavera)involves placing figures higher or lower in the composition.This process for creating depth is called ________.

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

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?

Beda Stjernschantz was a member of the Symbolists,who were interested in the relationship between art and music.This was exemplified in a physiological condition known as ________,in which one of the body's senses translates the experience into another sense.

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 ________.

An artist paints a scene with a large mountain,which lacks detail and is out of focus,and a tree,which is sharply defined and bright green.The viewer might assume that the mountain is ________ than the tree.

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

The Chinese artist Fan Kuan created ________ in his work Travelers among Mountains and Streams by alternating bands of lighter and darker values.

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

If an artist were to draw a figure whose arm was pointing directly toward the viewer,what technique would the artist have to use when drawing the outstretched arm?

If you are looking straight ahead,an object that is behind you is in your cone of vision.

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

A series of different values that are grouped together is called a ________.

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

When objects are far away they lack contrast,detail,and sharpness of focus because of the interference of air.Artists take advantage of this when they use the process called:

In addition to alternating value,Fan Kuan's Travelers among Mountains and Streams uses this process to give the viewer a sense that some areas are closer than others.

The video game Transistor uses ________ perspective.

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

The artist can more readily reflect the complexities of the real world by using more than one vanishing point.This is known as ________ perspective.

The Belgian Surrealist artist ________ created The Treachery of Images,a work that calls our attention to the illusionary characteristics of painting.