Line

A mark of greater length than width

Shape

An area enclosed by a line or series of lines

Form

A shape that has or appears to have depth (volume or a third dimension)

Color

The response of vision to the wavelengths of light

Value

The amount of light reflected by a surface.

Texture

The way an artwork feels or appears to feel to the touch.

Space

The volume taken up by and surrounding forms or shapes.

Unity

The whole artwork "working". All of the elements working together to create a pleasing whole.

Movement

Arrangement of the elements to lead the viewer's eye around the composition (artwork) instead of having it remain fixed.

Balance

Equilibrium. Any of the elements can be arranged to create this symetrically or asymetrically

Variety

Difference

Emphasis

Drawing special interest to the most important part of an artwork.

Rhythm

A visual "beat" A pattern regularly or irregularly repeated

Proportion

Size or quantity relationships

Principles of Design

Ways the elements of art can be arranged to achieve effective art works

Elements of Art

The basic "building blocks" of every artwork

description

The first step of a 4 step Feldman criticism in which you tell/show the reader/viewer what artwork you are criticizing

analysis

The second step of a 4 step Feldman in which you discuss elements and principles, media and technique

interpretation

The third step of a 4 step Feldman in which you hypothesize about the meaning of the artwork and support that hypothesis with evidence from the artwork

judgment

The last (4th) step of a Feldman in which you determine how successful the artwork is based on at least 2 aesthetic theories

imitation

The aesthetic theory a person uses who judges an artwork based on how realistic or abstract it is

formal order

The aesthetic theory a person uses who judges an artwork based on how well designed or technically crafted it is

instrumental

The aesthetic theory a person uses who judges an artwork based on its utility (usefulness or functionality)

expression

The aesthetic theory a person uses who judges an artwork based how much meaning or feeling it conveys to the viewer

Brunelleschi

This artist and architect developed a scientific system of linear perspective for use by visual artists

Giotto

This artist pre-dated the development of scientific linear perspective and so the perspective in his paintings was approximate and did not recede to a single vanishing point

Massacio

This artist was the first to employ the scientific system of linear perspective in his painting "The Trinity"

Mantegna

This artist experimented with unusual viewpoints

Ucello

This artist was so in love with perspective that he created a drawing of a fountain that looks as if it could have been done on a computer

Durer

This artist was from the North but contributed to the study of perspective and even helped develop multiple vanishing point perspective

Leonardo

This artist used the technique of atmospheric perspective and even wrote about the phenomenon in his journal

Holbein

This artist created a piece of anamorphic art that has an image of a skull smeared across the bottom. His name means hollow bone

Raphael

This "final master" of the Renaissance painted "The School of Athens" showing famous thinkers of antiquity and used himself and other famous artists as models

Michelangelo

This artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel with many carefully shaded figures

orthogonal

Perspective (imagined) lines pointing to the vanishing point are referred to as _______ lines

horizon

The eye line or eye level in perspective drawing is also called the _________ line.

vanishing point

Orthogonal lines converge at the ____________

Kuniyoshi

This Japanese printmaker loved plays and actors and made many prints depicting them

Hokusai

This Japanese printmaker did a series called Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

Ukioyo-e

The Japanese art of printmaking is called _________ (It literally means "pictures of the floating world")

Brayer

Tool used to charge the block (not "roller" but proper name)

registration

In printmaking, the process of getting your colors and values to line up is called,

reduction printing

In this printmaking process the same block is used for each sucessively darker value and the block is destroyed in the process.

linoleum

The printing blocks we used were made out of (not the styrofoam ones)

wood

Japanese printmakers used this material for their blocks.

away from you

When carving a print block, what direction should the blade be moving?

wedging

What initital technique does one use when working with more than 10 lbs of clay?

kneading

What initial technique does one use when working with less than 10 lbs of clay?

bisque

The initial firing of dried clay pieces (greenware) is called _______ fire

glaze

The second firing of clay pieces to which color or clear material has been applied is called the ______ fire.

kiln

Name of the oven in which clay is fired.