Color
Colors that are opposite on the color wheel.
What is complementary?
When an artist uses devices or techniques to approximate the way things would be seen by the human eye in real life.
What is implied space?
Symbols of time, death, or decay in art history.
What are clocks, hourglasses, watches, skulls, flys, and ants?
Dense patterns of crisscrossed lines used to create volume
What is cross-hatching?
Three-dimensional shapes
What are forms?
This principle of design refers to the visual distribution of weight in an artwork, which can be symmetrical, asymmetrical, or radial.
What is balance?
The addition of white to a pigment.
What is tint?
A system of creating an illusion of depth on a flat surface that includes a vantage point, vanishing point, and a horizon line.
What is linear perspective?
The suggestion of motion in an artwork through various optical sensations.
What is implied motion?
A "line" or edge that is perceived where a three-dimensional form curves away from the viewer.
What is a contour line?
The study of symbols
What is iconography?
By repeating elements such as lines, shapes, or colors, artists create this principle, which adds movement and unity to a composition.
What is rhythm?
The relative brightness or dullness of a color.
What is intensity?
a technique for illustrating depth that incorporates such devices as texture gradient, brightness gradient, color saturation, and the interplay of warm and cool colors.
What is atmospheric perspective?
The creator of an 8hr film of the Empire State Building.
Who is Andy Warhol?
A conceptual connection—an invisible linear path—between or among elements or characters in a composition.
What is psychological line?
Describes shapes of those found in nature.
What are organic shapes?
This principle, sometimes called "the path the eye follows," guides the viewer’s attention throughout an artwork using elements such as lines, shapes, or contrasting areas.
What is movement?
A color that does not accurately reflect the visible reality.
What is an arbitrary color?
Empty space around and between the subject of an image.
What is negative space?
A group of artists who were inspired by speed, motion, and industry.
Who are the futurists?
The sense of line created by the perceptual tendency to connect a series of points.
What is implied line?
DAILY DOUBLE
Professor Herrick's area of study
What is contemporary African art?
In a well-designed composition, this principle ensures that no single element overpowers the rest, maintaining a cohesive and visually satisfying arrangement.
What is unity?
A period of art is characterized by techniques such as chiaroscuro and tenebrism.
What is the Baroque period?
The combination of different perspectives.
What is a composite view?
The creator of the very first "film" that featured a jockey riding a horse.
Who is Eadweard Muybridge?
a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image
What is pointillism?
Radical alterations of visible reality—simplifications, exaggerations, or transmutations—that sometimes bear little resemblance to the original entities from which they were derived.
Abstraction (abstract shapes)
This principle involves the careful arrangement of opposing elements—such as organic versus geometric forms or warm versus cool colors—to create visual tension and dynamic interest in a composition.
What is contrast?