Art Appreciation

Front 1

The _______ of a line is its length and width.

Back 1

Measure

Front 2

________ lines mark the edge of a figure as it curves back into space.

Back 2

Perceived

Front 3

_________ on a 2-dimensional level creates the illusion of roundness or 3 dimensions through the use of light and shadow.

Back 3

Modeling

Front 4

Line direction: _______ lines suggest stability, whereas _______ lines suggest assertiveness.

Back 4

Horizontal, vertical

Front 5

In works of art, _______________ are defined as the areas within a composition that have boundaries that separate them from what surrounds them. They are formed when intersecting or connected lines enclose space.

Back 5

Shapes

Front 6

The phenomenon that occurs when positive and negative shapes change place is called
__________________.

Back 6

Figure-ground reversal

Front 7

Determined by the amount of light reflected by a surface, the __________________ of a color of a surface is its lightness or darkness. The degrees of difference between shades of gray is referred to as ____________________.

Back 7

Value, value contrast

Front 8

__________________ refers to the gradual shifting from light to dark through a successive gradation of tones across a curved surface.

Back 8

Chiaroscuro

Front 9

The term for purity, brilliance, or intensity (brightness or dullness) of a color is ____________________.

Back 9

Saturation

Front 10

By adding black to a color, artists produce ___________________.

Back 10

Hue

Front 11

By adding white to a color, artists produce ___________________.

Back 11

Tint

Front 12

The 3 light primaries are ___________, ___________, and ___________.

Back 12

Red, blue, green

Front 13

The 3 pigment primaries are:___________, ___________, and _____________.

Back 13

Cyan, magenta, yellow

Front 14

___________– the texture of an object or picture, as determined by the sense of touch.

Back 14

Actual texture

Front 15

___________ – simulated texture in a work of art; the use of visual elements to create the illusion of textures in flat drawings, paintings, and other 2-dimensional works.

Back 15

Visual texture

Front 16

___________ - texture that is chosen or created by artists to foil or undermine our ideas about the objects that they depict.

Back 16

Subversive texture

Front 17

The illusion of depth is created by techniques such as texture gradients, brightness gradients, color saturation, and manipulation of warm and cool colors is ________ perspective.

Back 17

Atmospheric

Front 18

In _____________ motion and time, an impression of time and motion is created by the use of visual elements, composition, or content.

Back 18

Implied

Front 19

Works employing __________________ use techniques to suggest that motion is in the process of occurring rather than having occurred.

Back 19

Illusion of motion

Front 20

Artists use _______________________ to draw our attention to an area.

Back 20

Direction

Front 21

_________________ is created through the regular repetition of elements with related variations.

Back 21

Rhythm

Front 22

_______________ is the relative size of an object compared with others of its kind, its setting, or human dimensions.

Back 22

Scale

Front 23

_______________scaling is the use of relative size to indicate the relative importance of the objects or people being depicted.

Back 23

Hierarchial

Front 24

The size relationship of parts to a whole is ___________________.

Back 24

Proportion

Front 25

______________ refers to a distinctive handling of the visual elements and media associated with the work of an individual artist, a school or movement, or specific culture or time period.

Back 25

Style

Front 26

_____________________ refers to the portrayal of people and objects as they are seen by the eye without distortion.

Back 26

Realism

Front 27

_________________ art portrays, however altered or distorted, things perceived in the visible world.

Back 27

Representational

Front 28

In __________________ art, form and color are freely distorted by the artist in order to achieve a heightened emotional impact.

Back 28

Expressionist

Front 29

____________________ is the symbolic meanings of signs, subjects, and images which lend works their underlying meanings.

Back 29

Iconography