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	The Greek sculptor Polykleitos created the Doryphoros or "spear carrier," to illustrate his famous __________.   canon modeling technique school of sculpture javelin technique All answers are correct.

	One of the Greeks’ favorite models of proportion, used in their architecture, is called ________.   the Canonical Facade entendre balance the Doryphoros the four point plan the Golden Section

	Artists achieve visual balance in a composition by one of three means: __________.   symmetrical, asymmetrical, or radial balance framal pressure, implosion, or inertia emphasis, entasis, or asymmetry entasis, counter-positioning, or the golden section unity, diversity, or afocal emphasis

	When each side of a composition is exactly the same, we have _________.   analogous balance raking symmetry asymmetrical balance a rather boring compostion absolute bilateral symmetry

	Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance is a good example of ________ balance.   asymmetrical bilateral radial bilinguil

	When an object’s visual elements radiate outward from a central point, it’s called ________ balance.   interior monocular radial afocal

	When a composition such as Larry Poon’s Orange Crush deliberately avoids emphasis, we say that it is ________.   action painting asymmetrical multifocal afocal

	In the thirteenth century C.E., _________ discovered that the Golden Section could be found in any part of an infinite system of numbers.   Nostradamus Fibonacci Egyptopithicus Brunelleschi

	Repetition often implies monotony, yet it can create a sense of __________.   visual interest rhythm vertigo movement

	According to Robert Venturi, author of Learning from Las Vegas, _________ is the "order we cannot see."   disorder implied organization postmodernism symmetry

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