Elements of Art
defines how light or dark a given color or hue can be
What is value?
He painted an image of a weeping woman.
Pablo Picasso
When a chair looks like a chair
Realistic art/realism
A group of colors that look good together.
color scheme
a basic element of art that involves light
Color
She created a painting of a Ferris wheel.
Mrs. Ruiz
When a chair no longer looks like a chair.
Abstract art
red-orange and blue-green, red-violet and yellow green are...
complimentary colors
A realistic painting/drawing has a lot of...
detail
a one-dimensional figure, which has length but no width
What is a line?
One of his painting is called: Red, Blue and Yellow
Piet Mondrian
to represent subject matter truthfully, without artificiality and avoiding speculative and supernatural elements.
Realism/Realistic art
Royal blue, baby blue, and phthalo blue are...
monochromatic colors
You can make something look 3D by adding...
depth or perspective
a feeling of depth or three dimensions
What is space?
He claimed to be the first abstract artist.
Wassily Kandinsky
Uses visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world.
Abstract Art
red, red-orange, and orange are...
analogous colors
The artist interviewed survivors and studied dead bodies for this painting.
The Raft of the Medusa
the perceived surface quality of a work of art
What is texture?
His paintings focused on capturing light.
Claude Monet
Artwork which takes liberties, altering for instance colour and form in ways that are conspicuous
Partially abstract art
Yellow, blue-violet, red-violet are...
split complimentary colors
The first artist to self-consciously proclaim and practice the realist aesthetic.
Gustave Courbet