Art Final Flashcards
Furnace in which clay is fired
Kiln
Dull, fired, ceramic clay before it is glazed
Bisque
Refers to clay that is partially dry
Leather hard
3D sculpture, seem only from the front
Relief
The process of heating clay to a very high temperature, at which time it changes to a hard durable material
Firing
Clay that is mixed with water to make a soupy consistency, used for sticking parts together
Slip
A subtractive method of sculpture; taking away clay, stone, or wood
Carving
Types of paints or colored slip used to decorate clay sculptures
Glaze
A printmaking process where ink is forced into lines that have been cut or etched
Intaglio
Print made from a surface built up
Collagraph
Marks need to line up plates
Registration marks
Making one print instead of many
Monoprints
A roller used to supply ink
Brayer
A total number of prints made at one time
Edition
A flat material with a cut out design used for printing on the surface below
Stencil
A carved surface is considered to be a
Relief print
Shapes and forms created by the forces of nature
Organic
Shapes that include the circle, triangle and square
Geometric
A unit repeated in visual rhythm
Motif
A indication of movement by the repetition of elements
Rhythm
A type of balance which occurs when the items of equal weight are placed on opposite sides of a central axis
Asymmetrical
A type of balance that occurs when the visual elements move out from a central point
Radial
Relives sameness or monotony in a work of art
Variety
Making one part of a work more dominate over other parts
Emphasis
When one area in a work of art is emphasized more then the others
Focal point
The principle of design that allows you to see a complex combination of things as a complete whole
Unity
A compositional formula for determining the placement of the focal point
Rule of thirds
The arrangement of elements in a work of art
Composition
Element of art that is considered to be a path of a moving point through space
Line
This principle of design that refers to the visual weight in an artwork is
Balance
A movement or style of art
Abstract
A color located directly opposite from another color on the color wheel
Complement
A color with black added to it
Shade
Colors that sit side-by-side on the color wheel and share a common hue
Analgous
Colors that tend to move toward the viewer and include red, orange, and yellow
Warm
A color scheme that uses only one hue and tints and shades of that hue for a unifying effect
Monochromatic
Three colors equally distant from each other on the color wheel
Triad
Types of colors that seem to move away from the viewer such as blue green and violet
Cool
The name of a spectral color
Hue
Spectrum used to determine all 12 colors found in nature
Color wheel
An art element that refers to the lightness and darkness of a color
Value
Black white brown and gray are these kinds of colors
Neutral
A color with white added to it
Tint
A drawing that captures body of movement
Gesture
Lines that define the edges and surface ridges
Contour
A shading technic made with a series of find parallel lines
Hatching
Lines that are a series of points that the viewers eyes automatically connect
Implied lines
The element of art that refers to how things feel or look like they would feel
Texture
Textures that imitate real textures
Implied texture
A principle of art concerned with the relationship of one part of work to another
Proportion
This unit is used to define the proportion of the human figure
Head (7 and 1/2)
A style of shading used in drawing to enhance the overall quality of a sketch
Cross hatching
Spot on the horizon where parallel lines seem to meet
Vanishing point
The technique for creating the illusion of depth on a 2-D picture plane
Perspective
A type of perspective in which the artist uses lines to show distance and depth
Linear perspective
The line that separates the sky and ground components in drawing or painting
Horizon line
A “straight edge” used to measure and draw lines
Ruler
Part of the picture plane farthest from the viewer
Background
Part of the picture plane between the foreground and background
Middle ground
Part of the picture closest to the picture plane and your
Foreground
