Elements of Art
A mark made with length and direction; can vary in width, direction, and length.
What is LINE?
Differences in elements to create visual interest.
What are RED, BLUE, and YELLOW?
Artistic movement in which the artist seeks to depict not objective reality but rather the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events bring up within a person.
What is EXPRESSIONISM?
The process called of responding to, interpreting meaning, and making critical judgments about specific works of art.
What is CRITIQUE?
A flat, enclosed area that is two-dimensional; can be geometric or organic.
What is SHAPE?
Creating a focal point to attract attention.
What is EMPHASIS?
Secondary colors.
What are ORANGE, GREEN, AND PURPLE/VIOLET?
A movement of art that emerged in the 1960's that used bright primary colors including the use of dots of color on a white background to convey an object or person.
What is POP ART?
Perceived when waves of light strike the retina
Produced by light reflected off objects; described by hue, value, and intensity.
The distribution of visual weight in a work of art.
What is BALANCE?
What is a TINT?
19th-century art movement characterized by visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, and unusual visual angles.
What is IMPRESSIONISM?
A pure pigment—one without tint or shade.
What is HUE?
The surface quality of an object—how it feels (actual) or looks like it feels (implied).
All elements work together to create a sense of wholeness.
What is UNITY/HARMONY?
A color mixed with black
What is a SHADE?
Artists aimed to allow the unconscious mind to express itself, often resulting in the depiction of illogical or dreamlike scenes and ideas.
What is SURREALISM?
Lines drawn from the object to a point or points on the horizon.
What is a VANISHING POINT?
The area around, between, or within objects; includes positive and negative.
What is SPACE?
Leads the viewer's eye throughout the artwork.
Colors next to each other on the color wheel.
What are ANALOGOUS COLORS?
an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and flowers. Other characteristics were a sense of dynamism and movement, often given by asymmetry or whiplash lines, and the use of modern materials, particularly iron, glass, ceramics and later concrete, to create unusual forms and larger open spaces.
What is ART NOUVEAU?
A small sketch that details what the artist plans for the larger piece of art.