GHP Visual Arts EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
Design Principles - CORRECT ANSWERS Refers to the ways artists organize the visual
elements of art: generally found to include balance, emphasis, contrast, unity, movement and rhythm.
May also include: proportion, scale, repetition, pattern, and variety.
Line - CORRECT ANSWERS A visual element that is the path of a moving point through
space. It has the properties of direction, width and length.
Form - CORRECT ANSWERS The visual element that is three-dimensional; having height,
width and depth.
Color - CORRECT ANSWERS A visual element that refers to what the eyes see when light
is reflected off an object. Hue, value and intensity are three properties.
Value - CORRECT ANSWERS The visual element that refers to lightness and darkness.
Texture - CORRECT ANSWERS The visual element that refers to the way something feels
or looks like it feels and can be actual or implied.
Space - CORRECT ANSWERS The visual element that refers to the area between, around,
above, below and within objects.
Emphasis - CORRECT ANSWERS A principle of art that stresses one element of art,
defines a center of interest or draws attention to certain areas with a work of art.
, Proportion - CORRECT ANSWERS A principle of art concerned with the relationships in
size, one part to another or to the whole.
Unity - CORRECT ANSWERS A principle of art that is concerned with the sense of
wholeness or completeness.
Movement - CORRECT ANSWERS A principle of art used to guide a viewer's eye
throughout the work; a trend.
Rhythm - CORRECT ANSWERS A principle of art in which the appearance of movement is
created by the recurrence of elements.
Contrast - CORRECT ANSWERS A principle of art that uses the differences between the
visual elements to create variety, emphasis or interest. _____ in value is the difference between light
and dark.
Pattern - CORRECT ANSWERS Repetition of elements or motif.
Scale - CORRECT ANSWERS When proportional relationships are created relative to a
specific unit of measurement.
Variety - CORRECT ANSWERS A principle of art through which different elements are
used to add visual interest.
Formal Balance - CORRECT ANSWERS When a composition is symmetrical, it gives the
feeling that the weight is equally distributed, since this is a classical appearance of formality.
Informal Balance - CORRECT ANSWERS When a composition is asymmetrical, there is a
visual emphasis, or pull, to one side of the composition. For example, think about a seesaw or scales.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
Design Principles - CORRECT ANSWERS Refers to the ways artists organize the visual
elements of art: generally found to include balance, emphasis, contrast, unity, movement and rhythm.
May also include: proportion, scale, repetition, pattern, and variety.
Line - CORRECT ANSWERS A visual element that is the path of a moving point through
space. It has the properties of direction, width and length.
Form - CORRECT ANSWERS The visual element that is three-dimensional; having height,
width and depth.
Color - CORRECT ANSWERS A visual element that refers to what the eyes see when light
is reflected off an object. Hue, value and intensity are three properties.
Value - CORRECT ANSWERS The visual element that refers to lightness and darkness.
Texture - CORRECT ANSWERS The visual element that refers to the way something feels
or looks like it feels and can be actual or implied.
Space - CORRECT ANSWERS The visual element that refers to the area between, around,
above, below and within objects.
Emphasis - CORRECT ANSWERS A principle of art that stresses one element of art,
defines a center of interest or draws attention to certain areas with a work of art.
, Proportion - CORRECT ANSWERS A principle of art concerned with the relationships in
size, one part to another or to the whole.
Unity - CORRECT ANSWERS A principle of art that is concerned with the sense of
wholeness or completeness.
Movement - CORRECT ANSWERS A principle of art used to guide a viewer's eye
throughout the work; a trend.
Rhythm - CORRECT ANSWERS A principle of art in which the appearance of movement is
created by the recurrence of elements.
Contrast - CORRECT ANSWERS A principle of art that uses the differences between the
visual elements to create variety, emphasis or interest. _____ in value is the difference between light
and dark.
Pattern - CORRECT ANSWERS Repetition of elements or motif.
Scale - CORRECT ANSWERS When proportional relationships are created relative to a
specific unit of measurement.
Variety - CORRECT ANSWERS A principle of art through which different elements are
used to add visual interest.
Formal Balance - CORRECT ANSWERS When a composition is symmetrical, it gives the
feeling that the weight is equally distributed, since this is a classical appearance of formality.
Informal Balance - CORRECT ANSWERS When a composition is asymmetrical, there is a
visual emphasis, or pull, to one side of the composition. For example, think about a seesaw or scales.
