1.10 Content and Analysis

Question 1

Elements:

Answer 1

the basic vocabulary
of art—line, form, shape,
volume, mass, color, texture,
space, time and motion, and
value (lightness/darkness)

Question 2

Principles:

Answer 2

the “grammar”
applied to the elements of 
art—contrast, balance, unity,
variety, rhythm, emphasis,
pattern, scale, proportion, and
focal point

Question 3

Representational:

Answer 3

art that
depicts figures and objects so
that we recognize what is
represented

Question 4

Non-objective:

Answer 4

art that does not

depict a recognizable subject

Question 5

Abstraction:

Answer 5

the degree to
which an image is altered from
an easily recognizable subject

Question 6

Form:

Answer 6

an object that can be
defined in three dimensions
(height, width, and depth)

Question 7

Vanitas:

Answer 7

an artwork in which
the objects remind the viewer of
the transience of life

Question 8

Emphasis:

Answer 8

the principle of
drawing attention to particular
content in a work

Question 9

Implied line:

Answer 9

a line not actually
drawn but suggested by elements
in the work

Question 10

Vanishing point:

Answer 10

the point in
a work of art at which imaginary
sight lines appear to converge,
suggesting depth

Question 11

Linear perspective:

Answer 11

a system
using converging imaginary
sight lines to create the illusion
of depth

Question 12

Depth:

Answer 12

the degree of recession

in perspective

Question 13

Volume:

Answer 13

the space filled or
enclosed by a three-dimensional
figure or object

Question 14

Color:

Answer 14

the optical effect caused
when reflected white light of the
spectrum is divided into a
separate wavelength

Question 15

Neutral tones:

Answer 15

colors (such as
blacks, whites, grays, and dull
gray-browns) made by mixing
complementary hues

Question 16

Palette:

Answer 16

the range of colors used

by an artist

Question 17

Foreground:

Answer 17

the part of a work

depicted as nearest to the viewer

Question 18

Background:

Answer 18

the part of a
work depicted furthest from the
viewer’s space, often behind the
main subject matter

Question 19

Balance:

Answer 19

a principle of art in
which elements are used to
create a symmetrical or
asymmetrical sense of visual
weight in an artwork

Question 20

Focal point:

Answer 20

the center of
interest or activity in a work of
art, often drawing the viewer’s
attention to the most important
element

Question 21

Rhythm:

Answer 21

the regular or ordered
repetition of elements in the
work

Question 22

Space:

Answer 22

the distance between

identifiable points or planes

Question 23

Style:

Answer 23

a characteristic way in
which an artist or group of
artists uses visual language to
give a work an identifiable form
of visual expression

Question 24

Scale:

Answer 24

the size of an object or
artwork relative to another
object or artwork, or to a system
of measurement

Question 25

Abstract:

Answer 25

art imagery that
departs from recognizable
images from the natural world