Art Techniques
Artists
Color
Art Principles
Art Elements
100
Drawing an object behind another object to make it look deeper into the picture plane.
What is Overlapping?
100
He was a Post-Impressionist painter who painted Starry Night.
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
100
A generic term for color.
What is Hue?
100
The creation of a focal point in a work of art.
What is Emphasis?
100
A path made by a moving point through space.
What is line?
200
Darkens the part of an object that faces away from the light source.
What is Shading?
200
He was a Surrealist painter who is known for his painting, Persistance of Memory.
Who is Salvador Dali?
200
Using one color and the lights and darks of that color.
What is Monochromatic?
200
The distribution of weight in an artwork.
What is Balance?
200
When a line connects and encloses space.
What is Shape?
300
Areas of a picture plane where converging lines disappear to create the illusion of depth.
What is a vanishing point?
300
He created the statue of David as an idealized figure with a slingshot, before the battle.
Who is Michelangelo?
300
Adding white to a color.
What is Tint?
300
Decorates the artwork with repeated shapes or colors.
What is Pattern?
300
Describes the surface quality of an object--how things feel.
What is Texture?
400
Squishing a shape to make one part appear closer to the viewer.
What is Foreshortening?
400
He created a Dadaism sculpture of a fountain using a urinal.
Who is Marcel Duchamp?
400
Adding the complement of a color to make it appear duller.
What is a Tone?
400
How the eye travels through a work of art.
What is Movement?
400
Perceived by the way light reflects off of the surface.
What is Color?
500
An art technique using bold contrast between light and dark.
What is Chiaroscuro?
500
Adding a small amount of black to a color to darken and dull the color.
What is Shade?
500
All the artwork is in harmony and works as a whole.
What is Unity?
500
Describes the lightness or darkness of a surface.
What is Value?
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