Vocabulary List #3

Question 0

Bezold effect

Answer 0

The effect of colors on one another. Changing one single color alters the entire design.

Question 1

Abstraction

Answer 1

An image derived from visual reality, but is distilled or transformed.

Question 2

Content

Answer 2

The emotional and/or intellectual meaning or message of an artwork.

Question 3

Containment

Answer 3

To unify by placing elements within a frame, boundary or container.

Question 4

Dynamic brushstrokes

Answer 4

Brushstrokes which preserve the distinctness of separate marks.

Question 5

Emphasis by placement

Answer 5

Attention is gained by placement within the design, determined by location and proximity to the center and edges.

Question 6

Emphasis with color

Answer 6

Using color to draw attention to a crucial area in a composition.

Question 7

Formalism

Answer 7

A set of ideas, reaching prominence in the 20th century, founded on the philosophy that was universal to all artworks were formal elements such as color composition and shape.

Question 8

Frieze

Answer 8

Any painted or sculpted band that encircles an object or building.

Question 9

Geometric abstraction

Answer 9

Abstraction involving forms ( usually with hard edges) derived directly or indirectly from geometry or mathematics.

Question 10

Illuminated manuscript

Answer 10

A luxurious handmade book with painted illustrations and decorations containing silver or gold leaf.

Question 11

Luminosity

Answer 11

The condition of light when a glow seems to be generated from within an object or surface, in contrast to a non-luminous surface, which appears lit from an outside source.

Question 12

Non objective shape

Answer 12

Pure forms without direct reference to the physical , visual reality.

Question 13

Organic abstraction

Answer 13

A looser type of abstraction involving personal expression of the artists sensibility and exploration of visual form.

Question 14

Perspective

Answer 14

The mathematical system of representing 3D space on a 2D surface using angles.

Question 15

Pictograph

Answer 15

A picture that represents an idea, also writing using such means.

Question 16

Proximity

Answer 16

To unify by placing visual elements near one another.

Question 17

Radial symmetry

Answer 17

A compilation in which all elements are balanced around and radiate from a central point.

Question 18

Rhythm

Answer 18

Multiple modular units presented in a deliberate pattern.

Question 19

Texture

Answer 19

Either actual texture or implied pattern that suggests a surface quality.

Question 20

Viewpoint

Answer 20

The real or imaginary position including the distance, angle, and height of the artists view in relationship to the subject matter.