Elements Of Visual Arts Flashcards

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A mark on a surface that describes a shape or outline. It can create texture and can be thick and thin.

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Line

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2
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Lines of repose and serenity. They express the ideas of calmness and quiescence.

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Horizontal Lines

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Lines that are poised, balance, forceful, and dynamic. They express an impression of dignity.

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Vertical Lines

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4
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Lines that suggest action and movement. They give animatiom to any composition in which they apppear.

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Diagonal Lines

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5
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They suggest grace, movement, flexibility, and joyousness.

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Curved Lines

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6
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What are the Three Main Types of Lines?

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  • Repetition
  • Contrast
  • Transition Line
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Occurs when two or more lines are drawn within a corner following the lines of the corner.

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Repetition

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8
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Lines that are in opposition to each other.

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Contrast

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9
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A line that connects two workflow elements.

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Transition Line

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10
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The term for the pure spectrum colors commonly referred to by the “color names” - red, orange, yellow, blue, green, violet - which appear in the hue circle or rainbow.

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Hue

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What ate the primary colors?

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  • Red
  • Blue
  • Yellow
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12
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What are the secondary colors?

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  • Green
  • Violet (Purple)
  • Orange
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13
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The purity and strength of the color such as brightness or dullness.

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Intensity

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14
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The lightness or darkness of the color.

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Value

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15
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What are the tertiary colors?

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  • Orange-Yellow
  • Red-Orange
  • Violet-Red
  • Blue-Violet
  • Blue-Green
  • Yellow-Green
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16
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This are values above the normal.

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Tints

17
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This are values below the normal.

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Shades

18
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Symbolizes death and gloom

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Black

19
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Stands for purity and innocence

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White

20
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Represents blood, anger and fear

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Red

21
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It implies happiness and abundance

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Green

22
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The element that deals more directly with the sense of touch. It has do with the characteristics of surfaces which can be rough or smootg.

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Texture

23
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It deals with the effect of distance upon the appearance of objects.

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Perspective

24
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Refers to the amountvof space occupied in three dimensions. It refers to solidity or thickness.

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Volume

25
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The representation of an appearance of distance by means of converging lines.

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Linesr Perspective

26
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The representation of objects or parts of the body as smaller from the point of view of the obeserver.

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Foreshortening

27
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The representation of relative distances of objects by gradiations of tone or color. Objects become fainter in the distance due to the effect of the atmosphere.

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Aerial Perspective

28
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An element of art, refers to distance or areas around, between or within components of a piece.

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Space

29
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Kinds of Space

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Positive and Negative Space

30
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The areas in a work of art that are the subjects, or areas of interest.

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Positive Space

31
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Areas around the subjects, or areas of interest.

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Negative Space

32
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It describes the structure or shape of an object. The over-all design of a work of art.

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Form

33
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Types of Form

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Organic and Geometric

34
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Typically are irregular in outline, and often assymetrical. Most often thought of as naturally occuring.

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Organic Forms

35
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Regular shapes, such as squares, rectangles, circles, cubes, spheres, and any others.

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Geometric Forms