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Visual Arts Vocab
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1. A small preliminary model (as of a sculpture or a building).
Performance art
Maquette
Sculpture
Theme
2. The organization of elements in a work of art.
Composition
Installation art
Motif
Contrast
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).
Virtual
Distortion
Form
Arbitrary colors
4. Colors suggesting warmth: red - yellow - and orange.
Contrast
Tint
Curvature
Warm colors
5. Sensory components used to create works of art: line - color - shape/form - texture - value - space.
Mood
Two-point perspective
Hue
Elements of art
6. A three-dimensional composition in which a collection of objects is unified in a sculptural work.
Assemblage
Performance art
Rubric
Shade
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.
Neutral colors
Scale
Space
Contrast
8. Total visual effect in a composition achieved by the careful blending of the elements of art and the principles of design.
Contrast
Tint
Unity
Positive
9. Color shaded or darkened with gray (black plus white).
Contour drawings
Tone
Structure
Virtual
10. Refers to an image produced by the imagination and not existing in reality.
Tint
Reflection
Virtual
Still life
11. A color scheme involving the use of only one hue that can vary in value or intensity.
Observational drawing skills
Properties of color
Monochromatic
Color relationships
12. The place in a work of art on which attention becomes centered because of an element emphasized in some way.
One-point perspective
Focal point
Gesture drawing
Virtual
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.
Aesthetics
Sculpture
Visual literacy
Positive
14. Having height and width but not depth. Also referred to as 2-D.
Volume
Two-dimensional
Art criticism
Line direction
15. The way in which parts are arranged or put together to form a whole.
Three-dimensional
Structure
Installation art
Content
16. Colors suggesting coolness: blue - green - and violet.
Neutral colors
Cool colors
Pattern
Properties of color
17. Refers to the process of joining a series of parts together to create a sculpture.
Two-point perspective
Line direction
Subordination
Additive
18. The organization of elements in a work of art.
Composition
Background
Two-dimensional
Properties of color
19. Anything repeated in a predictable combination.
Theme
Observational drawing skills
Color
Pattern
20. A system for representing three-dimensional objects viewed in spatial recession on a two-dimensional surface.
Tint
Monochromatic
Perspective
Color relationships
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.
Visual literacy
Structure
Secondary colors
Tint
22. Anything repeated in a predictable combination.
Content
Color theory
Tint
Pattern
23. Condition of being twisted or bent out of shape. In art - distortion is often used as an expressive technique.
Focal point
Distortion
Middle ground
Two-point perspective
24. A system for representing three-dimensional objects viewed in spatial recession on a two-dimensional surface.
Composition
Neutral colors
Assemblage
Perspective
25. The state of mind or feeling communicated in a work of art - frequently through color.
Organic
Portfolio
Value
Mood
26. Refers to closely related colors; a color scheme that combines several hues next to each other on the color wheel.
Style
Analogous
Foreground
Performance art
27. Condition of being twisted or bent out of shape. In art - distortion is often used as an expressive technique.
Asymmetry
Properties of color
Distortion
Neutral colors
28. Formed or enclosed by curved lines.
One-point perspective
Structure
Line direction
Curvilinear
29. Plural of medium - referring to materials used to make art; categories of art (e.g. - painting - sculpture - film).
Linear perspective
Media
Vanishing point
Additive
30. Refers to the process of joining a series of parts together to create a sculpture.
Stylized
Line
Line direction
Additive
31. Personal and thoughtful consideration of an artwork - an aesthetic experience - or the creative process.
Shade
Reflection
Proportion
Dominance
32. The importance of the emphasis of one aspect in relation to all other aspects of a design.
Neutral colors
Additive
Color
Dominance
33. Also called atmospheric - perspective achieved by using bluer - lighter - and duller hues for distant objects in a two-dimensional work of art.
Perspective
Aerial perspective
Principles of design
Contrast
34. The part of the picture plane that seems to be farthest from the viewer.
Composition
Background
Abstract
Shape
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).
Complementary colors
Focal point
Principles of design
Emphasis
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.
Value
Installation art
Art criticism
Shape
37. Skills learned while observing firsthand the object - figure - or place.
Pattern
Monochromatic
Harmony
Observational drawing skills
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.
Complementary colors
Vanishing point
Art criticism
Contrast
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.
Visual metaphor
Maquette
Properties of color
Rectilinear
40. The size relationships of one part to the whole and of one part to another.
Line quality
Performance art
Three-dimensional
Proportion
41. Transparent pigment mixed with water. Paintings done with this medium are known as watercolors.
Point of view
Vanishing point
Line direction
Watercolor
42. Refers to shapes or forms having irregular edges or to surfaces or objects resembling things existing in nature.
Organic
Distortion
Line direction
Value scale
43. Having height and width but not depth. Also referred to as 2-D.
Two-dimensional
Proportion
Vanishing point
Color
44. A point moving in space. This can vary in width - length - curvature - color - or direction.
Line
Mood
Theme
Emphasis
45. The drawing of an object as though the drawing tool is moving along all the edges and ridges of the form.
Subordination
Contour drawings
Point of view
Emphasis
46. Refers to sculpting method produced by removing or taking away from the original material (the opposite of additive).
Media
Function
Subtractive
Linear perspective
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.
Volume
Middle ground
Abstract
Color relationships
48. The size relationships of one part to the whole and of one part to another.
Virtual
Proportion
Hue
Color relationships
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.
Maquette
Cool colors
One-point perspective
Proportion
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.
Color relationships
Line
Figurative
Design