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Elements and Principles of Art
First semester final
27
Art/Design
9th Grade
01/09/2012

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Term
Balance
Definition
Principle- Equal physical or visual weight
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Asymmetrical balance
Definition
Neither-Two sides are different
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Symmetrical balance
Definition
Neither- Same on both sides
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Radial
Definition
Neither- starts in middle, radiates out
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Movement
Definition
Principle- Movement towards focal area (long shapes)
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Rhythm
Definition
Principle- Visual beat: repetition in color, shape, pattern
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Contrast
Definition
Principle- gives excitement Ex: Patterns/none, different edges, Bright/Dark, Warm/cool, texture/no texture, geometric/organic, small/large
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Emphasis
Definition
Principle- Focus point- draws attention to a specific area. (Not all artwork has emphasis)
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Pattern
Definition
Principle- Repeated elements of design
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Line
Definition
Element- Basic element, can make value
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Texture
Definition
Element- sense of touch (real or implied)
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Shape
Definition
Element- Two- dimensional area that stands out from space because it has a defined boundary
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Geometric Shape
Definition
Neither- Basic shape (ex: triangle, square, parallelogram)
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Organic shape
Definition
Neither- Found in natural life (ex: blob, leaf, imperfect circle)
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Space
Definition
Element- Positive or negative
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Form
Definition
Element- three- object
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Geometric Form
Definition
Neither- Man-made, set shapes Ex:cylinder, cube, pyramid
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Organic Form
Definition
Neither- Forms of nature
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Color
Definition
Element- enhance, not distract
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Monochrome
Definition
Neither- one color with different shades
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Primary
Definition
Neither- red, blue, yellow. All colors come from these.
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Secondary
Definition
Neither- Orange, purple, green. made from mixing two primary colors.
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Complements/ Opposites
Definition
Neither- Across each other from the color wheel, dull each other
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Value
Definition
Element- Light and dark (texture can create value)
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Color scale
Definition
Neither- white fading to black
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Modified color scales-
Definition
Neither- one color ex: light orange fading to dark orange)
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Unity
Definition
Principle- All parts working together ex: similar edges, pieces closer together, similar style or brushstrokes
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