Color Theory
These are the three colors used in the traditional color wheel to create other colors.
Red, Yellow, Blue
This element of art is a 3D version of a shape.
What is a form
Illuminated letters were often found in this type of handwritten book, commonly created by monks during the Middle Ages.
What is Manuscripts
This early style of Greek vase art, found on the island of Crete, often featured marine life, like octopuses, reflecting the culture's connection to the sea.
What is Minoan/Mycenian?
In one-point perspective, all lines converge to this single location.
What is the vanishing point
This term is used for when you add white to a color.
What is a tint?
This principle occurs when one part of an artwork stands out more than the others to catch the viewer's attention.
What is emphasis
Monks in the Middle Ages created illuminated letters in this special room of a monastery, dedicated to copying and illustrating manuscripts.
What is a scriptorium
This early style of decorating Greek vase art, known for its silhouetted figures and natural background, details were incised with the sgraffito technique.
What is the Black Figure Technique
These are the lines that lead to the vanishing point in one-point perspective.
What are converging lines
Red, orange, and yellow are considered this type of color.
What are warm colors?
This element of art is created when a line encloses a space. It can be geometric or organic.
What is Shape
This invention drastically changed the way manuscripts were made.
What is the Printing Press
This style of vase painting emerged during the 7th to 6th century BCE and included human figures, often shown in scenes from mythology.
What is the Archaic style?
One-point perspective is often used to create the illusion of this in a drawing.
What is 3D Space
The complementary color of red violet on the color wheel.
What is yellow green?
This principle of design is about making a work of art look as though it all fits together and is complete. It’s the opposite of chaos.
What is Unity
The illuminated letter style became popular during this historical period, which spanned from roughly the 5th to the 15th century.
What is the medieval era?
This later period of Greek vase art, from the 5th to 4th century BCE, is known for its detailed, naturalistic depictions of human figures and greater sense of movement.
What is Classical?
One-point perspective makes objects closer to the viewer appear more detailed compared to objects farther away.
What is atmospheric perspective?
Mixing a color with black created a darker version of the color.
What is a shade?
This element of art is made when light is reflected off an object. It has three properties: hue, value, and intensity.
What is Color
This delicate material was used to add an extra level of decoration to illuminated manuscripts.
What is Gold Leaf?
This later style of vase painting reversed the earlier method, with red figures left unpainted and the background filled in with black.
What is the red figure technique?
In one-point perspective all horizontal lines must be parallel to this.
What is the horizon line?