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Architecture and Visual Arts Test

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5 Written Questions

5 Matching Questions

  1. Parallel Perspective
  2. subversive texture
  3. Amplified perspective
  4. Actual mass
  5. Tromp-l' oeil
  1. a a method of implying depth in which parallel lines do not converge as objects recede from the viewer
  2. b exaggerated perspective that begins with an image that juts out toward the viewer and then recedes toward the background
  3. c the true mass of an object that occupies 3D space
  4. d texture that is chosen or created by the artist to foil or undermine our ideas about the objects being depicted
  5. e a painting or other art form that created a realistic image that the viewer may wonder whether it is real or an illusion

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. overhanging beam or floor supported only at one end
  2. shapes derived from those of living things found in nature. Lines are curved to suggest movement and growth
  3. the power to withstand compression
  4. vaulting produced by intersecting two barrel vaults at right angles
  5. a cylindrical dome placed on top of a square room

5 True/False Questions

  1. Balancea path made by moving points. has width and endpoints

          

  2. multiple perspectivethe depiction of objects from more than one vantage point, providing a broader picture

          

  3. Flying Buttressesvaulting produced by intersecting two barrel vaults at right angles

          

  4. abstract shapesWhen subjects have been reduced from their actual shape to shapes perceived by the artist to be more essential

          

  5. amorphous shapeswithout shape