Perspective
Art History
Color Theory
Principles of Art
Color Schemes
100
The part of the picture plane that is closest to the viewer.
What is the Foreground?
100
a style of painting that attempts to capture the the play of sunlight on objects at different times of day.
What is Impressionism?
100
The property of color that determines the lightness or darkness of the color.
What is value?
100
A technique for creating a focal point using differences in elements.
What is contrast?
100
Colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel and share a common color.
What is analogous?
200
The period in history when artists, writers, and philosphers had a re-birth of ancient art forms and ideas.
What is the Renaissance?
200
The philosophy in art that is concerned with the formal elements in a work of art.
What is Formalism?
200
The name for color used in its purest form.
What is hue?
200
When one part of a work of art is dominant over the other parts.
What is emphasis?
200
The term used to define the three basic colors on the color wheel.
What is primary colors?
300
Part of the picture plane that seems to be farthest from the viewer.
What is the background?
300
The philosophy in art that says art should mimic nature.
What is Imitationalism?
300
The property of color that defines the brightness or dullness of a color.
What is intensity?
300
A technique used to create rhythm and unity in which a motif or element appears again and again.
What is repetition?
300
Colors that are created by mixing any two primary colors.
What are secondary colors?
400
A graphic system that creates the illusion of depth and volume using a two-dimensional surface.
What is Perspective?
400
The philosophy of art that says art should express feelins or emotions.
What is Expressionism?
400
The term used when a color is lighter because white has been added.
What is a tint?
400
The principle concerned with equalizing visual forces in a work of art.
What is balance?
400
Colors that are created by mixing a primary color with a secondary color.
What are tertiary or intermediate colors?
500
The point on the horizon line where receding lines appear to meet.
What is a Vanishing Point?
500
The philosophy of art that says art is valid if it is exhibited and sanctioned by an art institute.
What is Institutionalism?
500
The term used when making a color darker by adding black.
What is a shade?
500
The quality of wholeness or oneness that is achieved through the effective use of elements and principles of art.
What is unity?
500
Colors that are equally spaced around the color wheel.
What is a color triad?
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