PRINCIPLES OF ART
FACULTY FACTS
NAME THAT TOOL
ART HISTORY
TYPOGRAPHY TRIVIA
100
This principle is achieved when elements on both sides of a composition feel visually equal—whether through symmetry, asymmetry, or radial design.
What is balance?
100
This professor's husband's name is Christian.
Who is Mary Dunn?
100
This tool is used mostly in introductory classes.
What is a drawing board?
100
This Italian artist painted the Mona Lisa, one of the most famous portraits in the world.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
100
This term refers to the many different design of letters and characters in printed or digital text, often confused with the term "font."
What is typeface?
200
This principle guides the viewer’s eye through a work of art, often created by repetition, directional lines, or sequences of shapes.
What is movement?
200
This is the state where Sarah Ellis is originally from.
What is Ohio?
200
This tool is used to mix paint together or can be used paint directly on the canvas.
What is a palette knife?
200
Known for painting Starry Night, this Post‑Impressionist artist used bold, swirling brushstrokes and bright colors.
Who is Vincent van Gogh?
200
These tiny finishing strokes at the ends of letters appear in typefaces like Times New Roman and Garamond.
What are serifs?
300
Artists use this principle to highlight the most important part of an artwork; it can be created through contrast, placement, or isolation.
What is emphasis?
300
This professor has a spouse that works in a different department/college at JSU.
Who is Tray Ridlen?
300
This tool is used to create crispy creases in paper.
What is a bone folder?
300
This Spanish artist co‑founded Cubism and created the groundbreaking painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon in 1907.
Who is Pablo Picasso?
300
This spacing term refers to the horizontal space between individual letters in a word, which designers adjust for readability.
What is kerning?
400
This principle is produced when elements are repeated in predictable or harmonious ways, such as alternating, flowing, or progressive sequences.
What is rhythm?
400
This is the phrase that is on Chad Anderson's license plate.
What is "Rad Chad"?
400
This tool is a liquid used to coat screens in screenprinting.
What is emulsion?
400
This painting depicts Norman Rockwell painting a portrait of himself.
What is Triple Self Portrait?
400
This term describes the invisible horizontal line upon which most letters sit; letters like “g” and “p” dip below it, while ascenders rise above it.
What is baseline?
500
This complex principle seeks a sense of wholeness in an artwork by effectively combining elements and principles, often through harmony, repetition, or visual cohesion.
What is unity?
500
This professor was most recently OFFICIALLY promoted to the position of Full Professor.
Who is John Oles?
500
This tool is used to roll ink onto a printmaking surface.
What is a brayer?
500
This is the name of the 1917 urinal signed "R. Mutt" created by Marcel Duchamp, a Dada artist who challenged the definition of art itself.
What is Fountain?
500
This term refers to a single character that combines two or more letters into one glyph.
What is a ligature?