VALUE
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What is the art and design term for light and dark?
View answer and explanationWhat are grays that are mixtures of only black and white, with no distinctive hues, termed?
View answer and explanationAccording to the studies mentioned in the text, approximately how many variations in value can the average eye discern?
View answer and explanationWhat does the term 'value pattern' refer to in art and design?
View answer and explanationIn the comparison between the paintings by Gérôme and Picasso, which painting is described as having a balanced distribution of values?
View answer and explanationWhy does Henri Matisse's painting 'The Piano Lesson' appear unbalanced when viewed in black and white?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary function of 'value emphasis' in a design?
View answer and explanationIn Ferdinand Bol's etching, where does the composition place emphasis, and how is the viewer's eye guided?
View answer and explanationWhat is the artistic device of using light and dark to imply depth and volume in a painting or drawing called?
View answer and explanationHow does Sidney Goodman's figure drawing 'Maia with Raised Arm' demonstrate the effect of value on creating dimension?
View answer and explanationWhat is the artistic term for the effect where far-off objects visually become less distinct and are absorbed into the atmosphere as distance increases?
View answer and explanationIn the context of atmospheric perspective, which areas tend to come forward and which tend to recede?
View answer and explanationWhat is the common term for the use of value in representational art?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following media is described as giving 'decidedly sharp value contrast' by its nature?
View answer and explanationWhat is the drawing technique called 'cross-hatching'?
View answer and explanationHow are the 'visual grays' in printed black-and-white halftones, such as those in newspapers, actually created?
View answer and explanationIn his drawing, how did Georges Seurat create the effect of dots to produce visual grays?
View answer and explanationWhat is meant by 'low-value contrast'?
View answer and explanationWhich artist's work is used as an example of a rich range of values in a photograph that is 'made,' not merely 'taken'?
View answer and explanationWhich color is mentioned as being a light (high-value) color, while purple is mentioned as being a dark (low-value) color?
View answer and explanationIn Andy Goldsworthy's photographic experiment, how is strong value contrast created in the image of the sycamore stick on the snow?
View answer and explanationWhat is the subject of Edward Burtynsky's photograph, which is used to illustrate aerial perspective in an unconventional setting?
View answer and explanationWhich artistic technique combines dark ink or watercolor mixed with water to produce various shades of gray or brown?
View answer and explanationThe mixed-media drawing by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 'St. Ambrose Addressing the Young St. Augustine,' is described as creating darker values by doing what?
View answer and explanationHow does the perception of the center gray circles in the value scale illustration (A) change depending on their background?
View answer and explanationArtemisia Gentileschi's painting 'Judith Decapitating Holofernes' is used as an example of a value pattern that is perfectly tuned to what?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following best describes the value contrast in Roman Opalka's 1965 painting discussed in the chapter?
View answer and explanationWhat tool does the text suggest is used for creating visual grays in the digital manipulation of a photograph?
View answer and explanationThe artistic aims for using value can vary from producing a naturalistic rendition to what other extreme?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary visual characteristic of atmospheric or aerial perspective?
View answer and explanationWhich chapter section discusses the use of value to create a focal point?
View answer and explanationThe term for the relationship between areas of dark and light is known as what?
View answer and explanationIn the black-and-white photograph of Henri Matisse's 'The Piano Lesson', the strong green and pink colors disappear into middle gray because they have similar what?
View answer and explanationIn Winslow Homer's 'Leaping Trout,' what creates the value contrast that emphasizes the trout's tail?
View answer and explanationChiaroscuro is a combination of the Italian words for what two concepts?
View answer and explanationIn contemporary media, what is described as a creative choice, given that media used to be dominated by black and white?
View answer and explanationWhich of these soft media is listed in the chapter as being capable of providing gradual changes of dark to light?
View answer and explanationThe text states that the average eye can discern about forty variations in value. The value scale in Illustration A, however, shows how many steps?
View answer and explanationIn the comparison of Gérôme's and Picasso's paintings, both are said to have what in common regarding their value range?
View answer and explanationWhat is the consequence of high dark-and-light contrast in a composition, according to the section on 'Value as Emphasis'?
View answer and explanationBy varying the weight of a line, an artist can imply dimension or solidity, but the effect is described as what?
View answer and explanationWhat is the subject of the watercolor used to demonstrate how effectively the feeling of volume and space can be presented using value?
View answer and explanationThe use of what technique is described as a very common procedure for creating visual grays, 'though we may not realize it'?
View answer and explanationIn the photograph 'Shipbreaking #10' by Edward Burtynsky, what characteristic of the foreground objects contributes to the sense of atmospheric perspective?
View answer and explanationWhat does the text say can be altered in several ways, even though black ink by its nature gives sharp value contrast?
View answer and explanationWhat is the lifelong project of the artist Roman Opalka, as mentioned in the chapter?
View answer and explanationIn the comparison of two paintings, Picasso's 'Harlequin' is said to offer fewer, but relatively equal, steps between the extremes of value, whereas which painting plays 'each note of the scale'?
View answer and explanationBesides creating a focal point, what other valuable use of dark-and-light contrast is discussed under the 'VALUE AS EMPHASIS' heading?
View answer and explanationAccording to the text, how does an artist use planning to direct the viewer's eye with value emphasis?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary subject of Sue Coe's photo etching 'Charlie Parker Watches His Hotel Room Burn'?
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