A process of creating a sculpture in which the artist adds material to the base material
What is additive process
100
Paints that dry very quickly
What are acrylics
100
"American Gothic"
Who is Grant Wood
100
Capturing figures in a split second of action; dramatic; theatrical
What are Baroque conventions
100
Picasso used the fragmented, distorted shapes of Cubism to create a painting that conveys the suffering inflicted on civilians by a bombing raid. Restricting the painting to neutral tones allows the viewer to focus completely on the victims of a horrible event
What is "Guernica"
200
The use of light and dark to show highlights and shadows on objects; this technique makes painted objects look solid
What is chiaroscuro
200
Assemblage of photographs, text, images, and other items in one artwork to convey artist's message
What is mixed-media
200
"Persistence of Memory"
Who is Salvador Dali
200
Used pyramid configuration to give artworks a sense of harmony and stability
What are Romantic conventions
200
A Surrealist whom used smooth brushwork like Dali, but his imaginative paintings has no semblance of reality. Bold colors, curving lines, and flat amoeba-like shapes form the figures and objects
Who is Joan Miro
300
A painting technique in which intensely lit figures emerge from dark backgrounds, creating extreme contrast in light and dark
What is tenebrism
300
"gluing" two pieces of clay together
What is slip and score
300
"Starry Night"
Who is Vincent Van Gogh
300
Use of bright colors; focused on recording "light" and everyday scenes; painting outdoors
What are Impressionistic conventions
300
Surrealist work used meticulous, smooth brushwork making his abstract dreamscape appear as if it could be real
Who is Salvador Dali
400
The way a surface feels to the touch or how it looks; examples are rough, smooth, hard and soft
What is texture
400
Using blue and orange; red and green
What are complementary colors
400
"Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)"
Who is Jackson Pollock
400
Use of nonrealistic colors; bold colors and simple shapes; flattened space
What are Fauve conventions
400
Artists that disassembled and reassembled objects into fragmented geometric planes that intersect and create a shallow space
Who are Pablo Picasso and George Braque
500
The effect of placing different values, colors, textures, or other elements next to one another to create emphasis
What is contrast
500
A process of sculpting or carving in which the artist removes portions of the base material
What is subtractive process
500
"Woman I"
Who is Willem de Kooning
500
Details derived from the imagination; juxtaposition of several objects that just don't normally "go together"; derived from the subconscious
What are Surrealistic conventions
500
Artist that used aggressive gestures to apply slashing lines in all directions and patches of bold color throughout the canvas