Art

symmetrical balance, asymmetrical, and radical balancd

Symmetrical -when each side is the same Aysmmetrical- when a compilation lacks symmetry Radical balance- in which every thing radiates outward from a central point

Outline the principles of color theory and describe the different sorts of color schemes that artist might employ

Isaac newton discovered bthat color breaks down into bands of different colors, called the spectrum -visible spectrum turns into color wheel& complentary, intermediate. primary& secondary

Explain how color might be used both in representational painting and as a symbolic tool

Local color is the color of objects viewed up close, under lighting contidions. Perceptual color can change depending on the light and surround atmosphere

Difference between scale and proportion

Scale is the dimensions of an art object in relation to the original object. Proportion the relationship between the parts of an object and the whole

atmospheric perspective

the effect the atmosphere has on the appearance of an object as it is viewed from a distance

Value

the gradual shift from light to dark that characterizes atmospheri perspectives which is illustrated by the gray scale

Describe the ways in which artist use light to represent space and model form

-creates shadow -helps us define contour. the objects appearance changes depending on the atmosphere. Objects that are farther are less distinct

Actual texture vs. visual texture

Actual texture refers to the real surface quality of an artwork. Visual texture, is an illusion not unlike the representation of 3 dimensional space

Emphasis and focal point relationship

Artist employ emphasis in order to draw the viewers attention to one area of the work. We refer to this point as focal point

Spectrum

Breaks of bonds in different colors

symbolic colors

The meaning behind a color

Texture

The word we used to describe a worked of arts sometimes can be categorized as visual and actual

Discuss the traditional relationship between unity and variety and why postmodernist artists have tended to emphasized variety over unity

Unity and variety's work together in different formal elements- work together to give the composition of a sense of being a consistent and complete whole.

Describe the relationship between pattern repetition and rhytmn

When similar elements are repeated over and over again to make an observable pattern in a compilation, a rhytmn is established

secondary colors

orange, green, violet

Optical Painting (Op Art)

paintings designed with line and color to give us a the illusion of movement

Outline some of the ways that time and motion inform experience of visual art

plastic arts have been regarded as spatal, music have been classified as temporal.

primary colors

red, yellow, blue