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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 perceive | is to become deeply aware through the sense of the special nature of a visual object |
| artists | are creative indivduals who use imagination and skill to communciate in visual form |
| elments of art | basic visual symbols in the language of art and they are line shape, form, space, color, value and texture |
| principles of art | basic rule that govern how artists organize the elements of art. These rules are rhythm, movement, pattern, balance, proportion, variety, emphasic, harmony, and unity. |
| subject | image viewers can easily identify in a work of art |
| composition | is the way the principles of art used to organize the elements of art. |
| content | is the message the work communicates |
| credit lines | include important facts that will help you further understand each work of art..those facts are name, title of the work, the year, medium, size, and location |
| line | is an element of art that is the path of a moving point through space. |
| dimensions | amount of space an object takes up in one direction. |
| basic / implied lines | vertical, horizontal (left to right), diagonal, zigzag |
| Value | is the element of art that describes the lightness or darkness of an object |
| crosshatching | technique of using crossed lines for shading |
| expressive line | types of this are contour drawing, gesture, calligraphic |
| contour draqing | you use a continuous line to define the edges and surface ridge of an object. Exterior |
| gesture drawing | you can draw short, loose lines to capture movement . Interior |
| Calligraphic | is often associated with Asian wring and art |
| calligraphy | beautiful handwriting |
| shape | is a two dimensional area that is defined in some |
| geometric shapes | are precise shapes that can be described using mathematical formulas, includes circle, square, triangle, oval, rectangle, octagon, parallelogram, trapezoid, pentagon, and hexagon. |
| free-form | or organic shapes are irregular and uneven shapes |
| forms | are three dimensional they are like shapes because they have length width and depth |
| space | is the element that refers to the emptiness or area between, around, above, below, or within objects |
| high relief | when the postive areas project farther out, the work is called |
| low / bas relief | artworks that are freestanding are surrounded by negative space where relief sculpture projects into negative space. when the positive areas project the flat surface |
| holograms | images in 3D created with laser beam |
| point of view | the spatial property of the position from which something is observed |
| chiaroscuro | the arrangement of light and shadow |
| perspective | graphic system that creates the illusion of depth and volume on a 2D surface |
| color | is an element of art derived from reflected light, (reflects light waves) |
| hue | is the name of color |
| primary colors | red yellow blue |
| secondary colors | orange violet, and green |
| intermediate colors | mixtures of primary and secondary colors |
| complementary colors | are the colors opposite from each others on the color wheel |
| value | is element of art describes the darkness and lightness shade |
| intensity | is the brightness or dullness or a hue |
| monchromatic | color scheme artist use only one hue and tints and shad of the hue |
| analogous colors | side by side colors on the color wheel |
| pigments | finely ground (powder) |
| binder | hold grains of picgment |
| solvent | is the liquid that controls the thickness or thiness |
| texture | is the element of art that refers to how things feel or look as if they might feel. |
| visual texture | is the illusion of 3D surface |
| tactile texture | the texture you feel |
| matte surfaces | reflect soft or dull |
| shiny surfaces | recreate all of these textures by focusing on reflections of light and color |
| frottage | freshly painted canvas is placed right side up over a raised texture and rubbed or scraped across the surface of the paint |
| grattage | effects wet paint is scratched with a variety of tool such as forks, razors and combs |
| decalcomania | paint forced into random |
| rhythm | is the principle of art that indicates movement by the repetition of elements object |
| visual rhythm | you receive there your eye rather than through your ears |
| pattern | is the principle of art that is concerned with decorated surface design. |
| motif | repeated in visual pattern |
| visual movement | is the principle or art used to create the look and feeling action and to guide the viewer's eyes throughout the work or art |
| kinetic | sculpture actually move in space |
| balance | is the principle of art concerned with equalizing visual forces or elements of art |
| central axis | dividing line that works like the point of balance scale |
| symmetry | is a special type of formal balance in which two halves of a balanced composition are identical |
| radial balance | a complex variation of symmetry |
| informal balance | seems more realistic than formal balance because it is close to what appears in nature |
| informal balance | asymmetry involves a balance of unlike objects |
| golden mean | the line divided into two parts so that the smaller line has the same proportion to the larger line |
| hierarchical proportion | figures are arranged in work of art so the scale indicates importance |
| foreshortening | when artists shorten an object to make it look as if it extends backward |
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