1st Exam (introduction) Flashcards
Art term referring to the arrangement of line, form, mass and color.
Composition
The representation of distance and three-dimensionality on a two-dimensional surface.
Perspective
System of writing music so the composer can communicate clearly to the performer the pitches, rhythms and other elements of a piece.
Musical Notation
The structure of the artwork comprising crisis, climax, exposition, complication and denouement, foreshadowing, discovery and reversals. (in film, theatre and literature)
Plot
A form, image, or subject standing for something else
symbol
Descriptive analysis of a work of art that may or may not include a value judgment about the work.
Criticism
Consists of paintings, drawing, prints and photographs… (what do they all have in common)
2-D Art
The physical materials of the work, such as oil paint
Media
The elements and Principles of _______ are the building blocks of two-dimensional art.
Hue
The basic colors of the spectrum, such as red.
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The relative grayness of whiteness of a color
value.
The number of hues and values used by an artist in a work
Palette
The receding lines of linear perspective that converge on a vanishing point are
Perspective lines
The illusion that shapes and forms diminish in size as they go deeper into space.
Foreshadowing
The condition of identical shapes and colors appearing on either side of an artworks axis
Symmetry
The balance achieved by using unequal shapes
Asymmetry
In sculpture, the thing that refers to the size, shape, and volume of forms.
mass
Sculpture that is freestanding, and fully three-dimensional
Full Round
Sculpture that projects from a background and cannot be seen from all sides
Relief
Sculpture that emphasizes construction with thin, tubular items.
Linear
Surface treatment of a sculpture
Texture
The relief sculpture in which in which the figure protrude from the background by at least half their depth.
High relief
The relief sculpture that projects only slightly from its background.
Low relief.
A method of casting sculpture using wax model melted to leave the desired spaces in the mold.
Lost Wax
One of the oldest architectural structures is the________ in which a horizontal piece is laid across two vertical supports.
Post and Lintels
Arches joined end to end.
Vaults
A framework using wood is called
Balloon Construction
___________ uses a Framework to support the building
skeleton frames.
The wall material that is solid and continuous, rather than joined or pieced together.
Monolithic
When metal forms the frame of a building (as in a skyscraper) is called _______ construction
Steel Caged
