Elements & Principles of Design in PHOTOGRAPHY
Pre-QUIZ and Study Guide
Directions: Record the correct letter on sheet provided.
1. What is a line?
a. one of the most fundamental art elements b. Path followed between two points.
c. Can be thick, thin, zig-zag
d. All answers are correct
2. What is repetition?
a. the look of movement
b. used only on clothing
c. changing from light to dark d. the action of repeating something
3. What is value?
a. worth in usefulness or importance to the possessor
b. black and white
c. refers to the quality of lightness and darkness of a color d. all the above
4. What is symmetrical balance?
a. even on both sides b. unbalanced c. use of circles d. divided only in the middle of art
5. What is space:
a. a place available for a particular purpose b. the way a picture is composed
c. empty
d. gives a photo a three-dimensional feeling.
6. The element of art that refers to darkness or lightness is ___________.
a. value
b. hue
c. sunlight
d. spotlight
7. Line, shape, color, value, texture, space, and form as a group are called the __________.
a. Principles of Art b. Values of Art c. Ethics of Art d. Elements of Art
8. Complementary colors are:
a. Color next to each other on the color wheel
b. Colors made by mixing 2 primary colors
c. Colors that are across from each other on the color wheel
d. Colors made by mixing secondary with a primary color.
9. When mixing red and blue together, the resulting color is:
a. orange b. blue
c. green
d. violet
10. A shape has _____________ dimension(s).
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four
11. A form has _____________ dimension(s).
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four
12. The part of the picture plane that is farthest away from you is called the __________ .
a. distance b. overlap c. middle-ground d. background
13. In two- and three-dimensional art, the space between and around shapes and forms
is the ____________.
a. picture plane
b. positive space c. negative space d. background
14. The area between, around, above, below and within an object is a definition of _______.
a. space
b. picture plane
c. shape
d. background
15. A shape which can be defined by a mathematical formula and which is called a
_____________.
a. irregular b. organic c. geometric
d. algebraic
16. A form or shape that is very irregular and uneven is called:
a. regular b. organic c. geometric
d. linear
17. When you can see slick, smooth, rough, velvety, satiny, bumpy, in a photograph.
a. implied texture
b. line
c. value
d. contrast
18. The center-of-interest, which might be the largest, brightest, or lightest subject.
a. contrast
b. emphasis
c. repetition
d. unity
19. A shape is an area enclosed by an outline.
a. space
b. form
c. 2-D
d. 3-D
20. A form has height, width, and depth.
a. 3-D
b. shape
c. space
d. 2-D
Directions: Write down True or False next to the number on your sheet.
21. There are five kinds of lines: straight, curved, horizontal, vertical, and combination.
TRUE or FALSE
22. Are shape and form similar to each other? TRUE or FALSE
23. Texture makes a photograph look real and suggest its three-dimensional, rather than the
two-dimensional object that it actually is. TRUE or FALSE
24. The Principles of Design are: balance, unity, variety, movement, rhythm, emphasis,
proportion, and pattern. TRUE or FALSE
25. Composition refers to the arrangement and relationship of the similar parts that make up
the whole image. TRUE or FALSE
Label using Elements and Principles of Art/Design to see which 3 terms dominate the
photograph. Record on your answer sheet.
Color, emphasis, texture, form
26.
Proportion, emphasis, space, line
27.
Color, emphasis, repetition, texture
28.
Line, space, balance, repetition
29.
Proportion, space, color, form,
emphasis
30.
Shape, unity, color, variety, movement
31.
Value, texture, emphasis, color
32.
Identify as either: Realistic, Abstract, or Non-objective.
Record on your answer sheet.
Realistic
33.
Non-objective
34.
Realistic
35.
Realistic
36.
Abstract
37.
Realistic
38.
Abstract
39.
Non-objective
40.
Non-objective
41.
Realistic
42.
Abstract
43.
Abstract
44.
45. Name the famous photographer who did #35 ____Ansel Adams_____ .
(*hint: He took a lot of Yosemite State Park)