Elements
Principles
General Art Terms
100
The elements are the building blocks of _______?
What is ART?
100
The principles are the ways in which _________ interact with each other.
What are ELEMENTS?
100
What is the COLOR WHEEL?
200
This element shows the way a surface feels.
What is TEXTURE?
200
This is when elements are used in a repetitive or decorative manner.
What is PATTERN?
200
When an artwork is displayed like this, its orientation is referred to as __________________.
What is LANDSCAPE?
300
This is the simplest element that can help define an object, create a pattern, or give a sense of direction.
What is LINE?
300
This principle refers to the way elements guide the eye of the viewer around an artwork.
What is MOVEMENT?
300
When an artwork is displayed like this, its orientation is referred to as _________________.
What is PORTRAIT?
400
When can call this element cool or warm.
What is COLOR?
400
This principle refers to the visual tempo (musical beat) of an artwork.
What is RHYTHM?
400
This term refers to the overall arrangement of elements and principles in an artwork.
What is COMPOSITION?
500
This element shows lights and shadows.
What is VALUE?
500
This principle refers to the way elements, especially value and colour, are used to show difference.
What is CONTRAST?
500
Another name for the materials used to make an artwork.
What are MEDIA?/What is MEDIUM?
600
This element can be used to represent an object, or it can be abstract.
What is SHAPE?
600
When an artwork is well-__________, things are arranged harmoniously.
What is BALANCED?
600
The thing an artwork is about (for example, the person sitting for a portrait painting).
What is the SUBJECT? or SUBJECT MATTER
700
This element can be described as negative or positive and gives a sense of scale.
What is SPACE?
700
The oneness, or wholeness of an artwork.
What is UNITY?
700
The exact methods used to create an artwork.
What are TECHNIQUES? OR What are PROCESSES?
800
When a shape becomes 3D, it becomes a _________.
What is FORM?
800
When there is a focal point, we call that use of _____________ in an artwork.
What is EMPHASIS?
800
This term refers to the fact that artistic taste is different for every individual person.
What is SUBJECTIVE?