Details Title: Art Flash Cards Description: Goes over art vocabulary and their definitions Total Flash Cards: 64 Created: 03/10/2009 11:32:55		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Art/Design Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Silhouette Definition Areas between or bounded by contours edges of an object: the total shape Term Pattern Definition Any artistic design Repeating element and/or design hat can produce a new set of characteristics or organization Term Contrast Definition Opposition or dissimilarity Term Plane Definition Area is two dimensional supports the illusion of advancing or receding elements Flat, sculptural surface Term Contour Line Definition Outermost limits of an object or a drawn or painted shape Term Open-value composition Definition aren't limited by edges of shapes and flows across shape boundaries Term Non-representational Art Definition Imaginative treatment is personalized Image isn't coming from anything visually seen by the artist Term Variety Definition Difference achieved by opposing, contrasting, changing, or diversifying elements in a composition Adds individualism and interest Term Shallow space Definition illusion of limited depth Imagery moves a slight distance back from the picture plane Term Low key value Definition has a level of middle gray or darker Term Space Definition Measurable distance between two points or images Can be actual or illusionsaay Term Subject Definition Refers to person or things represented Also refers to images that have nothing to do with anything experienced in the natural environment Term Geometric shape Definition Appears related to geometry Term Volume Definition Measurable amount of defined three dimensional space Term Optical perception Definition No exaggeration or creative interpretation of what is seen Term Gestalt Definition Refers to reform or form Term Curvilinear shape Definition Boundaries have mainly curved lines Term Overlapping Definition One object is in front of another and therefor appears closer Term rectilinear shape Definition boundaries have mainly straight lines Term Naturalism Definition description of things visually experienced Term Implied shape Definition Doesn't exist, but is suggested through psychological connection of dots, lines, areas, or edges Term Aesthetic Definition The theory of beauty Sensitive to art or beauty Term Two Dimensional Definition Dimension of height and width Term Content Definition synonym expression or meaning Term High key value Definition Has a level of middle gray or lighter Term Value Definition Light or dark Term Cross-hatching Definition Similar lines pass over hatched lines in different directions Term Assymetry Definition without symmetry has unequal or non-corresponding parts Term Who started cubism? Definition Picasso and Barque Term Calligraphy Definition Elegant and decorative writing Term Calligraphic Line Definition Lines that are flowing rhythmically Term Picture plane Definition Canvas with drawings where the artist executes a pictorial image Term Definition Term Line Definition Path of a moving point made by a tool or medium as it moves across an area Can possess color, value, and shape Term Negative space Definition Empty space left after the positive images have been created by the artist Term Implied Line Definition Line that fades, dims, or stops than reappears Visually completed by observer and is implied to continue Term Five Elements of Art Definition Shape Line Value Color Texture Term Visual Unity Definition Sense of visual oneness organization of elements into a visual whole Term Rhythm Definition Continuance, flow, or movement achieved by repetition of regulated visual untis Term Symmetry Definition exact duplication of appearances in mirror like repetition of either side of a straight-lines central access Term Media Definition tool used by artist to create the visual element perceived by the viewer. Term Process Art Definition Artist focuses on execution or process of the work More concerned with technique rather than final product Term 7 principles of organization Definition Harmony Variety Balance Proportion Dominance Movement Economy Term Local Value Definition Lightness or darkness of a surface seen in the objective world Term Decorative shape Definition stresses two dimensional nature of an artwork Emphasizes flatness of a surface Term Plastic value Definition creates the illusion of value or space Term Gestural Line Definition drawn freely and quickly to capture intrinsic spirit and animation seen in the subject Term Positive area Definition produced by the art element or their combination Term Planar shape Definition has height and width but no thickness Term Conceptual perception Definition Creative vision from the imagination Term organic unity Definition includes nothing unnecessary or distracting with relationships that seem inevitable Term Plastic shape Definition illusion of a 3rd dimension or 2 dimensional surface Term Abstraction Definition implies the process of pairing things down to the essentials simplification and rearrangement of observable form Term Picture Frame Definition outerlimits or boundaries of the picture plane Term Balance Definition Equilibrium between areas Implied wieght, attention, attraction, or moments of force Term Actual shape Definition Positive area with clearly defined boundaries Term Proportion Definition relationship of size between unit or part of a whole Term Highlight Definition receives greatest amount of direct light portion of an object from observers portion Term Golden Mean Definition perfect harmonious proportion that avoids extremes Term Three dimensional Definition Creates the illusion of possessing depth, height, and width Term Biomorphic shape Definition irregular resembles freely developed curves found in organisms Term chromatic value Definition demonstrated by a given color Term amorphous shape Definition unclear of dimension no clear definition and it is formless Term Chiaroscuro Definition distribution of lights and darks in a picture develops illusion of mass, volume, or space (3 dimensional objects) in space or atmosphere blends light and shadow