Elements Of Art Flashcards
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Composition
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A creative work, or how elements and objects are conposed in an artwork
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Complementary colours
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Colours that complement each other and are on opposite sides of the colour wheel. (Eg, purple and yellow)
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Primary colours
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Colours that are mixed to make secondary colours. (Red, yellow and blue)
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Cool colours
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Colours that have a cold feeling or represent cool. (Eg, blue, green)
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Symbolic colour
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Colour that is used to represent something. (Eg, green = envy, red = heat, anger, stop etc)
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Texture
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The surface characteristics of an artwork
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Collage
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A single artwork made up of multiple materials or images
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Two-dimensional
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Having or appearing to have length and breadth but no depth.
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Three-dimensional
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Having or appearing to have lengty, breadth and depth.
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Assemblage
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An artwork made of found objects or things put together or composed as one.
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Aerial perspective
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Viewing from up above. Aka birds eye view
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Foreground
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The area at the front of an artwork, or the area closest to the viewer
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Middleground
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The area at the centre of the artwork
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Background
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The area at the back of the artwork (eg, the sky in a landscape)
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Structural frame
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Looking at art by examining its oarts. What elements have been used eg) line
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Cultural frame
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The social meanings in an artwork and what they represent. (Eg, gender, race, war…)
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Postmodern frame
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Involves ideas that challenge the mainstream and are out of the norm.
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Subjective frame
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Art which is based on the artists personal and psychological experiences.
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Still life
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A still image to paint or draw using objects or items from life.
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Organic
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Natural forms or shapes
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Shape
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2D area within an outline.
Geometric shape - precise and regular
Organic shape - irregular, rounded and relaxed
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Direction
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Vertical, horizontal, diaganol or oblique. Can lead the viewers eye to a focal point. Indicates movement or mood
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Whimsical
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Playful, quaint. Objects arranged in an interesting or appealing way.
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Humour
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Amusing or comical artwork
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Landscape
A type of format for an artwork. Also a natural view in an artwork. Eg) seascape
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Linear perspective
Represents depth theough lines that converge on a vanishing point
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Secondary colours
Two primary colours mixed together (yellow + red = orange)
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Elements of art
The main components or building blocks of art
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Representational art
Art that seeks to depict the physical existence of reality
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Self portrait
A representation of ones self either drawn, painted or sculpted
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Space
Deacribes the distance between people and objects
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Size
Size is relative. Contrast is created between large and small shapes
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Skewed perspective
Unnatural angles in an artwork (eg a vertical horizon line)
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Self portrait
A representation of ones self, either drawn, painted or sculpted.
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Sculpture
The art of making 2 or 3 dimensional forms by carving wood, bending metal/wires or building on clay
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simplified images/stylised
An image or object that has been brought back to the basic and original shape
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Flat colour
Not glossy or vibrant, dull
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Irreverent
Showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously
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Imaginative
Having or showing creativity or inventiveness
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Outline
The outer egde or line of an object or painting
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Gestural line
Is linked with movement and is quick
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Form
The shape of an art piece
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Armature
The framework, basic shape, skeleton or begining frame for a sculpture
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Contour line
The line which defines an object or figure in a drawing
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Harmonious/analogous colours
Colours that are next to each other on the colour wheel that form a pleasing and consistent look
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Tints
Hue + white = tint
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Tone
Hue + Grey = tone
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Shade
Hue + black = shade
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Relief printing
The process of adding or taking away layers of a lino print in such a way that all that remains of the original surface is the design to be printed
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Reduction printing
A print in which seperate stages of a lino block are printed together. After the first print, the lino is reduced and printed again.
