A 20th century painting style in which artists applied paint freely to huge canvases in an effort to show feelings and emotions rather than realistic subject matter.
What is abstract art?
Art schools.
What is academies?
Blues, greens, violets.
A design that repeats and can be found anywhere.
What is pattern?
Reds, yellows, oranges.
What are warm colors?
A 20th century art style in which artists sought to create an impression of movement on the picture surface by means of optical illusion.
What is Op Art?
Colors that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel, such as red and green, blue and orange, yellow and purple.
What are complementary colors?
Closely related to emphasis, a principle of art, this term refers to a way of combining art elements to stress the differences between those elements.
What is contrast?
A theory of art that emphasizes design qualities. According to this theory, the most important thing about a work of art is the effective organization of the elements of art though the use of the principles.
What is formalism?
A way of organizing the parts of a design so that one side duplicates, or mirrors, the other. Also known as formal balance.
What is symmetrical balance?
A principle of art, it refers to a way of combining art elements by using a series of gradual changes in those elements.
What is gradation?
An element of art that describes the lightness or darkness of a hue.
What is value?
The principle of art concerned with the relationship of certain elements to the whole and to each other.
What is proportion?
A material used by an artist to produce a work of art.
What is medium?
A principle of art, it refers to a way of combining art elements to create a feeling of equilibrium or stability in a work.
What is balance?
A skillful blend of the elements and principles of art.
What is design?
A principle of art, this term refers to a way of combining art elements so that the same elements are used over and over.
What is repetition?
A drawing in which contour lines alone are used to represent subject matter.
What is a contour drawing?
A color's name.
What is hue?
The qualities that can increase our understanding of artworks and serve as the criteria on which judgments are based.
What is aesthetic qualities?
How well the work is organized or put together. This aesthetic quality is favored by formalism.
What is design qualities?
Ms. Holmes' favorite thing to drink at school.
What is coffee?
Those media that are applied dry and include pencil, charcoal, crayon, and chalk or pastel.
What is dry media?
A principle of art, it refers to the careful placement of repeated elements in a work of art to cause a visual tempo or beat.
What is rhythm?
Colors that art next to each other on the color wheel and are closely related, such as blue, blue-green, and green.
What are analogous colors?