Art Appreciation Chapter 7

Front 1

When white light strikes a green object, what happens?

Back 1

Objects have obsorbed all colors of the spectrum but wavelengths of green

Front 2

Define warm and cool colors

Back 2

Warm- yellow, orange, red
Cool- green, blue, violet

Front 3

A color scheme made up of one color and its tints and shades is called ____.

Back 3

Hue

Front 4

A color scheme made up of colors which neighbor each other on the color wheel is called _____.

Back 4

Analogous

Front 5

Colors which are opposite each other on the color wheel are called ______.

Back 5

Complementary

Front 6

When white is added to a color, the result is called a ___.

Back 6

Tint

Front 7

When black is added to a color, the result is called a ____.

Back 7

Shade

Front 8

Color has 3 primary characteristics. What are they? Define each one

Back 8

1. Hue- basic color
2. Value/key- relative level of light/darkness
3. Intensity or saturation- relative purity of color's hue, function of bright/dullness

Front 9

What is value or key?

Back 9

Relative level of brightness/darkness

Front 10

Define chiaroscuro

Back 10

Use of light and dark to creat the effect of 3-D, modeled surfaces

Front 11

Artemesia Gentileschi utilized an extreme form of chiaroscuro, called ______. The term means "murky" and helps create a mood of heightened drama

Back 11

Tenebrism

Front 12

Value or key can create specific moods in a work of art. It can also help to creat the illusion of ____ on a flat surface.

Back 12

3-D

Front 13

To create areas of tonal value, using line alone, an artist uses a technique called _____

Back 13

Hatching

Front 14

When an artist paints objects according to the color what we most often see in those objects, the artist is using _____ color

Back 14

local

Front 15

What is meant by subtractive color? Why is the process of mixing pigments called "subtractive?"

Back 15

Mixing 2 primaries which results in duller color than either primaries; resulting color absorbs twice as much light as either of sources

Front 16

What techniques can an artist use to reduce a color's saturation or intensity?

Back 16

adding gray or hue opposite on color wheel

Front 17

The diagram in which the sphere is shaded to make it look solid in your book utilizes a principle called "light logic." What are the main parts of the shaded model?

Back 17

Highlight light, shadow, core of shadow, reflected light, cast shadow

Front 18

What are the primary colors? Why are they called primaries?

Back 18

Red, yellow, blue
- cannot be made my mixing any other colors

Front 19

What are the secondary colors? How do you get them?

Back 19

Orange, green, violet
- Mix of 2 primaries each lies between

Front 20

Define aerial perspective

Back 20

Designed to suggest 3-D
-Forms distant become less distinct