Chapter 4: Texture and Pattern

Question 1

texture

Answer 1

used to describe the surface character of woven fabrics and other materials as experienced primarily through the sense of touch

Question 2

actual texture

Answer 2

tactile, physical texture related to the material used to create the work

Question 3

visual texture

Answer 3

the illusion of an actual texture

Question 4

impasto

Answer 4

a layer of thickly applied pigment

Question 5

invented texture

Answer 5

texture that makes no reference to real or actual texture

Question 6

subversive texture

Answer 6

texture that is chosen or created by artists to foil or undermine our ideas about the objects that they depict

Question 7

pattern

Answer 7

a design based on the repetition or grouping of elements such as line, shape, color, or texture