Chapt 4&5

Question 1

Optical Color Mixture

Answer 1

when small patches of different colors are close together, that the eye may blend them to produce a new color

Question 2

asymmetrical balance

Answer 2

Two sides that do not correspond to one another in size, shape, and placement

Question 3

Symmetrical Balance

Answer 3

Mirror image

Question 4

Refraction of Light

Answer 4

Made up of the colors refracted by Sir Isaac Newton’s prism in 1666

Question 5

The Scream

Answer 5

Munch’s Scream uses emotional coloring

This is his most famous painting.
He was Norwegian.
He suffered from mental problems

Question 6

Principles of Linear Perspective

Answer 6

Basic principles of linear perspective.
1. Forms seem to diminish in size as they recede.

2. Parallel lines that recede seem to converge towards a vanishing point, where they appear to disappear on the horizon line.

Question 7

Color theory

Answer 7

COLOR reflects our mood, our feeling and our overall perception of life.

Question 8

Primary Colors-

Answer 8

Red, Yellow, and blue

Question 9

Secondary Colors-

Answer 9

Made by mixing 2 primary colors., ie: Red + Yellow= Orange.

Question 10

Tertiary colors-

Answer 10

Made by mixing a primary color with an adjacent secondary. Ie: Yellow + Green= Yellow-Green.

Question 11

Complementary colors-

Answer 11

Colors opposite on color wheel.

Question 12

Hatching

Answer 12

Closely spaced parallel lines

Question 13

Cross-hatching

Answer 13

Parallel lines intersect like a checkerboard

Question 14

Stippling

Answer 14

Dots spaced close or far apart to suggest darker or lighter areas

Question 15

Figure

Answer 15

The shape we detach and focus on.
A figure would be considered the “Positive Shape”.

Question 16

Ground

Answer 16

The surrounding visual information that the figure stands out from, the background. The ground would be considered a negative shape.

Question 17

Figure Ground Reversal

Answer 17

WHEN “VISUALLY” AN OBJECT CAN BE UNDERSTOOD AS EITHER THE POSITIVE SPACE OR THE NEGATIVE SPACE.

(old woman/young woman pic)

(Aztec sheild)

Question 18

Emphasis

Answer 18

The viewer’s attention
will be centered more
on certain parts of
the composition
than on others.

The Banjo Lesson

Question 19

Subordination

Answer 19

A less visually interesting
area.

Question 20

Kinetic Art, Alexander Calder

Answer 20

Calder is known for developing the mobile

Kinetic art is art that moves.

Question 21

Chiaroscuro

Answer 21

Means “light and dark” in Italian (contrasts of light and shadow).

developed during the Renaissance.

Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin and Saint Anne with…

Question 22

Line, the emotional effects of horizontal, vertical, and diagonals

Answer 22

Horizontal lines
Appear calm.

Diagonal lines
are the most dramatic and imply action

Direction
Vertical lines
seem assertive, or denote growth & strength.

Question 23

Vitruvius Man- Leonardo da Vinci

Answer 23

study of human proportians

Question 24

Scale

Answer 24

Size in relation to a constant or “normal” size.

Question 25

Proportion

Answer 25

Refers to size relationships between parts of a whole or between two or more items perceived as a unit.