Elements And Principles Of Art Flashcards
Are the individual parts that make up the whole of an artwork.
Elements of Art
Colors are classified into
Primary, secondary, and intermediate
Colors are either…
Cool and warm
According to value, they are…
Light and dark
Based on intensity, they are…
Bright or dark
Two colors that are opposite of each other in the color wheel are called
“complementary” colors
This color harmony uses three to five colors which are all adjacent of each other in the color wheel.
Analogous
This color combination uses three colors that form a perfect triangle in the color scheme.
Triad
It used two colors adjacent to it’s compliment
Split complimentary
This rich color scheme offers plenty of possibilities for variation.
Tetradic (rectangle)
With all fours spaced evenly around the color circle.
Square
A series of connected dots. It is an important element of visual arts because all painters sculptors and architects use it as springboard of their finished products.
Line
Associated with the body in upright standing position and egenerally express poise, alertness, equilibrium firmness strength at the same time it connotes a static position though not without tension
Vertical Lines
This indicates rest response communist quietness and in action
Horizontal lines
Associated with the body forward and charging purposefully towards an objective. Signifies energy dynamism impulse willpower aspiration and passion as well as emotion.
Diagonal Line
