Art Praxis: Elements and Principles of
Design Exam Questions and Answers
What design principle is exemplified by the work done by Eva Hesse? - Correct
Answers -repetition
The negative areas in a work of art are best defined as what? - Correct Answers -The
areas that are not occupied by objects.
An artist who wants an orange area in a work to appear brighter and lighter would most
likely surround the orange with what color? - Correct Answers -Dark, dull blue.
If a primary color is mixed with a secondary color next to it on the color wheel, the
resulting color is called - Correct Answers -tertiary.
How different elements of an artwork or design work come together and create a sense
of wholeness. - Correct Answers -Unity
The distribution of the visual weight of objects, colors, texture, and space. - Correct
Answers -Balance
The principle of art used to create the impression of action in a work of art. - Correct
Answers -Movement
open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous - Correct Answers -equivocal shape
An illusion in which the subject or the perspective of a picture or shape may suddenly
switch in the mind of the observer to another, equally valid possibility. - Correct Answers
-amorphous shape
What characteristic contributes most to the dynamic nature of the shapes in paintings by
Malevich? - Correct Answers -diagonal placement
In a nonrepresentational work of art, what element is most likely to contribute to a sense
of spatial depth? - Correct Answers -overlapping shapes
What is applicable to the painting "Barber Shop" by Jacob Lawrence? - Correct
Answers -Shapes and colors are repeated to create a visual rhythm.
, The focal point of Lilly Martin Spencer's "Benjamin Rush Spencer" is created primarily
through the use of - Correct Answers -value.
A line that crosses a surface and defines changes in the surface of the form is known as
a - Correct Answers -cross-contour line.
In her painting Judith and Holofernes, shown, Artemisia Gentileschi drew attention to
the painting's focal point, the beheading of Holofernes, primarily through the use of -
Correct Answers -lines created by figures' limbs.
For millennia, artists working in two dimensions have transferred small compositions to
larger surfaces through the use of a - Correct Answers -grid.
"The Red Tree" by Piet Mondrian illustrates which principle of design? - Correct
Answers -dynamic balance around a vertical axis
In addition to the shape created by the internal red lines on "Lindisfarne Gospels", the
distinction between figure and ground is created through - Correct Answers -shifts in
color relationships.
In a two-dimensional work of art, a bird's-eye or worm's-eye view of an object can best
be achieved by using which perspective? - Correct Answers -three-point
What describes René Magritte's "The Red Model"? - Correct Answers -Dissimilar
elements are juxtaposed to create unsettling contrast.
Exposure to photography led artists such as Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas to - Correct
Answers -compose work so that subject matter appears cropped.
William Michael Harnett's "Still Life — Violin and Music" exemplifies what? - Correct
Answers -Trompe l'oeil
What convention of representation is used in the Benin sculpture of an oba and
attendants? - Correct Answers -Hierarchy of scale
What term refers to the name of a color, such as red, orange, or bluish green? - Correct
Answers -Hue
The balance in Kehinde Wiley's painting "Alios Itzhak" is best characterized as - Correct
Answers -approximate symmetrical.
In Paul Klee's "Static-Dynamic Gradation", the central rectangular shapes that appear to
visually advance the most are best described as - Correct Answers -light in value with
high chroma.
Design Exam Questions and Answers
What design principle is exemplified by the work done by Eva Hesse? - Correct
Answers -repetition
The negative areas in a work of art are best defined as what? - Correct Answers -The
areas that are not occupied by objects.
An artist who wants an orange area in a work to appear brighter and lighter would most
likely surround the orange with what color? - Correct Answers -Dark, dull blue.
If a primary color is mixed with a secondary color next to it on the color wheel, the
resulting color is called - Correct Answers -tertiary.
How different elements of an artwork or design work come together and create a sense
of wholeness. - Correct Answers -Unity
The distribution of the visual weight of objects, colors, texture, and space. - Correct
Answers -Balance
The principle of art used to create the impression of action in a work of art. - Correct
Answers -Movement
open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous - Correct Answers -equivocal shape
An illusion in which the subject or the perspective of a picture or shape may suddenly
switch in the mind of the observer to another, equally valid possibility. - Correct Answers
-amorphous shape
What characteristic contributes most to the dynamic nature of the shapes in paintings by
Malevich? - Correct Answers -diagonal placement
In a nonrepresentational work of art, what element is most likely to contribute to a sense
of spatial depth? - Correct Answers -overlapping shapes
What is applicable to the painting "Barber Shop" by Jacob Lawrence? - Correct
Answers -Shapes and colors are repeated to create a visual rhythm.
, The focal point of Lilly Martin Spencer's "Benjamin Rush Spencer" is created primarily
through the use of - Correct Answers -value.
A line that crosses a surface and defines changes in the surface of the form is known as
a - Correct Answers -cross-contour line.
In her painting Judith and Holofernes, shown, Artemisia Gentileschi drew attention to
the painting's focal point, the beheading of Holofernes, primarily through the use of -
Correct Answers -lines created by figures' limbs.
For millennia, artists working in two dimensions have transferred small compositions to
larger surfaces through the use of a - Correct Answers -grid.
"The Red Tree" by Piet Mondrian illustrates which principle of design? - Correct
Answers -dynamic balance around a vertical axis
In addition to the shape created by the internal red lines on "Lindisfarne Gospels", the
distinction between figure and ground is created through - Correct Answers -shifts in
color relationships.
In a two-dimensional work of art, a bird's-eye or worm's-eye view of an object can best
be achieved by using which perspective? - Correct Answers -three-point
What describes René Magritte's "The Red Model"? - Correct Answers -Dissimilar
elements are juxtaposed to create unsettling contrast.
Exposure to photography led artists such as Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas to - Correct
Answers -compose work so that subject matter appears cropped.
William Michael Harnett's "Still Life — Violin and Music" exemplifies what? - Correct
Answers -Trompe l'oeil
What convention of representation is used in the Benin sculpture of an oba and
attendants? - Correct Answers -Hierarchy of scale
What term refers to the name of a color, such as red, orange, or bluish green? - Correct
Answers -Hue
The balance in Kehinde Wiley's painting "Alios Itzhak" is best characterized as - Correct
Answers -approximate symmetrical.
In Paul Klee's "Static-Dynamic Gradation", the central rectangular shapes that appear to
visually advance the most are best described as - Correct Answers -light in value with
high chroma.
