Abstract Art Basics
This style of art does NOT try to look realistic
What is abstract art
Paper cut and glue pictures
What is collage?
Moving one share to match another keeps this
What is visual balance?
The 3 primary colors
Red, yellow, and blue
Painted the Mona Lisa
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
Abstract art often focuses on these three design elements instead of objects
What are color, line, and shape
Art made from tiny colored squares
What is mosaic?
Tiny shapes can balance one big shape
What is informal balance?
Two primary colors mix to make this group
What is secondary colors?
Painted colorful square and lines in "Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow
Who is Piet Mondrian?
This American artist created huge "drip paintings" by splattering paint on canvas
Who is Jackson Pollock?
Swirling lines and splatter paint style
What is action painting?
Light vs. dark difference
What is contrast?
Red+Blue=
What is purple?
Painted Campbell's soup cans
Who is Andy Warhol?
Abstract art that starts with a real object but changes it to look different is called this.
What is semi-abstract or representational abstraction?
Abstract art with no real subject
What is non-objective art?
Opposite colors on the color wheel
What are complimentary colors?
Colors that feel like fire or sun
What are warm colors?
Painted herself with monkeys in Mexico
Who is Frida Kahlo?
Famous Painter of Composition VII known as a pioneer of abstract art
Who is Wassily Kandinsky
Uses thick paint you can see and feel
What is impasto?
Repeated designs are called
What is a pattern?
Colors that feel like water or ice
What are cool colors?
Famous for the painting Starry Night
Vincent Van Gogh