Visual Arts 2TTO test 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Visual Arts 2TTO test 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
content of a painting - CORRECT ANSWER - This refers to the message contained and
communicated by the work of art.


foreground - CORRECT ANSWER - the part of a work depicted as nearest to the viewer



background - CORRECT ANSWER - the part of a work depicted furthest from the
viewer's space, often behind the main subject matter


staging - CORRECT ANSWER - putting objects higher on the paper, closer towards the
horizon, makes them look further away


cropping - CORRECT ANSWER - part of the painting is cut of by the picture plane. It
looks like it would go on outside the frame.


overlap - CORRECT ANSWER - when part of one thing covers part of another thing



diminution - CORRECT ANSWER - something that is further away is smaller then when
it is in the foreground of the painting


foreshortening - CORRECT ANSWER - if an object is pointing in your direction, or away
from you, it looks shorter then it actually is.


plasticity 2D - CORRECT ANSWER - by using light and shadow the painting looks like it
is 3dimensional