Color Theory
Purple, orange and green...
What are Complimentary Colors?
The element of art: hue, valve and intensity.
What is Color?
The civilization flourished in ancient Peru between c. 1400 and 1533 CE.
Who are the Incas?
He was the man that led the Spanish soldiers when they conquered and ended the Inca's reign.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
Its the thing that holds your yarn in place. Our is cardboard.
What is a Loom?
Red, orange and yellow...
What are Warm Colors?
The element of art through which both positive and negative areas are defined.
What is Space?
During the Mayan classical period it is said that they had this many cities.
What is 40?
It was the name of the ball game Mayans played.
What was Ulama?
This is where you start and end your new piece of yarn.
What is in the middle?
Black, white and gray....
What are Neutral?
The principle that describe the movement in the artwork. It create a visual tempo or beat.
What is RHYTHM?
This Empire built Machu Picchu in Peru.
What is the Inca Empire?
He was the Inca's Sun God.
Who is Inti?
You should never pull too tight.
What is the weft or the row you just finished?
Two colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel, such as red and green.
What are Complimentary Colors?
Symmetry, asymmetry and radial...
What is Balance?
The Mayan classical period it is said that they had this many cities
What is 40?
The most handsome and strongest of the gods, was supposed to sacrifice himself but when it came time to self-sacrifice, he could not jump into the fire. He became the moon.
Who was Tecuciztecatl?
Its the yarn/thread that runs up an down (vertical).
What is Warp?
3 to 5 colors next to each other on the color wheel...
What is Analogous?
Used to create the look and feel of action and/or motion in a work of art.
What is Movement?
Tenochtitlan was the capital of a expanding _____ Empire in the 15th century, until it was captured by the Spanish in 1521. The ruins of Tenochtitlan are in the historic center of Mexico City, the Mexican capital.
What is the Aztec Empire?
These people believed that cacao seeds were the gift of Quetzalcoatl, the god of wisdom. (I agree -chocolate is a gift from God!)
Who were the Aztecs?
The yarn/thread that runs horizontal.
What is the Weft?
All shades of one hue....
What is Monochromatic?
The uniform repetition of a element or combination of elements.
What is Pattern?
The Mayan Empire dissolved in this region in the Post Classical Era.
What is the Yucatán Peninsula?
The God who jumped into the fire and became the Sun.
Who was Tonatiuh?
Its the part of the body you use to measure your yarn.
What is your ARMS or your arms spreadout.