Other Words Flashcards
(24 cards)
Foreshortening
Optical illusion that an object or distance appears shorter tha. It actually is.
Cross-hatching
Lines that pass over hatched lines in a different direction.
Juxtaposition
The act if positioning close together
Composition
The arranging and/or structuring of all the art elements that achieves a unified whole.
One-point perspective
The parallel horizontals and verticals that run across the field of view
Art
The formal expression of a conceived image or imagined conception.
Cast shadow
The dark area that occurs on a surface as a result of something being placed between that surface ands a light source.
Aesthetics
Implies intellectual or visual beauty
Craftmanship
Aptitude, skill, or quality workmanship in the use of tools and materials.
Technique
The manner and skill with which artists employ their tools ands materials to achieve an expressive effect.
Three point perspective
The viewer is looking up or down upon the image.
Asymmetry
“without symmetry”
Genre paintings
Paintings with subject matter that concerns everyday life.
High-key color
Any color that has a value level of middle gray or lighter
High-key value
A value that has a level of middle gray or lighter
Local color
The color as seen in the objective world
Local value
The relative lightness or darkness of surface
Mass
A shape that appears to stand out three-dimensionally from the surround space
Negative area
The unoccupied or empty space in a work of art
Plane
An area that is essentially two-dimensional
Scale
The association of size relative to a constant standard of specific unit of measure related to human dimensions
Style
The specific artistic character and dominant trends of form noted during periods of history and art movements
Surrealism
A style of art that emphasizes fantasy.
Graphite
A gray form of allotropic of carbon used as a solid lubricant in pencils.
