Visual Elements

Question 1

List the visual elements of art.

Answer 1

Line
Light
Shape
Space
Color
Texture
Time
Motion
Value

Question 2

Decorative handwriting lines

Answer 2

Calligraphy

Question 2

Areas within a composition that have boundaries that separate them from what surrounds them.

Answer 2

Shapes

Question 3

Lines that describe the edge of a form.

*Outline form

Answer 3

Contour Lines

Question 3

The mass or bulk of a 3D work; the amount of space such a work contains

Answer 3

Volume

Question 4

Discontinuous line that is completed by the viewer

Answer 4

Implied Line

Question 4

A large area of one form or color in 3D; the bulk of the object

Answer 4

Mass

Question 5

Invisible connection between 2 points in a composition

Answer 5

Psychological Line

Question 5

Mass that occupies 3D space & has measurable volume & weight

Answer 5

Actual Mass

Question 6

Creation of illusion of roundness/3D thru use of light/shadow

Answer 6

Modeling

Question 6

Apparent mass of depicted objects

Answer 6

Implied Mass

Question 7

Small dots/dabs to create shading

Answer 7

Stippling

Question 7

regular, easy to measure/describe, precise; made up of rectilinear or curvilinear lines; unnatural/mathematical appearance

Answer 7

Geometric Shapes

Question 8

Series of closely spaced parallel lines

Answer 8

Hatching

Question 8

Natural appearance, soft, curvilinear, irregular; characteristic of living things

Answer 8

Organic Shapes

Question 9

Lines in different directions and cross one another

Answer 9

Cross Hatching

Question 9

Having form of a living organism

Answer 9

Biomorphic Shape

Question 10

What do horizontal lines do?

Answer 10

Suggest Stability

Question 10

Amorphous Shape

Answer 10

Without clear shape or form

Question 11

What do vertical lines do?

Answer 11

Defy gravity, sugest assertiveness

Question 11

Straight lines

Answer 11

Rectilinear

Question 12

What do diagonal lines do?

Answer 12

Imply movement & directionality

Question 12

Curved lines or line

Answer 12

Curvilinear

Question 13

Lines that communicate a specific mood or feeling

Answer 13

Expressive Lines

Question 13

Spatial form defined by the objects or figures represented in a work of art

Answer 13

Positive Shapes

Question 14

Lines that define movement or posture of a figure or form; describe or follow action and are rapidly executed; immediacy; draw attention to the movement of entire comp rather than subj

Answer 14

Gestural Lines

Question 14

Space that is empty or filled with imagery that is secondary to the main objects or figures depicted

Answer 14

Negative Shapes

Question 15

Abstract Shape

Answer 15

Have a resemblance to natural objects

Question 29

Nonobjective Shape

Answer 29

Do not represent any known object found in nature

Question 30

Light vs. Dark; determined by the amount of light reflected by the surface

Answer 30

Value

Question 31

Relative lightness & darkness; the difference between shades of grey

Answer 31

Value Contrast

Question 32

The gradual shifting from light to dark through a successive gradation of tones across a curved surface

Answer 32

Chiaroscuro

Question 33

Color

Answer 33

Hue

Question 34

Visible Spectrum Colors (Roy G. Biv) (Also Color Wheel)

Answer 34

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet

Question 35

Cool Colors

Answer 35

Blue, Green, Violet. Appears cool in temperature, tends to recede spatially behind warm colors

Question 36

Warm Colors

Answer 36

Red, Orange, Yellow. Appear warm.

tend to advance toward viewer

Question 37

Degree of purity of a hue measured by its intensity/brightness

Answer 37

Saturation

Question 38

Degree of darkness of a color (mixed with black)

Answer 38

Shade

Question 39

Lightness of color determined by the extent of its mixture with white

Answer 39

Tint