Assignment 5 - Solution
Line as a visual element
1) The painting ‘The Flower carrier’ by Diego Rivera, 1935 is an example of
a) Gesture Line
b) Implied Line
c) Contour line
2) Generally we see objects closer to us in better detail: meaning the lines will have a –
a) A lower range in value
b) A greater range in value
c) None of the above
3) Chinese calligraphy is an example of –
a) Contour lines
b) Implied lines
c) Descriptive line
4) Line is perhaps the most expressive of the visual elements because of –
a) Its dominance of interpretation
b) The directions in which the line makes our eye flow move
c) The outlines of things are crucial keys to their identity
5) A type of Line that is created by positioning a series of points so that the eye tends automatically
to connect them. “Follow the dotted line”
a) Gesture line
b) Implied Line
c) Actual line
6) Rembrandt’s ‘Christ Carrying the Cross’, 1635 suggest
a) Fear
b) Movement
c) Anger
7) Line which is even throughout in terms of the light and shade we can call it
a) Contour line
b) Explicit line
c) Evenly distributed line
8) Dark Linear structure of line can often lend desirable emphasis when the initial color or value
pattern seems to provide little excitement
a) True
b) False
9) ‘The Calling of Saint Matthew’ by Caravaggio, 1599-1600 is an example of
a) Explicit line
b) Actual line
c) Lost and found contour
d) None of the above
10) Pat Oliphant specifically uses
a) Variations of lines to create Light and dark
b) The three-dimensional quality lacking in a pure contour line
c) Varying the number of lines and their proximity
d) All of the above
e) None of the above