UWA Intro to Art Midterm questions with correct answers

UWA Intro to Art Midterm questions
with correct answers

how to interpret a visual work of art - ANS ✔✔1. visual information

2. verbal/written information

3. media

4. material

5. scale

6. time

7. process

8. context



applied vs. fine art - ANS ✔✔applied art is used in daily life

fine arts are paintings, printmaking, and sculptures



line - ANS ✔✔



contour line - ANS ✔✔defines the outer shape



gesture drawing - ANS ✔✔action, quick, loose



Shapes (geometric) - ANS ✔✔bound by the laws of mathematics (triangles, circles, rectangles,
squares)



Shapes (organic) - ANS ✔✔not bound by the laws of mathematics (sculptures)

, shapes: abstract - ANS ✔✔taking something from the real world and distorting it (emojis, filters,
abbreviations, LOL, OMG)



2-D space - ANS ✔✔only height and weight



3-D space - ANS ✔✔height * length* weight



positive or figure space - ANS ✔✔used space



negative or ground space - ANS ✔✔space between objects



composition - ANS ✔✔how something is put together



symmetrical balance - ANS ✔✔Two halves of a style; form a mirror image of one another.



Asymmetrical Balance - ANS ✔✔focal point is not dead center



Radial balance/symmetry - ANS ✔✔any direction (dart board)



linear perspective - ANS ✔✔horizontal



atmospheric perspective - ANS ✔✔Creating the illusion of depth of space by fading colors and
eliminating detail in objects that are further away.



horizon line - ANS ✔✔your eye level line; the place where land and sky appear to meet.