Exam 5: Principles of Design

In a two-dimensional work of art that is balanced symmetrically, the implied center of gravity is:

Artists will often add ________ to provide interest and enliven the unity of a work of art.

Pablo Picasso's Girl Before a Mirror explores the traditional theme of:

Explain how artists use the elements of shape, color, texture, and value to create visual balance. Use at least two works of art from other chapters as examples of formal and informal balance.

Compare and contrast form and content in two works, one of which has visual unity and the other conceptual unity.

The use of scale to indicate relative importance is known as ________ scale.

Consider Alberti's Façade of Sant'Andrea, Mantua, and Le Corbusier's Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamp, France. Identify the historical eras in which each architect worked. Then analyze the visual rhythms and use of symmetry and proportion in these buildings, noting how these characteristics impact our understanding of them.

Consider Leonardo da Vinci's Study of Human Proportions according to Vitruvius, included in this chapter of the text. Identify the century in which Leonardo worked, and discuss his use of proportion in this piece.

In art, the design principle of balance functions to:

Paul Klee's Landscape with Yellow Birds and Kaiho Yusho's Fish Nets Drying in the Sun share a strong use of: