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Chapter 5 – Space
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper is based on what specific type of perspective?
a) isometric perspective
b) trimetric perspective
c) one-point linear perspective
d) two-point linear perspective
2. Gustave Caillebotte’s Place de l’Europe on a Rainy Day (fig. 104; p. 83) is based on
what specific type of perspective?
a) isometric perspective
b) trimetric perspective
c) one-point linear perspective
d) multiple-point perspective (both one- and two-point perspective are used)
3. In Harmony in Red (The Red Room), Henri Matisse deliberately intended to violate the
laws of perspective. Why?
a) He did not understand perspective.
b) He preferred flat space and disliked shading.
c) His interests were in things other than pure verisimilitude.
d) He was more comfortable with the two-dimensional plane.
4. Paul Cézanne’s Madame Cézanne in a Red Armchair (fig. 114; p. 89) illustrates that
the artist was more interested in:
a) Design
b) Pattern
c) Color
d) All of the Above.
5. What is the metaphorical significance of the carved sculpture, Feast Making Spoon,
from the Ivory Coast (fig. 94)?
a) it represents the battle between good and evil
b) it represents the power of the imagination to transform an everyday object into a
symbolically charged container of social good.
c) it gives a sense of the duality of light and dark, plenty and scarcity
d) it represents the seasonal harvest of grain
6. Where is the negative space in the Rubin vase?
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a) in the white area
b) in the dark area
c) on the edges between the white and dark areas
d) in both, depending on how you look at it
7. Where is the vanishing point in Duccio’s Perspective Analysis of Annunciation of the
Death of the Virgin, from the Maestá Altarpiece?
a) at the virgin’s hands
b) just above and to the left of the virgin’s head
c) at several points in the composition since Medieval artists used multiple viewpoints
d) at the angels head
8. In Steve DiBenedetto’s Deliverance, the artist is able to use ___________to create a
sense of space.
a) overlapping images
b) line
c) linear perspective
d) atmospheric perspective
9. What is the most obvious visual element in Matisse’s Harmony in Red (The Red
Room)?
a) its lack of special depth
b) the deep, atmospheric space
c) the overall cool composition
d) it is highly textured
10. Where is the vanishing point in The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci?
a) in the upper-left corner
b) at Jesus’ head
c) at the head of the figure just to Jesus’ left
d) in the landscape seen through the window on the left
11. As is common in Japanese art, the Kumano mandala creates the illusion of space by
utilizing:
a) oblique projection.
b) monocular projection.
c) linear perspective.
d) foreshortening.
12. In The Dead Christ (p. 86), Andrea Mantegna utilizes the technique of ______ in
order to adjust the distortion created by the point of view.
a) chiaroscuro
b) isometric projection
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c) oblique projection
d) foreshortening
13. In the Rubin vase illustration (p. 76), the black shape can be seen alternately as a
foreground object resembling a vase, or as a background space between two white
profiled faces. What is this relationship called?
a) linear perspective
b) atmospheric perspective
c) scientific perspective
d) figure–ground reversal
14. Although created for different purposes, Barbara Hepworth’s Two Figures and the
African feast-making spoon (pp. 77) share a similar trait. What is it?
a) They are both based on the animal form.
b) They are both positive forms that contain negative space.
c) They are both constructed from clay.
d) They are both functional artworks.
15. A picture drawn in perspective that employs a single point of vision is called:
a) binocular vision.
b) one-point perspective.
c) pyramidal vision.
d) monocular vision.
16. Why is the stereoscope (p. 85) such an effective means of describing “real” space?
a) It works with a computer.
b) It mimics one-point perspective.
c) It exists in real space.
d) It mimics binocular vision.
17. The surface of a painting or drawing is called:
a) the figure ground.
b) the picture plane.
c) the volume.
d) the composition.
18. On axonometric projection (p. 84), all lines indicating height, width, and depth
remain:
a) perpendicular.
b) parallel.
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c) diagonal.
d) horizontal.
19. According to Sayre, our notion of space has changed abruptly and even become
“fluid” since the beginning of the twentieth century due to:
a) the exploration of the oceans.
b) the advent of perspective.
c) new discoveries in astronomy.
d) Einstein’s theories.
20. There is a contradiction in the appearance of Martin Puryear’s Self. What is it?
a) it is much heavier than it looks because of the materials the artist used
b) the value of the paint is much lighter than it appears in the photograph
c) it is much lighter than it appears, because it is hollow
d) it is actually just two-dimensional
21. As in Suney, Olafur Eliasson is known for mainly using what “materials” in his work?
a) bronze
b) oil paint
c) found objects
d) light
22. When and where was linear perspective first codified (studied, organized, and written
down)?
a) in the late 18th century United States
b) in the 12th century on the Iberian peninsula
c) during the Renaissance in Italy
d) during the classical period in Greece
23. DaVinci’s The Last Supper is a perfect example of ____________.
a) one-point perspective
b) two-point perspective
c) multiple-point perspective
d) atmospheric perspective
24. Paul Strand’s Abstraction, Porch Shadows reflects a 20th century effort to challenge
the viewers perspective with ____________.
a) traditional compositions
b) high contrast images
c) patterns of light and dark
d) odd or distorted perspective
25. What media does Terry Winters use in his work, like Color and Information?
a) oil paint
b) black-and-white woodcuts
c) computers and scanners
d) all of the above
26. What is the outcome, or the content of Mary Flanagan’s (collection)?
a) it draws upon information found on participants hard-drives to create a kind of
collective unconscious of the Internet
b) it draws upon the memories of the artist to create a surrealistic landscape
c) it is a reflection of the subconscious of the artist and is meant to be read as a
glimpse into the psyche of Flanagan
d) it is rendered in Photoshop and meant as advertisements for computer companies
27. In the 15th century in Italy there was a profound redefinition of space with the
codification and usage of linear perspective. Some see the same thing happening today
with______________.
a) increased urbanization
b) the increased usage and manipulation of cyberspace and virtual realities
c) the ubiquity of television
d) new technology like the printing press
Short Answer Questions
28. List three different techniques artists have used to convey the illusion of deep space
29. What are the three types of axonometric projection?
31. In linear perspective systems, where is the vanishing point located?
32. What is created the instant a shape is placed onto a ground?
33. What do Umbo’s Weird Street and Matisse’s Harmony in Red (The Red Room) have
in common?
Essay Questions
34. Discuss how Renaissance artists interpreted the use of scientific perspective systems.
35. What is the difference between one-point and two-point linear perspective?