Periods & Movements
An Art Period in the late 1800s where the artists tried to represent their subjects truthfully and accurately.
Realism
A picture that tells a story, often found in books and magazines.
Illustration
The purest form of color
Hue
The materials used for making art.
Media
An Art Period in the early and mid 1900s based on belief in progress and idealism.
Modernism
An art form where the artist glues paper, fabric, wood or other items to a flat surface.
Collage
The light to dark gradient of a color, typically created by adding black or white
Value
The part of the picture that is farthest away from a viewer.
Background
A Modern Abstract art movement that views the subject from multiple angles and portrays it using geometric shapes.
Cubism
Art with a subject matter of inanimate (not alive) objects.
Still Life
The 3 Secondary colors
Orange, Green & Purple
To stand very still in a specific position, often for a photograph or painting
pose
An Art movement where the artists aim to channel their unconscious mind to reveal pure imagination without the restraints of reason, morals, or aesthetics.
Surrealism
Art that does not try to represent reality.
Abstract Art
a color made from mixing complementary colors together
Neutral Color
Physical items, separate from people, used to set the stage or add visual interest.
Props
An Art movement in America in the 19030s - 1940s based on the realistic period where artists portrayed the rural American Midwest and Deep South with conservative, humble, familiar and idyllic scenes of life.
American Regionalism
A style of art that is cultural, utilitarian and usually created by an artist without a formal art education.
Folk Art
How multiple colors appear relative to each other.
The context of color
The creation of a dominant visual area to which the eye is drawn.
Emphasis