Color Wheel
What are 3 examples of complimentary colors?
Red & Green
Orange & Blue
Yellow & Purple
Which artist spent his time in Tahiti painting the Polynesian women and culture?
Paul Gaugin
Illustrate and describe radial symmetry.
Radial symmetry is symmetry around a central axis, as in a starfish or a tulip flower.
Which artist painted "Tahitian Women on the Beach"?
Paul Gaugin
What is are analogous colors?
Analogous colors fall next to each other on the color wheel. (Ex: blue and green)
The __________ family from Italy is well known for their Rimini Blue Collection.
Bitossi
What is contrast?
Contrast is a principle of art. The arrangement of opposite elements (light vs. dark colors, rough vs. smooth textures, large vs. small shapes) in a work to create visual interest.
What artist is responsible for the beach themed murals in Surf Tacos around NJ?
Alex Lanau
What are primary colors? List all 3.
Primary colors are colors that cannot be created by mixing any colors together.
Red, Blue, Yellow.
The Rimini Blue Collection from the Bitossi family is a part of the movement called Mid-Century ___________.
Modern
What is asymmetry? Illustrate to aid your explanation.
Asymmetrical balance: the two sides are not identical, but differ from one another. The elements are arranged so that there is a sense of balance
What family of ceramists created a series of predominently blue ceramics in Italy?
Bitossi
What is a secondary color? Give 3 examples.
A secondary color is created by mixing to primary colors.
Red + Yellow = orange
Blue + yellow = green
Red + Blue = purple
Which culture established a form of writing which used images as words or phrases?
What is a tint? What is a shade?
Tint = color + white
Shade = color + black
These artists learned their trait from their fathers or as an apprentice to create ceremonial masks.
African tribal artists.
What are tertiary colors? Give an example.
Tertiary colors are created by mixing 1 primary and 1 secondary color.
Yellow-green, Red-orange, blue -green, red-violet, blue-violet, yellow-orange
What were traditional African masks commonly used for?
Ceremonial purposes such as wedding, funerals, to honor ancestors and to ward off evil spirits.
What is a value scale?
BONUS: which artist is responsible for painting the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci