Finals Flashcards
An element that occurs over and over again in a composition.
Repitition
Refers to the opposite and differences in a work of art. You can achieve variety by using different shapes, textures, colors, and values.
contrast
The placement of objects over one another in order to create the illusion of depth.
Overlapping
Shows action and directs the viewer’s eye throughout the picture plane.
Movement.
Type of movement in a drawing or painting. It is seen as repeating shapes and colors or alternating lights and darks.
Rhythm
Shapes that are man-made, such as a square, triangle, circle.
Geometric
Mirror image of a figure
Reflection
Elements that radiate out in a circular pattern from a center point.
Radial Balance
The symmetry that a figure has if it can be divided by a line into two parts that are mirror images.
Line of Symmetry
Rotational symmetry of 180 degrees.
Point of Symmetry
Two lines/planes that intersect at right angles.
Perpendicular.
A line segment that passes through the center of a circle and has its two endpoints on the circle.
Diameter
The distance from the center of a circle to any point on its circumference.
Radius
Add white to a hue to create lighter values
tint
Add black to a hue to create darker values
shade
Group of 3-6 colors next to each other on the color wheel.
Analogous colors
Depiction of natural scenery in art
landscape
Portrait of the artist by the artist.
Self-Portait
The line that is created when the sky meets the ground
Horizon Line
A mathematical system for representing three-dimensional objects and space on a two-dimensional surface by means of intersecting lines that are drawn vertically and horizontally and that radiate from one point on the horizon line.
One-point Perspective
The color wheel is a visual representation of colors arranged according to their _____ relationships.
chromatic
Colors are also called ____.
Hues
Secondary colors are made by mixing _____ colors together.
Primary
Value is one of the properties of _____.
Color
Piccaso’s Blue Period is characterized by somber paintings rendered in shades of ____.
blue
_____ was the first to understand the nature of color.
Newton
Adding white to a hue make the color _____ in value.
lighter
The _____ color is always listed first in the names of tertiary colors.
Primary
____ is the visual quality of objects created by the amount of light they reflect or absorb.
Color
You can make ___________ colors by mixing other colors together.
tertiary or secondary
The meaning of a mandala comes from the Sanskrit meaning “_____.”
circle
For the Abstract Geometric Project, we focused on these principles of design:________________
Balance, pattern, movement, and rhythm.
Red-Orange is a ______ color
tertiary
Tertiary colors can also be reffered to as __________ colors.
Intermediate
________ may capture mountains, valleys, bodies of water, fields, forests, and coasts and may or may not include man-made structures as well as people.
Landscapes
______ art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition.
Abstract
Georgia O’keefe traveled the ___ to paint her landscapes.
U.S.
We used (what type of medium) _______ to create our Analogous Landscapes.
Oil pastels
_________ is a very old art form going back to at least ancient Egypt, where it flourished 5,000 years ago. At the same time, this was the only way to record the appearance of someone.
Portraiture.
A self portrait should only look like the _____.
artist
We used ______- in our self-portraits, giving them life and energy.
Vitality
One point perspective is a drawing method that shows how things appear to get _____ as they get further away.
smaller
The vanishing point is always located on the ____________ in a one-point perspective drawing at eye level.
Horizon Line
The development of ______________ made it possible for artists to perfect the illusion of depth in their paintings.
one point perspective
In one point perspective, surfaces that face the viewer appear as their ____ shape, without any distortion.
True
