Principles of Art
The dimensions of a composition and relationships between height, width and depth.
What is proportion?
An image or shape as it would be seen in a mirror
What is reflection?
A mathematical statement that two quantities are equal
What is an equation?
Solve: x/3+5=10
15
How many degrees in a triangle?
180'
The principle of art that an artist uses to guide a viewer's eye in, through, and out of a composition.
What is movement?
Type of transformation that takes each point in a figure and slides it the same distance
What is Translation?
The branch of mathematics that substitutes letters for numbers to solve for unknown values.
Algebra
Factor: x2-4x-12
(x-6)(x+2)
Describe an Isosceles triangle
2 sides congruent
An important principle of design that gives the artwork a sense of cohesion or coherence. It is the wholeness or completeness of a picture.
What is Unity?
A sketch that is done quickly to capture the overall shape and movement of the body
What is a Gestural drawing?
The covering of a surface, often a plane, using one or more geometric shapes, called tiles, with no overlaps and no gaps
What is a Tessellation?
Solve: (2x/y3)2
4x2/y6
What does the word complementary refer to?
A 90' angle
The distribution of the visual weight of objects, colors, texture, and space
What is Balance?
How many "heads" tall is the perfectly-proportioned adult male?
8 Heads tall
The study of lines, angles, shapes, and their properties. Studies physical shapes and the object dimensions.
What is geometry?
Write as an exponential expression (paper)
11 1/5
Formula for the area of a circle
A=Pie R2
The principle of creating a centered interest in an art work, often achieved by color contrast and by lines which direct the eye to it.
What is Emphasis?
What is a Polygon?
***************DAILY DOUBLE *************** In which city and country is The Louvre art museum located?
Paris, France
Simplify: No using a calculator (paper)
(Paper)
The distance around a circle is called a what?
Circumference