Chapter 4 -- Shape

Question 1

Shape

Answer 1

An area distinguished from its surroundings by an outer edge or boundary.

Question 2

Objective Shapes

Answer 2

Shapes that replicate something recognizable

Question 3

Subjective Shapes

Answer 3

Shapes that have been imagined or contrived by the artist.

Question 4

Biomorphic Shapes

Answer 4

Shapes that display edges of a rounded, curving, and sometimes undulating nature that suggests living organisms or natural forces.

Question 5

Actual vs Implied shapes

Answer 5

Actual has a border.

Implied doesn’t.

Question 6

2D vs 3D

Answer 6

2D = Height x Width
3D = Height x Width x Depth

Question 7

Planar Shapes

Answer 7

Shapes that have width and height but no indication of thickness. (or planes)

Question 8

Dominance

Answer 8

Simply changing the design of one shape can make it the dominant member among a group

Question 9

Movement

Answer 9

The unifying and rhythmic effects created thorough eye movements are modified by the number and length of the pauses in the eye’s journey.

Question 10

Surrealism

Answer 10

Artists were interested in the mystic origins of being and in the exploration of the subconscious revelations, such as dreams.

Question 11

Cubism

Answer 11

Art style using multiple views to show 3D effects used by Pablo Piccaso and Georges Braque

Question 12

Harmony

Answer 12

repetition of similar shapes

Question 13

Balance

Answer 13

Deals with visual weight and negative area around it.

Question 14

Proportion

Answer 14

comparative size between units or the parts of a whole

Question 15

Economy

Answer 15

the distillation of the image to the basic essentials of clarity of presentation

Question 16

Variety

Answer 16

differences of shapes to add opposing