Assignment 2 – Solution
Composition and Space
1. Linear perspective ensures scale difference with equal and even sharpness
all over.
True
False
2. Stylization leads to naturalism.
True
False
3. Durability is purposely compromised in ephemeral art forms.
True
False
4. Abstraction is a term that is applied to artworks in which simplification is
evident.
True
False
5. In ancient Egyptian art, use of multiple point perspective showed objects
to its most descriptive view.
True
False
6. The Persistence of Memory (Spanish: La persistencia de la memoria; Catalan:
La persistència de la memòria), 1931 painting by artist Salvador Dalí has
the elements of
Sureal art
Cubist art
7. All forms however complex can be reduced to geometric forms.
True
False
8. An ambiguity of ground results in spatial puzzle.
True
False
9. Cubism follows photographic naturalism.
True
False
10. There can be no vanishing point in Isometric projection.
True
False
11. Optical illusion is a distinctive feature of decorative art.
True
False
12. A linear perspective drawing is incomplete with the knowledge of just a
single vanishing point.
True
False
13. The freestanding art works are synonymous to sculptures.
True
False
14. The negative ground cannot be created with high value colours.
True
False
15. In traditional oil painting, a painter chooses to apply low value colors first.
True
False
16. A narrow corridor is suitable for displaying very large paintings.
True
False
17. The Weeping Woman
⅝ 19 ¼ inches) oil on canvas by
Pablo Picasso, France in 1937 is a work which belongs to
Surreal art
Cubist art
Fauvism
18. An example of ideal distortion is,
A Printed text
Hand written text
19. The color and value variation impart a feeling of
Spatial depth
Interactive space
20. Curvilinear forms are organic in nature.
True
False
21. To attach foreign object to a composition was popular in
Analytical cubism
Facet Cubism
Synthetic cubism
22. In architecture the positive ground is enclosed by negative ground.
True
False
23. Betrayal, St. George, Artos, Rethymnon, 1401 A.D.
Depth by scale difference
Depth by overlapping
Depth by isolation
24. Overlapping with size difference appears to be two-dimensional.
True
False
25. Equal distribution of negative and positive ground creates threedimensionality in a composition.
True
False
26. Waterfall (Waterval), lithograph by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher first
printed in October 1961 is a
Sureal Space
Impossible Structure
Spatial puzzle
All of the above
None of the above
27. Elevation on the ground indicates a recession into a deeper ground -is
termed as,
Vertical location
Linear Perspective
Isometric projection
28. As we raise our view upward, object move further away towards the
horizon in eye level.
True
False
29. Subject matter is recognizable in nonobjective forms.
True
False
30. In naturalism, physical appearance of rendered image in nature is the
primary inspiration; simplified object here resembles with less exactitude.
True
False
31. Drawing Hands is a lithograph by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher first printed
in January 1948 is a
Interactive space
Multiple point perspective
Naturalistic space
All of the above
None of the above
32. Ukiyo-e artist Kitagawa Utamaro's 'Fukagawa no Yuki' ('Snow in
Fukagawa') Kanagawa Prefecture, | OKADA MUSEUM OF ART/KYODO
One point perspective
Atmospheric perspective
Oriental Space
Surreal space
Isometric Space
All of the above
33. Expressionistic artworks appeal to subjective responses of beholder, often
through exaggeration of form or expression.
True
False
34. In abstraction, represented images often intent to extract essence of
object or idea.
True
False
35. Parallel lines on parallel planes converge at the vanishing point in
Renaissance painting
Oriental Space
36. The Lamentation of Christ (Lamentation over the Dead Christ, Dead
Christ) is a painting of about 1480 by the Italian Renaissance artist Andrea
Mantegna.
Multiple point perspective
Cubist perspective
Amplified perspective
Isometric projection
Areal Perspective
37. Naturalism involves perfected proportion.
True
False
38. Sign is universal and symbol is culture specific in visual communication.
True
False
39. One point linear perspective acts as a unifying factor in a composition,
True
False
40. By placing a larger object in a vertical location and smaller objects in the
lower half, a sense of two-dimensionality can be brought forward.
True
False