Terms Flashcards
Line
Defines shapes and figures
Indicates motion, emotion, and other elements
Shape/form
Property of a two-dimensional figure
Either geometric or organic
Color
Sets moods and highlights important things
Space
Can create three-dimensional illusions in a two-dimensional piece of art
Texture
Either the feeling of actual objects or the illusion that a piece of art has a feeling
Surface/depth
Shows depth or flatness
Light/shadow
Reveal stories and create moods
Balance
Even use of things throughout the artwork (ex. symmetry)
Movement
Sense of motion in a static image
Proportion
Relationship of parts of the body to one another
Scale
Relationship of parts of an image to the image as a whole or something outside the image
Pattern/repetition
When an image/object/motif is repeated throughout the piece
Rhythm
A visual tempo set by repeating objects/elements
Contrapposto
A Greek invention that portrayed the human body naturally, breaking symmetry and creating a life-like figure
Foreshortening
A technique that compresses long objects to appear shorter, creating the illusion of depth, used to make art more naturalistic
Chiaroscuro
The technique of transitioning between light and dark to give the illusion of volume and depth, used to make art more realisitic
Linear perspective
The method of creating a three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional surface
Atmospheric perspective
The technique of painting distant objects with less clarity to mimic how we visually see the world. It captures the visual phenomena instead of the object itself. The farther the object, the lighter it is
Doric Order
-Represents an important moment in Mediterranean architecture when monumental construction made the transition from impermanent materials
-Consists of plain, unadorned column capitals and a base-less column.
-Composed of triglyphs and metopes
Ionic Order
-Volutes!
-Base supporting the column
-Slender and elegant (like a man’s body)
-Running frieze of continuous sculptural relief
Corinthian Order
-Elaborately carved capital
-Vegetal motifs
Triglyph
Vertical “tablets” in the Doric frieze
Metope
Rectangular space between triglyphs
Pediment
Triangular upper part of the front of a building in classical architecture
