Exam 4: The Visual Elements

Charles White's Untitled illustrates the technique of:

Select one two-dimensional artwork that suggests visual depth. Discuss at least three ways that the artist used visual elements to create the illusion of three-dimensionality.

In painting and drawing, artists often use the technique of ________ to describe the way shadows and light define the shape of forms.

Consider Kensett''s Lake George and Shen Zhou's Autumn Colors among Streams and Mountains. Discuss each artist's use of atmospheric perspective to create the illusion of depth. How does the sense of space conveyed in each work differ?

Contrast the mixing of colors through additive and subtractive processes, indicating a specific material or medium in which artists use each process.

The use of atmospheric perspective is a prominent aspect of which work?

Explain Calder's use of motion in Southern Cross.

Discuss the use of lines, both actual and implied, to direct the viewers' eyes and to create focal points in the following two works by Leonardo da Vinci: The Last Supper and The Virgin and St. Anne with the Christ Child and John the Baptist.

A black-and-white photograph of a scene eliminates the hues and intensities of the scene's colors but captures the ________ of the colors.

One common issue facing those who work to conserve works of art is:

In art, shapes that suggest forms found in nature are called ________ shapes.

Artists can portray _________ textures that are created to look like something other than a flat painted surface.

Select three of the visual elements of art, define each, and then discuss three separate works from other chapters in the text that illustrates the use of each element. Give the title and artist of each of the works that you discuss.

Consider Eakins' The Biglin Brothers Racing and Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa. Describe each artist's use of line (both actual and implied) to emphasize the content of each work.

Discuss ways in which artists use composition to lead the viewer's eye to focus on particular areas of a work or to move about within a work. Select one or more works to illustrate your statements.

In the additive process of color mixing, red light, green light, and blue light combine to produce ________ light.

A necessary feature of pattern is:

The 18th-century Indian painting of Maharana Amar Singh and others watching musicians and acrobats utilizes the two most basic visual cues for implying depth on a flat surface. They are:

In drawing, the outer boundaries of two-dimensional forms are defined by ________, while the outer boundaries perceived among three-dimensional forms are defined by ________.

During the 20^th century, which of the following became a recognized element of art?