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Jan Vermeer’s Woman Holding a Balance is a perfect example of rhythm and repetition. variety over unity a symmetrical composition. an asymmetrically balanced composition. |
an asymmetrically balanced composition. |
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When dealing with balance in a composition, an artist is actually dealing with actual weight. the balance between form and content. proportion. visual weight. |
visual weight. |
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Frank Gehry has been called a postmodern architect, because of his designs like the Rasin (Dancing House) primarily because he purposely creates a sense of discontinuity by employing variety over unity. he prioritizes unity over variety. his buildings were created "after modernism." he uses architectural elements from different time periods. |
he purposely creates a sense of discontinuity by employing variety over unity. |
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In Enguerrand Quarton’s Coronation of the Virgin, the artist has organized the design of the composition to emphasize the most important part of the composition, which is the landscape. crucifix. virgin. crown. |
crucifix. |
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Chartres Cathedral’s rose window best illustrates the canonical façade. radial balance. asymmetrical balance. asymmetry. |
radial balance. |
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The Taj Mahal is a perfect example of what kind of balance. asymetrical. radial symmetry . bilateral symmetry. absolute symmetry. |
absolute symmetry. |
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Hokusai’s The Great Wave makes a statement about scale, in part because everyone in Japan knows the scale of Mount Fuji. the print is 86 inches in height. any black-and-white art causes scale to feel reduced. the print presents nature in relation to the human figure. |
everyone in Japan knows the scale of Mount Fuji. |
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Proportion is defined as the relationship between the parts of a composition and the whole. the comparative size of a thing in relation to another like thing. a flat two-dimensional area. any solid that occupies a three-dimensional volume. |
the relationship between the parts of a composition and the whole. |
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In Vermeer’s Woman Holding a Balance, a painting on the wall behind the woman depicts the Last Judgment. Moses at the burning bush. the Crucifixion. the Annunciation. |
the Last Judgment. |
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Where is the focal point in the Baroque painting Joseph the Carpenter by Georges de La Tour? the upper left part of the composition Joseph’s left foot Joseph’s right hand in the child’s (Jesus’) face |
in the child’s (Jesus’) face |
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In the kente cloths of the Asante and Ewe societies of Ghana, pattern is associated with childbirth. hunting. food preparation. social prestige and wealth. |
social prestige and wealth. |
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Repetition often implies monotony, yet it also can creates a sense of scale. rhythm. imbalance. boring disruption. |
rhythm. |
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When each side of a composition is exactly the same, it shows asymmetrical balance. perfect proportion. absolute symmetry. visual weight. |
absolute symmetry. |
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In Frida Kahlo’s The Two Fridas, to what purpose does the artist use symmetry? to explore her feelings about her husband’s infidelity to illustrate a dual cultural identity to explore a religious identity. to explore feelings about her physical health |
to explore her feelings about her husband’s infidelity |
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The Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan for use as a mosque. as a museum to house cultural objects of great value. as a mausoleum for his favorite wife. as a pilgrimage site. |
as a mausoleum for his favorite wife. |
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The dimensions of an object, in relation to some constant, such as the human figure, are known as its key. balance. scale. proportions. |
scale. |
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Lucas Samaras’s Room No 2 deliberately avoids emphasis, we say that this work is multilateral. radially balanced. afocal. postmodern. |
afocal. |
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In her painting Still Life with Lobster, Anna Vallayer-Coster establishes emphasis through the reliance on asymmetrical balance. the strong subject matter. the use of scale. the manipulation of light and color. |
the manipulation of light and color. |
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What idea promoted beauty of perfect proportions of the human body established by the ancient Greeks which was used as a model for architectural proportion? golden section mathematical harmony canon aesthetics |
canon |
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Which of these pieces best illustrates a state of opposition and contradiction that empasize variety over unity? Leonardo da Vinci, Study of Human Proportion: The Vitruvian Man Laylah Ali’s Untitled Auguste Rodin’s The Three Shades Louise Lawler’s Pollock and Tureen |
Louise Lawler’s Pollock and Tureen |
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