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Visual Arts Vocab

Subject : visual-arts
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1. A small preliminary model (as of a sculpture or a building).






2. The organization of elements in a work of art.






3. A three-dimensional volume or the illusion of three dimensions (related to shape - which is two-dimensional); the particular characteristics of the visual elements of a work of art (as distinguished from its subject matter or content).






4. Colors suggesting warmth: red - yellow - and orange.






5. Sensory components used to create works of art: line - color - shape/form - texture - value - space.






6. A three-dimensional composition in which a collection of objects is unified in a sculptural work.






7. The emptiness or area between - around - above - below - or contained within objects. Shapes and forms are defined by the space around and within them - just as spaces are defined by the shapes and forms around and within them.






8. Total visual effect in a composition achieved by the careful blending of the elements of art and the principles of design.






9. Color shaded or darkened with gray (black plus white).






10. Refers to an image produced by the imagination and not existing in reality.






11. A color scheme involving the use of only one hue that can vary in value or intensity.






12. The place in a work of art on which attention becomes centered because of an element emphasized in some way.






13. 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.






14. Having height and width but not depth. Also referred to as 2-D.






15. The way in which parts are arranged or put together to form a whole.






16. Colors suggesting coolness: blue - green - and violet.






17. Refers to the process of joining a series of parts together to create a sculpture.






18. The organization of elements in a work of art.






19. Anything repeated in a predictable combination.






20. A system for representing three-dimensional objects viewed in spatial recession on a two-dimensional surface.






21. 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.






22. Anything repeated in a predictable combination.






23. Condition of being twisted or bent out of shape. In art - distortion is often used as an expressive technique.






24. A system for representing three-dimensional objects viewed in spatial recession on a two-dimensional surface.






25. The state of mind or feeling communicated in a work of art - frequently through color.






26. Refers to closely related colors; a color scheme that combines several hues next to each other on the color wheel.






27. Condition of being twisted or bent out of shape. In art - distortion is often used as an expressive technique.






28. Formed or enclosed by curved lines.






29. Plural of medium - referring to materials used to make art; categories of art (e.g. - painting - sculpture - film).






30. Refers to the process of joining a series of parts together to create a sculpture.






31. Personal and thoughtful consideration of an artwork - an aesthetic experience - or the creative process.






32. The importance of the emphasis of one aspect in relation to all other aspects of a design.






33. Also called atmospheric - perspective achieved by using bluer - lighter - and duller hues for distant objects in a two-dimensional work of art.






34. The part of the picture plane that seems to be farthest from the viewer.






35. The organization of works of art. They involve the ways in which the elements of art are arranged (balance - contrast - dominance - emphasis - movement - repetition - rhythm - subordination - variation - unity).






36. 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.






37. Skills learned while observing firsthand the object - figure - or place.






38. Difference between two or more elements (e.g. - value - color - texture) in a composition; juxtaposition of dissimilar elements in a work of art; also - the degree of difference between the lightest and darkest parts of a picture.






39. Images in which characteristics of objects are likened to one another and represented as that other. They are closely related to concepts about symbolism.






40. The size relationships of one part to the whole and of one part to another.






41. Transparent pigment mixed with water. Paintings done with this medium are known as watercolors.






42. Refers to shapes or forms having irregular edges or to surfaces or objects resembling things existing in nature.






43. Having height and width but not depth. Also referred to as 2-D.






44. A point moving in space. This can vary in width - length - curvature - color - or direction.






45. The drawing of an object as though the drawing tool is moving along all the edges and ridges of the form.






46. Refers to sculpting method produced by removing or taking away from the original material (the opposite of additive).






47. Also called color schemes or harmonies. They refer to the relationships of colors on the color wheel. Basic color schemes include monochromatic - analogous - and complementary.






48. The size relationships of one part to the whole and of one part to another.






49. A way to show three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface. Lines appear to go away from the viewer and meet at a single point on the horizon known as the vanishing point.






50. Also called color schemes or harmonies. They refer to the relationships of colors on the color wheel. Basic color schemes include monochromatic - analogous - and complementary.