color
Primary colors
Blue, red, yellow (cyan also okay)
Dot
A point
Cubism
Abstract art movement started by Picasso which uses geometric shapes to mimic organic things
Foreground
The front of a painting/picture/artwork (in front of background)
Self portrait
A painting done by an artist of themselves
Hue
Color or shade (example: yellow, brown, green)
Square
Shape with 4 sides
Impressionism
Art movement started in France, using different techniques (brushstrokes/dots/lines) to create an image that is easily seen from far away
Background
What is behind the subject of the painting (behind the foreground)
Portrait
Painting of a person
Saturation
Triangle
shape with 3 sides
Pop art
An art style using vibrant or bright colors and the same image over again in different variations of the colors. Sometimes a face, sometimes an object
Brushstrokes
The paint mark made by the movement of a paintbrush
landscape
Secondary colors
Orange, green, purple
Pentagon
Renaissance
The rebirth of classical Greek and Roman art in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries
Perspective
When the artist uses different sizes or angles to make it look like the artwork has depth
Still life
Art work of objects
Value
The lightness or darkness of a color (high value is light, low value is dark)
Vertex
The point where 2 sides of a shape come together at an angel
Contemporary art
The art movement that is currently happening
Vanishing Point
Point in an artwork where the images disappear as of into the distance, has to do with depth
Optical illusion
An artwork that is meant to confuse the eye, using different shapes and patterns to make it look like something is moving, for example