Art Flash Cards

Front 1

Movement

Back 1

The path the designer uses to guide the viewers eye

Front 2

Unity

Back 2

A Sense of harmony or wholeness

Front 3

Rhythm

Back 3

The use of one or more elements to create feeling

Front 4

Pattern

Back 4

Using consistant, repeating visual elements

Front 5

Art

Back 5

Physical expression of any idea

Front 6

Contrast

Back 6

the extreme transition of one opposing element to the other

Front 7

Emphasis

Back 7

Using the elemants of art to create a focal point

Front 8

Balance

Back 8

The visual weight or a design

Front 9

Proportion

Back 9

the way in which one element relates to another

Front 10

Design

Back 10

purpose, planning, or intention that exists or is though to exist in advance

Front 11

Burnish

Back 11

Using a smooth object to polish the surface of leather hard clay

Front 12

Kiln

Back 12

A furnace for firing, baking, or drying ceramic products. These come in gas or electric variations

Front 13

Keys

Back 13

Also referred to as “registration marks,” in plaster slip-casting molds, small rounded depressions carved in each parting face of a mold segment so that when adjacent segments are cast a corresponding bump will form

Front 14

Plaster

Back 14

A material made of a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand or cement and water that cures to a smooth hard surface

Front 15

Wedging

Back 15

The act of mixing and de-airing clay by cutting it diagonally and putting intense pressure on the pieces with your hands