What visual element, no matter how subtle, will visually evoke texture in what might otherwise be seen as a flat pattern?
Explanation
This question asks about the key visual clue that transforms a pattern into a texture. The chapter explains that any hint of a third dimension, like light and shadow, makes us perceive the surface as having a physical, tactile quality.
Other questions
What term refers to the repetition of a design motif, a concept intrinsic to human thought processes and used to create visual interest on a surface?
What psychological term is used to describe the basic human impulse to fill up empty spaces, often leading to the creation of patterns?
In the detail of Pablo Picasso's 'Harlequin' painting, what creates the 'jazzy rhythm'?
How do highly disciplined patterns, such as those on the Alhambra tiles, achieve their elaborate effects?
What is the essential distinction between texture and pattern, according to the text?
Which statement accurately reflects the relationship between texture and pattern as described in the chapter?
The term 'tactile texture' in painting refers to what specific technique?
What is the term for the technique of using thick pigment to create a rough, three-dimensional paint surface, as seen in the work of Van Gogh?
How does Roy Lichtenstein's print 'Brushstrokes' (1967) demonstrate the concept of implied texture?
What is the artistic technique of creating a design by pasting down bits and pieces of colored and textured papers, cloth, or other materials called?
Mary Bauermeister's collage 'Progressions' (1963) creates a gradation in texture from fine to coarse using what materials?
The neck piece by Anni Albers and Alex Reed (c. 1940) is an example of collage that uses what kind of inventive found materials?
What is the term for the impression of texture on a flat, smooth painted surface, which is purely visual and cannot be felt?
The artistic term 'verisimilitude' refers to an appearance that is what?
Which surrealist artist, mentioned in the chapter, used processes like frottage or rubbings to create eerie landscape textures?
What does the French term 'trompe l'oeil' mean?
Why is textural trompe l'oeil most convincing when the subject depicted is shallow or almost two-dimensional?
The illustration for the Nike advertisement from 1995 employs which technique for expressive effect?
When was the wall covering material made of cotton and cellophane by Anni Albers created?
What is described as a 'dynamic way of capturing visual interest' in the detail from Picasso's 'Harlequin' painting?
In Jean-Léon Gérôme's painting 'The Duel after the Masquerade,' how is the effect of the harlequin pattern diminished?
M.C. Escher's pattern drawings, such as 'Symmetry Drawing E94,' demonstrate a complete unity of what two elements, where every space is also a shape?
In Gustav Klimt's painting 'Hope, II', how does the use of pattern differ from the ordered patterns of the Alhambra or M.C. Escher?
In Betye Saar's sculpture 'The Time Inbetween' (1974), what does the photocopy of the artist's hand underscore?
According to the chapter, why are 'Do Not Touch' signs a practical necessity in sculpture exhibits?
What is one stated advantage of using collage as an artistic medium, particularly for beginners?
In the context of 'trompe l'oeil', what is meant by the term 'visual color'?
What material did Anni Albers use in her 1929 wall covering that anticipated a modern interest in recycling materials?
The chapter mentions that two categories of artistic texture are tactile and what other type?
When did Harry Clarke create his half-tone engraving 'The Most Beautiful of All'?
In what year was Betye Saar's sculpture 'The Time Inbetween' created?
Roy Lichtenstein's screen print 'Brushstrokes' was created in which year?
In what year did Pieter Claesz paint his still life featuring two lemons and a Roemer?
Ed Ruscha's 'Rancho,' an oil on canvas that exemplifies trompe l'oeil, was painted in what year?
Texture is described as being a primary consideration in which of the following art areas?
What does the text suggest is an irony about the close-up image of pleated silk shown in figure C on page 184?
In the photograph 'Brandywine I' by Elliot Barnathan, what creates sustained interest after the eye is initially drawn to the red details?
What did Leonardo da Vinci observe that relates to the surrealist use of frottage and stains to create implied textures?
What type of balance or order is the result when most patterns are reduced to a grid of some sort?
How is pattern used in Margaret Courtney-Clarke's photograph 'Anna Mahlangu Painting Her Home'?
According to the chapter, which two artists created works with a title containing the word 'Harlequin'?
The technique of creating a 'relief painting' by attaching physical items to a painted surface is described as a step beyond what other technique?
Which artist's work is described as continuing the tradition of 'highly mathematical pattern-making' seen in the Alhambra?
In the black-and-white illustration by Harry Clarke, how are patterns and textures created?
The chapter refers to texture as a 'sensory reaction or sensation of touch' that we can enjoy vicariously through what?
What type of art, often characterized by the inventive use of found materials, is considered one of the oldest forms of collage?
The Broadway Gateway Mural by Jan-Marie Spanard (1999-2000) succeeds in its trompe l'oeil deception partly because its subject is what?
When did Van Gogh paint his 'Portrait of the Artist' that is used as an example of impasto?
Which of these artworks from the chapter was created between 1948 and 1954?