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Méret Oppenheim was part of an art movement that rejected rational, conscious thought. Her fur-lined teacup and saucer, Object, conjures an unexpected and illogical sensation for the viewer by using ________ texture.

A) subversive
B) expected
C) familiar
BOX: The Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
D) smooth
E) silky

F) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

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Our experience of objects in the natural world often leads us to assume that a large object will be heavy, but in fact this is not necessarily the case. This element of art is called ________.

A) space
B) volume
C) texture
D) form
E) mass

F) A) and E)
G) None of the above

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An upright stone that has an incised relief on its surface, such as the Maya sculpture (1.35) , is known as ________.

This term refers to the substance contained in an object, but it does not necessarily imply weight.

In her work Object, a fur-lined teacup and saucer, the Swiss artist Méret Oppenheim employed subversive texture to contradict conscious logical experience. She belonged to the ________ art movement, which drew on ideas and images from dreams and the unconscious mind.

A two-dimensional object is called a shape, and a three-dimensional object is known as a ________.

Marisol was commissioned to create a sculpture of the Catholic missionary Father Damien. A stout figure in heavy bronze, the statue possesses a weighty ________ that communicates the strong beliefs and courageous determination of the priest.

When we touch an object we experience a tactile sensation that artists refer to as ________ texture.

This type of relief, which takes its name from the French word for low, does not imply great depth.

To imply greater depth, the sculptor who created the relief carvings on the outside of the Ara Pacis Augustae carved the figures in the ________ more deeply than those that are in the background, in order to make them stand out more.

Because it is three-dimensional, a form has these three spatial measurements: height, width, and ________.

Because a form exists in "real" space we can experience it not only visually, but also through the sense of ________.

Marisol's work Father Damien was created to memorialize the heroism of a priest who lost his life helping the victims of leprosy. This sculpture stands in front of the State Capitol Building in the U.S. State of ________.

In Vesperbild (or Pietà) from fourteenth-century Germany (1.32) , the shrunken, twisted body of Jesus and the oversized, anguished head of Mary are accentuated for expressive effect. This distortion of the human body, ________ form that we can all understand, makes the viewer feel uneasy and impresses on us the suffering of a mother and son.

These four visual elements of art-form, volume, mass, and texture-are present in ________ works of art.

The organic form and abstract quality of Lino Tagliapietra's sculpture, Batman, allow it to express the idea of ________.

Forms that tend to be irregular, and similar to naturally occurring objects, are known as ________ forms.

Forms such as pyramids, which tend to be precise and regular, are known as ________ forms.

The visual impact of the Olmec sculpture of a Colossal Head (1.40) is directly related to its mass.

The element of art that defines the amount of space occupied by an object is ________.