Visual Arts Flashcards
Principles of Art: Rhythm
Repetition of a part of a work makes it seem lively or gives the impression of movement or vibration.
Principles of Art: Balance / Symmetry
balancing the parts of a piece of art to make it look right. Balance makes the watcher feel like all the parts are in the right place. Visual mismatch makes people feel uneasy.
Perception
Development and organization of ideas from the environment through greater visual awareness and sensitivity to surroundings, memory, and imagination.
Elements of Art: Shape
Shape is a 2-dimensional area defined by a boundary.
Elements of Art: Space
Space is the area between or around shapes and forms.
Principles of Art: Proportion
How big things are in relation to each other in an outline. How one part fits in with another and with the whole.
Analogous Colors
Neighbors on the color wheel that have a common hue
violet, red-violet, red, red-orange and orange all have red in common
Opposite Color / Complementary Colors
Are positioned as opposites on the color wheel
Red/Green
Principles of Art: Emphasis
Stressing one element or area in a work of art to make it attract the viewer’s attention first.
Elements of Art: Value
The amount of lightness or darkness a color possesses. White and Black are neutral colors. Adding one of them to a color will change the value.
Primary Colors
red, yellow, blue; a group of colors from which all other colors can be obtained by mixing
Element of Art
a work of art’s most important or basic part. In a work of art, an artist can use one or more aspects at the same time.
Principles of Art: Pattern
The visual repetition of elements such as line, shape, and color, and can be 2D decoration.
Elements of Art: Texture
Texture is the way things feel or appear to feel.
Divergent Instruction
leads the student to a wide range of answers, many of which the teacher doesn’t know or see. This way of teaching focuses on the student’s natural skills.
Principles of Art: Contrast
Differences in values, colors, textures and other elements to achieve emphasis and unity.
Hue
The name of a color
blue-green
Tertiary Colors
Occur when a primary color is mixed with a neighboring secondary color on the color wheel
blue + green = blue-green
The Four Strands of Learning
How the TEKS are set up for Visual Arts. Perception Expression/performance of creativity History and culture are important Response/evaluation
Principles of Art: Unity
The way that parts and ideas are put together in a piece of media to make it feel complete or whole. Unity makes it easier to see how all the parts of a piece of art work together.
Convergent Instruction
leads the student to only a few answers. A skill could be taught using this method.
Monochromatic
containing or using only one color, but may have different values.
Elements of Art: Line
A moving point on a paper or other surface. It has both length and width.
Elements of Art: Color
From the way light is reflected. The brain registers color based on how the eyes react to different types of light.
Principles of Art
How the different parts of an artwork are put together; can be used on its own or with other concepts.
Secondary Colors
orange, green, purple; occur when two primary colors are mixed.
Elements of Art: Form
Forms are 3-dimensional shapes, having height, width and depth.
