Element of Visual Arts Flashcards
- Line
Horizontal line
Curved
Vertical
Diagonal
Horizontal line
serenity, and repose, tranquility, calmness
Vertical line
poised, balance, forceful
Diagonal line
suggest action or movements
Curved lines
grace, movement, flexibility, joyousness, and grace
is defined as how most of us perceive and name a color
Hue
is the shade (darkness) or tint (lightness) of a color
Value (aka brightness/luminance
Is a measure of the purity of a color or how sharp or dull the color appears
Intensity (AKA saturation/chroma)
Psychology of colors
Black - despair
blue- peace
red-danger
grey-solid
purple-sadness
green-life
white-purity
orange-assertive
yellow-joy
pink-gratitude
brown-wholesome
is the element that deals more directly with the sense of touch
Texture
- Visual
- Tactile
smooth or rough
soft or hard
Visual
Coarse of fine
Matt or glossy
tactile
a type of perspective used by artist in which the relative size, shape and position of objects are determined by drawn or imagined lines converging at a point on the horizon
linear
atmospheric perspective modulating color to stimulate changes effected by the atmosphere on the colors of things seen at a distance
Aerial
2 types of perspective
Linear
Aerial
