Visual Literacy Test 1 Flashcards
Form
all aspects of life
Style
appearance of art which includes the particular manner of presentation
Composition
how elements are arranged in a work
Content
an idea communicated through the form. it comprises of the subject matter
Representational (naturalistic)
when the figures and objects are close to life
Stylized
any time the work seems more or less close to life, but fails to meet all of the representational criteria, then it’s stylized
Abstract
art where the forms are distorted
Nonrepresentational
art made up of geometric shapes or lines, and you cannot identify any forms, such as figures or objects in it
Religious
deals with the religion or sacred, made to teach about religion
Political
any art that deals with political or social events
Daily Life
everyday life scene
Portrait
focuses on a person
Nature
beauty of nature
Fantasy
art is a dream, out of world experience
Shape
a 2-dimensional shape any and 2-dimensional image
Implied shape
what our mind perceives the visual information as a whole
Mass
a 3-dimensional form that occupies a volume of space
Actual texture
tactile, a quality we can experience through touch
Visual texture
the texture that is seen
3-dimensional space
3-dimensional artwork that stands in the actual space in which our bodies stand
Implied Space
suggests depth in two dimensions
Linear perspective
forms diminishing in size as they recede from parallel lines to a vanishing point on a horizon line
Foreshortening
the visual phenomena whereby an elongated object projecting toward or away from a viewer appears shorter than its actual length
atmospheric perspective
when distant objects appear less distinct, paler, and bluer than nearby objects
Isometric perspective
use of diagonal lines to convey recession without parallel lines converging
Time and motion
signs that remind us of motion or the passage of time
Color theory
the study of white light separated into spectral colors by a prism and colors of the visible spectrum
Color properties
Color, value, intensity
Primary colors
blue, yellow, red
Secondary colors
purple, green, orange
Complementary colors
colors opposite on the color wheel, (red/green, yellow/green, yellow/purple)
Analogous colors
colors next to each other
High value
everything facing towards the light source
low value
everything opposite of the light source
Chiaroscuro
putting shadows to create illusion of mass
Hatching
rows of parallel lines to create a shadow areas to produce illusion of mass
Stippling
lots of dots
Unity
a sense of oneness
Variety
difference
Balance
distribution of visual weight, symmetrical and asymmetrical
Emphasis
manipulating various visual elements to bring attention to one major subject in the work
Scale and proportion
size in relation to a standard or “normal” size
