Elements 1
What is another name for hue?
Colour.
If two elements are equal in an artwork, what principle is it showing?
Balance.
What element helps to show form?
Tone.
If an artwork uses the same element again and again, what principle is being shown?
Repetition/pattern.
What is the American way to say tone?
Value.
What element would best be described as a point that has moved in space?
Line.
Finish this: Foreground, middle ground and...
Background.
If I close a line what does it become?
A shape.
If I have two elements that are very different but close together, what principle is at play?
Contrast.
What are contrasting colours?
Red and green, orange and blue and purple and yellow.
What is a geometric shape?
A shape with a name e.g. Circle, square.
If an element is dominating the artwork, what could it be seen as?
The focal point.
What is an irregular shape?
A shape that has no name e.g a squiggle.
If I have two forms in an artwork that are drastically different in size, what principle would I be using?
Proportion/scale.
In which city and country is The Louvre art museum located?
Prais, France.
What is the difference between shape and form?
Shape is 2D, form is 3D.
My artwork is simple and visually relaxing. What principle am I using?
Harmony/unity.
Smooth, sharp and sticky are all examples of what?
Texture.
My artwork is chaotic and uses a lot of different elements. What principle am I using?
Variety.
How many paintings did Vincent Van Gogh sell before he died?
One.
Wherever there is light, there is no...
Shadow or tone.
If an artwork is in motion, what principle is it using?
Movement.
What kind of artworks might have the elements of sound and time?
A film or installation.
How could you show implied motion in a drawing?
By using line, colour, tone or texture.
The famous painting, “Birth of Venus” by Botticelli, features a goddess floating in the ocean on what?
A sea shell.