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Question | Answer |
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What is design? | To plan, to organize |
Why is art called creative fields? | There are no predetermined correct answers to the problems |
What are form and content in art and design? | Form is purely visual; content implies the subject matter, story, or information |
What are the three activities involved the design process? | Thinking looking doing |
What does “form follows function” mean in design? | Purpose defines the look and shape of an object |
What are included in a constructive model for critique? | Description, Analysis, interpretation |
What does “proportion” mean? | Proportion refers to the elative size, size measured against other elements or against some mental norm or standard. |
Why do we use scale and proportion in design? | Scale and proportion are closely tied to emphasis and focus point |
. What are three types of lines? Give examples of each. | Actual, implied and psychic |
What are line directions? | Horizontal, vertical, diagonal |
what does different line direction imply? | H- quiet and repose V-potential of activity D- strongly suggest motion |
What do “figure” and “ground” mean? | Figure- an object or foreground element Ground- the space or volume between figures or forms |
What is a nonobjective shape? | Shape with no object reference or subject matter |
What are are positive shapes? | any shape or object distinguished from the background |
What are negative shapes | Unoccupied area or empty space surrounding figures or boundaries |