Course #: ART 1141, Section 2
CRN 57016, 3 Credit Hours, Fall 2015
Instructor: Sarah Rockett
Take-home Reading Quiz #2
Metropolitan State University of Denver
School of Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Department: Art
Name: _________________________________
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DUE: November 30, 2015
Illusional Space (class website)
1. Name 4 indicators of Illusional space (other than foreground, middle ground, background). (1 pt each)
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2. Explain Atmospheric Perspective. (3 pts)
Drawing: Structure and Vision
3. In linear perspective, the horizon line represents the viewer’s ___________________________ . (1 pt)
4. ______________________ is a series of short repetitive marks common in works by Vincent van Gogh. (1 pt)
5. "As you further your sensitivity to drawing processes, you will become more aware of how your hand's
motion, pressure, and path are recorded by the media onto the paper and reveal the making, or the
__________________________, of the drawing." (1 pt)
6. How is Martin Johnson Heade's sketchbook study contrasted with Van Gogh's work? (3 pts)
7. Explain "contraposto". (3 pts)
8. What is the Italian painter Giotto often credited with initiating? And, how does he achieve this in his work?
(3 pts)
9. List 4 landmarks that can be used when drawing the human figure. (1 pt each)
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