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.
