Art Appreciation Final Terms

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Line

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Strictly defined, a path traced by a moving point

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Mass

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Three dimensional form, often implying bulk, density and weight.

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Formal balance

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Also called symmetrical balance, is a concept involving equal weight on both sides of a composition.

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Abstract

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Descriptive of art, in which forms of the visual world are purposefully simplified, fragmented or otherwise directed.

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Chiaroscuro

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In two-dimensional, representational art, the technique of using values to record light and shadow.

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Saturation

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Chromo and/or intensity

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Shape

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A visuall6 perceived area of identifiable boundaries.

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Asymmetrical Balance

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Achieves equilibrium with dissimilar size, shape and placement.

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Tactile Texture

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Can be seen and felt.

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Proportion

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Size relationships between parts of a whole or between two or more items perceived as a unit.

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Hieractic Scale

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The representation of more important figures as larger than less important figures.

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Iconography

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The identification, description and interpretation of subject matter in art.

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Triptych

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A work of art or composition consisting of 3 panels sides by side.

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Non objective

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Art that does not represent or otherwise refers to the visible world outside itself.

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Forshortening

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The visual phenomenon whereby an elongated object projecting toward or away from a viewer appears shorter than its acutal length.

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Installation Art

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An art form in which an entire room or similar space is treated as a work of art to be entered and experienced.

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Positive/ Negative Shape

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Negative - the ground

Positive- the figure

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Analogous color Harmony

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A color scheme based in three hues found next to one another on the color wheel.

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Tromp l'oiel

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Representational art that mimics optical experience so faithfully that it may be mistaken momentarily for reality.

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Kinetic Art

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Incorporates (rather than depicts) real or apparent movement.

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Relieved symmetry

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Near symmetry.

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Value

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The relative lightness of darkness of a hue or of a neutral varying from white to black.

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Scale

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Size in relation to some "normal" or constant size.

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Hue

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The family name of a color, independent of its particular value or saturation.

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Intensity

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This term is used to describe the brightness, or the dullness of a color.

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Secondary colors

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Orange, Violet, Green. Each color is midway between the Primaries from which it can be mixed.

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Tertiary colors

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Colors that represent a mixture of secondary colors.

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Complementary color harmony

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Colors opposite each other on the color wheel. When to complimentary colors are mixed together you will get a neutral tone.

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Chroma

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Purity or intensity of a color

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Visual texture

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perceived surface quality of a work of art. It is an element of two-dimensional and three-dimensional designs and is distinguished by its perceived visualand physical properties.

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Symmetrical balance

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characterized by or exhibitingsymmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.

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Crystallographic balance

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or an allover pattern, is created by repeating elements of equal weight everywhere. Emphasis is uniform; there is no distinct focal point.

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Outline

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a line or set of lines enclosing or indicating the shape of an object in a sketch or diagram.

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Contour

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an outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something.

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Primary colors

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any of a group of colors from which all other colors can be obtained by mixing.

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Monochromatic color harmony

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derived from a single base hue and extended using its shades, tones and tints. Tints are achieved by adding white and shades and tones are achieved by adding a darker color, gray or black.

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Triatic color harmony

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tend to be quite vibrant, even if you use pale or unsaturated versions of your hues.

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Naturalistic

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derived from real life or nature, or imitating it very closely.

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Representational

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depicts easily recognizable objects–ships, people and buildings.

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Pointillism

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a technique of neo-impressionist painting using tiny dots of various pure colors, which become blended in the viewer's eye.

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Figure/ground

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a property of perception in which there is a tendency to see parts of a visual field as solid, well-defined objects standing out against a less distinct background.

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Atmospheric perspective

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technique of rendering depth or distance in painting by modifying the tone or hue and distinctness of objects perceived as receding from the picture plane, especially by reducing distinctive local colors and contrasts of light and dark to a uniform light bluish-gray color.

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Isometric perspective

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A type of visual perspective in which all dimensions parallel to the three principal spatial axes are shown in their true proportions.

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Aesthetics

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concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.

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Diptych

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a painting, especially an altarpiece, on two hinged wooden panels that may be closed like a book.

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Golden section

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the division of a line so that the whole is to the greater part as that part is to the smaller part, a proportion that is considered to be particularly pleasing to the eye.

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Earthwork

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Earth minpulated to form a piece of art

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Content

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What a work of art is about, its subject matter as interpreted by a viewer.