Exam 6: Unity Variety and Balance

Tibetan Buddhist monks create colored sand images with a radial design.This representation of the universe is called a ________.

________ balance is achieved when both sides of a composition look exactly the same.

This symmetrical Chinese motif appears in art as a monster that is made from many other designs.

Katsushika Hokusai,in his woodcut "The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa," simplified and ordered the visual elements in the work to create ________.

Creating visual weight and counterweight is part of an artist's use of the element of ________ in creating a work of art.

Look at the work of two Surrealist artists,and try to find elements of conceptual unity within their artworks.If you decide that their artworks do not have conceptual unity,discuss why this might be.

An artist creates an artwork made up of many different shapes,all in varying shades of blue.This artwork uses the following principles of art:

The design by I.Michael Interior Design creates ________ and interesting composition by using a balance of curved and straight lines.

Why might the Buddhist monks who make sand mandalas employ radial balance and symmetry in their work? Do you think that using these principles creates a gestalt unity between the visual look of a mandala and the ideas that it expresses?

The designers of the Taj Mahal went to great lengths to use symmetry.Based on what you have read about the building and its history,what were the main ideas that the architects wanted to communicate to viewers? Why?

The design of the Taj Mahal and gardens uses both ________ and ________ symmetry.

Baltimore album quilts,which use variety to unify their composition,are named after these collections.

The Taj Mahal was commissioned by the grieving ________ as a memorial to his third and beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal.

Romare Bearden's work The Dove uses an underlying ________ reflecting the city streets to create a sense of order.

________ balance is achieved when two halves of a composition are not mirror images of each other.