Fine Arts - Visual Arts

Question 1

basic component or essential part of work of art ; include line, shape, form, space, texture, value and color

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element of art

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moving point on the surface of a canvas, a paper, a slab of clay, or other media

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line

Question 3

stable, steady, religious

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vertical lines

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calm, peaceful, lazy

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horizontal lines

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graceful, gentle, easy-going

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Curve

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tension, unpredictable

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diagonal

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busy, active, angry, dangerous

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Zig Zag

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Shape is a 2D area defined by a boundary

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Shape

Question 9

circles, squares, rectangles, triangles - mathematical proportion

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geometric shape

Question 10

irregular and curvilinear and are usually derived from nature

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Organic shape

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3 dimensional shapes, having height, width and depth

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form

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the area between or around shapes and forms

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space

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the way things feel or appear to feel

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texture

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can be felt when touched

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real or actual texture

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refers to the amount of lightness or darkness a color possesses

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value

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derived from reflected light

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color

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red, yellow, blue

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primary colors

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orange, green, purple

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secondary colors

Question 19

the colors that occur when a primary color is mixed with a neighboring secondary color on the color wheel

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tertiary color

Question 20

the name of color

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hue

Question 21

the relative lightness or darkness of a color; white to create a tint of color and black to create shade

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value

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an essential quality of a work that produces a desired expressive effect; (emphasis, contrast, pattern, rhythm, balance, proportion, unity

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principle

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stresses one element or area in a work of art to make it attract the viewer’s attention first

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emphasis

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refers to differences in values, colors, textures, and other elements to achieve emphasis and unity

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contrast

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another word to describe the visual repetition of elements such as line, shape, and color and can be 2D decoration

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pattern

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is concerned with repeating an element to make a work seem active or suggest movement or vibration

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rhythm

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this is a principle of design concerned with equalizing visual forces, or elements in a work of art to create visual equilibrium

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Balance

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dividing line that works like visual balancing point

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central axis

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identical on both sides

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bi-lateral symmetry

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nearly identical on both sides

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approximate symmetry

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elements of design seem to come out

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Radial Balance

Question 32

this occurs when unlike elements are balanced visually

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Informal Balance

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concerned with the relationship of one part to another and the whole

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Proportion

Question 34

arrangement of elements and principles with media to create a feeling of completeness or wholeness

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unity