Chapters 3-5

Question 1

a mark left by a moving point, actual or implied, and varying in direction, thickness and density.

Answer 1

line

Question 2

a line created by movement or direction, such as the line established by a pointing finger, the direction of a glance, or a body moving through space.

Answer 2

Implied line

Question 3

A pattern of horizontal and vertical lines that cross each other to make uniform squares or rectangles

Answer 3

gird

Question 4

the perceived lines that mark the border of an object in space

Answer 4

contour lines

Question 5

paint applied very thickly to canvas or support

Answer 5

impasto

Question 6

the edge of a shape or figure depicted by an actual line drawn or painted on the surface

Answer 6

outline

Question 7

A tradition of still-life painting, especially popular in northern Europe in the seventeenth century, reminding the viewer of the frivolous quality, or vanity, of human existence.

Answer 7

vanitas

Question 8

a genre of painting that has as its subject objects of the table, such as food, dishes, and flowers, and which in French is called nature morte

Answer 8

still life

Question 9

any solid that occupies a three-dimensional volume

Answer 9

mass

Question 10

the way in which the picture plane- the flat surface of the canvas- functions as a window through which a specific scene is presented to the viewer

Answer 10

perspective

Question 11

the modification of perspective to decrease distortion resulting from the apparent visual contraction of an object or figure as it extends backward from the picture plane at an angle approaching the perpendicular

Answer 11

foreshortening

Question 12

the relationship between a work of art (figure) and the surface upon which the work is made (ground)

Answer 12

figure-ground relation

Question 13

the figure in a figure-ground relation

Answer 13

positive shapes

Question 14

a version of linear perspective in which there are two (or more) vanishing points in the composition

Answer 14

two-point linear perspective

Question 15

two dimensional area, the boundaries of which are measured in terms of height and width. The form of any object or figure

Answer 15

shape

Question 16

empty space, surrounded and shaped so that it acquires a sense of form or volume

Answer 16

negative shape or space

Question 17

in linear perspective, the point on the horizon line where parallel lines appear to converge

Answer 17

vanishing point

Question 18

in linear perspective, the point where the viewer is positioned

Answer 18

vantage point

Question 19

a version of linear perspective in which there is only one vanishing point in the composition

Answer 19

one-point linear perspective

Question 20

In perspective, when the lines recede to a vanishing point to the right or left of the vantage point

Answer 20

diagonal recession

Question 21

In perspective, when the lines recede to a vanishing point directly across from the vantage point

Answer 21

frontal recession

Question 22

an early twentieth-century art movement, characterized by its desire to celebrate the movement and speed of modern industrial life

Answer 22

futurism

Question 23

in Chinese landscaping painting, the foreground, far below the viewer’s position, to which the eye is drawn downward

Answer 23

deep distance

Question 24

in Chinese landscape painting, the space that recedes into the distance, drawing the eye into its limitlessness

Answer 24

level distance

Question 25

in Chinese landscape painting, the height to which the eye is drawn upward

Answer 25

high distance

Question 26

the fact that when different hues of colored light are combined, the resulting mixture is higher in key than the OG hues and bright- gets closer to white

Answer 26

additive process in color

Question 27

the process in which form is built up, shaped, and enlarged by the addition of materials, as distinguished from subtractive sculptural processes, such as carving.

Answer 27

additive process in sculpture

Question 28

pairs of colors- adjacent to each other on the color wheel

Answer 28

analogous colors

Question 29

color that has no realistic or natural relation to the object that is depicted, but have emotional or expressive significance

Answer 29

arbitrary color

Question 30

suggest three dimensional space in the two dimensional space of the picture plane, and in which forms and object distant from the viewer become less distinct and often bluer in color.

Answer 30

atmospheric perspective

Question 31

in chiaroscuro, the shadow cast by a figure, darker than the shadowed surface itself

Answer 31

Cast shadow

Question 32

the use of light and dark to create the effect of three-dimensional, modeled surfaces

Answer 32

chiaroscuro

Question 33

circular arrangement of hues based on one of a number of various color theories

Answer 33

color wheel

Question 34

colors directly across from each other on color wheel

Answer 34

complimentary colors

Question 35

the darkest area on a form rendered by means of modeling or chiaroscuro

Answer 35

core of the shadow

Question 36

two or more sets of roughly parallel and overlapping lines, set at an angle to one another, in order to create 3d, modeled space

Answer 36

cross-hatching

Question 37

area of closely spaced parallel lines to create the effect of shading or modeling

Answer 37

hatching

Question 38

the spot or one of the spots of highest key or value in a picture

Answer 38

highlights

Question 39

a color

Answer 39

hue

Question 40

the relative purity of a colors hue also known as saturation

Answer 40

intensity

Question 41

the range of colors between primary and secondary colors

Answer 41

intermediate colors

Question 42

the actual hue of a thing, independent of the ways in which colors might be mixed or how different conditions of light and atmosphere might affect color

Answer 42

local color

Question 43

material used to create a work of art- in painting, a liquid that when added to paint makes it easier to manipulate

Answer 43

medium

Question 44

the shaping of a form in some plastic material such as clay or plaster

Answer 44

modeling in sculpture

Question 45

the rendering of a form, usually by means of hatching or chiaroscuro, to create the illusion of a 3D form

Answer 45

modeling in drawing painting, and printmaking

Question 46

a color composition limited to a single hue

Answer 46

monochromatic

Question 47

Board with a thumb hole upon which the artist lays out and mixes colors; the range of colors used by the artist

Answer 47

palette

Question 48

palette employing only a few colors

Answer 48

closed or restricted palette

Question 49

palette using the full range of hues

Answer 49

open palette

Question 50

color as perceived by the eye

Answer 50

perceptual color

Question 51

A style of painting consisting of small points of pure color juxtaposed with one another, in the belief that they might mix together in the viewers eye

Answer 51

pointillism

Question 52

a color composition consisting of a variety of hues

Answer 52

polychromatic

Question 53

hues that cannot be created from mixing other hues and from which all other hues are created

Answer 53

primary colors

Question 54

hues created by combining two primary colors

Answer 54

secondary colors

Question 55

a hue modified by the addition of another color resulting in a darker hue

Answer 55

shade

Question 56

a hue modified by the addition of another color resulting in a lighter hue

Answer 56

tint

Question 57

unlighted surface of a form rendered by modeling or chiaroscuro

Answer 57

shadow

Question 58

property of complementary colors when placed side by side, resulting in the fact that both appear brighter and more intense than when seen in isolation

Answer 58

simultaneous contrast

Question 59

colored bands of visible light created when sunlight passes through a prism

Answer 59

spectrum

Question 60

when different hues of colored pigment are combined, the resulting mixture is lower in key than the original hues and duller as well, and as more and more hues are added, the resulting mixture is closer to black

Answer 60

subtractive process in color

Question 61

the process when form is discovered by the removal of materials, by such means as carving, as distinguished from additive sculptural processes

Answer 61

subtractive process in sculpture

Question 62

relative warmth or coolness of given hues

Answer 62

temperature

Question 63

From the Italian tenebroso, meaning murky, a heightened form of chiaroscuro

Answer 63

tenebrism

Question 64

a French expression meaning "in the open air" used to specifically refer to the act of painting outdoors

Answer 64

plein-air painting