Defining Art
Elements of Art, Part 1
Elements of Art, Part 2
Principles of Art
100
The word "art" has many meanings, such as an ability (the human ability to create things of beauty and things that stir us; skill, mastery and creativity across all fields of study), ___________ (different classifications of art such as drawing, sculpting, etc.), or product
What is process?
100
A "singularity in space", one of the most fundamental elements of art, is also known as _____________
What is point/line?
Also want to be able to identify organic vs. geometric shapes
100
If you add white to a color, it is known as a _______
What is a tint?
* Adding black to a color = shade
Also want to know the definitions of hue, intensity/saturation, and value
100
_________ analysis is aesthetic, or visual, discussion describing the work in terms of the elements and principles of art
What is formal?
200
"Product", in relation to art, refers to ______________
What is the completed work (ex. painting, sculpture, etc.)?
200
Identify the overlapping line technique pictured here:
What is cross-hatching?
Used to suggest form/volume
200
Trompe L'Oeil, or "to fool the eye", is also known as ___________ in the interior decorating industry
What is faux finishing?
200
Art type with actual movement
What is kinetic art?
300
True or False:
Representational art contains imagery not depicting anything we can recognize from the real world
What is false? Nonobjective art contains imagery not depicting anything we can recognize from the real world
300
The seven elements of art discussed in this class were point/line, ________, form, space/time, __________, value, and ____________
What are shape, texture, and color?
300
Identify the color harmony pictured below:
What is complementary? (right across from each other on the color wheel)
Also want to be able to identify analogous, primary, and secondary color schemes
300
The nine principles of art discussed in this class were movement, __________, rhythm/repetition, ___________, proportion/scale, ____________, variety, contrast, and focus/emphasis
What are pattern, balance, and unity?
400
Provide an example for each art form:
* Performing Arts
* Literary Arts
* Visual Arts
What is:
* Performing arts: theatre, dance, film
* Literary arts: poetry, fiction, non-fiction
* Visual arts: sculpture, ceramics, painting
400
________________ is the concept that items further away from the viewer are grayer/bluer and less distinct, creating a "fog effect"
What is atmospheric perspective?
400
Implied texture refers to _____________________
textures that appeal to the eye rather than the hand (actual texture)
400
_____________ refers to the process of arranging visual elements according to their order of importance (ex. hierarchy of scale)
What is visual hierarchy?
Also want to be able to identify/define afocal art
500
If the purpose of art is one or more forms of communication with yourself and/or others, name at least three goals for this type of communication (ex. persuasion - not eligible as one of your three)
What are:
• Appreciation
• Commentary
• Remembrance
• Ritual
• Repetition
• Self-Expression
• Entertainment
500
Identify the term that best fits this image, which could have two different subjects
What is figure/ground ambiguity?
Relates to space/time element
500
Identify the storytelling format pictured below:
What is continuous narrative/narration?
Also want to be able to identify sequential art
500
Identify the balance type pictured here:
What is radial?
Also want to be able to identify symmetrical and asymmetrical examples