Quiz #2 ART 100

Question 1

abstract texture

Answer 1

the appearance of an actual surface

Question 2

actual texture

Answer 2

a surface that can be experienced through the sense of touch

Question 3

assemblage

Answer 3

A technique that involves grouping actual items in a display. often displayed “in situ” in a natural position or in the middle of a room rather than on a wall.

Question 4

atmospheric perspective

Answer 4

The illusion of depth by lightening values, softening details and textures.

Question 5

collage

Answer 5

A technique of picturemaking in which real materials possessing actual textures are attached.

Question 6

genre paintings

Answer 6

Painting with subject matters that concern everyday life, domestic scenes, family relationships.

Question 7

invented texture

Answer 7

A created texture whose only source is the artist’s imagination.

Question 8

paint quality

Answer 8

painted material-thickness, glossiness. enrich a surface through its own textural interest.

Question 9

Papier colle`

Answer 9

A visual and tactile technique in which scraps of paper having various textures are pasted to the picture to enrich or embellish.

Question 10

pattern

Answer 10

A series of repeated design. (FLAT)

Question 11

simulated texture

Answer 11

A convincing copy or translation of an object’s texture in any medium. (trompe l`oeil)

Question 12

tactile

Answer 12

A quality that refers to the sense of touch.

Question 13

texture

Answer 13

The surface of a material that can be expierenced by touch. (3-D)

Question 14

trompe l`oeil

Answer 14

“deceives the eye”

Question 15

four types of texture

Answer 15

Actual Texture, Simulated Texture, Abstract Texture, & Invented Texture

Question 16

Solid Shape, Most Stable?

Answer 16

Square

Question 17

Actual Shapes

Answer 17

A positive area with clearly defined boundaries.

Question 18

Amorphous Shape

Answer 18

A shape without clear definition: formless

Question 19

biomorphic shape

Answer 19

irregular shape that resembles the freely developed curves found in living organisms.

Question 20

Cubism

Answer 20

multiple views of objects to create the effect of 3-D surface

Question 21

curvilinear shape

Answer 21

shape whose boundaries consist of predominantly curved lines.

Question 22

decorative shape

Answer 22

stressing the 2-D nature of an artwork or any of its elements.

Question 23

equivocal space

Answer 23

“optical illusion”

Question 24

geometric shape

Answer 24

a shape that appears related to geometry: usually simple, such as a triangle, rectangle, or circle.

Question 25

implied shape

Answer 25

A shaped that does not physically exist, but is suggested with dots or lines.

Question 26

kinetic art

Answer 26

“motion” includes actual movement.

Question 27

mass

Answer 27

a shape that appears to stand out 3-D from the space surrounding it.

Question 28

objective

Answer 28

tends to appear natural or real.

Question 29

perspective

Answer 29

a graphic system used to create the illusion of 3-D images.

Question 30

planar shape

Answer 30

Having to do with planes; shapes that have height and width but no indication of thickness.

Question 31

plane

Answer 31

an area that is exxentially 2-D, having height and width.

Question 32

plastic shape

Answer 32

Elements used in such a manner as to create the illusion of the third dimension on a 2-D surface.

Question 33

rectilinear shape

Answer 33

A shape whose boundaries consist of straight lines.

Question 34

Shape

Answer 34

An area that stands out from its surroundings because of a defined or implied boundary.

Question 35

silhouette

Answer 35

The area between or bounded by the contours, or edges, of an object; the total shape.

Question 36

subjective

Answer 36

That which is derived from the mind, instead of physical reality, and reflects a personal bias emotion.

Question 37

surrealism

Answer 37

A style of artistic expression.

Question 38

three-dimensional

Answer 38

vreated the illusion of possessing the dimensions of depth, height, and width.

Question 39

two-dimensional

Answer 39

Possesses the dimensions of heigh and width, especially when considering a flat surface or picture plane.

Question 40

void

Answer 40

An area lacking positive substance and consisting of negative space.

Question 41

volume

Answer 41

A measurable amound of defined, 3-d space.