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Visual Arts Vocab

Subject : visual-arts
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1. Colors suggesting warmth: red - yellow - and orange.






2. The purpose and use of a work of art.






3. A type of art in which events are planned and enacted before an audience for aesthetic reasons.






4. Having no recognizable object as an image. Also called nonrepresentational.






5. Having height - width - and depth. Also referred to as 3-D.






6. A work of art for Which more than one type of art material is used to create the finished piece.






7. Refers to the colors red - yellow - and blue. From these all other colors are created.






8. The drawing of lines quickly and loosely to show movement in a subject.






9. This may be horizontal - vertical - or diagonal.






10. Lightness or darkness of a hue or neutral color. A value scale shows the range of values from black to white.






11. 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.






12. Ideas that express ideas and moods.






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






15. 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).






16. An artistic composition made of various materials (e.g. - paper - cloth - or wood) glued on a surface.






17. The representation of people - subjects - and scenes from everyday life.






18. Formed or enclosed by straight lines to create a rectangle.






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






20. The transferring of an inked image from one surface (from the plate or block) to another (usually paper).






21. A type of art in which events are planned and enacted before an audience for aesthetic reasons.






22. The colors black - white - gray - and variations of brown. They are included in the color family called earth colors.






23. 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.






24. Ideas that express ideas and moods.






25. In perspective drawing - a point at which receding lines seem to converge.






26. A principle of art concerned with combining one or more elements of art in different ways to create interest.






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






28. The plan - conception - or organization of a work of art; the arrangement of independent parts (the elements of art) to form a coordinated whole.






29. The outside size and bulk of a form - such as a building or a sculpture; the visual weight of an object.






30. A work of art for Which more than one type of art material is used to create the finished piece.






31. Colors that are mixtures of two primaries. Red and yellow make orange - yellow and blue make green - and blue and red make violet.






32. Scale showing the range of values from black to white and light to dark.






33. Formed or enclosed by curved lines.






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






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






36. Refers to shapes or spaces that are or represent areas unoccupied by objects.






37. Refers to the colors red - yellow - and blue. From these all other colors are created.






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






39. An element of art. Color has three properties: hue - value - and intensity.






40. This may be horizontal - vertical - or diagonal.






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






42. Shapes or spaces that are or represent solid objects.






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






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






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






46. Intentional - regular repetition of lines of shapes to achieve a specific repetitious effect or pattern.






47. A guide for judgment or scoring; a description of expectations.






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






49. 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.






50. 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.