Prelim Flashcards
(49 cards)
General Elements of Arts
- Illustrative Element
- Decorative Element
- Medium
- Material
- Style
Illustrative element
Subject matter
Decorative element
Beautifies the subject
Medium
Technique and method of making the artwork
Material
What to use
Style
Personal rendition of artist
Elements of design
- Line
- Mass area/Shape
- Volume
- Amoeboid Shape
- Texture
- Linear perspective
- Color
- Light and shadow
Line
Mark made on a surface. Identifiable path by a point moving in space. One-dimensional and can vary in width, direction and length.
Horizontal line
Peacefulness
Vertical line
Ambition
Diagonal line
Dynamic action, anxiety, and stress
Curve line
Part of a circle. Gracefulness. Leads nothing.
Repetitive line
Two or more lines laying parallel with each other
Implied line
Not really there but guides the eye
Mass Area/Shape
Takes shape of trees, clouds, etc.
Volume
When mass takes shape on a 3D geometric form
Amoeboid shape
No definite form
Texture
Roughness or smoothness of a surface
Linear perspective
Principle of two parallel lines receding into distance seem to meet at a vanishing point
Color
Character of a surface created by the response of vision to the wavelength of light reflections. It identifies objects, creates moods, and affects emotions.
Hue
An ordinary name of color
Primary colors
Red, yellow, blue
Red
Warm, connotes passion
Blue
Coolness, loneliness