Art 101
Asymmetrical balance
A painting with one big painting on one side and two small on the other side.
Repetitive rhythm
A pattern with regular intervals.
Scale
A sculpture of a paper clip that is four stories tall is an example of a change in this.
Representation
A work that depicts people or objects in a way that makes them recognizable.
Proportion
An abstract drawing of a person in which the head is much too big compared to the rest of the person is an example of this.
Unity and variety
An artist creates a work of art made up of many different shapes, all in varying shades of blue. This is using what principles of art?
proportionally harmonious
Ancient Egyptian artworks, large or small, are admired by all, because they are ___________.
bronze
Ancient Greek sculptors sometimes created cast sculptures from ________, an alloy of copper and tin.
Community-based artist
Structures like the Parthenon, large cathedrals, and the large architecture in Dubai, are all examples of this.
Gestalt
The german word refers to something in which the whole seems greater than the sum of its parts.
Pattern
The recurrence of a single element in a work of art.
Proportions
The relationships between the sizes of different parts of a work make up this.
Randomness
a work of art created without precision or a plan; cans of paint on a canvas
Assymmetrical balance
achieved when two halves of a composition are not mirror images of each other.
Contrast
produced when complimentary colors are placed side-by-side
change visual perspective
using different techniques within the same image to draw attention to a particular are of the drawing is describe by the term ______.
Variety
A kind of visual diversity that can bring many different ideas, media, or elements together in one composition.
direction, placement, dramatic contrast, and line
Artists can use ______(4) to organize the elements in a work and draw our attention to areas of emphasis and focal points.
Variety in a work of art
Compositional unity strikes an interesting balance between the monotony of too much similarity and the the chaos of too much ________.
surprise
Contrast may be used as "an agent of ____."
Loneliness
Created by the lack of people on the street, the absence of street lights, and the somber mood of the customer's in the cafe represents this mood.
Motifs
Creates a strong, unified design through repeated patterns
Balance
Creating visual weight and counterweight is part of an artist's use of the element of _____ in creating a work of art.
Sometimes
In a linear perspective image, the focal point is ______ where the vanishing point resides.
Unrecognizable
Jose de Rivera's sculpture Infinity can be described as non-objective because its subject matter.
Spiral
Rectangles based on the Golden Section can be nested inside each other to create an elegant _______.
Focal point
This is the specific part in an area of emphasis to which the viewer's eye is drawn.
Unity
What element describes the imposition of order and harmony on a design.
A facade
What is the name for any side of a building that is intended to be looked at?
Hierarchical scale
When an artist uses scale to indicate the relative importance of elements in a composition, he or she is employing this kind of scale.
DaVinci
Which artist created the image, "Vitruvian Man?"
formal analysis
analyzes the use of formal elements in a work
biographical analysis
considers the artists personal experiences
contextual analysis
considers the religious, political, and social environment in which the artwork is made is viewed.
feminist analysis
considers the role of women in an artwork
Pattern
created by all of the other answers including stacks of cans, fish scales
iconographical analysis
interprets objects and figures in the artwork as symbols
Symmetry
suggests divine order.
Trompe l'oeil
translates fool the eye.
