Midterm Flashcards
Subject
What is the art about? Can be a person, thing or idea.
Composition
How is the art arranged/organized?
Content
Why was this art created? The intellectual or emotional message
Contour Lines
The outline of an object
Implied Lines
Lines that fade or disappear then reappear in a way that implies where the missing portion is
leading lines
(real or implied) that lead the viewer’s eye to the artwork’s FOCAL POINT an area of emphasis
hatching
repeating strokes of an art tool producing clustered (usually parallel) lines to create values. in cross- hatching, similar lines pass over the hatched lines in a different direction, usually creating darker values
implied/simulated texture
a convincing copy of an objects texture in any medium
actual texture
a surface that can be experience through the sense of touch
impasto
An Italian word for “mixture,” used to describe a painting technique wherein paint is thickly laid on a surface, so that brushstrokes or palette knife marks are visible
invented texture
A texture created from the imagination of the artist. It generally produces a Decorative Pattern
Pattern
A repeating element and/or design that can produce a new set of characteristics
value
the relative lightness or darkness
contrast
the difference between values
high-key value
uses values that are medium grey or lighter ex Monet
low-key value
uses values that are medium grey or darker
local value
the relative lightness or darkness of a surface independent of amount of light falling on it
forms
-art that is 3d and encloses volume (height width and depth)
- geometric forms are usually manmade (cube, sphere)
- free flowing/organic forms do not have specific names and are usually associated with naturally occurring forms
Chiaroscuro
Italian term that translates to “light-dark” and refers to strong contrasting values
primary colors
red, blue, yellow
secondary colors
green, orange, purple/violet
Tertiary/intermediate colors
yellow green, yellow orange, red orange, blue green, blue violet, and red violet
hue
the name of the color or the position on the color wheel
complementary colors
red and green, blue and orange, and yellow and purple
saturation
-the intensity/vividness of a color
-mixing complementary colors will mute the colors
tint
when you mix a pure hue with white
tone
when you mix a pure how with black and white
shade
when you mix a pure hue with black
