visual information and media

Question 1

the building blocks of art and design

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visual information and media

Question 2

7 visual elements

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line, color, form, pattern, texture, tone, shape

Question 3

• the foundation of all drawing. the first and most versatile of the visual elements of art.
• describes a shape or outline.

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line

Question 4

a line that suggests comfort and ease (psychological response)

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curved line

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a line that suggests distance and calm (psychological response)

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horizontal lines

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a line that suggests height and strength (psychological response)

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vertical lines

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a line that suggests turmoil and anxiety (psychological response)

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jagged lines

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lines that can express the personal energy and
mood of the artist (expressive quality)

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freehand lines

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lines that can express a rigid control (expressive quality)

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mechanical lines

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lines that can lead the eye in certain directions (expressive quality)

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continuous lines

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lines that can express the ephemeral or the
insubstantial (expressive quality)

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broken lines

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lines that can express strength (expressive quality)

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thick lines

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lines that can express delicacy (expressive quality)

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thin lines

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• usually a geometric area that stands out from the space next to or around it
• can be natural or man-made, regular or irregular, flat (2-dimensional) or solid (3-dimensional), representational or abstract, geometric or organic, patterned or textured

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shape

Question 15

The angles and curves of shapes appear to change depending on our viewpoint. The technique we use to describe this change is called
________.

Answer 15

perspective drawing

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shapes that can portray strength and
stability (behavior of shapes)

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squares and rectangles

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shapes that can represent continuous movement (behavior of shapes)

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circles and ellipses

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shape that can lead the eye in an upward movement (behavior of shapes)

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triangles

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shape that can create a sense of imbalance and
tension (behavior of shapes)

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inverted triangles

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the degree of lightness or darkness of a color

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tone / value

Question 21

• determined by its hue (name of color), intensity (purity of the hue), and value (lightness or darkness of hue).
• the visual element that has the strongest effect on our
  emotions
• used to create the mood or atmosphere of an
  artwork

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color

Question 22

approaches to use color (just familiarize the answers ^^)

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• as light
• as tone
• as pattern
• as form
• as symbol
• as movement
• as harmony
• as contrast
• as mood

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is made by repeating or echoing the elements of an
artwork to communicate a sense of balance, harmony,
contrast, rhythm or movement

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pattern

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2 types of pattern

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natural and man-made

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• patterns that are observed & occurs in nature
• we can see these in the shape of a leaf and the branches
  of a tree, the symmetry of a snowflake

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natural pattern

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• pattern used for both structural and decorative purposes

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man-made pattern

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the way a surface feels or is perceived to feel.
- the surface quality of an artwork - the roughness or
smoothness of the material from which it is made

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texture

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2 ways we experience texture:

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optically (sight) and physically (touch)

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a skillful painting technique that creates the illusion of texture.
- the appearance of being real in the painted insects and drops of
moisture

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optical texture

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paint with expressive brushstrokes whose texture conveys the physical and emotional energy of both the artist and his/her subject
- may use natural texture

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physical texture

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the physical volume of a shape and the space that it
occupies

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form

Question 32

computer graphics programs and holograms are examples of _________

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Two-Dimensional Form

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materials, programs, applications and the like that people use to formulate new information to aid learning through the use, analysis, evaluation and production of visual images.

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visual information and media

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a feeling of visual equality in shape, form, value, color, etc.

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balance

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brings together a composition with similar units.

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harmony

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offers some change in value creating a visual discord in a composition

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contrast (change in value)

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a visual flow through the composition. It can be the suggestion of motion in a design as you move from object to object by way of placement and position.

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directional movement

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– a movement in which some elements recur regularly.

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rhythm

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created through the arrangement of objects in two-dimensional space to look like they appear in real life.
- relationship between different objects seen in space.

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perspective