Review Questions Chapter 4 1 
LIVING WITH ART
Test Bank – Chapter 4
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the visual elements can best be described as “the path of a moving point”?
a. motion
b. time
c. mass
d. line
e. light
Answer: d
2. During the 20th century, which of the following became a recognized element of art?
a. motion
b. texture
c. color
d. line
e. shape
Answer: a
3. Lines are used in art to indicate
a. boundaries between forms.
b. direction and motion.
c. shadows and highlights.
d. spatial depth on flat surfaces.
e. All these answers are correct.
Answer: e
4. In art, shapes that suggest forms found in nature are called ________ shapes.
a. organic
b. real
c. geometric
d. environmental
e. three-dimensional
Answer: a
5. Raphael’s The Madonna of the Meadows is composed using the implied shape of a
a. trapezoid.
b. square.
c. pyramid.
d. triangle.
e. circle.
Answer: d
6. The 18th-century Indian painting of Maharana Amar Singh and others watching musicians and acrobats utilizes the two most basic visual cues for implying depth on a flat surface. They are
a. chiaroscuro and hatching.
b. atmospheric perspective and foreshortening.
c. implied line and a vanishing point.
d. position and overlap.
e. None of these answers is correct.
Answer: d
7. A black-and-white photograph of a scene eliminates the hues and intensities of the scene’s colors, but captures the ________ of the colors.
a. pigments
b. chromas
c. harmonies
d. values
e. All these answers are correct.
Answer: d
8. In drawing, the outer boundaries of two-dimensional forms are defined by ________, while the outer boundaries perceived among three-dimensional forms are defined by ________.
a. graphite; ink
b. visual elements; principles of design
c. outlines; contour lines
d. thick lines; thin lines
e. actual lines; implied lines
Answer: c
9. In painting and drawing, artists often use the technique of ________ to describe the way shadows and light define the mass of forms.
a. refraction
b. spatial organization
c. isometric
Test Bank – Chapter 4
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the visual elements can best be described as “the path of a moving point”?
a. motion
b. time
c. mass
d. line
e. light
Answer: d
2. During the 20th century, which of the following became a recognized element of art?
a. motion
b. texture
c. color
d. line
e. shape
Answer: a
3. Lines are used in art to indicate
a. boundaries between forms.
b. direction and motion.
c. shadows and highlights.
d. spatial depth on flat surfaces.
e. All these answers are correct.
Answer: e
4. In art, shapes that suggest forms found in nature are called ________ shapes.
a. organic
b. real
c. geometric
d. environmental
e. three-dimensional
Answer: a
5. Raphael’s The Madonna of the Meadows is composed using the implied shape of a
a. trapezoid.
b. square.
c. pyramid.
d. triangle.
e. circle.
Answer: d
6. The 18th-century Indian painting of Maharana Amar Singh and others watching musicians and acrobats utilizes the two most basic visual cues for implying depth on a flat surface. They are
a. chiaroscuro and hatching.
b. atmospheric perspective and foreshortening.
c. implied line and a vanishing point.
d. position and overlap.
e. None of these answers is correct.
Answer: d
7. A black-and-white photograph of a scene eliminates the hues and intensities of the scene’s colors, but captures the ________ of the colors.
a. pigments
b. chromas
c. harmonies
d. values
e. All these answers are correct.
Answer: d
8. In drawing, the outer boundaries of two-dimensional forms are defined by ________, while the outer boundaries perceived among three-dimensional forms are defined by ________.
a. graphite; ink
b. visual elements; principles of design
c. outlines; contour lines
d. thick lines; thin lines
e. actual lines; implied lines
Answer: c
9. In painting and drawing, artists often use the technique of ________ to describe the way shadows and light define the mass of forms.
a. refraction
b. spatial organization
c. isometric