Shapes

Question 1

shape

Answer 1

an enclosed area of space that’s created through lines and other elements

Question 2

geometric shapes

Answer 2

shapes that are formed by straight lines or curved, that progress evenly
people tend to respond to them easily, but they can be monotonous

Question 3

organic shapes

Answer 3

shapes that are formed by uneven curves, sometimes called naturalistic or bimorphic
usually curvilinear in nature

Question 4

positive shape or figure

Answer 4

shape that is distinguished from the background it is where visual focus is placed

Question 5

negative shape or ground

Answer 5

the unoccupied areas or empty space surrounding the objects or figures in a composition
at the threshold of perception we see objects against backgrounds

Question 6

figure vs background

Answer 6

visual texture; simplicity; familiarity; lower half of horizontally divided area; smaller area of space; black

Question 7

visual texture

Answer 7

the eye will be drawn to a textured area; reads as figure

Question 8

simplicity

Answer 8

the simpler the shape, the more often it’s seen as a figure

Question 9

lower half of horizontally divided area

Answer 9

reads as the solid figure because of the associated with gravity

Question 10

smaller area of space

Answer 10

greater probability that it will be seen as a figure

Question 11

black

Answer 11

seen as a figure

Question 12

figure/ground reversibility

Answer 12

reverse which section is figure and ground

Question 13

integration

Answer 13

balance between figure and ground