Art Vocabulary Semester Review

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Art VocabularySemester Review
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Principles of Design

• Repetition
• Emphasis
• Contrast
• Unity
• Balance
• Rhythm/Movement
• Pattern

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What types of BALANCE are there?
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Symmetry If the image is cut in half, it is the
same on both sides.
Asymmetry If the image is cut in half, it is not
the same on both sides.
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What is emphasis in an artwork?
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Emphasis

• Emphasis is something that stands out or is
  accented in an artwork.

The two people are emphasized. They are large
and in the foreground of the artwork.
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How does an artwork show unity?
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Unity

• Everything looks as though it belongs together.
  Nothing is out of place.

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How does an artwork show variety?
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Variety

• If an artwork shows variety, it has a collection
  or assortment of different elements. For
  example, Kandinskys Sea Battle painting (top)
  has a variety of colors, shapes and lines.

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How can you create movement and/or rhythm in an
artwork?
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Movement

• Can be created by diagonal lines, twisting lines
  and
• sequencing.

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What is a sculpture?
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• A sculpture is a three dimensional (3D) object.
  It has a height, a width, and a depth.

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Which one is a sculpture?
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What are 3 different techniques when hand
building clay?
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• 1. Coil
• 2. Pinch
  3. Slab

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What is a glaze?
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Glaze

• A glaze is a thin, glassy coating fused to the
  surface of a clay form in the firing process.

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Perspective

• Perspective is creating a 3D image on a 2D
  surface.
• Vanishing point

The point where parallel lines converge.
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Are these warm or cool colors?
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Cool Colors

• The painting has blue, green and violet colors.

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Are these warm or cool colors?
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Warm Colors

• The image has reds, oranges and yellows.
• Hint Think of warm colors as colors of a
  fire.

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Other Color Theories

• Monochromatic color scheme that involves
  different values of a single color.

Analogous closely related colors on the color
wheel. Ex. red and red-orange
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Aesthetics Categories
Imitationalism Emotionalism Formalism
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Which artwork shows Imitationalism?
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The artwork shows Imitationalism because the work
is realistic.
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Which artwork shows Emotionalism?
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The artwork shows Emotionalism because the artist
uses swirling, bright colors and lines to display
feeling.
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Which artwork shows Formalism?
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This artwork shows Formalism because the work
concentrates on the art elements.
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What is a portrait?
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Portrait

• A portrait is an image or picture of a person.
  It can be a painting, a sculpture, a photograph,
  a print, etc.

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What is a landscape?
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Landscape

• A landscape is a picture representing a section
  of natural scenery.

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What is a still life?
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Still Life

• A still life is an image of inanimate subject
  matter, typically commonplace objects such as
  fruit or a vase of flowers.