unit 1

Question 1

form

Answer 1

the volume and shape of a three-dimensional work, perhaps including unfilled areas that are integral to the work as a whole.

Question 2

medium

Answer 2

material of the art object, technical process, ex. painting, sculpture, drawing are each a different medium.

Question 3

content

Answer 3

subject matter, the ideas included in a work

Question 4

style

Answer 4

characteristics that identify work or make it distinctive, kind of work , consistent use of form and composition, one’s style.

Question 5

formal elements

Answer 5

purely visual aspects, such as line, shapes, color, texture, spatial qualities and composition.

Question 6

line

Answer 6

a mark that defines shape that is more or less continuous. A mark that follows an edge or a contour.

Question 7

edge

Answer 7

the characteristics of the boundaries between objects, how the medium of an artwork describes the border of an object or area

Question 8

drafting

Answer 8

the act of representing an image on a surface by means of adding lines and shades, as with a pencil, crayon, pen, chalk, pastels, etc. to make sketches, studies, cartoons or more complete works

Question 9

shading

Answer 9

used to build atmosphere or volume

Question 10

crosshatched

Answer 10

Crosshatched lines can also be used to create atmosphere or volume

Question 11

contour line

Answer 11

an outline that depicts the edge of a figure or volume

Question 12

implied line

Answer 12

the suggested lining up of juxtaposed objects

Question 13

shape

Answer 13

the external appearance of an object as opposed to its structure; an area which stands out from the space next to it or around it because of a defined boundary of a difference of value, color, or texture.

Question 14

biomorphic shape

Answer 14

Biomorphic forms or images are ones that while abstract nevertheless refer to, or evoke, living forms such as plants and the human body

Question 15

geometric shape

Answer 15

an object with a fixed structure

Question 16

color

Answer 16

hue, value, intensity

Question 17

hue

Answer 17

the word for the color itself

Question 18

value

Answer 18

the quantity of white or black in the hue

Question 19

intensity

Answer 19

the quantity or saturation of color, or hue, in the paint or ink you are looking at.

Question 20

opacity

Answer 20

the state or quality of not letting light passed through

Question 21

translucency

Answer 21

the state or quality of letting light passed through but defusing it so that objects on the other side cannot be distinguished

Question 22

transparency

Answer 22

the state or quality of letting light passed through