Commonalities in Pictorial Art

Question 1

Form

Answer 1

arrangements, composition, pattern, structure.

Question 2

Function/content

Answer 2

what the work is about.

Question 3

Process/technique

Answer 3

method used to produce work.

Question 4

Medium

Answer 4

material used to create the art.

Question 5

Craft

Answer 5

technical skill of the artist.

Question 6

Genre

Answer 6

classification within discipline.

Question 7

Interpretation

Answer 7

where and how the work is used.

Question 8

Line

Answer 8

used to create pattern, textures, to imply dimensions.

Question 9

Shape

Answer 9

identifiable boundaries; organic or geometry.

Question 10

Color

Answer 10

Sensation produced by various wavelengths of light. HUE

Question 11

Value

Answer 11

reltive lightness of darkness of things

Question 12

Perspective

Answer 12

3-D or 2-D?

Question 13

One-point linear perspective

Answer 13

1 vanishing point (railroad).

Question 14

two-point linear perspective

Answer 14

2 vanishing points (looking down two separate hallways).

Question 15

Texture

Answer 15

appearance or feel of the surface

Question 16

2-D Visual Art

Answer 16

painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, and other graphic arts.

Question 17

Painting

Answer 17

oil, watercolor, tempera, acrylics, gouache, fresco.

Question 18

Drawing

Answer 18

pen and ink, pastels, pencil, charcoal

Question 19

Printmaking

Answer 19

relief prints created from a raised background (raised areas hold ink). Woodcuts are good examples.

Question 20

Intaglio Process

Answer 20

involve carving or scratching an image into surface.

Question 21

Planographic Process

Answer 21

involve applying a waxy substance to a surface.

Question 22

Printmaking: Photography

Answer 22

Invented in the 1840’s; image captured by a camera and printed on photosensitive surface. The Falls Church (1861) - Mathew Brady
Snake River and Jackson Hole (1942) - Ansel Adams