Elements of Art
Art vs. Craft
Artistic Terms
Artistic Disciplines
Art for Art's Sake
100

What you see when light strikes an object and bounces back into your eyes. 

What is color?

100

The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination.

What is art?

100

The visual affect of opposite elements being arranged together.

What is contrast?

100

Vocal or instrumental sounds combined in such a way to produce the beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.

What is music?

100

What is the movement that preaches that art needs no justification and can just be art.

What is Art for Art's Sake. 

200

The force applied to accentuate weight, attack, strength, and flow of a dancers movement. 

What is energy?

200

An activity involving skill in making things by hand.

What is a craft?

200

The taught stretched fabric used for painting and other artistic disciplines. 

What is a canvas?

200

A visual art form that combines a variety of mediums in a singular artwork.

What is mixed media arts?

200

The process of throwing paint at a canvas purely for enjoyment.

What is splatter painting?

300

The visual and tactile surface characteristics that are added to a work of art.  

What is texture?

300

The craft of making items from wood; including furniture making, wood carving, carpentry, and woodturning.

What is woodworking?

300

The art of using negative space and 3D models to create something. 

What is sculpture?

300

A collaborative form of performing art that combines live performers, drama, technical skill, and sometimes music. 

What is theatre?

300

Absent minded drawing, often occuring when your attention is on something else. 

What is doodling?

400

The sound of two or more notes heard simultaneously that are generally satisfying to hear. 

What is harmony?

400

A craft in which yarn is made up into a patterned fabric by looping yarn with a hook.

What is crochet?

400

The organization of different artistic elements to create a singular piece. 

What is composition?

400

An art piece involving more than one artistic discipline. 

What is interdisciplinary art?

400

A style of musical improvisation in which lyrics are recited with no particular subject or structure. 

What is freestyle?

500

The area through which the dancer's body moves. 

What is space?

500

The art of applying pigment to a canvas via oil, acrylic, or watercolor. 

What is painting?

500

The artistic movement that shows the influence of depictions of the future produced in an earlier era. 

What is retro futurism?

500

An arrangement of lines or shapes created to form a pattern or decoration.

What is design? 

500

The man often credited with the creation of the "Art for Art's Sake" movement.

Who is Victor Cousin?

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