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Art History
Principles of Design
100
A mark with length and driection, created by a point that moves across a surface.
What is line?
100

Primary colors. ( you can make any colors by mixing these)

What are red, blue and yellow?

100

This artist is famous for Starry Night

Who is Vincent Van Gogh?

100

Bright, fun and easy recognizable, this art genre celebrates popular culture.

What is pop art?

100

The focus or mind idea of an artwork.  The part that grabs your attention.

What is emphasis?

200
Any three dimensional object that can be measured by height, width and depth.
What is form?
200

Secondary colors ( primary + primary)

What are orange, green and violet?

200

Radial or circular designs for fun, but in Buddhism & Hinduism it has spiritual significance and can represent religious ideas

What is a mandala?

200

This pop artist created the famous Marilyn Monroes and Campbell soup artworks.

Who is Andy Warhol

200

As assortment of lines, shapes and colors and other elements of art.

What is variety?

300
How something feels or looks as though it would feel.
What is texture?
300

Blue, Blue-green, & Green are examples of...

What are analogous colors?  ( neighbor on the color wheel)

300

This artist used perspective to create optical illusions.  Also famous for tessellations.

Who is MC Escher?

300

This pop art artist based his paintings on comic books.

Roy Lichenstein

300

how parts fit together to make whole, size relationships ( scale)

What is proportion?

400
Lightness and darkness
What is value?
400

opposites on the color wheel

What are complimentary colors?

400

These people built temples, studied astronomy, developed writing & math and enjoyed arena sports.

Who are the ancient Maya?

400

Henri Rousseau is known for his jungle scenes and his artwork is sometimes classified as this word beginning with a p.

What is primitive?

400
The distribution of visual weight: includes symmetrical, asymmetrical and radial

What is balance?

500
The area surrounding an object. There are 2 types: Negative and positive
What is space?
500

Mixing two complimentary colors makes this.

What are neutrals?


( like brown or gray)

500

This artists is famous for stained glass and his art nouveau style

Who is Louis Comfort Tiffany?

500

This artist is known for artworks like " The Dream " or " The Surprise" which take place in the jungle.

Who is Henri Rousseau?

500

How the elements work together, fit together so the art work looks complete

What is Unity?