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