Elements
A line that is not actually drawn but that exist through gesture or objects in a work of art.
What is implied line?
A way of combining visual elements to produce a sense of action and the path the viewer’s eye takes through the work of art.
What is movement?
A feeling that all of the parts are working together as a team - the quality of wholeness/completeness.
What is unity?
The feeling that zigzag lines give
What are active and energetic?
Area in a work of art that catches and holds the viewer's attention.
What is emphasis?
The arrangement of opposite elements so as to create visual interest, excitement and drama.
What is contrast?
The feeling that radiating lines give
What are happiness and energy
A figure in an artwork that is shown to be the closest to the viewer can be described as being in this.
What is foreground?
What color contrasts most with the color purple?
What is Yellow?
The use of different lines, shapes, textures, colors and other elements of art and principles of design to hold a viewer's attention, guide the viewer's eyes across a work, and to create inteerst in a work of art.
What is variety?
Common name for color.
What is hue?
What is dramatic, movement, instability?
When you add black to a hue you create this.
What is a shade?
The relation of one object to element to another in size, amount, number or degree that contributes to a sense of unity
What is proportion?
An element that appears over and over again in composition, which helps to create unity.
What is Repetition?
The feeling that curved lines give.
What is soft, gentle and peaceful?
Shapes can be either geometric or this
What is Biomorphic?
When you add white to hue you create this.
When you arrange the elements differently on either side of a picture plane, and yet the image still feels balanced.
What is asymmetrical balance?
A visual tempo or beat that creates a feeling of organized movement.
What is rhythm?
The feeling that horizontal lines give
What is restful, calm, and organized?