Exam #1 Flashcards
direct our eyes around a work of art and show movement
directional lines
suggest gentile movement
curvilinear lines
lines that are not really there
linear lines
yellow, red, blue
primary colors
made by mixing two primary colors
secondaries
are opposite one another on color wheel
complementary colors
how light or dark a color is
value
the intensity and how pure a color is
saturation
a way of depicting space which imitates how we see
- forms seem to be smaller as they recede from us
linear perspective
applied to landscape and representational art
- imitates how we see things at a great distance
atmospheric perspective
distortion created by linear perspective
- objects appear larger the closer they are to the picture
foreshortening
creates common visual language that can be understood by the viewer
visual convention
determine all the symbols an meanings of the detailed work of art
iconography
arrangement of objects on a surface
still life
scene from everyday life
genre
