Question 1

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 ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  relative placement 
B)  overlapping 
C)  size comparison 
D)  isometric perspective 
E)  linear perspective

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Albrecht Dürer 
B)  René Magritte 
C)  M. C. Escher 
D)  Edith Hayllar 
E)  Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

Question 3

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?

Accepted Answer

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Question 4

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.

Accepted Answer

A)  synesthesia 
B)  amnesia 
C)  myopia 
D)  macular degeneration 
E)  malaise

Question 5

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 ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  orthogonals 
B)  highlights 
C)  palettes 
D)  hatched lines 
E)  chiaroscuro

Question 6

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.

Accepted Answer

A)  more important 
B)  much closer 
C)  smaller 
D)  further away 
E)  older

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A)  value 
B)  space 
C)  line 
D)  shape 
E)  color

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A)  vanishing points 
B)  excitement 
C)  movement 
D)  depth 
E)  geometric shapes

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A)  linear perspective 
B)  chiaroscuro 
C)  highlight 
D)  palette 
E)  atmospheric perspective

Question 10

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  foreshortening 
B)  highlight 
C)  chiaroscuro 
D)  cross-hatching 
E)  Surrealism

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A)  isometric perspective 
B)  linear perspective 
C)  chiaroscuro 
D)  multi-point perspective 
E)  relative position

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A)  value range 
B)  palette 
C)  highlight 
D)  value sampler 
E)  film noir

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A)  three-dimensional 
B)  colorful 
C)  actual 
D)  unexpected 
E)  textural

Question 15

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:

Accepted Answer

A)  atmospheric perspective 
B)  isometric perspective 
C)  chiaroscuro 
D)  highlight 
E)  cross-hatching

Question 16

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.

Accepted Answer

A)  changing visual texture 
B)  linear perspective 
C)  chiaroscuro 
D)  hatching 
E)  highlight

Question 17

The video game Transistor uses ________ perspective.

Accepted Answer

A)  linear 
B)  two-point 
C)  multi-point 
D)  isometric 
E)  one-point

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A)  color 
B)  shape 
C)  vanishing point 
D)  medium 
E)  volume

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A)  one-point 
B)  skewed 
C)  multi-point 
D)  linear 
E)  isometric

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A)  René Magritte 
B)  Thomas Hart Benton 
C)  Pierre-Paul Prud'hon 
D)  Edith Hayllar 
E)  Andrea Mantegna

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 ________.