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Visual Arts Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The unique character of a drawn line as it changes lightness/darkness - direction - curvature - or width.
Collage
Line quality
Neutral colors
Visual literacy
2. The principle of design dealing with the creation of action.
Media
Negative
Intensity
Movement
3. A color scheme involving the use of only one hue that can vary in value or intensity.
Two-point perspective
Sculpture
Gesture drawing
Monochromatic
4. Pertaining to representation of form or figure in art.
Figurative
Hue
Form
Composition
5. Colors that are mixtures of two primaries. Red and yellow make orange - yellow and blue make green - and blue and red make violet.
Two-dimensional
One-point perspective
Properties of color
Secondary colors
6. Message - idea - or feelings expressed in a work of art.
Stylized
Space
Content
Watercolor
7. Refers to the colors red - yellow - and blue. From these all other colors are created.
Primary colors
Composition
Gesture drawing
Linear perspective
8. The way in which the elements in visual arts are arranged to create a feeling of equilibrium in a work of art. The three types of balance are symmetry - asymmetry - and radial.
Volume
Color theory
Unity
Balance
9. A balance of parts on opposite sides of a perceived midline - giving the appearance of equal visual weight.
Genre
Asymmetry
Form
Line
10. The organization of elements in a work of art.
Composition
Aesthetics
Value
Line quality
11. Refers to sculpting method produced by removing or taking away from the original material (the opposite of additive).
One-point perspective
Subtractive
Expressive content
Arbitrary colors
12. Part of a two-dimensional artwork that appears to be nearer the viewer or in the front. Middle ground and background are the parts of the picture that appear to be farther and farthest away.
Abstract
Maquette
Foreground
Movement
13. A set of characteristics of the art of a culture - a period - or school of art. It is the characteristic expression of an individual artist.
Installation art
Value scale
Mass
Style
14. Artwork in which the subject matter is stated in a brief - simplified manner. Little or no attempt is made to represent images realistically - and objects are often simplified or distorted.
Proportion
Rhythm
Abstract
Color theory
15. Having height and width but not depth. Also referred to as 2-D.
Unity
Two-dimensional
Properties of color
Color relationships
16. Refers to shapes or forms having irregular edges or to surfaces or objects resembling things existing in nature.
Stylized
Organic
Negative
Design
17. Total visual effect in a composition achieved by the careful blending of the elements of art and the principles of design.
Intensity
Unity
Function
Art criticism
18. The state of mind or feeling communicated in a work of art - frequently through color.
Collage
Mixed media
One-point perspective
Mood
19. A system for representing three-dimensional objects viewed in spatial recession on a two-dimensional surface.
One-point perspective
Perspective
Structure
Function
20. A branch of philosophy; the study of art and theories about the nature and components of aesthetic experience.
Aesthetics
Tone
Contour drawings
Point of view
21. The unique character of a drawn line as it changes lightness/darkness - direction - curvature - or width.
Harmony
Point of view
Assemblage
Line quality
22. Special stress given to an element to make it stand out.
Vanishing point
Emphasis
Still life
Figurative
23. The hanging of ordinary objects on museum walls or the combining of found objects to create something completely new. Later - installation art was extended to include art as a concept.
Rubric
Pattern
Contour drawings
Installation art
24. Intentional - regular repetition of lines of shapes to achieve a specific repetitious effect or pattern.
Visual literacy
Volume
Subtractive
Rhythm
25. Anything repeated in a predictable combination.
Pattern
Line direction
Visual metaphor
Proportion
26. A balance of parts on opposite sides of a perceived midline - giving the appearance of equal visual weight.
Visual literacy
Asymmetry
Primary colors
Perspective
27. The outside size and bulk of a form - such as a building or a sculpture; the visual weight of an object.
Line quality
Aesthetics
Mass
Background
28. Arrangement or work of art showing a collection of inanimate objects.
Line direction
Still life
Pattern
Volume
29. A guide for judgment or scoring; a description of expectations.
Texture
Rubric
Color relationships
Subordination
30. Lightness or darkness of a hue or neutral color. A value scale shows the range of values from black to white.
Value
Analogous
Composition
Mixed media
31. A work of art for Which more than one type of art material is used to create the finished piece.
Visual literacy
Pattern
Composition
Mixed media
32. Special stress given to an element to make it stand out.
Scale
Emphasis
Shape
Harmony
33. A two-dimensional area or plane that may be open or closed - free-form or geometric. It can be found in nature or is made by humans.
Shape
Sculpture
Harmony
Unity
34. The place in a work of art on which attention becomes centered because of an element emphasized in some way.
Subordination
Focal point
One-point perspective
Virtual
35. Condition of being twisted or bent out of shape. In art - distortion is often used as an expressive technique.
Cool colors
Distortion
Foreground
Three-dimensional
36. The surface quality of materials - either actual (tactile) or implied (visual). It is one of the elements of art.
Curvature
Texture
Value scale
Curvilinear
37. Includes thinking and communication. Visual thinking is the ability to transform thoughts and information into images; visual communication takes place when people are able to construct meaning from the visual image.
Perspective
Visual literacy
Function
Aesthetics
38. A small preliminary model (as of a sculpture or a building).
Proportion
Curvature
Line direction
Maquette
39. The visual sensation dependent on the reflection or absorption of light from a given surface. The three characteristics of color are hue - value - and intensity.
Composition
Tint
Neutral colors
Color
40. Plural of medium - referring to materials used to make art; categories of art (e.g. - painting - sculpture - film).
Curvilinear
Organic
Movement
Media
41. A three-dimensional composition in which a collection of objects is unified in a sculptural work.
Genre
Function
Curvature
Assemblage
42. Color lightened with white added to it.
Contrast
Visual literacy
Proportion
Tint
43. Characteristics of colors: hue - value - intensity.
Properties of color
Style
Contrast
Nonobjective
44. A type of art in which events are planned and enacted before an audience for aesthetic reasons.
Value scale
Reflection
Performance art
Middle ground
45. Intentional - regular repetition of lines of shapes to achieve a specific repetitious effect or pattern.
Assemblage
Curvature
Rhythm
Multimedia
46. A branch of philosophy; the study of art and theories about the nature and components of aesthetic experience.
Assemblage
Aesthetics
Maquette
Cool colors
47. The visual sensation dependent on the reflection or absorption of light from a given surface. The three characteristics of color are hue - value - and intensity.
Color
Installation art
Color theory
Art criticism
48. Color lightened with white added to it.
Unity
Rhythm
Tint
Negative
49. A unit repeated over and over in a pattern. The repeated motif often creates a sense of rhythm.
Motif
Complementary colors
Media
Function
50. Sensory components used to create works of art: line - color - shape/form - texture - value - space.
Elements of art
Linear perspective
Content
Two-point perspective