Art Test Review

Chiaroscuro – Shading from light and dark
Visual elements – Color, value, texture, shape, form, space & line
Line – basic means for recording and symbolizing ideas, observations and feelings. Extension of a point.
Shapes are also known as mass and form
Space – the interval or measureable distance between points
Value – or tone refers to the relative lightness and darkness of surfaces
Hue and intensity – refers to a particular wavelength of spectral color to what we give name purity of a huge – intensity/saturation
What we call “color” is the effect on our eyes of light waves of differing wavelengths and frequencies.
White light is composed of all the colors in the spectrum
When all of the wavelengths are absorbed it appears black
Primary colors – red, yellow and blue
Secondary colors – orange, green, violet (any mixture of 2 primaries)
Intermediate colors are made mixing primary and secondary such as red-orange, yellow-orange, etc.
Monochromatic – variations in the value and intensity of a single hue (usually black and white)
Analogous – colors adjacent to one another on the color wheel
Complementary – colors opposite each other on the color wheel
Abstract – no reference at all or depict natural objects
Form – what we see, color, shape, line and design
Content – we get from what we see
Iconography – symbolic meaning of signs, subjects and images.
Principles of art – unity & variety, balance, emphasis, directional forces, contrast, repetition & rhythm, scale & proportion
Composition – the way the things are arranged
Unity – the appearance or composition of oneness
Variety – provides diversity
Pattern – repetitive ordering of things
Asymmetrical – neither side is the same
Symmetrical – similar matching of both sides of a 3D or 2D composition
Emphasis – draws attention to a place
Focal point – the main