Exam 1 Flashcards
Principles of Design
Unity, Variety, Balance, Emphasis, Dominance, Movement, Contrast, Repetition, Rhythm, Scale, Proportion
Elements of Design
Color, Shape, Line, Value, Light, Texture, Space, Time, Motion
Primary Colors
Yellow, Blue, Red
Complimentary Colors
Red/green
Blue/orange
Yellow/violet
When the positive and negative shapes in a piece can be reversed
Figure-ground reversal
Everything in composition to either side of actual/imaginary line is the SAME
Bilateral Balance
The whole of the work has a symmetrical feeling (SIMILARITY)
Symmetrical Balance
Star of David is exp of?
Shape as Icon
Orderly progressions
Rhythm/Repetition
Two primary types of balance
Symmetrical Balance
Asymmetrical Balance
3 Functions in Drawing
Recording and developing ideas
Preparatory studies
Develop a work of Art
Paint medium in Encaustic
Heat
Printmaking technique closely related to drawing
Etching
Photographer closely related to the Photo Essay
Margaret Bourke-White
First Camera Made
Camera Obscura
Responsible for pushing photography as a art form
Alfred Stieglitz- Founded Photo Secession
Shows/depicts the appearance of things objects we recognize from everyday world and showed again and again
Representational Art
A artists changes the objects natural appearance in order to reveal certain qualities
Abstract
Presents visual forms with no specific references to anything outside itself- objects not recognizable
Nonrepresentational art
Realism in the art and avoiding artistic conversations and supernatural elements
Realistic art
