Art History
Elements and Principles
Tools & Techniques
Types of Art/Genre
Vocabulary
100
a Pop Art artist who printed multiple images of well known celebrities and pop culture icons in bright colors
Who is Andy Warhol
100
When one object or area in a composition stands out or is the center of attention, "the party"
What is emphasis?
100
a drawing medium made with concentrated pigment mixed with an oil binder
What are oil pastels?
100
a drawing or painting of a person
What is a portrait?
100
a person that creates cartoons
Who is an illustrator?
200
Ancient people who invented the first canon of proportions for figure drawing, using the fist as a measurement tool
Who are the Egyptians?
200
Repetition of lines, color, texture, shapes, and value that directs the viewer's eye
What is movement?
200
an image/design created by gluing papers and/ found objects together
What is a collage?
200
artwork depicting inanimate (non-living) objects
What is a still life?
200
a shape that is simplified so that the image can be easily recognizable
What is stylized?
300
Artist who is considered the first Impressionist painter who often created multiple landscape paintings of the same place during different times of the day. hint: Japanese bridge and lily pads
Who is Claude Monet?
300
a composition that is stable, not heavier on one side than another
What is balance?
300
small drawing that is done quickly to plan out a composition and to visualize a future painting/drawing
What is a thumbnail sketch?
300
a still life that depicts: decaying food, skulls, bones, dying flowers, etc. and represents mortality
What is a vanitas?
300
something that stands for something else
What is a symbol?
400
Pop artist who created large comic type images with dark outlines and Benday dots
Who is Roy Lichtenstein?
400
the design principle that refers to the feeling of unity created when all parts relate well each other (i.e. the human figure)
What is proportion?
400
the wire/tape structure created to place under paper mache/ plaster sculptures
What is an armature?
400
a landscape painting created outdoors in the open air
What is a plein air painting?
400
a standard measure used to determine proportions of art
What is a canon in art?
500
an Impressionist artist who is best known for his dancers and horses
Who is Edgar Degas?
500
the element of art that refers to the area between and around objects. It can also refer to the feeling of depth.
What is space?
500
used to show three dimensions on a two dimensional surface
What is perspective?
500
art style that uses levitation, juxtaposition, scale, metamorphosis, and transparency to create a dream-like environment
What is Surrealism?
500
a stance used in sculpture in which most of the figure's weight is on one foot and their weight is shifted. This is used to make the figure look natural.
What is contrapposto?