Unity and Variety Balance and Visual Weight Emphasis, Focal Point, and Subordination Scale and Proportion/Rhythm Starry Night/Van Gogh
100
What is variety
This principle of design uses difference to provide interest.
100
What is balance
This refers to when two halves of a composition on either side of a central vertical axis have the same visual weight.
100
What is an area the artist wants us to look at.
This is the definition of emphasis.
100
What is scale
This is size in relation to a standard or "normal" size.
100
Who is Vincent Van Gogh
This is the painter of the Starry Night.
200
What is unity
This principle of design utilities a sense of oneness, of things belonging together to make a coherent whole.
200
What is radial balance
This type of balance refers to objects that radiate out from a central point.
200
What is an area the artist wants us to look at versus a specific point to which the viewer's attention is directed.
This is the difference between emphasis and focal point.
200
What is proportion
This is since in relation to parts of a larger whole.
200
What is rhythm
What principle of design does the Starry Night utilize?
300
What is conceptual unity
This refers to a unity of ideas.
300
What is visual weight
This refers to the apparent "heaviness" or "lightness" of forms arranged in a composition.
300
What is subordination
This is when certain areas of a composition are made less interesting or distinct so that the areas of emphasis stand out.
300
What is hierarchical scale
This is the use of scale to indicate relative importance.
300
What is the Museum of Modern Art in New York City
Where is Starry Night currently?
400
What is Henri Mattise's The Red Studio
This piece of artwork that we discussed in class demonstrates unity.
400
What is Gustav Klimt's Death and Life
This piece of artwork that we discussed in class utilizes asymmetrical balance.
400
What is Francisco de Goya's Third of May 1808
This piece of artwork that we discussed in class utilized a focal point.
400
What is rhythm
This principle of design utilizes a repetition of lines, color, texture, or shape.
400
Who is Theo Van Gogh
What was the name of Vincent Van Gogh's brother?
500
What is Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans
This piece of artwork that we discussed in class demonstrates variety.
500
What is Frida Kahlo's The Two Fridas.
This piece of artwork that we discussed in class utilizes symmetrical balance.
500
What is Paul Cezanne's The Large Bathers.
This piece of artwork that we discussed in class utilizes emphasis.
500
What is Rene Magritte's The Listening Room
This piece of artwork that we discussed in class utilizes scale.
500
What is Venus
Astronomers have determined that the brightest star in Starry Night is actually a planet. What planet is visible in Starry Night?






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