Exam 2: Visual Elements

Atmospheric perspective is a way to __________.

On its most basic level,three-dimensional art physically __________.

Edward Steichen's photograph Rodin: The Thinker is a good example of the use of __________.

Complementary colors are those that are __________.

Alexander Calder's Cow uses __________ lines to create a sense of three-dimensionality and to emphasize the overall form of the image.

The shapes in Matisse's painting The Snail are called hard-edged because __________.

When a visual effect is so realistic it fools our perception it is called __________.

Three-dimensional art in the full round is designed to be seen __________.

During the Renaissance,European painters developed the technique of chiaroscuro,or __________.

Real-world objects taken from trash heaps and used in art are called __________.

The surface quality of a work is called __________.

Sculptures that project out from a two-dimensional ground are called __________.

Colors described as warm have the optical effect of receding in space.

When two-dimensional images are made to look three-dimensional it is called __________.

The sculptor Henry Moore was interested in the interplay between __________.

Linear perspective is a mathematical system used to show __________.

Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate employs reflected light to capture the viewer's attention.

A mark or area that is significantly longer than it is wide may be perceived as __________.

When the figure and ground are about equal in area an artist can create a __________,in which either color can be interpreted as lying on top of the other.

Overlapping is a way of suggesting three-dimensional space.