The Elements of Art
The Principles of Art
Artists
Famous Artwork
Media
100
What 3 colours are considered 'warm' colours?
These colors (red, orange, low) convey the feeling of high temperature
100
What do we call the repetition of elements of art such as line and shape
Pattern
100
This artist is well known for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel-who is he?
Michelangelo
100
Outside his window from the asylum Saint-Remy-de-Provence, Van Gogh painted this iconic painting
Starry Night
100
Which drawing material is made of burnt wood?
Charcoal
200
Which element of art is the one that refers to the the lightness and darkness of the artwork?
Value
200
Which principle is implied motion in a work of art?
Movement
200
This iconic female surrealist painter is famous for her unibrow.
Frida Kahlo
200
In 2015 a French scientist said he found a hidden portrait beneath this Leonard Da Vinci portrait-what painting did they find?
The Mona Lisa
200
What material is used to create ceramics?
Clay
300
A line that defines both the exterior and interior edge of a form (outline of an object).
Contour Line
300
What is the principle that refers to large difference between two objects such as the difference between light and dark?
Contrast
300
This artist is attributed with starting the Impressionist movement with his debut of Impression Sunrise
Claude Monet
300
This 1930 painting by Grant Wood portrays a farmer and his wife
American Gothic
300
What materials are made of slow drying pigment powder mixed with oil?
oil paint
400
What is the space behind an object (or the focal point) called?
Negative Space
400
Which principle provides stability and structure to a design based on the placement of your elements?
Balance
400
A category in the World Beard & Moustache Championships honors this 20th century artist's moustache. (he is a surrealist painter)
Salvador Dali
400
This famous ready-made sculpture of a urinal by Marcel Duchamp was part of a Dadaist exhibit. (this began the questioning of 'what is art?')
the Fountain
400
What is a sculptural material made of gypsum, sand, and water that hardens as it dries?
Plaster
500
Which element refers to tactile qualities. (the way it feels when it is touched) ? Hint-It can be actual or implied.
Texture
500
What are the spaces between repeating visual elements such as alternating, flowing, random, regular, and progressive. (think of it as the manner in which movement happens)
Rhythm
500
This famous artist known for dripping paint all over his canvas was often nicknamed "Jack the Dripper"
Jackson Pollock
500
A restaurant on New York's Greenwich Ave inspired this 1942 Edward Hopper Painting
The Nighthawks
500
What type of paint is diluted with water and can be reworked once dry by adding water again?
Water colour paint