Quiz #2 ART 100 Flashcards
abstract texture
the appearance of an actual surface
actual texture
a surface that can be experienced through the sense of touch
assemblage
A technique that involves grouping actual items in a display. often displayed “in situ” in a natural position or in the middle of a room rather than on a wall.
atmospheric perspective
The illusion of depth by lightening values, softening details and textures.
collage
A technique of picturemaking in which real materials possessing actual textures are attached.
genre paintings
Painting with subject matters that concern everyday life, domestic scenes, family relationships.
invented texture
A created texture whose only source is the artist’s imagination.
paint quality
painted material-thickness, glossiness. enrich a surface through its own textural interest.
Papier colle`
A visual and tactile technique in which scraps of paper having various textures are pasted to the picture to enrich or embellish.
pattern
A series of repeated design. (FLAT)
simulated texture
A convincing copy or translation of an object’s texture in any medium. (trompe l`oeil)
tactile
A quality that refers to the sense of touch.
texture
The surface of a material that can be expierenced by touch. (3-D)
trompe l`oeil
“deceives the eye”
four types of texture
Actual Texture, Simulated Texture, Abstract Texture, & Invented Texture
Solid Shape, Most Stable?
Square
Actual Shapes
A positive area with clearly defined boundaries.
Amorphous Shape
A shape without clear definition: formless
biomorphic shape
irregular shape that resembles the freely developed curves found in living organisms.
Cubism
multiple views of objects to create the effect of 3-D surface
curvilinear shape
shape whose boundaries consist of predominantly curved lines.
decorative shape
stressing the 2-D nature of an artwork or any of its elements.
equivocal space
“optical illusion”
geometric shape
a shape that appears related to geometry: usually simple, such as a triangle, rectangle, or circle.
implied shape
A shaped that does not physically exist, but is suggested with dots or lines.
kinetic art
“motion” includes actual movement.
mass
a shape that appears to stand out 3-D from the space surrounding it.
objective
tends to appear natural or real.
perspective
a graphic system used to create the illusion of 3-D images.
planar shape
Having to do with planes; shapes that have height and width but no indication of thickness.
plane
an area that is exxentially 2-D, having height and width.
plastic shape
Elements used in such a manner as to create the illusion of the third dimension on a 2-D surface.
rectilinear shape
A shape whose boundaries consist of straight lines.
Shape
An area that stands out from its surroundings because of a defined or implied boundary.
silhouette
The area between or bounded by the contours, or edges, of an object; the total shape.
subjective
That which is derived from the mind, instead of physical reality, and reflects a personal bias emotion.
surrealism
A style of artistic expression.
three-dimensional
vreated the illusion of possessing the dimensions of depth, height, and width.
two-dimensional
Possesses the dimensions of heigh and width, especially when considering a flat surface or picture plane.
void
An area lacking positive substance and consisting of negative space.
volume
A measurable amound of defined, 3-d space.
