Elements of Art
Principles of Art
Aesthetic Lenses
Color Theory
Wild Card
100

This element of art refers to the lightness and darkness of a subject.

What is value?

100

This principle of design refers to the visual weight of an artwork. It can be symmetrical, asymmetrical, or radial.

What is balance?

100

This aesthetic lens refers to art that is realistic.

What is imitationalism?

100

This word refers to the purest form of a color.

What is a hue?

100

This is the process of scratching up clay and adding water to attach pieces together.

What is scoring and slipping?

200

This element of art refers to a flat, enclosed area.

What is shape?

200

This principle of design refers to the repetition of items in an artwork.

What is pattern?

200

Name the aesthetic lens that best applies to this artwork.

What is formalism?

200

This is the word for a color mixed with white.

What is a tint?

200

This is a glassy coating that is added to the surface of pottery.

What is glaze?

300

This element of art refers to the feeling of a surface.

What is texture?

300

This principle of design refers to the part of an artwork that catches the viewer's attention.

What is emphasis?

300

This aesthetic lens refers to artworks that convey a mood or feeling to the viewer.

What is emotionalism?

300

These are colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel.

What are complementary colors?

300

This artist invented cubism.

Who is Pablo Picasso?

400

This element of art refers to the area in and around objects. It can be positive or negative.

What is space?

400

This principle of design refers to the visual harmony of an artwork.

What is unity?

400

Name the aesthetic lens that best applies to this artwork.

What is imitationalism?

400

This word refers to a color mixed with black.

What is a shade?

400

This is a type of clay hand-building where you roll out flat pieces of clay with a rolling pin.

What is slab-building?

500
This element of art refers to the hue of a subject.

What is color?

500

This principle of design refers to the path a viewer's eye takes through the artwork.

What is movement?

500

This aesthetic lens refers to artworks that have a focus on design qualities.

What is formalism?

500

This word refers to a color mixed with gray.

What is a tone?

500

These are the three secondary colors.

What are green, violet, and orange?

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