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