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Gouges
A lino tool/chisel used to engrave the lino block
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V Type Gouge
Creates thin deep lines used for precise and neat detail
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U Type Gouge
Creates large, even carves, used to clear away areas in the lino block
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C Type Gouge
A tool used in relief printmaking that is used to clear away
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Chine Collé
A process in printmaking in which the artist places thin collage paper on the ink plate and then pressed creating a new effect on the print
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Registration in Printmaking
The registration plate ensures that the 2nd layer print stays alligned with the first layer print in a reduction print. Thr allignment of soecific marks
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Surrealism
Aimed at expressing imaginitive dreams free from concious rational control
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German expressionism
A modernist movement originally in germany aimed at presenting the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas in the viewers
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Modernism
A loose term given to the succesion of styles and movements in art from the 19th century up until the 1960s. Includes cubisms
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Post impressionism
CEZANNE. A reaction againts impressionists concern for the naturalistic depiction of light and colour. An extension of impressionism while also rejecting its limitations on art
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Fauvism
Works emphasised painterly qualities and strong colour over the representational or realistic values retained by impressionsm
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Cubism
PICASSO. Where perspective with a single viewpoint was abandoned amd ise was made of simple gemotric shapes, interlocking planes and collage
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Pop art
Based on modern popular culture and the mass media, especially as a critical or ironic comment. Can use magazines or popular movies
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Abstract expressionism
POLLOCK. A development of abstract art which originated in New York in the 1940s and 1950s and aimed at subjective emotional expression with particular emphasis on the spontaneous creative act (e.g. action painting)
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Abstraction
Art that is non representational ie subject matter is not recognisably based on figure/landscape etc. Uses shape, line, colour, in a simplified manner. Objects often distorted or simplified
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Appropriation
Borrowing ideas, motifs, or imagery
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Avant garde
Ahead of its time
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Curvilinear
Curved lines are emphasised in the shape, form, or composition of an artwork
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Delineation
To outline the shape or form of an object
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Explain
Relate cause and effect, make the relationships between things evident, provide why and/or how
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Examine
Inquire into
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Evaluate
Make a judgement based on criteria, determine the value of
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Discuss
Identify issues and provide points for and or against
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Painting drawing conventions
Include research, drawing notes, sketches, compositional plans, monochromatic and colour studies, collage, digital processes, painting, evaluative notes
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Painting technical conventions
Include wet and dry media, pencil, crayon, charcoal, conte, pen, ink, dye, paint, shallac, collage, shading, blending, scumbling, imoasto, glazing, layering, drips, dry brush, scratching, graffiti, spray praint, wiping, stencil, transfer, multimedia, installation, in situ, digital processes
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Painting pictorial and conceptual conventions
Include abstract, figuritve, cubist, minimal, decorative, narrative, post modern, still life, vanitas, landscape, metaphorial, symbolic, portrait, expressive, gestural, hard edge, op, pop, political, historical, culutural, pattern making, surrealist, dada, grunge, street, bombing, graffiti, animation, perspective, grid, montage, morphing, juxtaposition, monochrome
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Conventions
Refer to the characteristics and constraints applicable, relevant, and fitting to established practice within the fields
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Asymetry
A balance of parts on opposite sides of a percieved midline, giving the appearance of equal visual weight
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Equilibrium
"A feeling of equilibrium" A state in which oposing forces are balanced
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Focal point
The place in a work of art at which attention becomes focussed because of an element emphasized in some way
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Expressive content
Content expressive of ideas and moods in a work of art
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Dominance
An emphasis of one aspect, characteristic or quality in an image in relation to all others
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Distortion
The condition of being twistered or altered from a usual or regular shape. Often used as an expressive technique
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Hue
The gradation or attribute of a colour that defines its general classification
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Installation art
The combining of elements into a singular artwork that is specifically located in one place. Unable to be relocated
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Mass
The outside size and bulk of an object, such as a building or a sculpture. The visual weight of an object
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Macquette
A preliminary model
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Mood
The state of mind or emotion communicated in an artwork
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Negetive space
Shapes or spaces that are or represent areas unoccupied by objects
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Rhythm
Repetitive visual elements that achieve a specific effect
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Scale
Relative size, proportion
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Value
Lightness or darkness of a hue or neutral colour
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Visual metaphor
Images in which characteristics of objects are likened to one another and presented as that other. Closely related to concepts of symbolism
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Recontextualise
To place an artwork in a different context to change the meaning
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Ways to describe line
Broken, curved, controlled, simplistic, directional, descriptive, bold, sensuous
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Ways to describe tone
Subtle, dramatic, contrasting, flat, bold, muted
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Chiaroscuro
The treatment of light and shade in drawings and painting
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Ways to describe texture
Coarse, sensitive, rustic, descriptive, minimal, tactile, slippery, soft, bold
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Ways to describe shape
Irregular, regular, organic, realistic, abstract, dynamic
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Tactile
Perceptible by touch
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Ways to describe colour
Vivid, dynamic, sensitive, neutral, psychodelic, rich, dull, tonal
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Psychodelic
Suggestive or evocative of an altered or hallucinatory state of perception
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Lacklustre
Not shining, lacking in vitality
