elements of art
principles of design
noun/verb
what's in a name?
multi meanings
100

Deals with Hue, Value and Intensity

What is color?

100

The feeling of equal weight

What is balance?

100

A collection of artwork

to show artwork

What is Exhibit?

100

comes from hiare, a Latin verb meaning "to gape" or "to yawn," and first appeared in English in the middle of the 16th century. Originally, the word referred to a gap or opening in something, such as a cave opening in a cliff. 

What is Hiatus?

100

to focus mental attention

a saturated solution

what is concentration?

200

Illusions of _____________ can be created with perspective.

Negative _______________ is the area around and in between objects. 

What is space?

200

repeating elements 

what is pattern and rhythm?

200

To make something by hand.

Art forms that include handmade, useful items like pottery and weaving.

What is craft?

200

comes from the Latin illustrare 'to light up or enlighten. ' Pictures in a book enlighten the reader, and a good example can enlighten someone on a complex topic. 

to inform through images

What is illustrate?

200

contains images of figures

Means symbolic as in similes, metaphors etc.

What is figurative?

300

The path of a point. Can be real or implied. Can be made with most art tools

What is a line?

300

when an artwork contains direction, flow and action

What is movement?

300

an order or command to create something

to be assigned an art job/or request

What is commission?

300

comes from the Latin word dexter, meaning "on the right side." Since most people are right-handed, and therefore do things more easily with their right hand, dexter developed the sense of skillful. 


Sorry.. lefthanders... I didn't make this up..

What is dexterity?

300

works

designed to be practical, useful

What is functional?

400

The lights and darks of a color

What is value?

400

The most important part of the image.  When an image has a focal point

What is emphasis?

400

to arrange in a prescribed way

a pre-set arrangement

what is format?


400

comes from the Latin facilis, for "easy." It means to make something easier or more likely to happen.

What is Facilitate?


400

to come in contact with something

to have a secret revealed

What is exposure?

500

The 2D version of a form.

What is shape?

500

Using proximity, similar elements or connections to create the feeling of oneness.

What is unity?

500

something that have a lot of vivid detail, such as gore, sexual content etc.

a crisp, clean image that often include text and is meant for publication. 

What is graphic?

500

in the sense ‘relating to perception by the senses’: from Greek aisthētikos,

What is Aesthetic?

500

the usual way of doing something

a meeting of a group of like-minded people for the purpose of exploring a topic.

an agreement between countries covering particular matters, especially one less formal than a treaty.

What is convention?