Art Study Guide 3-4

Front 1

List the seven elements of art.

Back 1

Value, color, line, texture, shape, form, and spaceLost

Front 2

List the eight principles of art.

Back 2

Balance, emphasis, harmony, variety, graduation, movement, rhythm, and proportion.

Front 3

What is meant by an artist's style?

Back 3

The special way an artist used the elements and principles to organize a work.

Front 4

Color is:

Back 4

Three qualities: hue (name), intensity, and value.

Front 5

Value is:

Back 5

Light or darkness of hue.

Front 6

Line is:

Back 6

Continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point.

Front 7

Form is:

Back 7

Object with three dimensions.

Front 8

Shape is:

Back 8

2D area set off by one or more elements.

Front 9

Texture is:

Back 9

Way things feel or look like they feel.

Front 10

Space is:

Back 10

Area between, around, above, below, or within.

Front 11

Name the qualities of color.

Back 11

Hue, intensity, and value.

Front 12

Explain the difference between the intensity and the value of a hue.

Back 12

Intensity is the color change from dull to bright, while value is the same color only darker or brighter.

Front 13

What types of artwork use value (apart from color)?

Back 13

Drawings, wood-cuts, lithographs, and photographs.

Front 14

Explain how changes in value can affect our perception of forms.

Back 14

Abrupt changes suggest planes, or flat surfaces. Gradual changes indicate concave or convex surfaces.

Front 15

Vertical line suggests:

Back 15

Strength and stability.

Front 16

Horizontal lines suggest:

Back 16

Calmness.

Front 17

Diagonal line suggests:

Back 17

Tension.

Front 18

Axis line:

Back 18

An imaginary line used to trace direction.

Front 19

Contour line:

Back 19

Shows contour or edges in an object.

Front 20

Describe how Jose de Creeft created texture in his work.

Back 20

Carving lines into the hair.

Front 21

What visual elements can be used to set off shape.

Back 21

Color, Value, and line.

Front 22

Explain the difference between a shape and form.

Back 22

A shape has two dimensions, while a form has three.

Front 23

In what ways do artists create depth or 3 dimensions, in a two-dimensional work of art.

Back 23

Size,placement, color, detail, and line.

Front 24

Space can be where?

Back 24

2D or 3D artwork. (Depth or area)

Front 25

Way of combing art elements to create stability.

Back 25

Balance

Front 26

combining elements to stress the difference between them.

Back 26

Emphasis

Front 27

Combining similar elements in a work to accent similarities.

Back 27

Harmony

Front 28

Combining art elements to create complex relationships.

Back 28

Variety

Front 29

Combining elements by gradual changes in elements.

Back 29

Graduation

Front 30

Create the look and feeling of action.

Back 30

Movement

Front 31

Careful placement of repeated elements. (Visual tempo)

Back 31

Rhythm

Front 32

Relationship of certain elements to a whole and to each other.

Back 32

Proportion

Front 33

What is the purpose of a design chart?

Back 33

Helps you identify the many possible relationships between elements and principles in works of art.