Elements&Principles
The feeling of stability in an artwork.
What is Balance?
a method of rendering a specific object or figure in a picture in depth. The artist records, in varying degrees, the distortion that is seen by the eye when an object or figure is viewed at a distance or at an unusual angle.
What is foreshortening?
Famous Baroque painter known for a wild personality, bad temper, and incredibly dramatic paintings using “Chiaroscuro” lighting, also known as “Tenebrism” in painting.
Who is Caravaggio?
Austrian expressionism painter known for paintings of twisted figures, playful lines, self-portraits, and unusually exaggerated hands.
Who is Egon Schiele?
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?
is an Italian term that means counter-pose. It is used in the visual arts to describe a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs.
What is contrapposto?
Contemporary Portuguese based artist who creates lively colored figurative self portraits, often showing multiple angles of herself interacting with other versions of herself. This artist uses a lot of foreshortened angles and plays with line, form, design, and negative space.
Who is Christina Troufa?
What art medium (material) is Mrs. Gibbs' favorite to work with?
What is Oil Paint?
The principle of art that describes extreme differences in an artwork.
Contrast
Lines that go across the planes of a surface.
What are cross-contour lines?
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 grew up in.
Where is Florida?
Principle of art that describes when importance is placed on one area of an artwork.
What is emphasis?
How many heads high is the average female?
What is 7 and 1/2 heads high?
Famous American painter who used a grid system to create photorealistic portraits. This artist was later paralyzed, but continued to paint and use the grid system to paint portraits using tiny broken up abstract paintings to form the portrait.
Who is Chuck Close?
Talented artist (1471–1528 ) who technically created the first self portrait, and also elevated printmaking to an artistic form. He was incredibly capable of replicating form, and did many studies of ordinary things such as drapery and animals.
Who is Albrecht Durer?
The number of years Mrs. Gibbs has taught at Atherton (including this year).
What is 7 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.
Contemporary artist who photographs fabric & sheets, then collages them together to create unique abstract installations.
Who is Mira Borack?
The breed of Mrs. Gibbs dogs. Must be specific.
What are border collies?