Midterm Flashcards
One definition of this element is “a mark that connects two points”
Line
Pick the three words that would be described a regular mechanical line
Controlled, Geometric, and Cool headed
A line that gives viewers the impression that they are seeing a line where there is not a continuous mark is
an implied line
By orienting lines so that they are attracting attention to a specific area of a work of art the artist is using _______________.
Directional line
Trye or False: A contour line defines the outer edge or profile of an object and can be used to suggest a volume in space
False
If vertical lines communicate strength, horizontal lines calm and diagonal lines action, then a vacation resort might want to choose a logo consisting of ______________ lines in order to show a peaceful repose.
Horizontal
a shape made perfectly straight lines would probably be classified as _______ shape
Geometric
This type of shape is composed of unpredictable, irregular line
Organic
The lightness or dark of a surface is called
Value
A color that is lighter than its basic hue is known as tint. a color that is darker than its basic hue is called
Shade
True or False: An artwork that uses many hues but only one value is called monochrome
False
most commercial color printing is achieved using four separate colors, represented by the matrix ____
CMYK
______ in particular is an element of art that can engage the viewer and express a wide range of emotions
Color
The recurrence of a single element in a work of art is called
Pattern
A design repeated as a unit in a pattern is called a
Motif
in the painting the third of may, 1808, this spanish artist used alternative rhythm to contrast “good” versus “bad”
Francisco Goya
a work that depicts people or objects in a way that makes them recognizable is called
Representational
an artwork can be described as non objective if its subject matter is ___
Unrecognizable
True or False: Both biographical and historical analysis are important for velasquez’s las meninas
True
The presence of velasquez’s self portrait in las meninas indicates that the painter ____
Wanted artists to be of high status
True or False: Picasso was an inventive artist who never used artworks from the past for inspiration
False
True or False: Picasso las meninas is less abstract than velazquez’s original
False
Picasso’s las meninas is ____
Impressionistic
Biographical analysis
Considers the artist’s personal experience
Feminist analysis
Considers the role of women in an artwork
Formal analysis
Analyzes the use of formal elements in a work
Contextual analysis
Considers the religious, political, and social environment in which the artwork was made and viewed
Iconographical analysis
interprets objects and figures in the artwork as symbols
artists draw for many reasons, including:
All of the above
When raphael was preparing to paint his fresco school of athens he did a large drawing called ____ to help design the wall
A cartoon
this is the practice of drawing from a live model or actual objects
life drawing
paint in its most basic form is composed of ___ and a liquid binder
pigment
this is not a traditional paint binder
lye
the binding agent in encaustic painting is ____
beeswax
naturalistic encaustic portraits of the roman era, from the fyum oasis in egypt were created as ____
funerary adornments
True or False: the best surface to paint the medium of encaustic is fabric
False