Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Art Final > Art Vocab > Flashcards

Art Vocab Flashcards

1
Q

OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING

A

drawing based on looking at a subject

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

HUE

A

another word for color, the actual color. For example, blue-green, lime green, kelly green, blue, purple, red, orange, etc)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

PRIMARY COLORS

A

red, blue, yellow

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

SECONDARY COLORS

A

purple, orange, green

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

TERTIARY COLORS

A

colors that are created by mixing one primary color and one secondary color. They are Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green, Blue-Green,Blue-Green, Red-Violet

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

INTENSITY

A

a color’s brilliance or purity–using the color right out of the tube without mixing it with anything.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

COMPLIMENTARY COLORS

A

red/green, yellow/purple, and blue/orange; colors across from one another on the color wheel

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

NEUTRAL COLORS(grayish brown color)

A

created when you mix equal amounts of complementary colors

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

TINT

A

colors that have less intensity due to the addition of white

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

SHADES

A

colors that have less brilliance due to the addition of darker hues or black

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

WARM COLORS

A

red, yellow, orange, and their respective values

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

COOL COLORS

A

Blue, Purple (Violet), Green, and their respective values

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

MONOCHROMATIC COLORS

A

all the colors (tints, shades, and tones) of a single hue

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

HORIZON LINE

A

line that divides the sky from the ground. Also called eye level line

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

GENERAL TO SPECIFIC DRAWING

A
  1. Lightly draw in shapes of the composition.
  2. Correct shapes, add general shading and adjust lines to fix proportions.
  3. Add specific details and textures as needed.
  4. Add further contrast to any shading if necessary.
  5. Any last details complete to finish the piece.
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

PATTERN

A

A design created by repeating colors, lines and or shapes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

SYMMETRY/SYMMETRICAL

A

what occurs when one side of something balances out or mirrors the other

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

ASYMMETRY/ASYMMETRICAL

A

what occurs when one side of something does not balance out or mirror the other side

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

WAYS TO INDICATE DEPTH ON PAPER

A
  1. Use of perspectives whether one point, two point, three point, etc.
  2. Overlapping
  3. Foreground middle and background
  4. Objects closer to the viewer are bigger.
  5. Objects closer to the viewer have more detail than objects far away.
  6. Objects closer to the viewer objects are more colorful.
  7. Adding texture
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

OVERLAPPING

A

when several parts of the picture are covering each other, making it easier to tell the relative distance between the elements

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

UNOCCUPIED SPACE/NEGATIVE SPACE

A

the space around the physical object or shape also a shape itself

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

POSITIVE SPACE

A

space inside the physical object or shape

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

FOREGROUND

A

area closest to the observer

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

MIDDLEGROUND

A

area between the foreground and the background

25
Q

BACKGROUND

A

area between the foreground and the background

26
Q

FOCAL POINT

A

center of interest in a work of art

27
Q

PERSPECTIVE AND LINEAR PERSPECTIVE

A

technique that creates an illusion of depth in a picture.

28
Q

VANISHING POINT

A

imaginary point on the horizon line which receding parallel lines converge

29
Q

FUNCTIONAL ART

A

refers to aesthetic objects that serve a utilitarian (to use) purpose. For example, dishes, furniture, chairs, bowls, etc

30
Q

TWO-DIMENSIONAL ART

A

Consists of paintings, drawings, photographs, prints /having the dimensions of only height and width only

31
Q

MEDIUM/MEDIA

A

refers to the materials that are used to create a work of art. The plural of media is medium. For example, tempera, acrylic pencil, pottery

32
Q

PAPER MACHE

A

french term that means “chewed paper.” A technique that involves saturating paper with an adhesive binder and forming in onto an object

33
Q

PORTRAIT

A

a painting, photograph, sculpture or other artistic representation of a person in which the face is the main theme

34
Q

STILL LIFE

A

a work of art depicting objects as subject matter. For example, simple shapes, food, flowers, plants, shells, etc

35
Q

CONTOUR DRAWING

A

a drawing using only LINES that define edges and surface ridges of objects and figures drawn with NO Shading

36
Q

EXPLAIN ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE

A

drawing method that shows how things appear to get smaller as they get further away, converging towards a single ‘vanishing point’ on the horizon line

37
Q

EXPLAIN TWO POINT PERSPECTIVE

A

linear perspective in which parallel lines along the width and depth of an object are represented as meeting at two separate points on the horizon

38
Q

WHERE ARE THE EYES LOCATED ON THE FACE

A

1/2 down

39
Q

WHERE IS THE MOUTH

A

1/3 between the nose and chin

40
Q

WHERE IS THE NOSE

A

1/2 between your eyes and chin

41
Q

OPAQUE

A

Not transparent or translucent, impenetrable to light, not allowing light to pass. A quality of tempera and or acrylic paint

42
Q

TRANSLUCENT

A

Transparent, penetrable to light, allowing light to pass through. A quality of watercolor paint

43
Q

COLOR WHEEL

A

visual representation of colors arranged according to their chromatic relationship

44
Q

3-D OBJECTS

A

have the characteristics of length, width, and thickness (depth)

45
Q

ELEMENTS OF ART

A

Basic components artists use to create works of visual art. They are; Line, Shape, Form, Value, Texture, Color, & Space

46
Q

LINE

A

continuous mark made on a surface. It may be two-dimensional(pencil on Paper, three dimensional(wire or rope), or implied (the edge of a shape or form)

47
Q

SHAPE

A

enclosed area determined by a line, value, texture, space, or any other combination of these elements. A shape has two dimensions; length and width

48
Q

FORM

A

similar to shape but three dimensional (cube, sphere, pyramid cylinder, etc and encloses volume

49
Q

VALUE

A

a color’s relative lightness or darkness/Value depends on how much light a surface reflects

50
Q

TEXTURE

A

is the tactile quality of a surface of its representation. The three basic types of texture are actual, simulated, and invented texture, The feel of an object or describes the surface of an object that can seen or touched

51
Q

COLOR

A

derived from reflected light. The sensation of color is aroused in the brain by response of the eyes to different wavelengths of light. A color has hue, (color Name) intensity, (strength or purity) and value (lightness and darkness)

52
Q

SPACE

A

the distance around between, above, below and within an object

53
Q

PRINCIPLES OF ART

A

what an artist gets to do with the elements of Art; How artists organize the the elements of Art. They are; Balance, Emphasis, Movement, Proportion, Rhythm & Variety

54
Q

BALANCE

A

Arranges elements to create a sense of stability/A way of combining elements to create a feeling of stability or equilibrium in a work of art

55
Q

EMPHASIS

A

Combines elements to point differences / Making something stand out by putting something very different next to or around it/ a way of combining elements to stress the differences between those elements (like contrast)

56
Q

MOVEMENT

A

Combines elements to create the illusion of action. A way of combining elements to create the look and feeling of action and to guide the viewer’s eye throughout the work of art

57
Q

PROPORTION

A

Combines elements to create size relationships of elements to the whole artwork and to each other. The principle of art concerned with the relationship of certain elements to the whole and to each other. Is the size relationship from of one part to another

58
Q

RHYTHM

A

Repeats elements to create a visual tempo. The careful placement of repeated elements in a work of art to cause visual tempo

59
Q

UNITY

A

achieved when an artist successfully combines the elements and principles. It is the total
visual effect achieved by carefully blending the elements and principles of art in a composition. This is also the main goal at the beginning of a piece of artwork when choosing which elements and principles will be combined. The look and feel of wholeness or oneness in a work of art.
The total visual effect achieved by carefully blending the elements and principles in a composition.

Art Final (1 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions