Chapter 8: Shape

A specific type of artistic distortion is called ...

Emphasis

Abstraction

Visual interest

Intergration

Picasso's painting invites the viewer to a slow reading of figure and ground relationships. An integration of ______ shapes not only is a way to get viewer's attention with high-contrast simple forms, but often it can present surprising or memorable results.

Rectangular

Different

Positive and negative

Two dimensional

We tend to think of ____ shapes as natural, reflecting soft, flowing shapes found in nature.

Round

Curved

Normal

Curvilinear

Design themes and purposes vary, but some intergration between positive and negative shapes is generally thought ____ .

Desirable

Undesirable

Strange

Boring

What are shapes with no object reference and no subject matter suggested, described as?

Objective

Conclusive

Nonobjective

Inconclusive

What does the word biomorphic mean?

Abstraction resulting in imagery that is not as directly derived from natural references.

Abstraction resulting in imagery that is directly derived from natural references.

Inorganic forms.

Abstraction resulting in imagery that is derived from mechanical references.

The self-portrait by Catherine Murphy can be described as ____ .

Unrealistic

Realistic

Perfect

Naturalistic

____ reproduces the world not as it is but as cultural worldview says it should be.

Propaganda

Futurism

Realism

Idealism

This poster is a product of a late nineteenth-century style called ____ .

Fine art

Art nouveau

Art newvo

Contemporary art

What is the visual effect that describes an art piece that emphasizes right angles and rectangular planes?

Rectangular

Squarilinear

Rectilinear

Rectiangular