Elements of Art
Parallel, Horizontal, and Spiral are all examples of this element.
What is a line?
This Renaissance painting was created by Leonardo da Vinci and now hangs in the Louvre.
What is the Mona Lisa?
This is the tacky substance used in printmaking.
What is ink?
This is the technique used where you paint your paper with water before adding watercolor.
What is wet on wet?
Red and Green are an example of this type of color scheme.
What are complementary colors?
You can use this element of art to create form.
What is value?
This type of ceramic was invented in China.
What is porcelain?
This is what the "roller" in printmaking is called.
What is a brayer?
This is the technique used when you use a tissue to lift color.
What is lift off?
Mix these 2 colors together to create red-violet.
a 3D shape
What is a form?
Where is the location of the oldest cave art ever found?
What is Indonesia?
This is the name of the famous print of a turbulent ocean in front of Mt. Fuji.
What is The Great Wave?
This is the technique where you make one color transition from light to dark.
What is a gradient (or graded wash)?
The type of art where you only use dots.
What is pointillism?
You can create the illusion of THIS by using overlapping, perspective, and different sized objects.
What is SPACE?
In Ancient Greece, this type of column has a spiral scroll-like top.
What is an Ionic column?
This is the name of the famous Japanese printmaker we talked about in class.
Who is Hokusai?
A depiction of land such as mountains, valleys, rivers, and trees.
What is a landscape?
The artist who created the pointillism technique and painted "A Sunday Afternoon..."
Who is Georges Seurat?
Mix these together to create the secondary colors.
What are the primary colors?
In Ancient Egypt, this was a carved oval with a line at the end of it and usually encircled a royal name.
What is a cartouche?
Name the 2 types of printmaking (one used by Hokusai and one used by Warhol)?
What is Relief and Screen Printing?
Besides water, brush, and paint, name 2 other materials we used when practicing techniques.
What is tape, crayon, and or salt?
A handwritten book with painted decoration, often using precious metals like gold or silver
What is an illuminated manuscript?