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Question 1

What is the art and design term for light and dark?

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Question 2

What are grays that are mixtures of only black and white, with no distinctive hues, termed?

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Question 3

According to the studies mentioned in the text, approximately how many variations in value can the average eye discern?

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Question 4

What does the term 'value pattern' refer to in art and design?

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Question 5

In the comparison between the paintings by Gérôme and Picasso, which painting is described as having a balanced distribution of values?

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Question 6

Why does Henri Matisse's painting 'The Piano Lesson' appear unbalanced when viewed in black and white?

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Question 7

What is the primary function of 'value emphasis' in a design?

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Question 8

In Ferdinand Bol's etching, where does the composition place emphasis, and how is the viewer's eye guided?

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Question 9

What is the artistic device of using light and dark to imply depth and volume in a painting or drawing called?

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Question 10

How does Sidney Goodman's figure drawing 'Maia with Raised Arm' demonstrate the effect of value on creating dimension?

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Question 11

What is the artistic term for the effect where far-off objects visually become less distinct and are absorbed into the atmosphere as distance increases?

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Question 12

In the context of atmospheric perspective, which areas tend to come forward and which tend to recede?

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Question 13

What is the common term for the use of value in representational art?

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Question 14

Which of the following media is described as giving 'decidedly sharp value contrast' by its nature?

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Question 15

What is the drawing technique called 'cross-hatching'?

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Question 16

How are the 'visual grays' in printed black-and-white halftones, such as those in newspapers, actually created?

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Question 17

In his drawing, how did Georges Seurat create the effect of dots to produce visual grays?

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Question 18

What is meant by 'low-value contrast'?

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Question 19

Which artist's work is used as an example of a rich range of values in a photograph that is 'made,' not merely 'taken'?

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Question 20

Which color is mentioned as being a light (high-value) color, while purple is mentioned as being a dark (low-value) color?

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Question 21

In Andy Goldsworthy's photographic experiment, how is strong value contrast created in the image of the sycamore stick on the snow?

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Question 22

What is the subject of Edward Burtynsky's photograph, which is used to illustrate aerial perspective in an unconventional setting?

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Question 23

Which artistic technique combines dark ink or watercolor mixed with water to produce various shades of gray or brown?

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Question 24

The mixed-media drawing by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 'St. Ambrose Addressing the Young St. Augustine,' is described as creating darker values by doing what?

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Question 25

How does the perception of the center gray circles in the value scale illustration (A) change depending on their background?

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Question 26

Artemisia Gentileschi's painting 'Judith Decapitating Holofernes' is used as an example of a value pattern that is perfectly tuned to what?

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Question 27

Which of the following best describes the value contrast in Roman Opalka's 1965 painting discussed in the chapter?

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Question 28

What tool does the text suggest is used for creating visual grays in the digital manipulation of a photograph?

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Question 29

The artistic aims for using value can vary from producing a naturalistic rendition to what other extreme?

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Question 30

What is the primary visual characteristic of atmospheric or aerial perspective?

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Question 31

Which chapter section discusses the use of value to create a focal point?

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Question 32

The term for the relationship between areas of dark and light is known as what?

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Question 33

In 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?

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Question 34

In Winslow Homer's 'Leaping Trout,' what creates the value contrast that emphasizes the trout's tail?

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Question 35

Chiaroscuro is a combination of the Italian words for what two concepts?

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Question 36

In contemporary media, what is described as a creative choice, given that media used to be dominated by black and white?

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Question 37

Which of these soft media is listed in the chapter as being capable of providing gradual changes of dark to light?

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Question 38

The text states that the average eye can discern about forty variations in value. The value scale in Illustration A, however, shows how many steps?

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Question 39

In the comparison of Gérôme's and Picasso's paintings, both are said to have what in common regarding their value range?

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Question 40

What is the consequence of high dark-and-light contrast in a composition, according to the section on 'Value as Emphasis'?

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Question 41

By varying the weight of a line, an artist can imply dimension or solidity, but the effect is described as what?

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Question 42

What is the subject of the watercolor used to demonstrate how effectively the feeling of volume and space can be presented using value?

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Question 43

The use of what technique is described as a very common procedure for creating visual grays, 'though we may not realize it'?

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Question 44

In the photograph 'Shipbreaking #10' by Edward Burtynsky, what characteristic of the foreground objects contributes to the sense of atmospheric perspective?

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Question 45

What does the text say can be altered in several ways, even though black ink by its nature gives sharp value contrast?

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Question 46

What is the lifelong project of the artist Roman Opalka, as mentioned in the chapter?

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Question 47

In 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'?

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Question 48

Besides creating a focal point, what other valuable use of dark-and-light contrast is discussed under the 'VALUE AS EMPHASIS' heading?

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Question 49

According to the text, how does an artist use planning to direct the viewer's eye with value emphasis?

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Question 50

What is the primary subject of Sue Coe's photo etching 'Charlie Parker Watches His Hotel Room Burn'?

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