yes

Question 1

• nonobjective

Answer 1

make no reference whatsoever to the natural world, no pretext to representing it, but even nonobjective works are not without a subject

Question 2

• content

Answer 2

refers to a work’s array of intangible aspects: the emotional, intellectual, psychological, symbolic elements.

Question 3

• form

Answer 3

totality of a composition or design—the arrangement or organization of all of its visual elements

Question 4

• iconography

Answer 4

themes and symbols—figures and images that, when deciphered, reveal the underlying meaning of a work of art.

Question 5

• subject

Answer 5

is the what of a work of art—people, places, things, themes, processes, events, ideas

Question 6

• genre

Answer 6

Categories of subjects with which artists work are often called

Question 7

• abstract

Answer 7

may be difficult to decipher because it no longer fully resembles the original things or scenes from which it was derived

Question 8

• line

Answer 8

s a basic—and perhaps the most essential—element of art.

Question 9

shape

Answer 9

flat area created when two ends of a line are connected and an area is enclosed.

Question 10

value

Answer 10

describes the relative lightness or darkness of an image.

Question 11

color

Answer 11

complex element of art to define

Question 12

texture

Answer 12

surface character of materials as experienced by the senses of touch and sight

Question 13

space

Answer 13

describes the area around or within the components of a work of art

Question 14

time and motion

Answer 14

n art are connected: motion occurs over time and distance. Motion can be actual (components of a work of art actually change position) or implied (illusory).

Question 15

design principles

Answer 15

efer to the visual strategies that, along with the elements of art, are used to construct a work of art

Question 16

unity

Answer 16

sense of oneness or cohesiveness.

Question 17

variety

Answer 17

described as contrast and diversity.

Question 18

emphasis

Answer 18

composition describes an attention-grabbing aspect that directs the viewer’s eye to a particular area, giving it visual or conceptual dominance.

Question 19

focal point

Answer 19

main point of interest in a work of art

Question 20

balance

Answer 20

istribution of weight—actual or visual—in a work of art

Question 21

rhythm

Answer 21

quivalent of a beat in music describes recurrent visual motifs (like patterns) and compositional accents, movement, and flow.

Question 22

scale

Answer 22

size of something relative to the human dimensions of a viewer.

Question 23

proportion

Answer 23

comparative size, that is, the size of elements or images within a work of art in relation to each other or to the whole.

Question 24

medium

Answer 24

materials and tools that artists use to create a work of art comprise

Question 25

style

Answer 25

is the distinctive mode of expression that results from the way in which an artist handles materials and the elements and principles of art and design.

Question 26

realism

Answer 26

replication—through artistic means—of people and things as they are seen by the eye or really thought to be, without idealization, without distortion

Question 27

expression

Answer 27

style that reflects a subjective, “inner world”—a style that conveys the psychological and emotional state of the artist