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Visual Arts Vocab
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1. A principle of art concerned with combining one or more elements of art in different ways to create interest.
Abstract
Performance art
Stylized
Variety
2. A systematic - organized collection of student work.
Secondary colors
Abstract
Portfolio
Assemblage
3. The act of curving or bending. One of the characteristics of line.
Curvature
Observational drawing skills
Rubric
Elements of art
4. The outside size and bulk of a form - such as a building or a sculpture; the visual weight of an object.
Arbitrary colors
Performance art
Mass
Rectilinear
5. Shapes or spaces that are or represent solid objects.
Neutral colors
Positive
Scale
Additive
6. The plan - conception - or organization of a work of art; the arrangement of independent parts (the elements of art) to form a coordinated whole.
Perspective
Movement
Design
Distortion
7. Skills learned while observing firsthand the object - figure - or place.
Form
Observational drawing skills
Emphasis
Proportion
8. The principle of design that combines elements in a work of art to emphasize the similarities of separate but related parts.
Harmony
Printmaking
Still life
Primary colors
9. Refers to sculpting method produced by removing or taking away from the original material (the opposite of additive).
Color relationships
Performance art
Subtractive
Line
10. The act of curving or bending. One of the characteristics of line.
Aerial perspective
Line quality
Maquette
Curvature
11. 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.
Contrast
Tint
Foreground
Balance
12. The colors black - white - gray - and variations of brown. They are included in the color family called earth colors.
Shape
Neutral colors
Reflection
Arbitrary colors
13. Characteristics of colors: hue - value - intensity.
Properties of color
Focal point
Value
Color theory
14. Arrangement or work of art showing a collection of inanimate objects.
Watercolor
Still life
Virtual
Space
15. Colors suggesting warmth: red - yellow - and orange.
Color
Movement
Texture
Warm colors
16. Scale showing the range of values from black to white and light to dark.
One-point perspective
Organic
Value scale
Negative
17. Refers to the colors red - yellow - and blue. From these all other colors are created.
Properties of color
Design
Primary colors
Virtual
18. The principle of design that combines elements in a work of art to emphasize the similarities of separate but related parts.
Tone
Motif
Perspective
Harmony
19. Color with black added to it.
Proportion
Art criticism
Scale
Shade
20. 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
Intensity
Tone
Value scale
Monochromatic
21. Relative size - proportion. Used to determine measurements or dimensions within a design or work of art.
Scale
Subtractive
Monochromatic
Aesthetics
22. Relative size - proportion. Used to determine measurements or dimensions within a design or work of art.
Space
Art criticism
Three-dimensional
Scale
23. Refers to shapes or forms having irregular edges or to surfaces or objects resembling things existing in nature.
Composition
Aerial perspective
Organic
Virtual
24. Refers to the process of joining a series of parts together to create a sculpture.
Sculpture
Line
Reflection
Additive
25. A system for representing three-dimensional objects viewed in spatial recession on a two-dimensional surface.
Color
Warm colors
Perspective
Linear perspective
26. The organization of elements in a work of art.
Composition
Neutral colors
Rectilinear
Value
27. A three-dimensional composition in which a collection of objects is unified in a sculptural work.
Hue
Curvilinear
Assemblage
Collage
28. Refers to the colors red - yellow - and blue. From these all other colors are created.
Texture
Primary colors
Structure
Visual metaphor
29. The surface quality of materials - either actual (tactile) or implied (visual). It is one of the elements of art.
Texture
Monochromatic
Contrast
Content
30. 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.
Two-point perspective
Multimedia
Visual literacy
Cool colors
31. Making an element appear to hold a secondary or lesser importance within a design or work of art.
Subordination
Background
Still life
Abstract
32. 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.
Rectilinear
Cool colors
Reflection
Style
33. 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.
Harmony
Intensity
Mood
Space
34. The part of the picture plane that seems to be farthest from the viewer.
Motif
Analogous
Three-dimensional
Background
35. Intentional - regular repetition of lines of shapes to achieve a specific repetitious effect or pattern.
Sculpture
Rubric
Collage
Rhythm
36. A balance of parts on opposite sides of a perceived midline - giving the appearance of equal visual weight.
Rhythm
Middle ground
Positive
Asymmetry
37. 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
Volume
Foreground
Figurative
38. The way in which parts are arranged or put together to form a whole.
Content
Negative
Style
Structure
39. Transparent pigment mixed with water. Paintings done with this medium are known as watercolors.
Watercolor
Primary colors
Virtual
Warm colors
40. Simplified; exaggerated.
Neutral colors
Vanishing point
Stylized
Primary colors
41. 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.
Still life
Collage
Color
Style
42. A work of art for Which more than one type of art material is used to create the finished piece.
Properties of color
Mixed media
Still life
Focal point
43. Anything repeated in a predictable combination.
Asymmetry
Pattern
Contrast
Volume
44. Formed or enclosed by curved lines.
Curvilinear
Aerial perspective
Tone
Curvature
45. Simplified; exaggerated.
Composition
Value scale
Line direction
Stylized
46. Anything repeated in a predictable combination.
Pattern
Cool colors
Aesthetics
Dominance
47. Lightness or darkness of a hue or neutral color. A value scale shows the range of values from black to white.
Arbitrary colors
Value
Figurative
Background
48. Having no recognizable object as an image. Also called nonrepresentational.
Motif
Dominance
Nonobjective
Proportion
49. Color lightened with white added to it.
Tint
Virtual
One-point perspective
Sculpture
50. Refers to the name of a color (e.g. - red - blue - yellow - orange).
Harmony
Hue
Negative
Analogous