TCCD Art Appreciation Final Exam
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Dominance - CORRECT ANSWER Draws attention to specific locations in a work of
art.
Focal Point - CORRECT ANSWER The first part of the artwork to draw attention to
the viewer.
Isolation - CORRECT ANSWER A way of creating dominance in a work of art, by
putting one object alone from others.
Convergence - CORRECT ANSWER When many elements of an artwork point to one
items.
Economy - CORRECT ANSWER Getting rid of all nonessential elements that do not
contribute to a composition.
Unity - CORRECT ANSWER Creates a sense of harmoy, by stressing the similarities
of seperate but related parts.
Continuation - CORRECT ANSWER Linking similar parts of a composition on a
linear path.
Variety - CORRECT ANSWER
Principles of Organization - CORRECT ANSWER Guidelines used to organize the
different parts of a design to clearly communicate the artists feelings and intentions.
, Contrast - CORRECT ANSWER Combining art elements to stress the differences
between them.
Emphasis - CORRECT ANSWER Achieved in art through contrast, isolation,
placement, and convergance or directional lines.
Optical Painting - CORRECT ANSWER An art style particularly popular in the 1960's
in which line and color are manipulated in ways that stimulate the eye into believing it
perceives movement.
Discordant colors - CORRECT ANSWER Visually disturbing colors that are widely
separated on the color wheel, but not complementary or triadic.
Balance - CORRECT ANSWER The distribution of visual weigth and apparent
heaviness or lightness of the shapes and forms in a composition.
Visual Weight - CORRECT ANSWER Weight is distributed so that it appears as
though the elements have equilibrium.
Visual Imbalance - CORRECT ANSWER Unequal distribution of visual weight, which
can create discomfort for the viewer.
Four Most Important Types of Balance - CORRECT ANSWER Symmetrical,
Approximate Symmetry, Raial, Asymmetrical.
Symmetrical Balance - CORRECT ANSWER Two halves of a composition are
identical.
Approximate Symmetry - CORRECT ANSWER When two sides of an artwork are
similar, but not exact.
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Dominance - CORRECT ANSWER Draws attention to specific locations in a work of
art.
Focal Point - CORRECT ANSWER The first part of the artwork to draw attention to
the viewer.
Isolation - CORRECT ANSWER A way of creating dominance in a work of art, by
putting one object alone from others.
Convergence - CORRECT ANSWER When many elements of an artwork point to one
items.
Economy - CORRECT ANSWER Getting rid of all nonessential elements that do not
contribute to a composition.
Unity - CORRECT ANSWER Creates a sense of harmoy, by stressing the similarities
of seperate but related parts.
Continuation - CORRECT ANSWER Linking similar parts of a composition on a
linear path.
Variety - CORRECT ANSWER
Principles of Organization - CORRECT ANSWER Guidelines used to organize the
different parts of a design to clearly communicate the artists feelings and intentions.
, Contrast - CORRECT ANSWER Combining art elements to stress the differences
between them.
Emphasis - CORRECT ANSWER Achieved in art through contrast, isolation,
placement, and convergance or directional lines.
Optical Painting - CORRECT ANSWER An art style particularly popular in the 1960's
in which line and color are manipulated in ways that stimulate the eye into believing it
perceives movement.
Discordant colors - CORRECT ANSWER Visually disturbing colors that are widely
separated on the color wheel, but not complementary or triadic.
Balance - CORRECT ANSWER The distribution of visual weigth and apparent
heaviness or lightness of the shapes and forms in a composition.
Visual Weight - CORRECT ANSWER Weight is distributed so that it appears as
though the elements have equilibrium.
Visual Imbalance - CORRECT ANSWER Unequal distribution of visual weight, which
can create discomfort for the viewer.
Four Most Important Types of Balance - CORRECT ANSWER Symmetrical,
Approximate Symmetry, Raial, Asymmetrical.
Symmetrical Balance - CORRECT ANSWER Two halves of a composition are
identical.
Approximate Symmetry - CORRECT ANSWER When two sides of an artwork are
similar, but not exact.
