Elements
A mark with length and direction, created by a point that moves across a surface.
What is line?
Primary colors
What are red, blue and yellow?
A way of combining visual elements to produce a sense of action.
What is movement?
In art criticism, this question falls under the study of ________:Does the painting have to tell a story to be considered art? |
What is aesthetics?
A stage of social development of a particular people that is characterized by city-building.
What is a civilization?
Any three dimensional object that can be measured by height, width and depth.
What is form?
Secondary colors
What are orange, green and violet?
Area in a work of art that catches and holds the viewer's attention.
What is emphasis?
The step in critically analyzing art in which you objectively describe what you see.
What is description?
A style of painting that contains bright colors and simplified forms.
What is Fauve?
The tactile surface quality or feel of an object. |
What is texture?
Blue, Blue-green, Green is an example of...
What are analogous colors?
The use of different lines, shapes, textures, colors and other elements of design to create interest in a work of art.
What is variety?
The step of critical analysis in which you share what you think the artist is saying—the message, idea, or mood conveyed.
What is interpretation?
A time frame when artworks with similar characteristics were made.
What is a period?
The range of the lightest light to the darkest dark.
What is value?
Mixing a secondary and primary color creates this.
What is a tertiary/intermediate color?
The feeling of oneness that occurs when all the parts of a design fit together well.
What is unity?
The step of the critical analysis process in which you express your personal opinion about whether or not an artwork is successful?
What is evaluation?
The way an artwork looks or the way an artwork is made.
What is style?
The type of shapes did Gauguin use most often.
What is organic?
Mixing two complimentary colors makes this.
What are neutrals?
Matisse's use of line, color, and pattern create this in his painting, The Red Room.
What is variety?
The step of art criticism in which you study the work closely to discover its structure and organization, and how the parts work together.
What is analysis?
Considers the political, religious, and social events that happened at the time and place a work of art was created.
What is a historical approach to art?