ART-MIDTERM REVIEW
Color has how many main characteristics ?
3
Shape
A closed line. Shapes can be geometric, like squares and circles; or organic, like free-form or natural shapes. Shapes are flat and can express length and width. They are two dimensional.
What is color for an artist ?
A communication tool
Contour lines
A method of drawing in which one only draws outlines of an object with ought using shading
Black is the __________ of light
Absence
How long has the term abstract art been used?
Abstract Art has been around for well over 100 years. Some say that "abstractions" started with the cave paintings thousands of years ago.
Forms
Are 3- dimensional, expressing length, width, and depth. Balls, cylinders, boxes, and pyramids are forms.
Tertiary colors
Are created by adding more of one primary color than yellow-GREEN red-PURPLE red-ORANGE
Secondary colors
Are created by mixing 2 primary colors together on a color wheel, you'll find the secondary colors between 2 primary colors green purple orange
Examples of rhythm
Broadway Boogie Woogie (Pier Mondrian)- creates feeling of a busy street/city Pollock- feeling of chaos, ppl dancing
What can color do ?
Effectively communicate mood or emotion
Mechanical lines
Express rigid control
TRUE/FALSE forms are 2-dimensional
False. They are 3-dimensional
Examples of pattern
Fish&Swans-enhances movement, repetition, investigate/look over painting Tree- repetition, swirls • notice it once you recognize the initial pattern Brito- several pattern&contrast that gets eye moving, color
Intensity
How bright or dull the color is
Value
How light or dark the color is
What three art movements began to show the first signs of abstraction?
Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Cubism - All three helped to establish that art could be non- representative
What do shapes express
Length and width
What do forms express?
Length, width, depth
What is the foundation of all drawing ?
Line
Examples of emphasis
Man with a white shirt on- brightest color in painting, all guns facing him, light shining on him, hands in the air Sun- brightest color, only geometrical shape in painting Rose(Picasso)- only red/warm color- makes you look at mom and baby
Examples of balance
Man with apple face(René Magreet)-same amount of black, grey and whit, blue bar, dressed the same on both sides symmetrically balanced Cow skull- slight differences, symmetrically balanced Fruits and pitcher- asymmetrical symmetry through the color green, the fruit, 2 objects about the same height that make up a triangle & background makes up 2 triangles
Examples of contrast
Marilyn Monroe(Andy Warhol)- uses silk screening to create contrasts in color Blue dog (rodrigue)- contrast of yellow eyes to blue to red/orange background
Examples of unity
Numbers- unity thru numbers in the same size rectangle & colors Fish- fish are focal point, unity thru greenery/foliage & shapes (circles, ovals)& rather color pink Big Family- unity thru the figures being similar in features & exaggerated proportions(fat/bigger), they are all playing an instrument/moving, limitation of color (blue, brown, yellow, black) focal point- lady- lightest color, arms lifted up
The ways that artists can create the illusion of space on a flat, 2-d surface
Object size difference overlap perspective
Object size difference
Objects closest to the viewer appear LARGER. Objects farther away appear smaller in the "distance"
Complementary colors
Opposite on color wheel, provide visual tension, make things stand out
Examples of proportion
Overview of city (Piet Mondrian)- point of emphasis-red square(only red, largest shape) all other colors and shapes are proportional to each other, yellows are diagonal, black lines settle it
What kind of light is white
Pure light
What is the difference between scale and proportion?
Scale- comparing two objects Proportion- comparing things within a single object
Line can suggest what?
Shape, pattern ,form, structure, growth, depth, distance, rhythm, movement, and a range of emotions
Analogous colors
Sit next to each other on the color wheel. They create subtle and relaxed visions
Response to horizontal lines
Suggest distance and calm
Response to vertical lines
Suggest height and strength
Response to diagonal lines
Suggest movement
Freehand lines
Suggest the personal energy and mood of the artist
Response to jagged lines
Suggest turmoil and anxiety
Visual texture
Texture that can be perceived by the way something looks
Textile texture
Texture you can feel by touching object/surface
Examples of variety
The Scream- variety of human proportions, color, line variety Random thingy- variety of shape, line
Space
The area between and around objects. Space can also refer to the feeling of depth. Real space is 3-dimensional; in visual art, when we create the feeling or illusion of depth, we call it space
Color
The light reflected off of objects.
Hue
The name of the color ex) red
Primary colors
The ones we need to make all other colors red yellow blue
Movement
The path the viewer's eye takes through the work of art, often to focal areas. Such movement can be directed along lines, edges, shape, and color within the work of art.
What is positive space ?
The space an object occupies
What is negative space ?
The space around objects
Texture
The surface quality that can be seen and felt. Textures can be rough of smooth, soft or hard. Textures don't always feel the way they look. ex) porcupine drawing
TRUE/FALSE shapes are 2-dimensional
True
Gestural lines
Types of lines used in drawing quick representations of an object or movement. They are loosely drawn
Perspective
Using points in the horizon to create the illusion of distance.
Examples of movement
Wave- visual art/leads eye in direction of wave Untitled-The Dance(Keith Haring)- through the lines, position of ppl, color(high contrast) Starry night- wind lines, short lines around stars to create twinkling horizon glimmer effect, contrasting colors (blue and black) Jackson Pollock- lot going on(eye forced to investigate), color, only way to produce painting is by moving
Overlap
When one object covers part of another object
Examples of repetition
Working man(Rene Magreet)-uses repetition in a lot of his work including the "working men"- a bunch of men seen(dark overcoat with bowler hat-repetition Vasili Candinski- repetition in squares, colors, and circles Warhol converse
Line
a mark with greater length than width. Lines can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal; straight or curved; thick or thin
Abstract Art
art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead use shapes, colors, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect.
Thin lines
can express delicacy
Thick lines
can express strength
Broken lines
can express the ephemeral or the insubstantial
Continuous lines
can lead the eye in certain directions
Rhythm
is created when one or more elements of design are used repeatedly to create a feeling of organized movement. Rhythm created a mood like music or dancing. To keep rhythm exciting & active, variety is essential. • pattern creates rhythm
Pattern
is the repeating of an object or symbol all over the work of art
Scale
relative size of object to another Spoon bridge with a cherry- large spoon and cherry
Response to curved lines
suggest comfort and ease
contrast
the difference in values, colors, textures, and other elements
Balance
the distribution of the visual weight of the objects, colors, texture, and space. If the design was a scale, these elements should be balanced to make a design feel stable. In symmetrical balance, the events used on one side of the deign are similar to those kn the other side; in asymmetrical balance, the sides are different but still look balanced. In radial balance, the elements are arranged around a central point and may be similar
Unity
the feeling of harmony between all parts of the work of art, which creates a sense of completeness.
Proportion
the feeling of unity created when all parts (sizes, amounts or number)relate well with each other. When drawing the human figure, proportion can refer to the size it the head compared to the rest of the body.
Emphasis
the part of the design that catches the viewer's attention. Usually the artist will make one area stand out by contrasting it with other areas. The area could be different in size, color, texture,shape,etc.
Variety
the use of several elements of design to hold the viewers attention and to guide the viewers este through and around the work of art.
Repetition
works with pattern to make the work of art seem active. The repetition of elements of design creates unity within the work of art.