Elements of Art
The way the art feels, or looks like it would feel
What is texture?
The principle that refers to the way different elements in a design work together to create a sense of wholeness
What is unity?
An American artist who was the most important and best known artist of the Pop Art movement.
Who is Andy Warhol?
The technique used to make animations with many frames (or photos) blended together to show movement
What is stop-motion?
The name of the period of art that is being made today.
What is contemporary art?
A mark made on a surface, which can vary in thickness, color, and shape.
the distribution of visual weight in a composition.
What is balance?
American painter known for her paintings of the southwest and close ups of flowers
Who is Georgia O'Keeffe?
The method used to attach two pieces of clay.
What is score and slip?
The name of the space where photographers can develop film into photos.
What is a dark room?
What is the lightness or darkness of a color/tone?
What is value?
the path a viewer's eye takes through a piece of art or design. It's used to create a sense of flow and visual interest, and to guide the viewer's eye around an image or object
What is movement?
The artist known for painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling, the statue David, and is also one of the Ninja Turtles
Who is Michelangelo?
A method utilizes parallel, intersecting lines to shade an illustration. The denser the line spacing, the darker your object will appear.
What is cross-hatching?
The process of adding or joining parts and/or visual elements together to create a painting, collage or sculpture.
What is additive?
The illusion of depth on a flat surface
What is space?
the repetition of visual elements to establish a pattern.
What is rhythm?
Infamously called the “anti-art” art movement, developed out of disgust and resentment of World War I. The main purpose of this movement was to challenge the social norms of society, and purposefully make art that would shock, confuse, or outrage people.
What is Dada/Dadaism
The method to create a flat piece of clay.
What is slab?
Shapes or spaces that are or represent the areas unoccupied by objects.
What is negative space?
An element of art that is three-dimensional and encloses volume
What is form?
refers to the relative size and scale of elements in a composition or document
What is proportion?
The birthplace of the Renaissance Movement in the 14th-17th century
What is Florence, Italy?
The transference of an image from one surface (plate or block) to another (usually paper) using ink.
What is print-making?
The glossy surface covering on a finished ceramic piece that is also used for decoration
What is glaze?