Art Online Quizzes

Chapter: 10 Proportion

	1.	Why has the ratio of the Golden Mean been used so often in art?

		a.	The artists of the Renaissance used it to create memorable art.
		b.	It is an easy formula to remember.
		c.	It is a mathematical rule.
		d.	It creates compositions that are pleasing to the eye.
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	2.	Which statement about proportion is TRUE?

		a.	A basketball player's arms, legs, and torso will have larger proportions than those of a smaller person.
		b.	Body proportions can be defined in inches or centimeters.
		c.	Most people vary with regard to proportion.
		d.	The head is the unit most often used to define the proportions of the individual figure.
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	3.	How do you know an artist has used foreshortening?

		a.	An object will look shorter than it really is.
		b.	An object will look taller than it really is.
		c.	An object will look larger than it really is.
		d.	An object will look smaller than it really is.
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	4.	How many units tall is the average adult?

		a.	eight
		b.	seven and a half
		c.	ten
		d.	five and three quarters
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	5.	Why does an artist use exaggeration and distortion in a work of art?

		a.	to convey a particular feeling or mood
		b.	to show the world as it really is
		c.	to make viewers turn away
		d.	to show that the artist does not care about proportion or scale
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	6.	What effect does exaggeration have in cartoons?

		a.	It makes the cartoons more humorous.
		b.	It expresses the artist's deep feelings.
		c.	It helps the artist's effort to communicate.
		d.	It makes the cartoons seem realistic.
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	7.	When a face is drawn on a grid (a vertical axis intersected with three equally spaced horizontal lines), where should the eyes be placed?

		a.	below the lowest horizontal line
		b.	on the central horizontal line
		c.	in the top fourth of the head
		d.	on the lowest horizontal line
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	8.	What is the ratio of the sides in the Golden Rectangle?

		a.	The longer sides are only a little longer than the shorter sides.
		b.	The longer sides are two and a half times longer than the shorter sides.
		c.	The longer sides are twice as long as the shorter sides.
		d.	The longer sides are a little more than one and a half times as long as the shorter sides.
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	9.	When you consider proportion in a painting, what are you looking at?

		a.	the artist's use of distortion
		b.	relationships between sizes
		c.	realistic representation
		d.	the artist's use of color
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	10.	Which is an example of hierarchical proportion?

		a.	A drawing composed using the Golden Mean.
		b.	A sculpture in which the figure's head is bigger than the rest of its body.
		c.	A painting in which the most important person is larger than the other human figures.
		d.	A painting in which the subject's head is smaller than the rest of his body.
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