Chapt 4&5 Flashcards
Optical Color Mixture
when small patches of different colors are close together, that the eye may blend them to produce a new color
asymmetrical balance
Two sides that do not correspond to one another in size, shape, and placement
Symmetrical Balance
Mirror image
Refraction of Light
Made up of the colors refracted by Sir Isaac Newton’s prism in 1666
The Scream
Munch’s Scream uses emotional coloring
This is his most famous painting.
He was Norwegian.
He suffered from mental problems
Principles of Linear Perspective
Basic principles of linear perspective.
1. Forms seem to diminish in size as they recede.
- Parallel lines that recede seem to converge towards a vanishing point, where they appear to disappear on the horizon line.
Color theory
COLOR reflects our mood, our feeling and our overall perception of life.
Primary Colors-
Red, Yellow, and blue
Secondary Colors-
Made by mixing 2 primary colors., ie: Red + Yellow= Orange.
Tertiary colors-
Made by mixing a primary color with an adjacent secondary. Ie: Yellow + Green= Yellow-Green.
Complementary colors-
Colors opposite on color wheel.
Hatching
Closely spaced parallel lines
Cross-hatching
Parallel lines intersect like a checkerboard
Stippling
Dots spaced close or far apart to suggest darker or lighter areas
Figure
The shape we detach and focus on.
A figure would be considered the “Positive Shape”.
Ground
The surrounding visual information that the figure stands out from, the background. The ground would be considered a negative shape.
Figure Ground Reversal
WHEN “VISUALLY” AN OBJECT CAN BE UNDERSTOOD AS EITHER THE POSITIVE SPACE OR THE NEGATIVE SPACE.
(old woman/young woman pic)
(Aztec sheild)
Emphasis
The viewer’s attention
will be centered more
on certain parts of
the composition
than on others.
The Banjo Lesson
Subordination
A less visually interesting
area.
Kinetic Art, Alexander Calder
Calder is known for developing the mobile
Kinetic art is art that moves.
Chiaroscuro
Means “light and dark” in Italian (contrasts of light and shadow).
developed during the Renaissance.
Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin and Saint Anne with…
Line, the emotional effects of horizontal, vertical, and diagonals
Horizontal lines
Appear calm.
Diagonal lines
are the most dramatic and imply action
Direction
Vertical lines
seem assertive, or denote growth & strength.
Vitruvius Man- Leonardo da Vinci
study of human proportians
Scale
Size in relation to a constant or “normal” size.
Proportion
Refers to size relationships between parts of a whole or between two or more items perceived as a unit.
