Elements of Art
Principles of Design
Definitions
Challenging
Thinking Hard
100
These three colors are made from the primary colors.
What are orange, green and purple. (secondary colors)
100
This describes when an object is placed over another object to create space or depth in an artwork.
What is overlapping.
100
An identifiable path of a point moving in space. It can vary in width, direction, and length.
lines
100
This word describes a color that is mixed with black to make it darker.
What is a shade.
100
The part of a picture that is far away is called the _____.
What is the background.
200
This is a mark that moves across the page. Sometimes it can be horizontal, vertical, straight, curvy, or zig-zagged.
What is a line.
200
Many artists include items that symbolize other items, emotions, beliefs, ideas, etc.
What is symbols
200
His father was an illustrator. His son painted "Pumpkinhead" and he painted "Christina's World."
Who is AndrewWyeth.
200
A symbol for a company, product or service is this.
What is a logo.
200
If an object is not flat, we say that it has this.
What is form.
300
These can be geometric, free form or organic.
What are shapes.
300
This describes when something repeats itself over and over again.
What is repetition.
300
This artist created a variety of artwork. His famous art consists of broken up shapes or cubes. Often times when he created a portrait, the eyes and noses would be placed in silly places and abstracted. He also used blue to show he was sad and rose colors to symbolize he was happy.
Who is Pablo Picasso.
300
This describes art that does not look exactly real.
What is abstract.
300
This civilization existed between the years 1,000 and 100 BC and gave us the "Winged Victory" and the Olympics.
What is Ancient Greece?
400
This describes how something feels and is usually rough.
What is texture.
400
usually refers to the way different elements in a painting relate to each other in terms of size.
What is proportion.
400
He painted the "Japanese Bridge." He tried to capture a moment in time or impression with lights and colors. Up close his art looks like blotches of colors but far away the image unfolds.
Who is Claude Monet.
400
An artist creates this by making the things that are farther away look smaller and higher on the page.
What is the element of space.
400
Art that looks like real life.
What is realistic.
500
This describes how light or dark something is.
What is value.
500
A "mirror" effect, or when one object is reflected across a plane to create another instance of itself.
What is symmetry.
500
A Renaissance artist, he created "the David" in marble, and he painted the ceiling of the "Sistine Chapel."
Who is Michelangelo.
500
This civilization existed between the years 3,000 and 1,000 BC and gave us the pyramids and the Great Sphinx.
What is Ancient Egypt.
500
This style of art began in France in the middle 1800s. It is described as loose, sketchy, splotchy, and fuzzy. The movement began with Manet.
What is Impressionism.
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