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?
the books illustrated with gilded images from the 5th century.
What are illuminated manuscripts?
the areas carved out of a block of linoleum
What is negative space?
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 kinds of texts that were often illustrated by illuminated letters
What are bibles or church texts?
the two main shapes of carving gouges
What are U and V gouges
How an artwork feels or looks like it feels
What is texture?
Blue, Blue-green, Green is an example of...
What are analogous colors?
The use of repeated lines, shapes, textures, colors and other elements of design to create interest in a work of art.
What is pattern?
the art style Andy Warhol was best known for
What is pop art?
the number of block used in a reduction print
What is one?
Lightness and darkness in a work of art
What is value?
Mixing a secondary and primary color creates this.
What is a tertiary/intermediate color?
When light and dark values are next to each other in an artwork
What is contrast?
The famous actress that Warhol often depicted in his work
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
a device used to center a print
What is a registration device?
Negative and positive in a work of art
What is space?
opposite colors on the color wheel
What are complimentary colors?
A feeling the visual weight is even spread throughout an artwork.
What is balance?
The "Pop" of pop art refers to this type of culture
What is popular culture?
the quality that describes a printing ink that you can see through
What is transparency?