Ch. 2 & 4; Quiz 1

Question 1

The visible spectrum can be seen when light passes through a prism and is separated into the colors of a rainbow as on a wall

Answer 1

Color comes from light

Question 2

A sweater appears red because all of light’s wavelengths are being absorbed by the sweater, except red. Red is being reflected back to the viewer

Answer 2

Local color

Question 3

The name of a color such as red, blue, or green; an indication of the color’s position in the spectrum and on the color wheel; a term for color

Answer 3

Hue

Question 4

The lightness or darkness of a color and the amount of light reflected or transmitted by an object; the pure hues of the spectrum align with a gray scale; may be altered by the addition of black or white

Answer 4

Value

Question 5

Indicates a color’s degree of purity or strength; In the spectrum or on the color wheel, hues are ideally as intense as possible; A weak hue is almost neutral or grey while a strong hue approaches the other end of the spectrum

Answer 5

Intensity/saturation/chroma

Question 6

Warm and cool terms can be applied to color; R, O, Y, are warm hues - they stand out so predominantly that they seem to expand and come forward in space;
B, V and G are cool hues so spatially, they recede and contract.

Answer 6

Temperature

Question 7

Red, blue and yellow; cannot be obtained by mixing other hues together, but if combined in proper amounts will produce every known hue.

Answer 7

Primary triad/colors

Question 8

Any pair of hues directly opposite each other on the color wheel.

Answer 8

Complementary colors

Question 9

Approximately three hues next to each other on the color wheel and all of which contain a common hue

Answer 9

Analogous colors

Question 10

One hue, lightened, darkened and/or toned down

Answer 10

Monochromatic color

Question 11

Black, white, and grey; black absorbs all light waves, hence it is hot in the summer heat; white reflects all light waves and hence it is cooler in the summer heat; when placed next to colors, they can enhance them/make them appear more intense. A grey can also take on the complementary properties of neighboring colors

Answer 11

Neutral colors

Question 12

The imitation of the real world; the goal of the visual artist is to copy visual experience

Answer 12

Mimesis theory

Question 13

The purpose of art is to create empathy and to portray emotion

Answer 13

Communication theory

Question 14

Art is the quality to bring us aesthetic pleasure; to appreciate need nothing more than a sense of form and color

Answer 14

Significant Form theory

Question 15

Art is an object or set of conditions that has been designated as art by persons deemed worthy to determine what is and is not art

Answer 15

Artworld/Institutional theory

Question 16

A visual reference to the experiential world

Answer 16

Representational

Question 17

Art that does not attempt to present an aspect of the recognizable world

Answer 17

Non-representational/non-objective

Question 18

in art, the property of representing selected essential features of a particular subject
instead of relying on objective appearance alone

Answer 18

Abstract

Question 19

the physical parts of the artwork, or the form; shape, color, space, form, line, value, and texture

Answer 19

Elements of design

Question 20

The ways in which different parts are arranged or used, or the composition;balance, rhythm, pattern, emphasis, contrast, unity, and movement

Answer 20

Principles of design

Question 21

The use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition; a technical term used by artists and art historians for the use of contrasts of light to achieve a sense of volume in modeling three-dimensional objects and figures

Answer 21

Chiaroscuro

Question 22

Colors are affected by their environment or what is near them; when placed next to one another, the contrast intensifies the difference between the two; complementary colors intensify each other; color will look more intense/pure when placed next to white, grey or black

Answer 22

Simultaneous contrast

Question 23

Neutralized colors, mixtures of complementary colors

Answer 23

Chromatic gray

Question 24

Overlapping, diminishing size, rising on the vertical plane are ways to create…

Answer 24

Spatial illusion/illusion of depth

Question 25

A Renaissance mathematical geometric system that employs the eye level and presents realistic view

Answer 25

Linear perspective

Question 26

Images are more clear and contain more contrast in the front and fade in the back

Answer 26

Atmospheric perspective

Question 27

Shapes and space interacting on a flat surface with no implied depth

Answer 27

Pictorial space

Question 28

Three-dimensional sense of space by adding depth through various artistic techniques

Answer 28

Illusionistic space

Question 29

The negative area between positive objects

Answer 29

Decorative space