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.