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.