art Flashcards
form/formal elements
Visual Aspects such as line, shapes, color, texture or spatial qualities and composition
medium
refers to what the art is made out of
content
refers to the sensory, subjective, pscyholgicual or emotional properties we feel in a work of art
style
describes how an artwork looks
line
mark that mad on a two dimensional surface or a three-dimensional surface
edge
transition between 2 shapes or color
drafting
another term for drawing
shading
used to build atmosphere or volume
crosshatching
method of line drawing that describes light and shadow
contour line
used to suggest an outline
implied line
suggested by the changes in color, tone, texture or by the edges of shapes
shape
enclosed space bounded two dimensional form that has both length and width
bimorphic shape
often rounded and irregular, Bio=Life, Morph=form
Geometric shape
mathematical shapes, perfect and regular, they are characterized by straight lines, angels and points. Often squares, rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, hexagons
Color
produced when light striking an object is reflected back into the eye
hue
Word for the color itself
value
Quantity of how much black or white has been added to a color
opacity
a lack of transparency and translucnee, a state/medium or space through which light cannot pass
Translucency
a substance that is translucent lets some light pass through making it partially see-through
Transparency
quality of being able to see through one or more layers in a piece.
texture
perceived surface quality of a work of art.
Spatial qualities
experiential qualities and the overall configuration of physical elements and their attributes in architectural space such as open, enclosed, visible, spacious or continuous.
negative space
is the empty space around and between the subject of an image.
postive space
the amount of space an object takes up
space
feeling of depth or 3 dimesnions
mass
three dimensional form that occupies space, a solid body or a grouping of elements
volume
representation of mass in a piece
bas
relief-sculpture technique in which figures and/or other design elements are just barely more prominent than the (overall flat) background.
scale
size of one whole object in relation to another
distortion
change in realities depiction
Rhytmn
priniple of design that suggests movement or action
composition
how different elements in an artwork are combined
gravity
up and down orientation
balance
the use of artistic elements such as line, texture, color, and form in the creation of artworks in a way that renders visual stability.
symmetry
two sides being the same
asymmetry
two sides being different
content
the emotion or intellectual message of an artwork
iconography
particular range or system of types of image used by an artist or artists to convey particular meanings.
icon
image or resemblance to something
figurative
any type of art with strong refrences to the real world
narrative
art that tells a story
abstract expressionist
using an abstract form of art to express something, think rothko
figuration
the process of creating figures
signature style
a style an artist is known by, something orginal to the artist
silkscreen
using stencils for surface painting, think the marlyn heads
graphic images
picture, map, or graph used for illistration
image
a representation
representational
representing something
non representational
not representing soemthing
linear
creating illusions of depth on a flat surface
engraving
carving into something
caligraphy
style in writing
mark
impression on the painting plane
painterly
application of paint on a loose manner leaving brush strokes
atompospheric
typically used in landscape painting to create depth
brush strokes
how a brush goes along a painting
