Elements of Art
Principles of Design
Color Wheel
Study Guide A
Study Guide B
100

The element of art that is defined as a point moving in space.

What is a line

100

The principle of design that is defined as the repetition of visual elements such as line, color, shape, texture, value or image that tends to unify the total effect of a work of art. 

What is Pattern 

100

Two colors directly opposite each other on the color wheel. When placed near each other a vibrance occurs and when they are mixed together they create darker values of each other and lower the intensity of the color.

What are complementary colors

100

The actual flat surface on which the artist creates a pictorial image.


What is picture plane  

100

The placement or arrangement of visual elements (subject matter) in a work of art.



What is composition 

200

The element of art that is the way a three-dimensional work actually feels when touched and in two-dimensional work, such as painting or a drawing, refers to the visual "feel" of a piece.




What is texture

200

The principle of design that refers to the relative size and scale of the various elements in a work of art/design. It is the relationship of size between objects, or parts of a whole.


What is proportion 

200

The term that is used to describe the type of color that is made after a color is mixed with white, which increases lightness of the color.

What is a tint 

200

The TYPE of art in which the subject is presented as it appears in life.

What is representational art 

200

The persons or things (visual elements) represented in an artwork to express the artist’s inspiration or intention (the theme).

What is subject matter 

300

The element of art that is defined as two-dimensional, flat and limited to height and width.

What is shape

300

The principle of design that is the feeling of harmony between all parts of the work of art, it creates a sense of completeness. This principle also makes the work visually readable and gives a sense of oneness to a visual image.





What is Unity 

300

The term that is used to describe the brightness or dullness of a color?

What is intensity 

300

The type of abstraction in which the subject matter is dramatically simplified and/or rearranged from its natural appearance but is still recognizable to the viewer. So in other words, the subject matter looks very different than it does in real life but it is still recognizable. 

What is semi-abstraction or semi-abstract art 

300

A broad idea or a message conveyed by a work, such as a painting, photograph or sculpture.


What is theme 

400

The element of art that is defined as three-dimensional (3D) and encloses volume and includes height, width, and depth. 



What is form

400

The principle of design that is defined as the distribution of the visual weight of objects, colors, texture, and space. There are also 3 specific types of this principle of design. 



What is balance 

400

Colors that sit side by side on the color wheel and have a common hue called?

What are analogous colors 

400

A type of abstraction that is based on a subject matter that can be seen but visually appears non-objective or non-representational (Subject matter is simplified/rearranged to the point that it is no longer recognizable/you can’t tell what it is).

What is objective abstraction 

400

The style of art that creates an impression of visual actuality without  going to extremes of detail.

What is realism 

500

The element of art that is the positive and negative areas that are defined in a work of art or a sense of depth achieved in an art piece. This element also includes the background, foreground and middle ground and refers to distances of an area(s) around between and within things.  

What is space

500

The principle of design that means "to change the character" of an element of art, in other words to make the elements used different. This principle is also the use of several elements of art to hold the viewer’s attention and make the work more interesting. 


What is variety 

500

Colors that are made by mixing a primary color with its secondary. This type of color has a range/many versions. 

What are tertiary colors  

500

A type of abstraction that is entirely imaginative, the subject matter is not based on anything perceived by the artist (subject matter is not based on anything that can be seen).



What is non-objective abstraction 

500

A art style that attempts a description of things as they appear in nature, no personal interpretation by the artist, the subject matter is detailed and realistic. 


What is naturalism 

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