Elements&Principles
The feeling of stability in an artwork.
What is Balance?
The total number of prints/impressions pulled from a printing plate.
What is edition?
Talented artist from Nuremburg (1471–1528 ) who technically created the first self portrait, and also elevated printmaking to an artistic form.
Who is Albrecht Durer?
Surrealism stemmed out of this short-lived art movement whose primary characteristics included nonsensical art in order to protest the war.
What is Dadaism?
DAILY DOUBLE for all. The names of Mrs. Gibb's dogs. (must get both correct).
Who is Basil and Tesla?
a principle of art that describes the size, location or amount of one element to another (or to the whole) in a work.
What is proportion?
The method of covering a paper in a loose powder (of graphite or charcoal) and then erasing away the powder to create an image.
What is subtractive method?
Two different types of compositions that are 1.composed of either horizontal/vertical lines or 2. diagonal lines. Answer must correspond with correct order.
What are 1. static and 2.dynamic compositions.
A famous Mexican artist known for creating “surreal” self portraits in which she often used animals as symbols for difficult times in her life.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
What art medium (material) is Mrs. Gibbs' favorite to work with?
What is Oil Paint? (Paint is acceptable).
The principle of art that describes extreme differences in an artwork.
Contrast
Term used to describe a test-print or a print pulled before the edition.
What is a proof?
a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas. (Artwork that focuses on emotional impact rather than realism).
What is expressionism?
The contemporary Australian artist created realistic and humorous self-portraits in which she painstakingly lived two months in solitude working on her art trying to “find herself.
Who is Rene Littleson?
The state Mrs. Gibbs is from.
Where is Florida?
Term used to describe how the artist organizes the elements and principles of art.
What is composition?
An etching technique in which an image is incised directly into a plate (or "matrix") with a hard-pointed "needle" of sharp metal or diamond point instead of using acid.
What is a dry-point printing?
Three categories of surrealism and their characteristics.
What is Transformation (transforming two objects together), Automatism (creating from the subconscious), and Juxtaposition (placing unrelated objects next to each other to show contrast)?
Talented artist (1471–1528 ) who technically created the first self portrait, studied animals, and also elevated printmaking to an artistic form.
Who is Albrecht Durer?
The number of years Mrs. Gibbs has taught at Atherton (including this year).
What is 8 years?
The difference between shape and form.
What is (Shape)2D and (Form) 3D
The names of all of the lights and shadows on a sphere. DAILY DOUBLE! Only for the team that picked this... you will receive DOUBLE the points if you draw and label the sphere correctly. You will lose DOUBLE the points if you do not.
What is highlight, midtones, core shadow, cast shadow, and reflected light?
Explain where the eyes, nose, and mouth go on the average face. Daily Double for all!
Eyes- Halfway (middle) of head. Nose - Halway between eyes and chin. Mouth - Bottom of lips halfway between bottom of nose and chin.
Austrian expressionism painter known for paintings of twisted figures, playful lines, self-portraits, and unusually exaggerated hands.
Who is Egon Schiele?
The breed of Mrs. Gibbs dogs. Must be specific.
What are border collies?