Elements of Art
The element that refers to lightness and darkness.
What is value?
The size relationship between the parts of a whole in a composition.
What is proportion?
When two sets of hatched lines overlap to deepen value.
What is cross hatching?
When a sculpture is free-standing and viewable from all sides.
What is sculpture in the round?
When all parts of a work relate to one another to create a cohesive whole.
What is unity?
A three-dimensional object with height, width, and depth.
What is form?
A central focal point created through contrast or placement.
What is the area of emphasis?
Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
What is analogous colors?
When a sculpture is made larger than life for dramatic effect.
What is monumental scale?
The area of an artwork that attracts the viewer’s attention first.
What is focal point?
Yellow's compliment
What is violet?
The repetition of elements to create a sense of movement or beat.
What is rhythm?
What is the name for pure, basic color.
What is a hue?
Art that moves.
What is kinetic.
When size differences are used intentionally to show importance.
What is hierarchical scale?
The empty or open area around objects in a composition.
What is negative space?
A composition that is exactly the same on the right and left.
What is symmetrical balance?
What do we call colors that our minds create based on the information we can perceive.
What is optical colors?
The use of repetition in a work.
What is pattern?
The artist Teresa Margolles used water from washed corpses to create bubbles. What type of art is this called?
What is a performance?
What are the three functions of a line?
What is demarcation (marking or setting a boundary), direction and movement.
Three dimensional forms have what two basic attributes?
What is mass and volume?
This type of drawing is created when the pen or pencil remains on the paper, forming a continuous, unbroken line that travels around the subject and may appear abstract.
What is continuous line drawing?
The tactile sensation when we physically encounter a three-dimensional form.
What is Texture?
A three-dimensional artwork designed for a specific space and intended to exist temporarily within that environment.
What is installation?