Visual Art

Question 1

Painting

Answer 1

form of visual art that captures the expression of ideas and emotions on a two-dimensional surface

Question 2

Collage

Answer 2

a piece of art made by sticking various different materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric onto a backing.

Question 3

Ceramic

Answer 3

made of clay and permanently hardened by heat

Question 4

Sitter

Answer 4

The person posing in a portrait

Question 5

portrait

Answer 5

a pictorial representation of a person usually showing the face

Question 6

Posturise

Answer 6

to print or display (an image, such as a photograph) with a limited number of tones or colours

Question 7

Tone

Answer 7

the lightness or darkness of colours used

Question 8

Composition

Answer 8

a complete work of art

Question 9

Audience

Answer 9

group of people who view a work of art

Question 10

Influence

Answer 10

the capacity to have an effect on something. inspired by the works of something

Question 11

Technique

Answer 11

technical skill, an ability to apply procedures or methods so as to effect a desired result

Question 12

Realism

Answer 12

the accurate, detailed, unembellished depiction of nature or of contemporary life

Question 13

Abstract

Answer 13

art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead uses shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect

Question 14

Grid

Answer 14

a framework of spaced bars that are parallel to or cross each other

Question 15

Pattern

Answer 15

any regularly repeated arrangement

Question 16

Warm

Answer 16

Hues that give the feeling of warmth, such as red, orange, and yellow

Question 17

Cool

Answer 17

Hues that give the feeling of coolness, such as blue, green, and purple

Question 18

Contrasting

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Contrasting colours sit opposite each other on the colour wheel

Question 19

Harmonious

Answer 19

Harmonious colours sit beside each other on the colour wheel

Question 20

Monochromatic

Answer 20

Monochrome means one colour, so in relation to art, a monochrome artwork is one that includes only one colour

Question 21

Dominant

Answer 21

the part of a design that is the most important, powerful or has the most influence

Question 22

Bisque

Answer 22

clay which has been fired once

Question 23

Leather hard

Answer 23

dried and hardened enough to be decorated or trimmed with slip but not enough to be fired.

Question 24

Glaze

Answer 24

thin layer of liquid which is put on a piece of pottery and becomes hard/shiny

Question 25

Greenware

Answer 25

the clay is shaped and it is ready for the first firing

Question 26

Kiln

Answer 26

a type of large oven used for making clay objects hard after they have been shaped

Question 27

Bone dry

Answer 27

greenware pottery that has dried as much as possible before it has gone through its first firing