ART 1030 Chapter 1 Test
Expressive Theories
Capable of stirring the emotions of viewer.
Low Relief
Carving in which the design stands out only slightly from the background surface.
Analogous Colors
Colors adjacent to each other on the color wheel.
Tertiary Color
Colors made from mixing primary colors.
Complementary Colors
Colors opposite one another on the color wheel.
Subordination
The opposite of emphasis. It draws our attention away from particular areas of a work.
Color
The optical effect caused when reflected white light of spectrum is divided into a separate wavelength.
Vanishing Point
The point in a work of art at which imaginary sight lines appear to converge, suggesting depth.
Emphasis
The principle of drawing attention to particular content within a work.
Rhythm
The regular or ordered repetition of elements in the work.
Proportion
The relationship in size between a work's individual parts and the whole.
Intensity
The relative clarity of color in its purest raw form, demonstrated through luminous or muted variations.
Golden Section
A unique ratio of a line divided into two parts so that a+b is to a is to b. The result is 1:1.618.
Content
All that which is contained within a work of art, the visual elements.
Scale
The size of an object or an artwork relative to another object or artwork, or to a system of measurement.
Volume
The space filled or enclosed by a three-dimensional figure or object.
Chiaroscuro
The use of light and dark in a painting to create the impression of volume.
Hatching
The use of non-overlapping parallel lines to convey darkness or lightness.
Cross-hatching
The use of overlapping parallel lines to convey darkness or lightness.
Pattern
An arrangement of predictably repeated elements.
Trompe L'oeil
An extreme kind of illusion meant to deceive the viewer.
Form
An object that can be defined in three dimensions (height, width, and depth).
Sociocultural Analysis
Approaches looking and analyzing art that focuses on contextual and environmental influences on work of art.
Representational Art
Art that depicts figures and objects so that we recognize what is represented.
Non-Objective Art
Art that does not depict a recognizable subject.
Figurative Art
Art that portrays items perceived in visible world, especially human or animal forms.
Sculpture in the round
This is a piece of sculpture that the viewer can walk around. Intended to be viewed from all sides.
Primary Colors
Three Basic colors from which all others are derived.
Open Volume
To create an enclosed space with materials that are not completely solid.
Symmetrical Balance
Type of balance in which imagery on one side of a composition is mirrored on the other side (can be pure or approximate).
Asymmetrical Balance
Type of balance that is said to exist when the right and left sides of a composition bear visible different shapes, colors, textures or other elements, yet they are arranged or weighted in a way that the impression, in total, is one of balance.
Mixed Media
Work of art formed from the combination of more than one medium, often an unusual combination of seemingly unrelated materials such as wood, clay, paint, and fabric.
Geometric Shape
shapes not found in nature, generally hard to explain/measure.
Isometric Perspective
A system using diagonal parallel lines to communicate depth.
Linear Perspective
A system using imaginary sight lines to create the illusion of depth.
Shape
A two-dimensional area, the boundaries of which are defined by lines or suggested by changes in color or value.
Aerial Perspective
A nonlinear means of giving an illusion of depth.
Abstract Art
(1) Art image that departs from recognizable images from the natural world. (2) An artwork the form of which is simplified, distorted, or exaggerated in appearance. It may represent a recognizable form that has been slightly altered, or it may be a completely nonrepresentational depiction.
Focal Points
(1) The center of interest or activity in a work of art, often drawing the viewer's attention to the most important elements. (2) The area in a composition to which the eye returns most naturally.
Medium
(Plural media) the material on or from which an artiest chooses to make a work of art, for example canvas and oil paint, marble, engraving, video, or architecture.
High Relief
A carved panel where the figures project with a great deal of depth from the background.
Secondary Color
A color mixed from two primary colors.
Implied Line
A line not actually drawn but suggested by elements in the work.
Hue
General classification of a color; the distinctive characteristics of a color as seen in the visible spectrum, such as green or red.
Monochromatic
Having one or more values of one color.
Organic Shape
Having shapes derived from living organisms.
Horizon Line
In linear perspective, the line on which all vanishing points are positioned. More accurately described as the eye line or eye level.
Formal Analysis
Literally, analyzing the form of the art work. Taking inventory of all the tools used by an artist.
Mobile
Suspended moving sculptures, usually impelled by natural air currents.
Principles of Design
The "grammar" applied to the elements of art: contrast, balance, unity, variety, rhythm, emphasis, pattern, scale, proportion, and focal point.
Elements of Design
The basic vocabulary of art: line, form, shape, volume, mass, color, texture, space, time and motion, and value (lightness/darkness).
Variety
The diversity of different ideas, media, and elements in a work.
Unity
The imposition of order and harmony on a design.
Value
The lightness or darkness of a plane or area.