chapter 7 Flashcards
__ refers to even distribution of weight in a composition
visual weight
in sculpture, __ is the physical weight of materials in pounds
actual weight
all art deals with __, or the apparent “heaviness” or “lightness” of the forms in the composition
balance
Leonardo’s study of human proportion; the vitruvius man is perfectly balanced and __. each of the figure’s limbs appear twice, once to fit in the square, a symbol of the finite, earthly world, and once to fit in the circle, a symbol of the heavenly world
symmetrical
when each side is exactly the same, it is called __ ___
absolute symmetry
when there are minor discrepancies, but the overall effect is symmetrical, it is called ___ __
bilateral symmetry
when each side is exactly the same, it is called __ __
absolute symmetry
the __ is one of the dominant images of symmetry in western art
the crucifix
balance can be achieved even when the two sides of the composition lack symmetry, if they seem to possess the same visual weight. a composition is said to be __ __
asymmetrically balanced
__ is achieved when everything radiates outward from a central point
radial balance
Artists employ emphasis in order to draw the viewer’s attention to one area of the work. We refer to this area as the_________________ of the composition. The lobster in Anna Vallayer-Coster’s Still Life with Lobster is an example of this.
strong contrasts of light and color
A work in which no single point of the composition demands the attention of the viewer and
where the eye can find no place to rest is called _________________. Pollock’s work is an
example of this.
afocal
In his masterpiece Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor) Diego Velázquez creates ___________ in that the viewer can’t determine the focal point
competing points of emphasis
_________________ uses scale to represent the importance of how many “little people” are responsible for the success of public leaders.
Do-Hu Suh
__________is the word we use to describe the dimensions of an art object in relation to the original object that it depicts or in relation to the objects around it
scale
Kara Walker’s, Subtlety, Subtitled The Marvelous Sugar Baby, an Homage to the unpaid and overworked Artisans who have refined our Sweet tastes from the cane fields to the Kitchens of the New World on the Occasion of the demolition of the Domino Sugar Refining Plant, is gigantic in scale, and is made entirely of ________ , this work makes a statement about the exploitation of _____________ to produce it sugar for sugar factories
sugar; slave labor
in Hokusai’s Great Wave off Kanagawa, the wave is visually larger than the distant Mt. Fuji, but
our sense of ________ causes us to diminish its importance
scale
____________________ refers to the relationship between the parts of an object and the
whole
proportion
Jacob Lawrence’s Barber Shop, establishes a __________________through the repetition of
both shapes and colors
rhythm
Auguste Rodin, The Three Shades and Laylah Ali’s Greenhead Series are both composed through a __________of figures.
formal repetition
__ is a movement in art that embraces the sense that the parts can never form a unified whole
postmodernism
elizabeth Murray’s just in time is about
the endless play of unity and variety
