Chapter 2 Comprehension Quiz

. Contour and cross contour lines can be found on many drawings. Contour lines create a path _______ of a shape. When lines explore the interior of a shape—its inner topography—they are called cross contour lines.

within the interior

around the edge

. Identify a true statement about a shape's volume.

It is measured by the weight and density of a shape.

It relates to an object's outer edges or dimensions.

It is solid rather than hollow when viewed from the perspective of art.

. Identify a true statement about geometric shapes.

They tend toward clean and precise edges.

They tend to soften a composition.

They tend to imitate the shapes found in nature.

. Which of the following statements is true of high-key value?

It represents dark value colors.

It represents the lower end of the value scale.

It represents light value colors.

. Which of the following statements is true of the technique of chiaroscuro in art?

It places distant images higher in a picture plane without making them smaller.

It is used to give an object a solid appearance.

It uses a series of lines to guide a precise depiction of space.

. Which of the following statements is true of the subtractive color system?

It is one of the five systems of color defined by color theory to describe the role light plays in color perception.

In this system, rays of light combine to create a color.

In this system, color results from the way light reflects off a surface.

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The primary hues are red, blue, and yellow. In a triangle, yellow is at the top; blue is in the bottom-left; red is in the bottom-right. Secondary hues are shown in a triangle surrounded by three triangles. The outer triangle has the colors orange, violet, and green. The inner triangle has the colors light yellow, light blue, and light pink. Tertiary hues are shown as a circle around the secondary hues. The following colors are in a clockwise direction: Yellow, Yellow Green, Green, Blue-Green, Blue, Blue Violet, Violet, Red Violet, Red, Red Orange, Orange, Yellow Orange, and Yellow.

The given figure shows the relationships between primary, secondary, and tertiary hues. Which of the following is an example of a primary hue?

Green

Yellow

Violet

. _____, or physical texture, is the direct feel of a surface under your hand or against your body.

. Which of the following terms best refers to a technique that involves capturing the shape, texture, and other formal elements so carefully and in such detail that at first glance, the viewer might think the images are real?

Trompe l'oeil

Fresco

Art noveau

. ______ perspective, which is also called rising perspective, places distant images higher in the picture plane without making them smaller. The term means that the images have equal dimensions.

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