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Visual Arts Vocab
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1. The place in a work of art on which attention becomes centered because of an element emphasized in some way.
Focal point
Motif
Volume
Subordination
2. The principle of design that combines elements in a work of art to emphasize the similarities of separate but related parts.
Scale
Harmony
Mass
Cool colors
3. A systematic - organized collection of student work.
Portfolio
Contrast
Contour drawings
Arbitrary colors
4. In perspective drawing - a point at which receding lines seem to converge.
Rubric
Shape
Vanishing point
Design
5. Colors that are mixtures of two primaries. Red and yellow make orange - yellow and blue make green - and blue and red make violet.
Multimedia
Secondary colors
Design
Primary colors
6. The space within a form (e.g. - in architecture - volume refers to the space within a building).
Scale
Analogous
Scale
Volume
7. A guide for judgment or scoring; a description of expectations.
Line
Figurative
Theme
Rubric
8. Also called chroma or saturation. It refers to the brightness of a color (a color is full only when pure and unmixed). This can be changed by adding black - white - gray - or an opposite color on the color wheel
Balance
Asymmetry
Shade
Intensity
9. A guide for judgment or scoring; a description of expectations.
Motif
Vanishing point
Gesture drawing
Rubric
10. The state of mind or feeling communicated in a work of art - frequently through color.
Collage
Mood
Perspective
Arbitrary colors
11. Refers to the process of joining a series of parts together to create a sculpture.
Additive
Color
Hue
Maquette
12. Refers to shapes or forms having irregular edges or to surfaces or objects resembling things existing in nature.
Properties of color
Space
Variety
Organic
13. Refers to the process of joining a series of parts together to create a sculpture.
Style
Additive
Watercolor
Reflection
14. Shapes or spaces that are or represent solid objects.
Texture
Positive
Three-dimensional
Point of view
15. 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.
Installation art
Media
Value
Media
16. Characteristics of colors: hue - value - intensity.
Shape
Color relationships
One-point perspective
Properties of color
17. The importance of the emphasis of one aspect in relation to all other aspects of a design.
Art criticism
Dominance
Aesthetics
Installation art
18. Intentional - regular repetition of lines of shapes to achieve a specific repetitious effect or pattern.
Tone
Stylized
Rhythm
Neutral colors
19. The principle of design dealing with the creation of action.
Neutral colors
Scale
Movement
Mixed media
20. The surface quality of materials - either actual (tactile) or implied (visual). It is one of the elements of art.
Texture
Two-point perspective
Shape
Variety
21. Sensory components used to create works of art: line - color - shape/form - texture - value - space.
Elements of art
Scale
Value scale
Movement
22. Having height and width but not depth. Also referred to as 2-D.
Two-dimensional
Space
Value
Negative
23. Refers to shapes or spaces that are or represent areas unoccupied by objects.
Warm colors
Negative
Observational drawing skills
Assemblage
24. A system for representing three-dimensional objects viewed in spatial recession on a two-dimensional surface.
Value
Design
Media
Perspective
25. Condition of being twisted or bent out of shape. In art - distortion is often used as an expressive technique.
Distortion
Expressive content
Rhythm
Subtractive
26. Colors selected and used without reference to those found in reality.
Aerial perspective
Value
Visual metaphor
Arbitrary colors
27. Refers to shapes or forms having irregular edges or to surfaces or objects resembling things existing in nature.
Distortion
Organic
One-point perspective
Visual metaphor
28. 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.
Tint
Elements of art
Style
Reflection
29. Personal and thoughtful consideration of an artwork - an aesthetic experience - or the creative process.
Theme
Tone
Reflection
Installation art
30. The state of mind or feeling communicated in a work of art - frequently through color.
Mood
Vanishing point
Foreground
Balance
31. Colors suggesting coolness: blue - green - and violet.
Cool colors
Principles of design
Focal point
Composition
32. 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).
Mixed media
Installation art
Pattern
Principles of design
33. A balance of parts on opposite sides of a perceived midline - giving the appearance of equal visual weight.
Background
Dominance
Value scale
Asymmetry
34. Colors suggesting warmth: red - yellow - and orange.
Rectilinear
Warm colors
Subtractive
Analogous
35. The plan - conception - or organization of a work of art; the arrangement of independent parts (the elements of art) to form a coordinated whole.
Volume
Genre
Perspective
Design
36. Having no recognizable object as an image. Also called nonrepresentational.
Nonobjective
Positive
Middle ground
Structure
37. 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.
Line
Negative
Perspective
Shape
38. Having height - width - and depth. Also referred to as 3-D.
Figurative
Curvilinear
Three-dimensional
Background
39. Scale showing the range of values from black to white and light to dark.
Tint
Value scale
Maquette
Tone
40. Special stress given to an element to make it stand out.
Tone
Subordination
Emphasis
Linear perspective
41. Refers to closely related colors; a color scheme that combines several hues next to each other on the color wheel.
Assemblage
Analogous
Mixed media
Reflection
42. The unique character of a drawn line as it changes lightness/darkness - direction - curvature - or width.
Watercolor
Line quality
Warm colors
Point of view
43. Having no recognizable object as an image. Also called nonrepresentational.
Complementary colors
Nonobjective
Tone
Variety
44. Message - idea - or feelings expressed in a work of art.
Additive
Content
Visual literacy
Distortion
45. Making an element appear to hold a secondary or lesser importance within a design or work of art.
Subordination
Value
Volume
Harmony
46. Colors selected and used without reference to those found in reality.
Sculpture
Variety
Arbitrary colors
Linear perspective
47. The act of curving or bending. One of the characteristics of line.
Collage
Curvature
Color
Elements of art
48. Anything repeated in a predictable combination.
Motif
Movement
Pattern
Positive
49. Images in which characteristics of objects are likened to one another and represented as that other. They are closely related to concepts about symbolism.
Watercolor
Visual metaphor
Secondary colors
Focal point
50. A small preliminary model (as of a sculpture or a building).
Nonobjective
Scale
Genre
Maquette