Colors such as red, yellow, orange. The orange glow of a sunset or yellow flames of a fire.
What is Warm Colors.
100
Picture is composed of tiny dots or points. Dots or points create a complete image.
What is Pointillism.
100
1900-2000, Artist felt freedom to move away form the physical world and paint what they felt or imagined whether it was recognizable or not.
What is Twentieth Century.
200
Red, yellow and blue. Colors that can not be made by putting other colors together.
What is Primary Colors
200
All painting expressed emotion about man in the modern world. Painted nature as wild and powerful, beyond man's control.
What is Romanticism.
200
1400-1600, Age of exploration and discovery in science, philosophy, and art. Remarkable for its bight, pure colors and use of symbols, Catholic Church was important to patron of the arts.
What is Renaissance.
300
Colors such as black, white, tan, and beige. Neither warm nor a cool effect in paintings.
What is Neutral Colors.
300
Usually have grand themes from history and legend as subject matter. Generally include formal, balanced compositions, use strongly drawn lines to define forms, and have smooth, polished canvases.
What is Neoclassicism.
400
Colors such as blue, green, lavender, purple. The icy blue lake or a green shaded cool forest.
What is Cool Colors.
400
Decorative style of painting developed near end of Baroque period. Emphasized curved lines and usually light colors, white, cold, silver, rose-pink, sky-blue.
What is Rococo.
500
Pairs of colors that are farthest away from each other on the color wheel, and are most different from each other.
What is Complementary Colors.
500
Developed in France late in Modern period. Artist use sight and color to form pictures in viewers mind. Contains very few drawn lines, shadows or dark colors.