Elements of Design
Lightness or Darkness
What is Value?
Gradual change
What is Gradation?
What is Description?
Focuses on how real an object looks
What is Imitationalism?
Way things feel or look as if they might feel
What is Texture?
Cause visual tempo or beat
What is Rhythm?
Step of art criticism that addresses principles of design
What is Analysis?
Aesthetic theory interested in expressing an idea
What is Emotionalism?
Describes an object with 3 dimensions or the illusion of 3 dimensions
What is Form?
Feeling of equilibrium or stability
What is Balance?
Step in which you decide artwork is successful or not
What is Evaluation?
The three aesthetic theories
What are Imitationalism, Formalism, and Emotionalism?
2 dimensional area clearly set off by one or more other elements
What is Shape?
Stresses the differences between elements
What is Emphasis?
Step in which the viewer decides the meaning and/or purpose of the art piece
What is Interpretation?
Aesthetic theory in which elements and principles of design are MOST important
What is Formalism?
Made up of 3 distinct qualities: hue, intensity, value
What is Color?
Creates complicated relationships
What is Variety?
The correct order of Art Criticism
What is Description, Analysis, Interpretation, Evaluation?
Non-objective art LEAST relates to this theory
What is Imitationalism?