FAMOUS ARTISTS
COLOR KNOWLEDGE
ELEMENTS
PRINCIPALS
CONCEPTS
100
Leonardo Da Vinci
Who made a painting of an Italian woman with a mysterious smile?
100
Primary
What is the name of the color group that contains Red, Yellow and Blue?
100
Balance
What is the element of art you use when you make lines and shapes in all areas of the page?
100
Pattern
Which principle of art do you use when you make something repeat over & over & over again?
100
Horizon Line
What is the name of the line that divides the sky from the ground?
200
Vincent Van Gogh
Who painted a sky filled with swirling yellows and blues in the piece "Starry, Starry Night"?
200
Hue
What is the name for a color called?
200
Space
Which element of art is used when you use a horizon line and make things that appear to get smaller on your page?
200
Texture
Whick principle of art do you use when you make a pattern in an area to make it look like hair, grass or sand?
200
A picture of a person or animal
portrait
300
This artist is most known for his graffiti style paintings of simplified figures. Often brightly colored with bold, black outlines.
Who is Keith Haring?
300
Secondary
What is the name of the color group that contains Green, Orange and Violet?
300
Color
Which element of art is used when you mix paints?
300
Emphasis
Which principle of art is used when an artist creates lines or shapes, or has subjects in the painting facing a certain way, to control the veiwer's eyes and make them look at a certain area of the painting?
300
Symmetry
What is the term used to describe a design that matches side to side, or top to bottom?
400
Georges Seurat
Who became famous for his Pointillism paintings that filled in areas with dots?
400
Monochromatic
What is the term used to describe a color group that only has shades and tints of one hue?
400
Line
Which element of art can be straight, curved, wiggly, pointed, thick or thin?
400
Contrast
Which principle of art is used when an artist uses a dark color next to a light one, or a busy pattern next to a solid area?
400
Still Life
What is it called when an artists sets up some objects and attempts to illustrate the shape, size and location of those objects?
500
Andy Warhol
Who surprised the Art World by using unusual subjects, such as a soup can, in his paintings?
500
Neutral
What is the name of the color group that contains black, white, gray and some browns?
500
Form
Which element of art is something that occupies 3-dimensional shape?
500
Unity
What is it called when an artist uses a color, shape or line throughout the picture or design to make it looks like things go together?
500
Perspective
What is the technique that uses a horizon line and 1 or 2 vanishing points to represent 3 dimensional shapes or objects?