visual arts vocab

Question 1

What are four aspects of visual unity noted in the CLAT Manual?

Answer 1

proximity, repetition, continuation, and controlled chaos

Question 2

What is visual unity?

Answer 2

how parts of a visual art piece are in harmony with other parts

Question 3

What is visual art proximity?

Answer 3

how the objects are spatially related

Question 4

What is repetition in visual art?

Answer 4

how many of the same objects there are

Question 5

What is continuation in visual art?

Answer 5

how the objects come to closure

Question 6

What is balance in visual art?

Answer 6

how some elements in the image relate to other elements in the image

Question 7

Name three aspects of balance in visual art.

Answer 7

symmetrical, asymmetrical, radial

Question 8

Symmetrical balance is…

Answer 8

…when parts of the image are mirrored.

Question 9

Asymmetrical balance is…

Answer 9

…when parts of the image are not mirrored.

Question 10

Radial balance is…

Answer 10

…when parts of the image appear to balance outward from a point of origin.

Question 11

Rhythm in visual art is…

Answer 11

…how repetition directs eye movement as one looks at the image.

Question 12

Proportion in visual art is…

Answer 12

…how visual elements relate, specifically in relation to relative size.

Question 13

Negative space in visual art is…

Answer 13

…the areas created between colors and shapes.

Question 14

Name six ways visual arts materials may be described.

Answer 14

strength, plasticity, smoothness, texture, color, shape

Question 15

What are the three roles taken by people in relationship to visual art?

Answer 15

creators (those who make the object), manipulators (those who use the object), and experiencers (those who perceive/decode the object)

Question 16

What is a line?

Answer 16

a path made by a pointed instrument that implies action due to the effort required to make it

Question 17

What are observable aspects of a line?

Answer 17

the width, length, direction, appearance, and feeling of the line

Question 18

What is a shape?

Answer 18

a two or three-dimensional area often formed by lines, defined by edges and colors

Question 19

Name four types of shapes.

Answer 19

geometric, organic, positive & negative space, a form (square, triangular, cylindrical)

Question 20

Name three aspects of color.

Answer 20

hue, shades, tints

Question 21

What is color hue?

Answer 21

the normal colors referenced within a culture; note symbolism of colors

Question 22

What are shades of color?

Answer 22

darker variations of a color made by adding black to the mixture

Question 23

What are tints of color?

Answer 23

lighter variations of a color made by adding white to the mixture

Question 24

What is color texture?

Answer 24

the sense of feeling evoked by a visual message through visual representation: rough, soft, smooth, bumpy

Question 25

What are the primary colors?

Answer 25

red, blue, yellow

Question 26

What are the secondary colors?

Answer 26

purple, orange, green

Question 27

What are some tertiary colors?

Answer 27

greenish yellow, bluish green, reddish purple, reddish orange, yellowish orange