Vocabulary

Question 1

Scale

Answer 1

the size of an object or artwork relative to another object or artwork, or to a system of measurement (See Chapter 1.2, page 61)

Question 2

Proportion

Answer 2

the relationship in size between a work’s individual parts and the whole (See Chapter 1.7, page 140)

Question 3

Chiaroscuro

Answer 3

the use of light and dark in a painting to create the impression of volume (See Chapter 1.3, page 79)

Question 4

Cross-hatching

Answer 4

the use of overlapping parallel lines to convey darkness or lightness (See Chapter 1.3, page 80)

Question 5

Kinetic art/sculpture

Answer 5

three-dimensional art that moves, impelled by air currents, motors, or people (See Chapter 1.5, page 117)

Question 6

Performance art

Answer 6

a work involving the human body, usually including the artist, for an audience (See Chapter 1.5, page 118)

Question 7

Symmetrical balance

Answer 7

an image or shape that looks exactly (or nearly exactly) the same on both sides when cut in half (See Chapter 1.6, page 134)

Question 8

Collage

Answer 8

a work of art assembled by gluing materials, often paper, onto a surface. From the French coller, to glue (See Chapter 1.1, page 55)

Question 9

Negative space

Answer 9

an unoccupied or empty space that is created after positive shapes are positioned in a work of art (See Chapter 1.1, page 57)

Question 10

Installation

Answer 10

originally referring to the hanging of pictures and arrangement of objects in an exhibition, installation may also refer to an intentional environment created as a completed artwork (See Chapter 1.5, page 114)

Question 11

Triptych

Answer 11

an artwork comprising three panels, normally joined together and sharing a common theme (See Chapter 1.9, page 168)

Question 12

Genre

Answer 12

category of artistic subject matter, often with a strongly influential history and tradition (See Chapter 1.10, page 182)

Question 13

Pointillism

Answer 13

a late nineteenth-century painting style using short strokes or points of differing colors that optically combine to form new perceived colors (See Chapter 1.4, page 106)

Question 14

Abstract

Answer 14

art imagery that departs from recognizable images of the natural world (See Chapter 1.1, page 58)

Question 15

Conceptual art

Answer 15

a work in which the communication of an idea or group of ideas are most important to the work (See Chapter 1.1, page 53)

Question 16

Bas-relief (low relief)

Answer 16

a sculpture carved with very little depth: the carved subjects rise only slightly above the surface of the work (See Chapter 1.2, page 64)

Question 17

High relief

Answer 17

a carved panel where the figures project with a great deal of depth from the background (See Chapter 1.2, page 64)

Question 18

In the round

Answer 18

a freestanding sculpted work that can be viewed from all sides (See Chapter 1.2, page 64)

Question 19

Monochromatic

Answer 19

having one or more values of one color (See Chapter 1.1, page 57)

Question 20

Value

Answer 20

the lightness or darkness of a plane or area (See Chapter 1.1, page 51)

Question 21

Atmospheric perspective

Answer 21

use of shades of color and clarity to create the illusion of depth. Closer objects have warmer tones and clear outlines, while objects set further away are cooler and become hazy (See Chapter 1.3, page 83)

Question 22

Foreshortening

Answer 22

a perspective technique that depicts a form—often distorting or reducing it—at an angle that is not parallel to the picture plane, in order to convey the illusion of depth (See Chapter 1.3, page 92)

Question 23

Linear perspective

Answer 23

a system using converging imaginary sight lines to create the illusion of depth (See Chapter 1.3, page 83)

Question 24

One-point perspective

Answer 24

a perspective system with a single vanishing point on the horizon (See Chapter 1.3, page 88)

Question 25

Analogous colors

Answer 25

colors adjacent to each other on the color wheel (See Chapter 1.4, page 100)

Question 26

Complementary colors

Answer 26

colors opposite one another on the color wheel (See Chapter 1.4, page 100)

Question 27

Pigment

Answer 27

the colorant in art materials. Often made from finely ground minerals (See Chapter 1.4, page 95)

Question 28

Primary colors

Answer 28

three basic colors from which all others are derived (See Chapter 1.4, page 98)

Question 29

Secondary colors

Answer 29

colors mixed from two primary colors (See Chapter 1.4, page 98)

Question 30

Representational

Answer 30

art that depicts figures and objects so that we recognize what is represented (See Chapter 1.10, page 187)